Category Archives: Caribbean News

HOW MANY LIES ?

As parents, I know we tell our children that they should not lie, or cheat or engage in illegal activity, but having done that and instilled the consciousness in them, we are still willing to forgive them and stand behind them. What we know is that there will come a time when we say enough […]

Stop Victimizing Kalinago People

by Anette Sanford In his desperation to continue misleading the indigenous people of Waitikubuli, the Prime Minister has found it fitting to rush to the Kalinago Territory to do damage control after one of our young Kalinago Professionals was sacrificially placed under the political gilotin last week.  A stance only the Cabinet of the labour […]

  The Demise of Agriculture

                                    By Dr Clayton Shillingford Retired Plant Pathologist Former Director of Research, Jamaica Banana Board and Dupont Agricultural Products Development Manager   Greg Rawlins, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in the Organization of the Eastern […]

Dr Pascal and Nurse Anette Sanford thrown out of stadium.

Dr Irvin Pascal and Anette Sanford stood at the Stadium during the National Rally, 2019 in silent protest against the Dominica Labour Government. Dr Pascal’s shirt read “Independent Health Care Now” and Annette Sanford’s shirt read “Stop Victimizing Kalinago People “. They stood quietly and peacefully holding the flag .  They were  standing against the […]

Jailed Billionaire’s Helper Must Repay $1.3 Billion To Iran’s Government

  A court in Tehran has sentenced a colleague of the imprisoned Iranian billionaire to twenty years of jail and repaying $1.3 billion of what prosecutors say is government’s embezzled funds. According to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)-run news agency, Tasnim, Alireza Ziba Halat Monfared has also been “fined.” Ziba Halat Monfared, identified by the local […]

From Socialism to Capitalism: A Doctor’s Perspective on the Health System

Fidel Castro once said, “We weren’t offering money; we were offering doctors to help save lives, and that offer stand today and tomorrow and represents Cuba’s attitude towards any of the World’s peoples.” Being a medical student in the Republic of Cuba I was exposed to a much more advanced health system as compared to […]