Commentary

COMMENTARY: Labour’s unfulfilled promises in Portsmouth

COMMENTARY: Labour’s unfulfilled promises in Portsmouth

September 2, 2011 | Comments: 37

It is with a sense of satisfaction and at times bemusement that I have read comments in the media over the past weeks and months emanating from the sleeping giant ...

COMMENTARY: Ian Jackson’s article a clear case of irrational analysis

COMMENTARY: Ian Jackson’s article a clear case of irrational analysis

August 26, 2011 | Comments: 63

I read with great eagerness the article penned by Ian Jackson in the Sun Newspaper of August 22nd, 2011 titled “Our youth simply do not care” only to be ...

COMMENTARY: UWP leadership woes

COMMENTARY: UWP leadership woes

August 25, 2011 | Comments: 94

From time to time the question of the leadership of the United Workers Party comes up in conversation with ordinary rank and file citizens of Dominica. What do you ...

Sean Douglas crying over spilt milk – Eisenhower Douglas

Sean Douglas crying over spilt milk – Eisenhower Douglas

August 24, 2011 | Comments: 129

Reference is made to an article by Mr. Sean Douglas, former Government Press Secretary. In that article, Sean sought to portray Prime Minister Skerrit and the ...

COMMENTARY: The fall of Qaddafi

COMMENTARY: The fall of Qaddafi

August 22, 2011 | Comments: 106

The long, forty two year old nightmare of Colonel Qaddafi’s brutal and chaotic rule appears to be coming to an end in Libya as rebel forces seeking his removal ...

COMMENTARY: NATO loots Libyan gold as Tripoli falls

COMMENTARY: NATO loots Libyan gold as Tripoli falls

August 22, 2011 | Comments: 59

Precisely as we predicted last month, NATO forces and their Al-Qaeda backed rebels launched a massive assault on Tripoli in order to wrap up the looting and ...

Seeing the ‘red’ in REDjet

Seeing the ‘red’ in REDjet

August 16, 2011 | Comments: 10

Just when you thought air travel couldn’t get any worse, it did: more confusion, exploitation, manipulation and the occasional molestation. But wait! What’s ...

I am sexually attracted to my father

I am sexually attracted to my father

August 16, 2011 | Comments: 148

I know this sounds weird and outrageous and I thought hard before writing to you. But I could not take it anymore and decided to write. I am an 17-year-old young ...

Another Douglas and concerned Dominican speaks out

Another Douglas and concerned Dominican speaks out

August 13, 2011 | Comments: 115

Forever tangled in a seemingly elaborate web of political warfare, we are steadily approaching two years since the December 2009 general elections were held in ...

Dominica: A country sliding towards dictatorship – Former Government Press Secretary breaks silence

Dominica: A country sliding towards dictatorship – Former Government Press Secretary breaks silence

August 12, 2011 | Comments: 313

Saturday, August 13th 2011 will mark one year since the sacking of Sean Douglas as Government Press Secretary in the Roosevelt Skerrit administration. One year on, ...

COMMENTARY: So this is Ramadan and what have you done?

COMMENTARY: So this is Ramadan and what have you done?

August 2, 2011 | Comments: 18

It is the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic calendar.  It is a period of fasting and spiritual reflection. It is one of the five “pillars” of ...

How the Public works Corporation can have a multiplier effect on the economy

How the Public works Corporation can have a multiplier effect on the economy

July 28, 2011 | Comments: 12

Half a century ago Dominica had up to 25 factories dispersed throughout the island. They were all were run on renewable energy and adding value to our raw ...

The airport issue

The airport issue

July 26, 2011 | Comments: 11

I am somewhat puzzled by the efforts of Norris Prevost and his UWP cohorts to re-litigate the matter of the international airport or to revisit the wisdom of ...

COMMENTARY: Regarding the death of Amy Winehouse

COMMENTARY: Regarding the death of Amy Winehouse

July 25, 2011 | Comments: 17

Amy Winehouse’s public decent into the primitive abyss of promiscuous sex, profanity and drugs is a reflection of a society that, as her last album title ...

Having your day in court

Having your day in court

July 25, 2011 | Comments: 0

Most people seem to be apprehensive about going to Court and are very proud to say that they have never entered a courtroom in their lives.  While that may be a ...