E-Mail: kelvwv@yahoo.com | Web Page: http:// | Registered Since: 2009-05-24 22:22:27
Profile: Represented Dominica in numerous Public Speaking forums. Over the years I have gained extensive training in leadership from Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) and the University of Oklahoma. I am also a former high school instructor, with a BSc Degree in Food Science. Additionally I am a holder of an MBA from University of Sunderland.
One of the striking hallmarks of a true democratic political system is the highly visible apparatus of checks and balances. These are basically guidelines to follow in order that things don’t get out of control. The powers that be are therefore kept in check! Abuses of the system, misuse of resources are controlled, [...]
The above caption indicates that the country is broken. Broken in many aspects and this can be construed as normal in the life cycle of a developing country particularly in this period of world history.
I am putting forward a number of possible and attainable ideas (strategies) that can help rebuild the Isle of Beauty. [...]
We cannot all be leaders. There’s the proverbial and literal head and tail, the leader and the follower relationships we know of. But even those who lead can also mislead by supplying incorrect information, by deliberate deception or by their own calculated actions or inaction. By no means is this meant to [...]
When I wrote my commentaries several months prior to the general elections in Dominica I could not foresee many factors coming into play so that the results played out as they did. I never dreamt that The Mighty Spider reincarnate could whisper “I singing sankey…(for the UWP)”. In those days, as far as I can [...]
First of all let me say that I am no authority on matters relating to election polls. However, I think I am able to shed some light on the partial impact poll results can have on election results. Since election polling essentially predicts conditional behaviour, set patterns and specific factors can manipulate our thinking.
We must [...]
Words such as promise and expressions like ‘we will build this…; and no other party or government is able to accomplish so much in this period of time’ are all words and phrases associated with political campaigns in Dominica and have been over decades.
Let me give it to you hard and heavy before I forget. [...]
Perhaps a comprehensive and conscious effort needs to be made by all those concerned to revolutionize the manner in which candidates are chosen to run for general elections. I concur with regret that any popular guy or woman in a community qualifies to be called upon as a potential parliamentary representative, at least in [...]
The most closely studied political economy is that of the United States of America. The politics of this country is characterized by what is termed as special interest groups. Lobbyists are professional bodies formed to influence the direction of government policy. Special interests are what they are, interest groups interested in pursuing particular activities and [...]
Many Dominicans will remember the Mamo Declaration of 1999/2000. The Late Dame then said that “the UWP should be removed at any cost” at the 2000 general election. The machinations put in place resulted in the Dominica Labour Party and the Dominica Freedom Party forming a coalition as joint forces against the United
Workers Party. The [...]
Managing a country is much like managing a business! It’s a business which ever way you look at it. The Oxford dictionary defines management as the action of managing. This therefore encompasses managing people, money and other resources and organizations. Experts in the field of management contend that management as a process [...]
