Pandemonium erupted outside the courthouse moments ago when the High Court ruled that both Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Education Minister Peter St.Jean legally contested the 2009 general elections and would therefore not be required to demit their seats in the parliament.
Justice Brian Cottle read the widely anticipated landmark ruling which was handed down by [...]
January 12, 2012 | 44 views |
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Reigning Trinidad Calypso Monarch Karene Asche defeated 10 Calypso Kings and Queens from throughout the region to win the Caribbean King of Kings Calypso Monarch title in Carnival Village , Basseterre St.Kitts.
Amassing a total of 761 pts the Trinidadian Calypso Queen outclassed the regions finest which included Dominica’s Tasha P who placed 1st runner-up, 3 [...]
January 10, 2012 | 49 views |
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Two years after Opposition members Ron Green and Maynard Joseph filed election petitions against Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and his Education Minister Peter St.Jean challenging the legitimacy of their nomination and election in the 2009 general elections, the court is finally set to issue its ruling on the matter.
The judgment which was handed down by [...]
January 10, 2012 | 28 views |
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Twelve calypsonians have made it through to the quarter final round of the 2012 calypso monarch competition. They advanced from a field of fifty-five (55) from last night’s eliminations at the Kray koconuts.
Advancing are Triumph, Web, Scrunter, Hunter, Jamma B, Comforter, Deyros, Checko, Black Diamon, Pickey, Vigilante and Lightening. They will join last [...]
January 9, 2012 | 125 views |
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has accused associates of the Opposition of embarking upon a mission to destroy Dominica.
Skerrit made the comments recently during an interview with Kamala Jno Baptist Aaron on Kairi FM.
He told Aaron that certain associates of the Opposition are sparing no opportunity to badmouth the government and its friends and allies, unjustly [...]
January 5, 2012 | 132 views |
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Despite growing concerns and calls for widespread public consultations on the matter, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has insisted that the government will go ahead with its planned investments in LIAT.
Various stakeholder groups have been calling for open and objective dialogue and public consultation before government proceeds with its decision, warning that any investment in the [...]
January 5, 2012 | 146 views |
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A thirty year old man, Armstrong Drigo was gunned down on Wednesday morning in Portsmouth bringing to two, the number of shooting deaths in that community in a little more than a week.
On December 26, 2011, twenty-two year old Tyson “Boyee” Thomas of Zicack, Portsmouth, was shot to death by a masked man. Armstrong [...]
January 5, 2012 | 70 views |
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Eight Dominican students earned degrees at Midwestern State University’s December 2011 Commencement exercises last Saturday. They were part of a group of 20 Caribbean students who also walked the stage.
Deborah Anthony earned her master’s degree in human resource management. She earned her bachelor’s from Midwestern two years earlier.
Caesarina Paul earned cum laude honors [...]
January 4, 2012 | 54 views |
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In the 1990s the Dominica Freedom Party started a program of sale of Dominican citizenship in exchange for investment on our island. That program was called the Economic Citizenship Program. Several of us in the Dominican Diaspora then, as now, thought the program ill advised. On the ascension of the Dominica United Workers [...]
January 4, 2012 | 58 views |
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Cutting Edge Communications announces its list of Top Ten Movers and Shakers of 2011. A “Mover and Shaker” is a person, group, or organization (or thing) that has been a game changer; that has moved people; influenced or that has had impact for better or for worse.
This is the second successive year that Cutting Edge [...]
January 3, 2012 | 18 views |
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