Dominica tops list of young marijuana smokers
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 100Dominica is at the top of the list of marijuana use among young people in the Caribbean, according to Health Minister Julius Timothy. Timothy has been quoting a 2011 study “which showed that Dominica in terms of the youth and...
Brizee’s Mart’s Mother of the Year
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 0La Plaine’s Nadura Prosper has been told that she is entitled to EC$100.00 worth of groceries from Brizee’s Mart each month for a year. Prosper is the winner of that firm’s Mother of the Year sweepstakes, and is being recognized...
BREAKING NEWS: Donna Summer dead at 63
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 16Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as Last Dance, Love to Love You Baby and Bad Girl became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died. She was 63. Her family...
Recruit nurses wisely – Jacob
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 6Recruit wisely to maintain and drive forward high-quality healthcare services in Dominica – that’s the advice being given to those involved in recruiting nurses on the island to work in the health sector. The appeal to re-examine the nurses’ recruitment...
Anti-drug strategy going to cabinet
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 1An anti-drug strategy and a manual for preschools have been identified as two priorities being worked on by Dominica’s Drug Abuse Prevention Unit. Unit Head Jacinta Bannis says her agency has been working on the proposed strategy for “several years...
Turn St. Isidore holiday into ‘Africa Day’
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 40One of the organizers of African Liberation Day activities on May 25 has expressed disappointment about opposition to the idea of making the day a public holiday. Participants in a recent DNO poll voted 417 against to 309 for, when...
KFC Portsmouth shutting down
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 171Reports reaching Dominica News Online suggest that after almost three years of doing business in the north, KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) Portsmouth is about to shut its doors. Staff there report having been informed on Monday that the company will...
Dominicans in New York celebrate Mothers Day
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 23The Committee for the Improvement of Bense, Anse de Mai and Anse Soldat (CIMBAA), hosted its 2nd annual Mothers Day bash this past weekend. The group, which comprises persons from that community who currently live in the New York metropolitan...
Five to go for Miss Isidore crown in San Sauveur (with photos)
May 17, 2012 | Comments: 23Five contestants from the villages of San Sauveur and Petite Soufriere will participate in the Miss Isidore Pageant set for Sunday May 27th at the San Sauveur School grounds. The contestants are Ayesha Nichols of San Sauveur and Kerlincia Bernard,...
AID Bank gets tough on delinquency
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 19Loan payment defaulters are being served notice by the AID Bank – the Dominica Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank – that the financial institution is about to more strictly enforce measures to reverse a growing trend of delinquency. Newly appointed...
How you help Facebook make billions
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 12Every post you “like.” Every friend you add or fan page you join. Every place you check in, and every Web page you recommend. To you, those are ways to enjoy, expand and improve your experience on Facebook. To Facebook,...
Murder retrial gets underway in High Court
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 14A murder retrial began at the High Court on Wednesday, involving Garvin George, whose appeal against his murder conviction was granted on May 3 by the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. George appeared before Justice Bernie...
Portsmouth resident faces court on murder charge
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 3The murder trial against Portsmouth resident David St.Jean has begun. St. Jean is accused of stabbing Clement James on the Indian River Bridge on September 20th, 2010 after an alleged altercation. A nine-member jury was selected Wednesday morning to commence...
DNO Poll Result: Make public 2004 MOU with China
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 42Can an unscientific online poll convince a government it ought to act in a certain way and acquiesce to requests to take a specific action. While it may not necessarily do so, it is interesting to note the majority of...
Increase in students sitting G6NA
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 14Ministry of Education officials have disclosed that just over 1,200 students will sit this year’s Grade 6 National Assessment Examinations (G6NA). The exact total is 1206, with a breakdown of 610 males and 596 females. The 2012 figure represents an...
CNCDs tackled
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 12Health care providers here were updated on Wednesday about how to better deal with Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs). They’ve been advised on how best to improve the quality of care provided to people with CNCDs, at a workshop organized by...
Former Barbadian PM to address DLP stalwarts
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 17Regional integration, the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) and related matters will be on the agenda on Sunday (May 20) when the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) holds its delegates conference in the West Coast community of St Joseph in...
Live web streaming of CDB annual meeting events
May 16, 2012 | Comments: 2The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) says people across the region will be able to follow online, some of the activities associated with the bank’s 42nd Annual meeting of the Board of Governors. The meeting is being held this year in...
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