We’re not seeking ‘special rights’ for homosexuals – MiriDom
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 24Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom) is making it clear that it is not seeking ‘special rights’ for homosexuals but that they be treated equally as human beings. “Homosexuals are not requesting special rights but merely to be respected as fellow human...
UPDATE: Police identify Dominicans rescued by cruise ship
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 53The police in Dominica have identified two men who are in the custody of the Barbados Immigration Department after they were rescued at sea on Tuesday. Assistant Superintendent, Ainsworth Irish, said they are Timothy Louis of Victoria Street in New...
Dice to headline Caribbean Calypso Exposion in New York
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 0Dominica’s six-time calypso monarch, King Dice, will be the main act at an event dubbed Caribbean Calypso Explosion to be held in New York city this weekend. The show, the first of its kind, is carded the May 25th memorial...
Nature Island Challenge – Day 3
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 6Day Three (Thursday) at the Nature Island Challenge saw better weather for the athletes as they competed on Segment 5 and Segment 6 of the Waitukubuli National Trail. Starting at the WNT Headquarters, racers quickly headed downhill into the bush...
Dominica completes CXC CPEA Pilot
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 1Students from five Dominican primary schools last week sat the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) to mark the end of a pilot programme which began in 2011. Dominica will now assess the CPEA programme to determine...
PHOTO OF THE DAY: Searching for a Roseau River snack
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 2This bird was seen searching for a snack among the stones in the Roseau River Photo by CJ Photographers – novice, amateur or professional – in Dominica are asked to submit photos, photographer credit and caption to dominicanewsonline@gmail.com for...
DPC POETRY: Shy bride
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 1I wore white to my wedding, A testament to all I’d lost. Symbol of a lie, but a must if I were to walk the tightrope of modesty. Condemned by those who hadn’t walked the path I had trod, I...
Argentina to help Dominica with small business development
May 24, 2013 | Comments: 2Argentina has indicated that it will be assisting Dominica in small business development. President of Dominica His Excellency Eluid Williams, said Argentina has expressed willingness to assist in that area of Dominica’s development. He made the remarks when Argentina’s Ambassador...
Shock and sadness in New Town
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 85Residents of Newtown are expressing shock and sadness following an alleged case of suicide in the area on Thursday morning. The police say around 6 am the motionless body of Claude Oscar of 78 Victoria Street was found hanging in...
Caribbean countries warned
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 8ST. LUCIA – The Board of Governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) began a two-day meeting here with a warning to regional countries that, while they urgently need to address their fiscal and debt issues, a narrow adjustment...
Dominica to deepen bilateral relations with Africa
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 31Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said his administration will continue to collaborate with a number of African countries in international arrangements as a means of guaranteeing economic stability and solidarity for Dominica. The Prime Minister made the remark when he...
Open Letter to the Executive of the Dominica Football Association
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 8I write concerning the continued disregard and disrespect shown the Dominica Football Association (DFA) executive for the constitution of the DFA, and more so to the members of the DFA. The executive is charged, in the DFA constitution, with the...
DOMLEC unfazed by online petition
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 61DOMLEC’s General Manager, Colin Cover, appears unmoved by a petition which surfaced on social media recently complaining about the high rate of electricity in Dominica. Organizers of the petition said its aim is to reduce electricity bills on the island,...
Regional youth festival coming to Dominica
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 5The Caribbean Baptist Fellowship (CBF) has set its eyes on Dominica to host the 10th edition of their Youth Festival which takes place from July 23 -27, 2014. Speaking at the opening ceremony at the Public Service Training Center on...
Cuban adult literacy program coming to Dominica
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 19A new model of adult literacy teaching using television and video aides is to be piloted in Dominica beginning September this year. The adult literacy program, spearheaded by the Adult Education Division, will cater to individuals who have difficulty in...
COMMENTARY: The predicament of the Portsmouth Town Council
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 26News surfaced recently that the Mayor of Portsmouth, Mr. Cleve St Jean, is worried that the Portsmouth Town Council is at risk of slipping into irrelevance through failure of residents of the town to pay house and land rates. This...
Sea maroons commemorate abolition of slavery
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 4Sixty sea maroons from Martinique are presently in Dominica as part of celebrations commemorating the abolition of slavery. They arrived from Martinique on Wednesday aboard traditional Amerindian canoes, Youmoulicou and Akayouman. The crossing is jointly organized by the K’nawa Association...
Dominica Institute for the arts ends 1st year of operations
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 3The closing ceremony marking the end of the first year of operations of the Dominica Institute for the Arts, will be held on Thursday May 30th 2013 at the Arawak House of Culture starting at 5 p.m. The event forms...
Man given suspended sentence
May 23, 2013 | Comments: 16Kelvin Bazil of Wesley, who was charged with wounding with intent, was given a two-year suspended sentence for two years and ordered to pay compensation to the victim, Prescott Abraham, of EC$1,000.00 to be paid in six months. In default, he...
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