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Thursday, September 15, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dame Eugenia Charles, the Caribbean's first female Prime
Minister was buried on Wednesday in Pointe Michel, a southern town in Dominica,
where she was born 86 years ago...
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Dominica’s late PM attracts praise and comment from world’s media
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
ROSEAU,
Dominica: Former Prime Minister of Dominica, the late Dame Mary Eugenia Charles,
who died last week, is attracting widespread praise and comment on her long
political and legal career from the world’s media. The Caribbean’s first
woman Prime Minister has attracted media comment...
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Dominica welcomes home Dame Eugenia
Monday, September 12, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister Roosevelt
Skerrit, the Cabinet and an honour guard welcomed home Dame Eugenia Charles'
body on Friday in a simple ceremony at the Canefield Airport in Dominica, just
outside the capital, Roseau...
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Dominica expects savings on oil by year-end
Monday, September 12, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Energy
Minister, Reginald Austrie, disclosed on Saturday that his country would in
three months begin reaping the benefits from the PetroCaribe deal signed with
Venezuela last week...
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Former Dominica PM's law career overshadowed by
political achievements, say lawyers
Monday, September 12, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Dominica Bar
Association (DBA) said on Friday that the late Dame Eugenia Charles’
stewardship as Prime Minister overshadowed her illustrious legal career of 56
years. Dame Eugenia, who died in Martinique on Tuesday, began her law
practice in 1949 and became the country’s leader 31 years later...
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No state funeral for former Dominican PM
Friday, September 9, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dame Eugenia Charles will be buried on Wednesday in a private funeral, according to a family spokesman,
who stated that the former Prime Minister said no to a state burial before her
death on Tuesday...
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Dominica’s former prime minister, Dame Eugenia Charles, passes away
Thursday, September 8, 2005
ROSEAU,
Dominica: Dominica’s former Prime Minister and the Caribbean’s first female head
of government, Dame Eugenia Charles, died at a hospital in Martinique on Tuesday
night, one week after she was flown there for hip replacement surgery.
Dame Eugenia, 86, ruled Dominica from 1980 and 1995, and was an internationally
known figure...
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Dominica introduces universal secondary education
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica on Monday introduced its first-ever universal
secondary education system as close to 20 high schools opened their doors for
the start of the 2005-6 school year...
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Dominican college records highest freshmen intake
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: As the Dominica State College (DSC) on Monday welcomed a record number of freshmen, the island’s highest home-grown tertiary institution said it made improvements in its 2005 GCE
A Level examinations’ results...
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Dominica offers to send troops to aid US hurricane-battered cities
Monday, September 5, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said on Friday that his country would provide para-military
personnel to assist with humanitarian work in the southern US states ravaged by
Hurricane Katrina on Monday...
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Former Dominica PM hospitalised
Friday, September 2, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Former Prime Minister of Dominica, Dame Eugenia Charles, was
on Tuesday rushed by air ambulance to a Martinique hospital for emergency
surgery after she broke a hip...
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Dominica introduces value added tax
Friday, September 2, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s parliament on
Monday evening enacted its first-ever Value Added Tax (VAT) system amid muted
response from the Opposition to Government MPs’ “aye”...
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CGID denounces Dominica’s visa requirement for Haitians
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
NEW YORK, USA: The New York based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) has criticized the imposition of a visa requirement and a US$400 security bond on Haitians traveling to Dominica as “an act of discrimination against the Haitian people and a flagrant violation of Articles 7, 45 and 46 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguramas...
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Dominica government accused of abusing state funds
Friday, August 19, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The parliamentary opposition in Dominica has accused the government of "wanton abuse of state funds", saying the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP)
had used the money for its political campaign during the May 2005 general
election...
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Dominica: a role model for sustainable tourism development
Monday, August 15, 2005
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO: Caribbean destination Dominica was featured as a role
model for sustainable tourism development yesterday, at the First International
Conference on Environmental and Sustainable Development held in Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, August 10-12, 2005...
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LIAT to sue Dominica police
Thursday, August 11, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: LIAT's manager in
Dominica, Gerard Cools-Lartigue, said on Wednesday that legal action would be
taken against the local police following the arrest of two of the regional
airline's employees on an "obstruction of justice" charge...
