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27 Feb, 2024 05:02 AM

Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves put reckless drivers on notice that they will have to pay for the damage they have caused to public property in St Vincent and the Grenadines. In an interview on the “Issue At Hand Live” program on WEFM 99.9 FM yesterday, Gonsalves said police must make an example against the reckless drivers who have been causing thousands of dollars in damage to public infrastructure such as bridge guardrail...

American Canadian School Of Medicine In Dominica Welcomes First Batch Of Students

26 Feb, 2024 10:02 AM

The school year for Dominica’s newest private medical school has officially begun as it welcomed students from all over the world this week. A total of nine students enrolled at the American Canadian School of Medicine (ACSOM), a premier institution that replaced the Ross University School of Medicine in Picard, Portsmouth. Ross University was the longest existing medical school in Dominica that operated for more than four decades unt...

Official Funeral Commemorates Dominican-Born Dr. Carissa Etienne, Former PAHO Head

26 Feb, 2024 10:02 AM

Today, Dominica held a live broadcast to pay tribute to Dr. Carissa Etienne, the former director of the leading health organization in the Americas, as part of her funeral proceedings. Etienne, hailing from Dominica, fulfilled the role of Director for the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and served as the Regional Director for the Americas at the World Health Organization (WHO) from February 2013 until January 2023. “Carissa wa...

Climate Change Stirs Integrated Housing Revolution In Dominica

26 Feb, 2024 10:02 AM

Forces of nature run amok annually, leaving immeasurable impacts. These include the loss of life and livelihoods, disruption of services, and leaving thousands homeless. In a report by Reuters in 2017, about 14 million people are being made homeless on average each year due to sudden disasters such as floods and storms. According to the study, South and Southeast Asia countries have the highest displacement and housing loss. But d...

2024 Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting

26 Feb, 2024 10:02 AM

The biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM) will occur in Zanzibar from March 4 to March 8, 2024. Hosted by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, the meeting will focus on the theme ‘Technology and Innovation: How digitalisation paves the way for developing people-centred access to justice’. During the meeting, law ministers and attorneys-general from across the Commonwealth will discuss recent legal deve...

How does a corpus work?

21 Feb, 2024 10:02 AM

Think of a question you have about how English is used. To find the answer, perhaps you might ask a friend what they think? Perhaps you could ask your whole class, so you'd have a better idea about how representative the answer is? Imagine if you could ask your whole neighbourhood? Imagine if you could ask your whole city or even your country?  This is how corpus linguistics works. Because we gather data from a huge range of spea...