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COMMENTARY: Nation building from abroad?
January 4, 2011 | Comments: 24The recent formation of the diaspora-based Coalition in Defense of Democracy (CDD) in Dominica and recent articles in this medium has brought into sharp focus what ...
STATEMENT: College president concerned about the potential for miseducating a generation of youth
January 3, 2011 | Comments: 174A fire occurs at a dwelling house in St. Aroment, Dominica, and not only it is national news but a group of two Dominicans living in the US have formed an ...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: ‘Support your child’
January 3, 2011 | Comments: 43A former resident of Dominica sent us this photo while on a trip to St. Maarten. Apparently, a mother was frustrated with the lack of child support and took action ...
Julius B. Sampson responds
January 2, 2011 | Comments: 62I apparently created a firestorm with my comments a couple of days ago about political developments in the country and what they portend, going forward. I was not ...
LETTER: CARICOM citizens congratulated for vote at UN Assembly
December 31, 2010 | Comments: 5As CARICOM citizens we are proud that a majority of Caribbean nations stood up in the United Nations General Assembly on December 22 and voted together, in the ...
Statement by Julius B. Sampson, former editor of The Chronicle
December 30, 2010 | Comments: 119I am extremely concerned about political developments in Dominica and the activities of the current administration and their implications for the rule of law and ...
LETTER: Overseas-based Dominican concerned with local cargo agent charges
December 28, 2010 | Comments: 101I am one of the Dominicans living abroad who continue to make sacrifices to help loved ones and relatives back home. From time to time I ship barrels, boxes and ...
A message for Dominica
December 21, 2010 | Comments: 42Dear Sirs: Can I please, through your web site, pass a message of thanks and best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to the wonderful people of Dominica. My wife ...
COMMENTARY: Some insights – Participation
December 16, 2010 | Comments: 1For more than a quarter of a century, bona fide Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and more broadly Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Dominica and all over ...
COMMENTARY: In search of a more peaceable community
December 16, 2010 | Comments: 15I speak here to all sides including myself. Like everybody else, I have my own biases. I have never pretended to be what I am not. I also appreciate that not ...
COMMENTARY: The overreach of the constitution on the dual citizenship matter
December 16, 2010 | Comments: 68Ron Green’s announcement that he renounced his US citizenship prior to the 2009 General Election has once again brought the fore to the debate concerning the dual ...
POEM: Rise woman rise
December 16, 2010 | Comments: 16Blows on your tail, But I love him Curse words in your face But I love him Black and blue all over you But still you love him. Treated like dirt But I love him ...
COMMENTARY: Moral sickness in society
December 3, 2010 | Comments: 4Somehow we find ourselves in a society which thinks that the most important source of power – the control of money and land – is too difficult for most people ...
COMMENTARY: The triumph of absurdity by Fr. Clement S. Jolly, C.S.R.
December 1, 2010 | Comments: 135Help, O Lord, for good men have vanished: Truth has gone from the sons of men. Falsehood they speak to one another, With lying lips, with a false heart. (Psalm 12) ...
Rape in marriage?
November 30, 2010 | Comments: 54Recently, the Speaker of the House Alix Boyd-Knights – a leading advocate for women against domestic violence – made another strong call for legislation ...