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Village councils learn capacity building

Village councils learn capacity building

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 1

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

Lawsuit looms for law enforcement authorities

Lawsuit looms for law enforcement authorities

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 38

Local attorney, Ronald Charles, said he will be seeking “further instructions” from a client who he said was wrongly imprisoned in Dominica. He pointed ...

AG to attend meeting on money laundering and terrorist financing

AG to attend meeting on money laundering and terrorist financing

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 6

Dominica’s Attorney General Levi Peter will represent Dominica at the upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) 40+9 Recommendations plenary scheduled to take ...

Venezuelan Ambassador tours Carib Territory

Venezuelan Ambassador tours Carib Territory

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 3

Venezuelan Ambassador to Dominica, Hayden Pirela, on Thursday toured the Carib Territory, making stops at the houses funded by the Venezuelan Government and ...

Dice to headline Caribbean Calypso Exposion in New York

Dice to headline Caribbean Calypso Exposion in New York

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 15

Dominica’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. ...

We’re not seeking ‘special rights’ for homosexuals – MiriDom

We’re not seeking ‘special rights’ for homosexuals – MiriDom

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 115

Minority Rights Dominica (MiriDom) is making it clear that it is not seeking ‘special rights’ for homosexuals but that they be treated equally as human ...

Nature Island Challenge – Day 3

Nature Island Challenge – Day 3

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 9

Day 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 ...

Dominica completes CXC CPEA Pilot

Dominica completes CXC CPEA Pilot

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 4

Students from five Dominican primary schools last week sat the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Caribbean Primary Exit Assessment (CPEA) to mark the end of a ...

Argentina to help Dominica with small business development

Argentina to help Dominica with small business development

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 5

Argentina has indicated that it will be assisting Dominica in small business development. President of Dominica His Excellency Eluid Williams, said Argentina has ...

UPDATE: Police identify Dominicans rescued by cruise ship

UPDATE: Police identify Dominicans rescued by cruise ship

May 24, 2013 | Comments: 74

The 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 ...

Shock and sadness in New Town

Shock and sadness in New Town

May 23, 2013 | Comments: 95

Residents 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 ...

Caribbean countries warned

Caribbean countries warned

May 23, 2013 | Comments: 8

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 ...

Dominica to deepen bilateral relations with Africa

Dominica to deepen bilateral relations with Africa

May 23, 2013 | Comments: 42

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has said his administration will continue to collaborate with a number of African countries in international arrangements as a ...

Open Letter to the Executive of the Dominica Football Association

Open Letter to the Executive of the Dominica Football Association

May 23, 2013 | Comments: 17

I write concerning the continued disregard  and disrespect shown  the Dominica Football Association (DFA) executive for the constitution of the DFA, and more so ...

DOMLEC unfazed by online petition

DOMLEC unfazed by online petition

May 23, 2013 | Comments: 64

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 ...