When Honourable Norris Prevost, the United Workers Party (UWP) Opposition member showed up at Parliament this morning to take the oath of office, Labour Parliamentarians breathed a collective sigh of relief, content that the Roseau Central MP had broken ranks with his party, thus effectively ending its boycott of the parliament.
Their relief however was short-lived.
Immediately [...]
Tomorrow’s parliament will probably be Dominica’s most important ever. Whatever the outcome, this sitting of the House of Assembly will be a major divide in our political history.
For the one thing, we will know whether the United Workers Party (UWP) is all hype and no substance.
Ron Green and his colleagues have talked a pretty [...]
Bobby Frederick obviously deserves an award. His decision to pull the plug on shows at the Harlem Plaza that promote unhealthy lyrics, violence and alcohol use to young people is probably the best thing anybody has done for the youth in a long while.
My hope is that as the Harlem Plaza fleshes out the [...]
When parliament convenes tomorrow, the four bills down on the order paper will not be the only thing on the public’s mind.
More than anything else, Dominicans will want to know whether the duly elected United Workers Party (UWP) Opposition members will follow through with their decision to boycott the third sitting of the national parliament.
Edison [...]
Twenty-six (26) year old Shane Degallerie of Pottersville has been charged with the murder of eighteen (18) year old Justin Joseph of Fond Cole who was stabbed to death on Friday night in Pottersville.
Degallerie appeared before Magistrate Tiyani Behanzin in Roseau this morning. The case will be prosecuted in the High Court. The [...]
Antigua Sun:Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the Environment, Hilson Baptiste has issued a stern warning to neighboring islands that wish to have their goods imported into Antigua and Barbuda that they need to meet specified standards or risk losing their produce.
“We are what we eat they say. I have to make sure we have [...]
Four Dominicans have been selected to the Windward Islands cricket team to meet Australia in a Twenty/20 warm-up match in the ICC T20 World Cup 2010 warm up matches.
Opening batsman Tyrone Theophile, all rounder Liam Sebastian, Right arm medium spacer Mervin Matthew and Right arm spinner Shane Shillingford have been named to the squad.
Scheduled for [...]
A Dominican woman has been found dead in her home in St.Martin and the authorities are not ruling out foul play.
Fourty-two (42) year old Angela Georges (42) was found dead in her Sucker Garden home on St.Martin on Friday. Police has since taken the body into custody since they suspected that there might be [...]
On Sunday afternoon, scores of fathers from the Saint Mary’s Primary School (SMP) gathered on the Dame Eugenia Charles Boulevard on the Bay front in Roseau with their sons for their annual Kite Festival.
They were joined by a number of other fathers with their sons from schools across Roseau and its environs.
The festival now in [...]
Residents of the community of Laudat converged at the Laudat Government School last Wednesday evening for a discussion on the status of works on the Laudat section of the Valley Roads project better known as the Road Improvement and Maintenance Project (RIMP).
In attendance at the Meeting were Parliamentary Representative for the Roseau Valley constituency, Hon. [...]
