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Roosevelt Skerrit (born 8 June 1972) is a Dominican politician who has been Prime Minister of Dominica since 2004; he has also been the Member of Parliament for the Vieille Case constituency since 2000. Regionally, he has served as the Chairman of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and most recently as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in 2010.
Early Life
Skerrit was born in the village of Vieille Case. He began his studies at the University of New Mexico, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA. He later transferred to the University of Mississippi, Ole Miss, Oxford, Mississippi, where in 1997, he acquired a Bachelor s (Honors) degree in Psychology (B.Sc.) and English (BA).
Still from Beyoncé s Black is King.(Disney+)
We don t envy CBC Arts columnists Amanda Parris, Peter Knegt and Anne T. Donahue having to regularly try and make sense of this strange year with words. It was hard enough just to exist in 2020, let alone publicly reflect on said existence through the many, many words that came via Amanda s Black Light, Peter s Queeries and Anne s Anne-iversaries. We asked each of the columnists to look back at the year (mostly in horror, we assume) and pick their top five editions.
Amanda Parris
2020 was a perpetually bleak year, but one site of persistent joy for me arrived in the moments where I was able to utilize my platform to share and amplify critical stories, histories and voices. My favourite editions of Black Light enabled me to do that through interviews, listicles, oral histories and exposing forgotten histories.
CMW takes a deep dive into the Great Barrier Reef and checks out the improving offer in Cairns
As New Zealand and Australia opened up a travel bubble in October, maybe there is some Antipodean light emerging at the end of the dark corona tunnel.
In normal times, Cairns & Great Barrier Reef presents meeting planners with a combination of sustainable, first-class facilities and operators amid an amazing natural world.
The area has twin World Heritage-listed icons, the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics Rainforest – natural delegate boosters for any event. The international airport is located 10 minutes from the centre of Cairns and in a normal year it handles up to five million travellers. In August the A$55m T2 Domestic Terminal upgrade was completed.
Forward ever! Backward never! – A tribute to the Five Mohicans
The Five Mohicans: Maurice Bishop of Grenada, Rosie Douglas of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of SVG, George Odlum of Saint Lucia, and Tim Hector of Antigua and Barbuda. Social Share
by Robertson S Henry
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Dr Ralph Gonsalves is preparing to exit the political landscape after five decades of activism. He is the last of a group of giant intellectuals who became known as the Five Mohicans.
The Five Mohicans are Maurice Bishop of Grenada, Rosie Douglas of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of SVG, George Odlum of Saint Lucia, and Tim Hector of Antigua and Barbuda.
Forward ever! Backward never! – A tribute to the Five Mohicans
The Five Mohicans: Maurice Bishop of Grenada, Rosie Douglas of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of SVG, George Odlum of Saint Lucia, and Tim Hector of Antigua and Barbuda. Social Share
by Robertson S Henry
Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Dr Ralph Gonsalves is preparing to exit the political landscape after five decades of activism. He is the last of a group of giant intellectuals who became known as the Five Mohicans.
The Five Mohicans are Maurice Bishop of Grenada, Rosie Douglas of Dominica, Ralph Gonsalves of SVG, George Odlum of Saint Lucia, and Tim Hector of Antigua and Barbuda.