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Another LIAT airline employee arrested in Dominica
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The local employees of regional airline LIAT, on Tuesday were
contemplating strike action in response to the detention by police of another
work colleague on an "obstruction of justice" charge...
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Dominica parliament approves overdraft of EC$34.5m
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: On Thursday, August 4, 2005, the Dominica Parliament granted
approval for the Minister for Finance to borrow and guarantee by means of
fluctuating overdraft, a sum not exceeding in the aggregate EC$34,500,000...
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LIAT employee charged in Dominica with obstruction of justice
Tuesday, August 9, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Police charged one LIAT employee on Monday for obstruction of justice and is seeking another worker who they claim did not comply with their request to board Haitian deportees on LIAT
flight 500 destined for Antigua on July 31...
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Dominica’s president opens debate on constitutional reform
Wednesday, August 3, 2005
ROSEAU,
Dominica: President of Dominica, Dr Nicholas Liverpool, has opened up a debate
in Dominica on reform of the Constitution and the structure and role of
Parliament. The Dominican Head of State made the remarks at the opening of the
First Meeting of the Seventh Session of the Seventh Parliament last week...
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Significant improvement in Dominica’s finances reported as
Skerrit unveils $308m budget
Thursday, July 28, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Planning, National Security and Overseas Nationals, Roosevelt Skerrit,
reported a significant improvement in Dominica’s fiscal position when he
presented the 2005/2006 Budget to Parliament Wednesday. Debate on the
2005/2006 Budget will start on Tuesday...
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Dominica to introduce visas for Haitian and Dominican Republic nationals
Monday, July 25, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican authorities disclosed Thursday that visa
requirements would be slapped on nationals from Haiti and the Dominican Republic
to curb their illegal migration to neighbouring Caribbean islands...
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Japan bought whaling votes, say Caribbean nations
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP): Australia's national broadcaster said Monday it
had proof Japan bought the votes of some Caribbean nations for a return to
commercial whaling -- a claim Tokyo has consistently denied...
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Haitians refused entry into Dominica
Friday, July 15, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican immigration officials refused entry to 27 Haitians
on Wednesday, saying they intended to use the country as a transshipment point
to neighbouring islands...
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Dominica moves to regulate medical sector
Friday, July 15, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Local authorities have moved to regulate the practice of
medical doctors, citing lack of checks and balances and complacency for their
decision...
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Capital projects in excess of EC$200m set to begin in Dominica in 2006
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Three major infrastructure projects valued in excess of $200
million are expected to begin in Dominica in 2006. This revelation was made at a
Public Sector Investment Programme Supervisory Meeting held recently...
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Dominica: The Nature Island of the Caribbean gains further prominence
Wednesday, July 6, 2005
MIAMI,
USA: The Three Rivers Eco Lodge in Dominica has been awarded the American
Express and Caribbean Hotel Association 2005 Caribbean Green Hotel Award in the
small hotel category, becoming the first on the Island to achieve such status
for any small hotel category. The award is based on performance in
environmental management...
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Tuesday, July 5, 2005
CASTRIES, St Lucia: In addressing the
official opening of the 26th CARICOM Summit in St Lucia on Sunday, Dominica's
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit called upon the leaders of the region to pay
serious attention to regional agriculture and to "rally" around the Government
of St Kits and Nevis as it closes down its sugar industry...
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Dominica to benefit from PetroCaribe agreement with Venezuela
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominicans will soon be paying less for fuel as a result of the signing of an Agreement by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
and twelve other Caribbean leaders in Venezuela last week...
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Conjoined twins born in Dominica fail to survive
Tuesday, July 5, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Conjoined twins born at the Princess Margaret Hospital
in Roseau, Dominica, last Thursday died at the weekend before their parents and
doctors could decide on surgical options...
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Dominican economy continues to show signs of growth says Caribbean
Development Bank
Friday, July 1, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank has confirmed that the Dominican economy is continuing to show signs of positive growth. That assessment is contained in the CDB
Annual Economic Review 2004...
