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DNO POLL: What is your choice for Dominica’s National Dish?

DNO POLL: What is your choice for Dominica’s National Dish?

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 58

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

Website boasts of ‘instant’ Dominican passports

Website boasts of ‘instant’ Dominican passports

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 37

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 ...

DNO POLL RESULT: Should Dominica introduce voters ID cards or national ID cards?

DNO POLL RESULT: Should Dominica introduce voters ID cards or national ID cards?

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 8

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 ...

BUSINESS BYTE: Digicel celebrates seven years in Dominica

BUSINESS BYTE: Digicel celebrates seven years in Dominica

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 3

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 ...

PM wants African Liberation Day on national calendar

PM wants African Liberation Day on national calendar

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 16

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

Dominican to be honored as a Pioneer for Change in Canada

Dominican to be honored as a Pioneer for Change in Canada

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 23

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 ...

Working mom fulfills dream

Working mom fulfills dream

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 50

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 ...

Gov’t to expand geothermal development

Gov’t to expand geothermal development

May 22, 2013 | Comments: 16

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

Nature Island Challenge gets underway

Nature Island Challenge gets underway

May 21, 2013 | Comments: 14

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

Accused murderer appears in court

Accused murderer appears in court

May 21, 2013 | Comments: 35

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 ...

Over 1,000 students to sit Grade Six National Assessment

Over 1,000 students to sit Grade Six National Assessment

May 21, 2013 | Comments: 10

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 ...

Grand Bay man pays for his actions

Grand Bay man pays for his actions

May 21, 2013 | Comments: 7

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 ...

Workshop on juvenile justice gets high marks

Workshop on juvenile justice gets high marks

May 21, 2013 | Comments: 0

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 ...

Astaphan questions DPP’s decision on Earl Grant

Astaphan questions DPP’s decision on Earl Grant

May 21, 2013 | Comments: 93

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 ...

Plans for draft policy on water management

Plans for draft policy on water management

May 21, 2013 | Comments: 5

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 ...