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Electoral observers outline role in electoral process
December 22, 2009 | Comments: 3Electoral observers present for Friday’s General Elections have made it clear that they are not electoral authorities or law enforcement officials, and are ...
Prime minister vows to stick to 100-day plan
December 22, 2009 | Comments: 18Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has vowed to stick to promises made to the Dominican people that he had said would materialize in the first 100 days of taking ...
Shillingford attributes success to hard work and prayers
December 22, 2009 | Comments: 26One of the two women to form the new Dominica Labour Party (DLP) government, Gloria Shillingford, said hard work and prayers gave her the edge over her predecessors ...
Dominican in St. Martin wants answers to son’s death
December 22, 2009 | Comments: 31A Dominican woman living in St. Martin is searching for an explanation for the death of her 11-year-old son. According to a report on smn-news.com, Olivier Laurence ...
Opposition to boycott Parliament
December 22, 2009 | Comments: 83Dominica’s main opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has announced it will boycott the House of Parliament in protest of the results of the general election. ...
Construction works on segment 10 of Nat’l Trail Project underway
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 2(Gov’t Press Release) – The Waitukubuli National Trail Project has reached an important stage with the resumption of Construction Works. Trail ...
AUS$1M boost to CDF capital fund
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 0The Government of Australia is giving AUS$1M to the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF). The money which is to be transferred before year-end is slated for the CDF’s ...
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao congratulates Prime Minister Skerrit on his re-election
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 7Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, His Excellency, Wen Jiabao has sent a letter to Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit congratulating him on his ...
Election results will not determine political future, DFP leader says
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 16Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP)Judith Pestaina says the outcome of the December 18 general elections will not determine the future of her political ...
LIAT advisory regarding airborne ash clouds from Soufriere Hills Volcano
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 0ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, December 21, 2009 – LIAT wishes to advise that there are reports of airborne ash clouds from the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat. ...
Two charged with money laundering
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 18Two men have been charged for allegedly laundering money in the sum of Euro €13,920 and US $48,900. According to the Roseau Magistrate’s Court, Lee Anthony and ...
George not bothered by critics
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 18Parliamentary representative-elect of the Roseau South constituency Ambrose George has made it clear that he is not bothered by critics of his past stints as member ...
PDM says bribery tactics used to secure victory
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 25The Peoples Democratic Movement has suggested that bribery tactics were used to secure victory in Friday’s general elections. The PDM fielded candidates in the ...
Former prime minister posts bail for Marigot men
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 25Former Prime Minister of Dominica Edison James acted as a surety for two Marigot men, released on $5,000 bail each today. Ghana Matthew and Henry Dorsette appeared ...
Preliminary statement of CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to Dominica
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 9(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On the invitation of the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ...
PM Skerrit says no plan to drastically reform constitution
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 40Newly sworn-in Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said although his Dominica Labour Party (DLP) won by a large margin, sweeping 18 out of the 21 constituencies in ...
Bath Estate man fined for hitting shop owner with a coconut
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 13A Bath Estate man has been fined by the court after hitting a shop owner with a coconut (jelly) and resisting arrest. 19-year-old Wayne Maxwell appeared before Chief ...
Calypsonians succeed at eliminations round
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 21Twelve calypsonians have been selected to move on to the second round of the 2010 calypso competition. Daddy Chess, Explosion, The Bobb, Tasha P, Benno, Ghetto ...
Monday morning blaze destroys Mahaut house
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 10An early morning blaze has destroyed the home of Robertson George, alias ‘Cozy’, of Mahaut. According to public relations officer at the fire department, ...
Roosevelt Skerrit’s general election victory speech
December 21, 2009 | Comments: 39Fellow Dominicans, friends and well wishers…To God be the glory…Great things he hath done! We have come to the end of a necessary, but arduous process of ...
No late drama as Windies lose by 35 runs
December 20, 2009 | Comments: 4PERTH, Australia, CMC – There was no miracle, no dramatic finish or historic result as Australia needed only 21 balls to end West Indies’ last-ditch resistance ...