The Dominica Organic Agriculture Movement, Inc (DOAM, Inc) is looking forward to the election of a diverse Board of Directors who are advocates for organic agriculture to take the organization through the new financial year. The Movement’s Annual General Membership Meeting takes place on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at the Alliance Francaise on Elmshall [...]
August 30, 2010 | 32 views |
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The Voice of Life Radio (VOL) is continuing it’s community outreach endeavors by focusing on family-related activities. “With the breakdown of our family structures, our communities risk collapse,” said the VOL representative when asked about the upcoming Family Fun Day. “We at VOL are aiming to target families in the sense of promoting [...]
August 30, 2010 | 51 views |
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Being in Dominica over the last two weeks has me questioning my role as a first generation diaspora member born in the UK. What role should we or could we be playing in support of Dominica? The question I have really is should we even be contributing?
My favourite definition of diaspora is this one
A [...]
August 30, 2010 | 271 views |
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In the matter of the Election Petitions filed in the High Court by United Workers Party candidates who contested the December 18th General Elections, the management of the UWP is pleased that two of those Petitions were successful and, as a result of this success, both Mr. Roosevelt Skerrit who has been holding the [...]
August 30, 2010 | 75 views |
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Students and private candidates wishing to pursue post secondary and tertiary education in Dominica are being offered yet another opportunity to do so.
Beginning this September, Lead Institute will be offering the fully accredited CXC CAPE Associate Degree in Business Studies.
Based on a cluster of seven units in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination, the Associate Degree [...]
August 27, 2010 | 241 views |
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Education and Human Resource Manager Petter Saint Jean will stand trial in the election petition hearing in relation to their alleged dual citizenship
Justice Brian Cottle issued the decision this morning at the High Court in Roseau.
The petitions on bribery, fraud and denial of access to the state owned DBS radio [...]
August 25, 2010 | 80 views |
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Free incoming calls until November 30, 2010
Effective September 1, LIME will introduce a new roaming offering—One Rate Roaming— which allows LIME Caribbean mobile customers to pay one standard roaming rate for all calls made and received while roaming with LIME in any of the 13 islands where LIME operates [...]
August 25, 2010 | 136 views |
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Bridgetown, Barbados, Tuesday, August 24 2010 – “These are dark days.” That is the assessment of Pakistan’s cricket captain, Salman Butt, as his country continues to grapple with the floods that have become the worst natural disaster in its history.
The United Nations estimates that the impact of the flooding, which stretches from the Himalaya [...]
August 25, 2010 | 133 views |
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The Ministry of Health is calling on the general public to maintain vigilance in the fight against the Aedes aegypti mosquito which transmits the Dengue fever
There are one hundred and eight four (184) reported cases of Dengue Fever for the period July to August
Of the majority of cases, one hundred and sixty two (162) are [...]
August 25, 2010 | 1,728 views |
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By Ag. Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Griffin Benjamin
The Minister of Health and staff are extremely saddened by the untimely death of our friend and colleague Francisca Jacob-Roberts. The sudden death came as a shock to us all.
Her unexpected passing has left a void in our lives. However, we grieve for the family who has [...]
August 25, 2010 | 104 views |
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