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Indian government provides US $20,000 worth of medical supplies to Dominica
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Indian Government has promised a consignment of medicines worth US$20,000 to Dominica. The offer was made by the Indian High Commissioner to Dominica, Mr Virendra Gupta in a letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour, Charles Savarin...
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Dominican government convenes meeting with donor community
Thursday, June 23, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica will convene a meeting with the Caribbean and international donor community in Roseau on Thursday, 23rd June 2005. Participating in the meeting will be representatives from the ECCB, CDB, USAID, UNDP, the European Union, CIDA
and the People’s Republic of China ...
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Caribbean countries allege dirty tricks at international whaling meet
Monday, June 20, 2005
ULSAN, South Korea (AFP): Western governments and environmental groups have
threatened and intimidated other states because of their opposition to a ban
on commercial whaling, delegates from two Caribbean countries alleged Sunday...
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Judge in Dominica rejects application for judicial review by UWP candidate
Friday, June 17, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican High Court Judge, Justice Clare Henry-Wason, has
rejected an application by the losing United Workers Party candidate
parliamentary candidate for the Castle Bruce Constituency, Mr. Leonard Newton,
for leave to apply for judicial review...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005
ST JOHN'S, Antigua: On Monday, thirty Haitian nationals who illegally entered Antigua and Barbuda were escorted aboard a LIAT
charter flight back to Dominica where they originated...
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Escaped prisoner killed in Dominica
Friday, June 10, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica recorded its second murder for 2005 when Phillip
Registe, an escaped prisoner, died of cutlass wounds on Thursday in Grand Bay,
about ten miles south of the capital Roseau...
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Dominican communities to benefit from visit by
Canadian High Commissioner
Wednesday, June 8, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: A number of institutions in communities across Dominica are set to benefit as a result of the visit of Canadian High Commissioner to Dominica, Michael Welsh. Mr. Welsh is accompanied by Ms. Joanne Goulet, Head Development Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
Section...
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Dominica election challenge fails
Saturday, June 4, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Justice Claire Henry-Wason ruled on Friday that the court found "no injustice" in the electoral authorities' decision to award the Castle Bruce seat to the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP)
last month...
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Dominica okay with gay tourists
Saturday, June 4, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican authorities said on Friday they had an open door
policy towards all tourists despite public concerns that several gay cruises had
been planned for the country, beginning November...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Prominent nun, Patricia Ann Douglas – sister of
Dominica’s former Prime Minister, the late Rosie Douglas and former Opposition
Leader Michael Douglas – has lost her life in a road accident in Barbados...
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Monday, May 23, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican High Court Judge
Claire Henry-Wason reserved her judgment on Friday in the civil matter of
Leonard Newtown vs the Chief Elections Officer, the Returning Officer, Mrs
Loreen Bannis-Roberts and the Attorney General...
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Dominica radio station dismisses criticism from Catholics
Thursday, May 19, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The proprietor of a local commercial radio station Kairi FM, Frankie "Krazy" Bellot,
has taken issue with the Catholic Church over a statement read at masses which
accused its talk show hosts of unwarranted attacks on its leadership...
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Dominica PM warns against destabilisation attempts
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit
last week threatened to use the "full arm of the law" against anyone who
attempts to destabilise the country. Skerrit said he had advised Police Chief Matthias Lestrade
to deal with perceived plans to undermine the country's economic stabilization
programme...
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Dominica attorney general condemns Opposition party
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Newly-appointed attorney general Ian Douglas this week expressed dissatisfaction with the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP)
over its frequent calls for president Dr Nicholas Liverpool to intervene in
national issues...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, Sports and
Human Resource Development, Vince Henderson, has written to the President of
the West Indies Cricket Board, Teddy Griffith, informing him that the Windsor
Park Sports Stadium in Roseau will be ready to play some part in cricket’s
flagship tournament, the 2007 Cricket World Cup...
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Dominican PM announces new Cabinet
Monday, May 16, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Newly re-elected Prime
Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, on Thursday announced the names of
his new Cabinet ministers. Local businessman
Yvor Nassief has been named as the Minister of Tourism, Industry and Private
Sector Relations. He will join the Cabinet in September...
