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       Former Dominica government minister and public sector executive Ian Pinard has died at the age of 54. Reports indicate he passed away at his home in the early hours of April 17, 2026. His death brings to a close a public career that spanned elected office, party leadership, and senior roles within Dominica’s state institutions.

COACH EDDIE SHANNON was the head football coach at Lincoln Memorial High, an all-Black school in Palmetto. In 15 seasons, the Lincoln Trojans lost only two games. They went 25-0 from 1963-1968 under Coach Shannon. Ray Bellamy, one of his star football players, became the first black football player for the University of Miami in 1966. Another one of his star players at Lincoln, was Henry Lawrence, who played 13 seasons for the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders (1974-1986). A standout from Florida A&M, he won three Super Bowls (XI, XV, XVIII) and was a 2X Pro Bowl selection (1983, 1984).

   As Jews gather around the Seder table and Christians move toward the sacred culmination of Easter, the convergence of these seasons calls forth one of the most enduring theological truths in human history: God is a God of liberation