Suspected suicide in New Town

Dominica News Online has received information of a suspected suicide in New Town. Reports indicate that the body of a man was found hanging at 78 Victoria Street ...

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A leading manufacturer in the Caribbean is lamenting the high price of electricity and its impact on the manufacturing sector in the region. Speaking at the ...

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DOMLEC unfazed by online petition

DOMLEC’s General Manager, Colin Cover, appears unmoved by a petition which surfaced on social media recently complaining about the high rate of electricity in ...

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The National Emblems Committee in collaboration with the Independence Committee and the Statistical Division is currently in the process of trying to determine the ...

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Website boasts of ‘instant’ ...

A website which sells Dominican passports and economic citizenship has said it is “very pleased by the increased speed and efficiency” in the process on ...

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The matter of voters ID cards versus national ID cards has been a subject of much discussion in Dominica and has been a long running contention between the ...

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In celebrations of its seventh anniversary in Dominica this month, Digicel is saying ‘Thank you’ to its loyal family of customers by giving them the chance to ...

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Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, is calling on Dominicans to embrace their African heritage and wants African Liberation celebrations to be part of the National ...

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Dr. Laurelle Jno Baptiste, born in Marigot, will on June 6, 2013, be honoured at a fundraising initiative in Canada that acknowledges the remarkable contributions ...

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Working mom fulfills dream

Raising three children, having a full time job and strapped by financial constraints may seem like formidable obstacles to some one trying to get an education. But ...

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Despite severe criticism from some quarters, of its geothermal project in the Roseau Valley, the government is looking to expand its geothermal development efforts ...

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Nature Island Challenge gets underway

Dominica is presently hosting adventure racers from the Caribbean and the United States during the island’s first-ever Nature Island Challenge. The ...

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Accused murderer appears in court

A man accused of murdering a senior citizen in Castle Bruce made his first court appearance on Tuesday. There, the charge of murder was read to Daniel Bannis, of ...

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One thousand, one hundred and fifty-five (1155) students will sit the Grade Six National Assessment on Thursday May 23rd and Friday May 24th, 2013. Six hundred and ...

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Grand Bay man pays for his actions

A man from Grand Bay, who has a list of violent criminal convictions, was fined a total of $2,000 in a matter involving a policeman. Harold Alexander, 49, pleaded ...

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Participants at a two and a half day Juvenile Justice Training workshop have said that they are now better positioned to deal with Juvenile delinquents that they ...

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Senior Counsel, Tony Astaphan, appears to have taken issue with a decision by Acting Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Julian Prevost, to have Earl Grant come ...

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A top Official in the Ministry of Water Resource Management is hopeful that an on going three-day workshop on a National Policy for Integrated Water Resource ...

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Dominica News Online (DNO) published a story on the 18th of May, 2013, headlined “WAWU moving to end impasse with DASPA” in which it was erroneously ...

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Dominican in US releases first novel

Jeffers J. Joseph, a Dominican originally from Wesley, has released his first novel named, “Money, Misery and Murder.” The novel is based on a wealthy ...

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