ROSEAU, Dominica -- A reconfigured and reenergised Agricultural Industrial and Development Bank of Dominica (AID Bank) will become the financial engine for driving the country's growth strategy. That disclosure was made by Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Social Security, Roosevelt Skerrit. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Efforts continue in St Kitts and Nevis next week to grapple with the problem of trafficking in arms and drugs in the Caribbean. Participants are expected from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. read more...

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In your issue of Caribbean Net News of October 24, 2009, you carried important information concerning the growth and development of the Dominica State College. It is indeed amazing to see how Dominica is making such great strides in tertiary education and in making it available to more of its citizens. read more...

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A study produced this year by group of independent economists located in Australia confirms that whale watching has become a boon to tourism in Central America and the Caribbean over the last ten years and is set to make a bigger contribution to the industry’s earnings. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Representatives from OECS member states will gather in Dominica from October 26-27, for a regional seminar on Intellectual Property Rights . The event is being facilitated by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Intellectual Property comprises creations of the human... read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Just seven years since the establishment of the Dominica State College by an Act of Parliament, the institution continues to grow both in terms of student membership and the partnerships it has developed with regional and international institutions. read more...

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CASTRIES, Saint Lucia -- St Vincent and the Grenadines have shot to the top of the point standings in the 2009 Windward Islands Senior Cricket Tournament in Saint Lucia, following their outright victory over Dominica Tuesday at Mindoo Philip Park. Grenada was only able to secure first innings points over St Lucia. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- An initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, led by the Minister for Agriculture, Matthew Walter, to avert a collapse of the banana industry in Dominica, has resulted in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Dominica Banana Producers Limited and... read more...

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RICHMOND, USA -- A 16-year-old Dominican youth who overcame a violent and hopeless past through a program sponsored by ChildFund International will share his transformational story at the United Nations next week as part of the commemoration of the International Day to Eradicate Poverty. read more...

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COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (AFP) -- The leftist Latin American ALBA trade bloc is scheduled on Friday to approve measures that would replace US dollars with a new virtual currency for regional commerce, an official said here. The new monetary system was adopted in principle at an ALBA summit in April. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- The government of Dominica and officials of the delegation of the European Commission to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean will undertake a mid-term review of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Country Strategy agreed in December 2008. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- Maintaining the stability of the EC currency is one of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s main achievements as the Bank celebrates its 26th anniversary on 1 October. Governor of the ECCB, Sir K Dwight Venner says the fact that the ECCB has been kept together for 26 years and... read more...

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I felt the need to respond to Suzanne Dyer, the boater who was assaulted while anchored in Dominican waters ["Letter: Important information relating to Dominica", September 24, 2009]. I don't mean to minimise Mrs Dyer's plight, but the link she provided leads to regional criminal statistics that simply don't... read more...

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Readers of news concerning the island of Dominica need to be alerted to the fact that there have been two serious incidents of violent attacks on yachtsmen anchored near Portsmouth this year alone.
Publicity concerning the island claims it is the safest in the Caribbean but this is not true. read more...

