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Mental Health and the Holidays
The period from October through New Year’s Day may be the most festive period of the year. We begin October with our weekly adornment in creole wear and culminate with…
Psychosocial Impact of COVID-19 & Positive Ways of Coping
Comparable to the psychological reactions in the aftermath of natural disasters, unexpected events, like this pandemic, can trigger some unfamiliar and significant psychological responses. Over the past 18 months, there…
Could Thea Lafond medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games?
“I feel strongly there is a medal in the bag for Dominica.” Cedric Harris-Fmr. President, Dominica Amateur Athletics Association, Lecturer, World Athletics. Could Dominica’s Thea Lafond win a spot on…
REVIEW: Choral Harvest- A Sisserou Singers Triumph!
The Sixth Form Sisserou Singers (SFSS), a cultural institution in its 27th year, is showing signs of reinvention and growth. The Sisserous staged 'Choral Harvest' from July 16-18 at the…
Meet Coryn Anaya Clarke, Trinidad and Tobago’s Youngest Published Author
Coryn Anaya Clarke is a little girl with big dreams. At just five years old, she has already been written into her country’s history books as the youngest published author…
The New Face of Culture
Dominica’s culture has a new face. Earlson Matthew takes over as Chief Cultural Officer from Raymond Lawrence, the long-time front man for the island’s cultural art forms. Matthew, better known…
OPINION: Dear Women, We are Complicit
Accountability is a heavy weight that many women have not had sufficient training to carry. So we don’t. Maybe it’s the patriarchy. Maybe it’s the idea that we are the…
OPINION: The Man I Knew- Reflections on the Man, Patrick Roland John.
For many the man, Patrick Roland John, has only been seen through the eyes of those who sought to control the narrative of who he was. Over the years, ‘historians,’…
The Jazz in Me- A Musical Cure for Jazz ‘Chagwè’
With all the restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Jazz in Me was a welcome escape for the lucky few who snagged tickets to the intimate musical event by…
REVIEW: Bouyon Jazz Festival 2021 – A riveting fusion of Jazz and Bouyon
The first ever Bouyon Jazz Festival, the second event in the inaugural Nature Island Jazz XPrience, was nothing short of riveting. Fans were left pleading for more as the Sunday…
Jodie Dublin- Dangleben-Natural Hair Guru
A natural creative flare coiled perfectly with a strong knack for entrepreneurship gave rise to one of Dominica’s most sought after hair and skin care lines, Jaydees Naturals. Jodie…
marie-claire: COVID led me back to therapy, therapy led me to inspiration
Who remembers a young lady- tall, with a curly ‘fro, walking through Roseau with long skirts dusting the pavement and sporting a barely-there, midriff-baring top while balanced on platform sandals and…
