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. [...]
December 14, 2011 | 57 views |
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By: Wilbert Connor |
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The birth date of Jesus Christ has over decades created a great level of debate among Evangelicals and non- evangelicals creating doubt in the minds of people as to whether or not they should celebrate Christmas or even believe in it. Another question that seems to be a point of discussion is whether or not [...]
December 13, 2011 | 6 views |
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Firstly, I would like to publicly thank BBC Complaint’s for their very passionate and prompt response to my complaint against their, 3 August episode of BBC One soap opera Doctors. Their opening was thanking me for contacting them and apologizing that I was so upset, “ …We’re sorry you were so upset by the 3 [...]
August 19, 2011 | 65 views |
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A Realization in England’s Racism
It came to me today while watching an episode of BBC One soap opera Doctors . This is a soap opera that my husband and I enjoy and each day we make a special effort to watch it accordingly. The storylines have touched on varied topics and it has for me [...]
August 10, 2011 | 46 views |
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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 [...]
July 5, 2011 | 83 views |
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By: Wilbert Connor |
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Laws criminalizing all forms of same-sex intimacy, whether private or public threaten progress towards ‘peace, security, democracy, human rights, development and cooperation ‘in the Anglophone Caribbean .
Over the years, we have recognized that:
Homophobic statements made by political and religious leaders as well as entertainers reinforce prejudice and discrimination against LGBTI persons;
These statements drive the [...]
June 30, 2011 | 41 views |
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Dominicans are totally unaware of the contents of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) governing our relationship with mainland China and although call after call has been issued for the Labour Party skeritocracy to make public the document, there seems to be a dark veil of secrecy and a tight lip resolve to hide that China/Dominica [...]
April 29, 2011 | 71 views |
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On the 23rd March 2011, the Builders and Contractors Association Of Dominica ( BCAD ) hosted an education forum from 7:00pm at the UWI Auditorium, Bath Estate. The purpose of the forum was to educate participants on the draft of the Public Procurement and Contract Administration Bill. There were about 25 [...]
March 26, 2011 | 48 views |
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The Layou River Hotel Project (The Layou Project) was a pivotal project for Dominica’s tourism sector and economy. I was the audit engagement partner for The Layou Project between 1991 and 2002 during which time I experienced extraordinary, exacting and public interest professional challenges.
In 1995 that project, its pioneers and Dominica, as an investment jurisdiction [...]
March 24, 2011 | 40 views |
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I was eavesdropping on a conversation among a few of Dominica’s respected, patriotic and fearless intellectuals; men of integrity, men who love Waitikubuli, men who are not for sale, men who cannot be bought.
This was a rare phenomenon that these patriotic voices of conscience would speak out in the face of widespread sell-out by some [...]
March 11, 2011 | 180 views |
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