COMMENTARY: Is it okay to participate in these elections without electoral reform? Our collective responsibility to grow and preserve our democracy
Lest We Forget Recent History The calling of snap election was always a possibility under the ...
COMMENTARY: Caribbean paradise needs a beautician
Destinations that ignore or neglect beautification will not make it in any top-five or ...
COMMENTARY: Critical thinking, an important aspect of education
Education should not be based solely on the amount of book knowledge stored in the brain, ...
UN Resident Coordinator message, United Nations Day 24 October 2022
We celebrate the UN charter’s 77th anniversary this year, at a time when countries all over ...
COMMENTARY: Rethinking tourism; change is better than more of the same
Was the World Tourism Day an occasion to celebrate? Then why was the theme “Rethink ...
COMMENTARY: Missed Opportunity?
*Editor’s note* The views expressed in this post are not necessarily those of DNO or our ...
COMMENTARY: You can always visit home again and maybe you should
In her hit song, “The House that Built Me,” Country & Western singer Miranda ...
COMMENTARY: It’s RUBIS Today
*Editor’s note* The views expressed in this commentary are not necessarily those of ...
COMMENTARY: Indigenous, non-avian fauna on Coat of Arms of Caribbean territories
The indigenous species of avian fauna (birds) that feature on the Coats of Arms of various ...
COMMENTARY: The cottage with no house
*Editor’s note* The views expressed in this commentary are not necessarily those of DNO or ...
COMMENTARY: One skill leads to another
In the first world war my grandfather won medals for “Work at the Forge”. In peace time he ...
COMMENTARY: What does it mean to be a patient advocate?
This article is written for and on behalf of older persons in Dominica by an advocate for older ...
COMMENTARY: Twenty-seven years of loyalty resulting in pain, poverty and degradation
When the well-known local principal failed in his bid to replace the late great Alleyne Carbon ...
COMMENTARY: The deterioration of law and order in the Commonwealth of Dominica
The National Joint Action Movement (NJAM) is very concerned about the increasing deterioration ...
COMMENTARY: The festering culture of sexual abuse
I am filled with sadness over the path Dominica is taking. This year has had so many deaths and ...
IOM Director General Statement on World Day against Trafficking in Persons – July 30, 2022
Trafficking in Persons is a crime and grave human rights violation. According to the 2022 US ...
COMMENTARY: La Plaine vacation/reunion 2022
La Plaine people at home and aboard (Jea Au Vent) will gather in mass in La Plaine during the ...
COMMENTARY: Dominica elections tainted…legitimacy of the government called into question
These are the two takeaways from the July 05, 2022 decision of the Caribbean Court of ...
COMMENTARY: If you need to put anyone on a gold pedestal, put teachers
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following article was written by Tana Valmond, DGS 2021 Top Scholar, ...
COMMENTARY: Towards a hemispheric partnership for food security
The looming global food crisis will also significantly impact Latin America and the Caribbean. ...
COMMENTARY: Clean energy in the Caribbean – a triple win
Even in the best of times, Caribbean consumers face some of the highest energy prices globally ...
COMMENTARY: Dominica’s electrical bills increased 46% since 2015; the sun can lower them
Across the Caribbean, except for oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago, electricity costs are already ...