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ROUSEAU, Dominica -- Digicel, the largest mobile operator in the Caribbean, has completed the acquisition of Orange Dominica, the wholly owned subsidiary of France Telecom. Since launching operations in Dominica in 2006 Digicel has built a state-of-the-art network in Dominica. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit says his government is committed to the construction of additional hotel rooms in Dominica. The Prime Minister made the announcement at the first in a new round of Town Hall Meetings in the village of Marigot recently. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- International Cricket Council Elite Panel umpire, Billy Doctrove, says the Digicel Cricket Clinics are an important cog in the wheel of cricket development in the West Indies. The Digicel Cricket Clinics have had successful stints in the British Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Dominica and the Cayman Islands. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Fourteen year old Gian Benjamin from the Carib Territory in Dominica took home the top prize at the end of the Digicel Cricket Clinics on Wednesday. A former national Under 13 player and a current national Under 15 player Gian was adjudged best batsman by lead coach Keith Arthurton. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Twenty-five students from across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are currently in Dominica as part of a project of the CARICOM Secretariat to train youth in the region to identify and develop responses to CSME opportunities as well as to engage the next generation in identifying... read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- The signing of a Framework Agreement between the government of Dominica and the government of China at a ceremony at the Financial Centre on Wednesday paves the way for Dominica to finalise discussions with the Export-Import Bank of China for a loan not exceeding US$40 million. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- At the 2009 Orientation ceremony of the Dominica State College on Monday, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit confirmed that the government of China has agreed to provide a concessionary loan of EC$35 million to Dominica to finance the construction of a state-of-the-art Dominica State College. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- The legislative and administrative impediments affecting the smooth implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Dominica were identified at a Review Meeting held in Roseau recently. The Review Meeting also featured an overview/status of... read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica (OPM) -- In delivering the feature address at the media launch of the 13th Annual World Creole Music Festival on Tuesday evening, Minister for Tourism, Ian Douglas underscored the real significance of the World Creole Music Festival to Dominica. “The WCMF is not just a festival for us in Dominica… read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The OECS Trade Policy Unit will be part of a delegation to Dominica next week to discuss the harmonization and standardization of the country’s administrative practices and procedures to ensure that they are compliant with the arrangements under the CSME. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- President of Dominica, Dr Nicholas Liverpool used the occasion of the First Meeting of the Fifth Session of the Seventh Parliament on Friday, July 31, 2009, to respond to the ongoing public discussion on a number of issues related to governance and in particular the role and powers of the President. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica (OPM) -- Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Social Security and National Security, Roosevelt Skerrit, will present a $445.8 million budget to Dominica's parliament when it meets in Roseau on Friday, representing an increase of $54.06 million over the previous year. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Thirty-five recruits in Dominica have begun a sixth month training programme to become police officers. The 30 males and 5 females started their training at the Police Training School on July 15, 2009. This will bring the police force to 434 after the recruits complete their training. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- A delegation from the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) will be in Dominica for two days on Thursday and Friday of this week. The purpose of the visit is to sensitise the public in the target countries on the CARICOM Development Fund prior to its full operationalisation. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Dominica national Vincent Philbert has been named Head of the Export Development Unit, Dominica, under the OECS Secretariat, taking over from Colin Bully effective July 1, 2009. Philbert is a 1990 graduate in Economics from Cambridge University, U.K and holds an MBA. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- As the effects of the global economic and financial crisis continue to impact negatively on small and vulnerable economies like Dominica, the Dominica government has joined the governments of St Vincent and the Grenadines and St Lucia in making a formal request to the IMF. read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerritt says significant opportunities and programmes are afforded through association with the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). Defending his government’s move to join ALBA on Friday in Georgetown Guyana... read more...

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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis -- An official of the Dominica government has praised Nevis for its decision to host the first Geothermal Conference in the Caribbean. Chief Technical Officer in the Ministry of Energy Public Utilities and Ports Lucien Blackmore said the well planned and executed event, provided limitless gains. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Venezuela is seeking to increase its already significant investment portfolio in Dominica with the establishment of a state-of-the-art coffee processing plant and a branch of the ALBA Bank here. The announcement came from Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez in Dominica recently. read more...

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BONN, Germany (Reuters) -- Climate change will aggravate natural disasters and people in developing nations such as Dominica, Vanuatu, Myanmar and Guatemala are most at risk, a UN-backed study showed on Thursday. It urged governments to invest hundreds of billions of dollars to curb mounting impacts. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Ten law enforcement officers from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean will join forty of their colleagues from Trinidad, Jamaica and the Bahamas at the International Law Enforcement Academy, Roswell, New Mexico to attend the Advanced Management Course from June 1 to 26, 2009. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- The aim of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to bring about energy security to Latin America and the Caribbean through his PetroCaribe project will manifest itself in a tangible way in Dominica on Saturday with the official commissioning of the new US$35 million fuel plant at Jimmit. read more...

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TORTOLA, BVI -- Sad news out of the Dominican Republic reports that a pregnant 17 year old tuberculosis patient who contracted the new Influenza A H1N1 virus died at a Santo Domingo hospital on Saturday 6th June. This was the first life in the Caribbean claimed by the virus formerly referred to as “Swine Flu". read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- The Dominican economy registered real GDP growth of 3 percent and inflation of around 6 percent in 2008 despite the impact of an unprecedented global economic and financial crisis and two hurricanes, one in 2007 and the other in 2008. This information was revealed by an IMF Team. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica -- Dominica’s growing yachting sector has been boosted as a result of the handing over of a security dinghy by the government of Dominica to the Portsmouth Association of Yacht Security (PAYS) for the purpose of ensuring the security and safety of the many yacht visitors at Prince Rupert Bay. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- On May 27, 2009 at 5.00 pm an earthquake occurred east of St Lucia. The event was located at 14.00 degrees North and 60.86 degrees West. It measured 3.4 on the Richter scale at a depth of 48 kilometers. A few residents in the Ravine Toutrelle/ Marchand area felt the tremor. read more...

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