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Dominica general election was free and fair, says elections chief
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Chief Elections Officer
Merina Williams on Tuesday dismissed the opposition United Workers Party's (UWP)
charge that Dominica's May 5 general election was rigged by the ruling
Dominica Labour Party (DLP)...
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Jailbreak in Dominica: five still at large
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Security personnel in Dominica said on Tuesday they were in
pursuit of five prisoners who escaped from the island's lone prison here at
Stock Farm on general election night, May 5...
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Dominican PM sworn-in amid opposition protest
Tuesday, May 10, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Roosevelt Skerrit was on
Monday sworn-in as Dominica's Prime Minister amid a street protest here by the
opposition United Workers Party (UWP) who accused the Dominica Labour Party (DLP)
of rigging the May 5 general election. The
DLP claimed 12 seats to retain power...
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Dominica re-elects prime minister
Monday, May 9, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica's Prime
Minister Roosevelt Skerrit won re-election in a race focusing on international
loans and choosing between trade ties with Taiwan or China.
Skerrit -- whose Labor Party reportedly won 12 of 21 parliamentary seats --
campaigned on the results of an International Monetary fund program...
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DLP wins in Dominica
Friday, May 6, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Dominica Labour
Party (DLP)/Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) Coalition, have been returned to office
for another 5 years in Dominica, having defeated the United Workers Party (UWP)
of Edison James 12 seats to 9 in Thursday's General Election. Caribbean
Net News will have a full update shortly.
Dominica's Prime Minister asked to explain funds transferred from Cayman
account
Thursday, May 5, 2005
ROSEAU,
Dominica: As the general election campaign in Dominica reaches fever pitch, with
just hours remaining before the voters go to the polls to elect a new
government, serious concerns are being raised in some quarters regarding funds,
reportedly transferred from the Cayman Islands...
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Dominican police investigate election motorcade furore
Wednesday, May 4, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominican Police chief Matthias Lestrade said on Tuesday he was seeking legal advice on whether the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) had broken the country's law by simultaneously staging a island-wide motorcade which collided
with the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) on Monday...
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Carib Territory in Dominica to get radio station
Friday, April 15, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Kalinago people of the
Carib Territory in Dominica should expect a brand new radio station in their
area, come August...
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Three Windward Islands governments sign climate change agreements
Thursday, April 14, 2005
CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Government representatives from St. Vincent and the
Grenadines and the Commonwealth of Dominica joined their St. Lucian
counterparts this week in signing two agreements designed to address the
impact of climate change in the three countries...
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Election countdown begins in Dominica
Thursday, April 7, 2005

ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominicans will go to the polls to vote for the 2005 General Elections on May 5, 2005. That date was announced by Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, during a Labour Party meeting in Grandbay on Tuesday evening. The
announcement has put to rest much anticipation and assumptions about the
election date...
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Picnic in Dominica turns fatal
Friday, April 1, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Thirteen-year-old Cecelia
Joseph of Castle Comfort, Dominica, is dead following an incident in the
Castle Bruce River, on Sunday. She was pronounced dead at about 2:35 AM at the
Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH)...
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Missing girl found in Dominica
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: 15-year-old Bianca Jno.
Lewis of Morne Prosper, who was reported missing, has been found. The young
lady was said to have been in the southern community of Grand Bay...
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China delivers millions more, after 1 year of ties with Dominica
Monday, March 28, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: A National Sports Stadium, a grant of US$2.5 million and US$ 100,000 were all part of the package given to Dominica
last Wednesday. It marked the country’s first anniversary of diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)...
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80-year-old found dead in Dominica, 15-year-old missing
Friday, March 25, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Delia Rolle, 80, of Laudat, Dominica, was found dead in bushes near the village cemetery Wednesday. The partially clothed body was in an advanced
state of decomposition. The elderly woman had been missing for sixteen days...
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Dominica making headway in tourism
Friday, March 25, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica is
already reaping the benefits of the 7th Annual Tourism and Trade Show for
Travel, held in Martinique from March 11-13...
