The FIFA Ethics Committee, chaired by Claudio Sulser (Switzerland), met in Zurich this week regarding the ethics proceedings that were opened in October against Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officials.
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FIFA bans former Dominica PM John, 5 more Caribbean officials in Bin Hammam bribery plot
GENEVA — FIFA banned six more Caribbean officials on Friday for their part in an alleged bribery plot involving former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam.
The exiled officials include Patrick John, the former prime minister of Dominica, who was barred from all football activity for two years and fined 3,000 Swiss francs ($3,300), FIFA said
Continue readingRE: Abolish Passport Sales -Putting Dominica and Dominicans First!
I make no apologies for bringing this matter of critical national importance to the Dominican community. My writtings with regards to the wanton sale of passports are clear and unequivocal. I too support like Gabe the need to put an immediate end to the sale of our sovereignty.
Continue readingA Dominican Can Do Anything, I Thought.
When I heard Shane Shillingford was in Delhi for the India/West Indies encounter, I remembered brief moments in his journey and his ultimate resilience. With discipline, a Dominican can do anything, I thought.
There’s too, something in Shane Shillingford’s bowling that’s quantum cool.
Well, here’s the extract as it appears in my book An Unassuming Love: Black Memory, A Traveloguer And Cricket (www.steinbergh.com & www.xlibris.com)
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DAAS
For your information I would like to report on an article in the Dominica LINK Newsmagazine recently published by Parbel Enterprises , Editor Parry R Bellot Continue reading
End of an Era
I am pleased to see people paying attention and I take full responsibility for attempting present another side to this argument. My major concern now is not about Ghadaffi the man, though I am still shaken up by the assassination, but some of the core principles and projects.
Continue readingDISQUALIFICATION SIMPLICITA AT THE WATERSHED
Before
the long, tortured journey of trying to determine the lawful constitution of
the Parliament of Dominica following the 2009 general election, Roosevelt
Skerrit hailed as a “witness of truth” following his appearance in a BVI court
in 2009, was required to answer truthfully one simple question:
Glimpses Into Dominican Value
On July 10, 2011, a subtle Dominican energy broke from its collective formation. Such a formation could be traced to rock, plant and animal life, but that would be too steep, too soon a precipitous drop into the archaeological.
Continue readingDominican Ambition : reversing dependency trends by engaging emerging markets
Transformational Leadership involves empowering, stimulating, and motivating individuals to optimize their performance whilst encouraging and seeking to instill in them personal confidence in the hope that one day, they too may become leaders in their own right.
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