Dominica has been allocated US$4.5-million (more than EC$10 million) under the Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) Seventh Program. The program was launched here on ...

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Last week Friday H.H.V. Whitchurch & Co. Ltd. Tours Department held their end of year meeting at Tia’s Bamboo with the Tour Guides, Dispatchers as well as ...

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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said he will be writing to the French government to seek clarification on reports in the Agence France Press (AFP) that Dominica ...

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The Government of Dominica in collaboration with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Wednesday 29th May 2013 will launch an EC$12.2 million project, which will ...

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Dominica is among four OECS states which are expected to benefit from a US$20 million global loan program. The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will be on-lending ...

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Despite heavy rainfall dogging the recently held Giraudel/Eggleston Flower Show, organizers say up 2,000 patrons attended the event. “We had to struggle with ...

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Dominica has been placed on a blacklist of 17 countries judged by France to be uncooperative in investigating foreign aid fraud. French officials said on Monday ...

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Participants of a skills training program have been urged to be serious and make the best use of an eight week course that will provide them with the working ...

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The current work program of the EDU involves the implementation of activities under the 10th EDF Economic Integration and Trade of the OECS region and is expected ...

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Over forty unemployed people from all around the island have been told that once they have successfully completed an eight week program in Culinary Arts and ...

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The skills of village council clerks to effectively write projects for submission to funding agencies have been significantly enhanced through a series of ongoing ...

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Caribbean countries warned

ST. 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 ...

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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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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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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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WAWU moving to end impasse with DASPA

The Waterfront and Allied Workers Union says it will take measures to end a “long drawn out impasse” with the Dominica Air and Sea Port Authority (DASPA). ...

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Director of Trade Wellsworth Bethelmie, has described a special stakeholders meeting of the OECS Export Development Unit (OECS-EDU) in Dominica as a ...

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Secret Bay Resort has earned the distinction of being named number one among the ten best small hotels in the Caribbean for 2013. The list was compiled by Caribbean ...

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LIAT to replace ageing fleet

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Regional carrier LIAT, is currently negotiating a US$60 million loan with the Caribbean Development Bank, to assist with the ...

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Brizee’s Mart bid farewell to last year’s winner of its Mother of the Year sweepstakes, Ms. Nadura Prosper of La Plaine and welcomed an ecstatic and lucky Ms. ...

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