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'Prenup Challenge' filmed in Dominica
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica is soon to
be featured on a Canadian television series, the “Prenup Challenge”. After two
weeks of filming on the Nature Isle, the curtains were drawn on that segment
of the programme on Friday...
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Chemical weapons workshop in Dominica a success
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: A two-day workshop
on chemical weapons held in Dominica, last Thursday and Friday has been deemed
a success by its organizers. The workshop was a collaborative effort between
the Dominica Bureau of Standards and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade
and Marketing...
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Construction of the Dominica National Sports Stadium to commence this week
Monday, March 21, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The EC$33.4 million (US $12.4) National Sports Stadium for
Dominica is another step closer to becoming a reality. Construction on the
international facility will begin next week, following its official launching on
March 23, at the Windsor Park in the capital, Roseau...
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Secretary General of La Francophonie to visit Dominica
Thursday, March 17, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Secretary General of the International Organization for La Francophonie, Abou Diouf will pay an official visit to Dominica on Friday March 18,
2005...
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Fish landing facility to open in Dominica
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The doors to the long-awaited fish landing site in Scott’s
Head, Dominica will be officially opened within the next two weeks. This promise
was made to Scott’s Head residents by the Minister of Agriculture, Ambrose
George, during a town hall meeting in that area on Monday.....
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Wednesday, March 16, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: A two-day workshop on the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), will be held at the Fort Young Hotel
in Dominica between the 17th and 18th of March...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2005
ROSEAU,
Dominica: The Government of Dominica has achieved another milestone in its
ongoing debt restructuring programme by formalizing an agreement with the
National Bank of Dominica with respect to government’s indebtedness to the Bank.
Acting Financial Secretary, Mrs. Rosamund Edwards signed the necessary documents...
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Tourism and agriculture in Dominica make significant gains
Friday, March 4, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: According to a Government press release, Dominica's Tourism
and Agriculture sectors have registered positive signs of growth during the
period October - December 2004, compared to the corresponding period in 2003...
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Dominican government responds to allegations over National
Trail
Wednesday, February 16, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica has stated that the Chairman of the Waitikubuli
Ecological Foundation, Mr. Bernard Wiltshire, was informed by letter that the
work of the National Trail Steering Committee was complete and that the NTSC
had been dissolved...
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Dominica's Carib Indians to be portrayed as cannibals in movie sequel
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The BBC has reported that the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequels plan to portray Dominica's Carib
Indians as cannibals. Shooting on the films is expected to take place this April
in the area, with hundreds of Dominicans applying to be extras in the movie...
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Earthquake occurs north of Dominica
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CDERA): Another earthquake shook Dominica and surrounding islands on Valentines Day. According to the Seismic Research Unit (SRU) at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies, the tremor measuring 5.2 on the Richter Scale
occurred at 2:05 pm just north of Dominica...
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Dominica’s economy set to benefit from Pirates of the Caribbean II
Thursday, February 3, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s economy looks set to benefit from the filming of
Pirates of the Caribbean II in Dominica by Hollywood film giant Disney. When
actual filming begins in mid-April, over 250 Dominicans are expected to be
employed over a six week period..
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Dominican minister accuses opposition of sabotage
Wednesday, February 2, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Political Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party and Tourism Minister, Charles Savarin
has accused the Leader of the Opposition Edison James and the United Workers
Party of attempting to sabotage the cooperation agreement between Dominica and
the People’s Republic of China...
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Dominican schools benefit from Chinese
assistance
Friday, January 28, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Dominica State College and the Isaiah Thomas Secondary
School are the beneficiaries of computer, computer accessories and sporting
equipment, courtesy of the Government of the People’s Republic of China...
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Late Prime Minister of Dominica to be
honoured on first anniversary of his death
Thursday, January 6, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: The late Prime Minister of Dominica, Pierre Charles, will be honoured on Thursday
in Grand Bay, a constituency he dominated for nearly two decades. January 6,
2005 will mark one year since Dominica’s sixth Prime Minister died. A
number of activities have been planned to commemorate the anniversary of his
passing ...
