Just about 19 years ago Roosevelt Skerrit came into Dominica’s political life. He was a young man from Vieille Case with potential who agreed to be a Freedom Party candidate but with the offer of cash and a car turned turtle and ran for the DLP. Not satisfied with being made a junior minister he […]
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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 […]
Breaking News: Election Date announced at Labour Got talent at Goodwill. House dissolved November 6th 2019 Nomination Day Tuesday 19th November Elections will be held on December Friday 6th December 2019
by Dale Dangleben, MD, FACS It is extremely hard work and commitment to finish medical school. In addition, it takes a lot to get accepted into a surgical training program and succeed through it . My hats off to my Kalinago Brother Dr. Thomas. I understand the commitment and hard work he had to put […]
On the night of Saturday, October 19, 2019, I joined other patriotic Dominicans on the platform provided by the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) in speaking in favor of electoral reform and the preservation of Dominica’s democracy. It was only fitting and proper that we did so. We thank God for the work of CCM as […]
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 […]
By Josh Shaw On Dominica we have a culture of marching. Much of it has to do with the fact that Dominica, as with other British West Indian colonies, was a garrison island with many forts and cannon emplacements scattered about. In the days of early colonial settlement and slavery the forts were used to […]
God has graciously granted to each one of us a measure of influence. However, what distinguishes one person of influence from another is how each chooses to steward this precious gift. Stewardship is simply the management of something which has been entrusted into one’s care, and the same holds true for influence – it is […]
Dominica’s glory days lie ahead – and you want to be part of it! Nothing breaks my heart more than regularly bidding farewell to patriots who never lived to see the redemption of the native land. Here’s what you want I can do to change this narrative. Accidents happen. But even those can be scientifically […]
I was born in Dominica, and I love the Island life. After 40 years away from home, I retired and moved back to my beautiful island with my wife. While there, one day, my wife started having severe abdominal pain, and we rushed to the Princess Margaret Hospital ( PMH) Emergency Department for treatment and […]