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Dominica's lake stops boiling
Saturday, January 1, 2005
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Boiling Lake has mysteriously stopped boiling for
the third time in a century, Britain's Press Association reported Friday...
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Dominican Government announces reductions in gasoline prices
Monday, December 27, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Marketing, has announced that effective December 29,
2004, Dominicans will see a 41 cents reduction per gallon for gasoline and $1.13
reduction per gallon for kerosene as a result of the downward movement in world
oil prices...
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OECS Secretariat puts $90 million price tag on earthquake damage in Dominica
Thursday, December 23, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: A visiting delegation
from the OECS Secretariat has put the cost to the Dominican economy as a
result of the earthquake of November 21, 2004, and the landslides that
preceded it, at EC$90 million...
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EU to fund national trail in Dominica
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica has secured funding from the European Union for the implementation of the Waitikubuli
National Trail...
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French mission in Dominica to discuss airport road project
Friday, December 17, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: A team from Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) arrived
in Dominica on Wednesday, December 15th 2004 on a two-day visit to discuss the
financing arrangements for the road from Roseau to the Melville Hall Airport...
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Earthquake damage in Dominica estimated at US$19 million
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica :The official estimate for necessary repairs, rehabilitation
and reconstruction work to official buildings as a consequence of the recent
earthquake and accompanying heavy rainfall is US$19.1 million...
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Dominica’s ICT sector boosted by the arrival
of new call centre
Sunday, December 5, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Information and Communications Technology Sector
has received a major boost with the arrival of Call 767, a call centre. The
company, which is expected to employ over 200 persons in the first instance,
is scheduled to begin operations in Dominica in January 2005...
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Dominica becomes first country to earn
eco-tourism designation
Saturday, December 4, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Caribbean island of Dominica announced Friday that it
has become the first country ever to receive benchmark designation from the
prestigious eco-tourism organization, Green Globe 21...
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Signs of economic growth in Dominica
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Third quarter data from the Dominica’s Central Statistical
Office in Roseau reveals that the incipient economic recovery which the
International Monetary Fund identified a year ago has been sustained over the
last several months...
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Dominica government invests over $2 million in fire appliances
Friday, November 26, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Fire and Ambulance Services in Dominica have received a
major boost. Four first aid fire appliances valued at US$958,240 arrived in
Dominica recently from the United Kingdom...
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Dominica is very much open for business, says
PM Skerrit
Thursday, November 25, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Dominica’s Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit
is keen to inform the world that Dominica is very much “open for business”
despite the damage to buildings and roads mainly in the north and north
eastern parts of Dominica caused by Sunday’s earthquake. The country’s
main airport, the Melville Hall Airport is open...
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Dominica assesses earthquake damage
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
GRAND
CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: Regional responses expressing concern and support have
begun pouring into Dominica following the "severe shaking" the island got from
an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale on Sunday morning. The country's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit,
held a meeting to review the situation...
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Repairs will take millions says Dominican PM
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
GRAND
CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, says
that, although he cannot call a "round" figure as yet, it is going to take
millions of dollars to repair the damage done to his country by the earthquake
which shook the 289.9 square mile island at about 7:40 on Sunday morning...
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Dominica shaken by 6.0 scale earthquake
Monday, November 22, 2004
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands: Information
reaching Caribbean Net News from the Emergency Officials in Roseau, Dominica,
has indicated that an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale shook the
Caribbean island at around 8:40 AM Sunday...
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No apologies says Dominican PM
Friday, November 19, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister of Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit,
said on Wednesday that he has no regrets about the decision of the Government
of Dominica to sever ties with the Republic of China on Taiwan and establish
new relations with the People’s Republic of China....
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Dominican economy on growth path
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The economy of Dominica is expected
to realize economic growth of at least 2% in 2004. This is one of the findings
of an IMF Mission to Dominica, which took place during the period October 18 –
29, 2004....
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Dominican court finds attorney not Speaker in contempt
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: On Friday, October 22, 2004, a High Court Judge in Dominica, Justice Clare Henry-Wason, ruled that Julien Prevost, Attorney acting on behalf of his client, Opposition Leader Edison James, was in contempt and not the Speaker of the House, Alix
Boyd-Knights, when on May, 27th 2004, he attempted to serve a Court Order on
her and other members on the government side while Parliament was in session...
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London flies the flag for Dominica
Tuesday, November 2, 2004
EAST HAM, England: Newham Council in London will commemorate the National day
of Dominica by flying its national flag for the first time at the Town Hall in
East Ham on Wednesday, November 3...
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Dominica’s first premier dies at 81
Monday, November 1, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica has announced the death of Edward
Oliver Leblanc, Dominica’s first Premier. He was 81. He has been described by
many as the “Father of modern Dominica”...
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Improvements planned for Dominica’s State Prison
Friday, October 22, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Government of Dominica is currently undertaking a number of initiatives aimed at significantly improving both the physical structure of the State Prison and the living conditions of the prisoners at that
institution... read more...
Dominica unveils its newest eco-adventure
option
Friday, October 22, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Adding a new element to Dominica’s eco-tourism offerings, the Dominica Tourist Office has announced the development and opening of the Wacky Rollers Adventure Park...
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Golden Princess to make 18 calls to
Dominica in 2004/2005
Thursday, October 7, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Golden Princess of
Princess Cruise Lines will make 18 calls to Dominica for the 2004/2005 cruise
ship season. That announcement was made at a short ceremony aboard the Golden
Princess recently...
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Major capital projects in Dominica reach
completion
Friday, October 1, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Two major capital projects valued at nearly $50 million are
now virtually complete. That revelation was made at the monthly Public Sector
Investment Programme (PSIP) meeting held recently. The meeting was chaired by
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit...
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Dominica parliament approves CCJ
legislation
Thursday, September 30, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The Parliament of the Commonwealth of Dominica has passed
two pieces of legislation to give effect to Dominica’s participation in the
soon to be established Caribbean Court of Justice...
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Ten Dominican students leave for Cuba
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Ten Dominican students left the island for Cuba on Sunday to
pursue studies at various Cuban universities...
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Dominica delegation returns from China
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: A delegation of six persons from Dominica, headed by the
Minister for Agriculture and the Environment, Ambrose George, visited the
People’s Republic of China from September 9 to 18, 2004...
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UK supermarket officials arrive in Dominica
Tuesday, September 7, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Mr. Tim Lee and Mr. Sandy Norman from UK supermarket chain,
Tesco are part of a five member delegation currently in Dominica on a
three-day visit to meet with stakeholders in the banana industry...
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OECS Secretariat officials visit Dominica
Friday, September 3, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Two officials from the OECS Secretariat were in Dominica on
Thursday and Friday last week as part of a public awareness campaign designed
to promote discussion among various groups on the OECS Development Strategy...
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Dominican Cabinet discusses challenges
facing banana industry
Friday, September 3, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Planning,
Roosevelt Skerrit as well as other members of his cabinet met with
stakeholders in the banana industry recently to discuss the challenges now
confronting the industry in Dominica...
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European official calls for greater
competitiveness in Dominica
Wednesday, September 1, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: National Authorizing Officer of the European Development
Fund (EDF) in Dominica, Mr. Edward Lambert has said that as a result of
globalization and trade liberalization, firms need to be competitive in the
delivery of services...
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IMF completes Dominica review
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
WASHINGTON, USA: The Executive Board of
the IMF last week successfully completed the second review of Dominica’s
performance under the Fund’s ongoing Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility.
This decision brought with it disbursement of the third tranche (about EC$1.2
million) under the PRGF...
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OECS residents to pay less for telephone
calls
Thursday, August 5, 2004
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts: The initiative of
the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Administration, spearheaded by then Minister
of Communications, Cedric Liburd, to break the monopoly of the communications
giant Cable & Wireless and reduce telephone rates in the Eastern Caribbean,
continues to bear fruit...
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China and Dominica confirm stadium contract
Thursday, July 29, 2004
ROSEAU, Dominica: The construction of a
multi-million dollar world-class sporting facility at Windsor Park in Roseau,
Dominica moved a significant step closer to becoming a reality on Monday...
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Court grants default judgment in favour of Dominica government
Friday, July 23, 2004
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