
The Government of Dominica has decided that Mrs. Mable Moir James will be given an official funeral on Monday, February 1, 2010. The Government of Dominica has declared a day of mourning on Monday as a mark of respect for the late Mrs. Mable Moir James, former Member of the House of Assembly.
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January 30, 2010 | 56 views |
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In less than ten hours or so, Dominicans will know which of the five political parties and sixty-four candidates contesting the December 18 2009 general elections will form the next government.
Polling stations throughout the islands opened at 7:00am today and closed promptly at 5:00pm moments ago. The ballots will now becounted and preliminary results from [...]
December 18, 2009 | 432 views |
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Following written requests by Dominica’s Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit to the Organisation of American States(OAS) and the CARICOM Secretariat for election observers to observe the December 18th General Election in Dominica, officials from the two organisations have begun arriving in the country.
A total of fifteen (15) persons will form part of the OAS Election [...]
December 16, 2009 | 92 views |
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Two seminal books on Caribbean society come to mind as I watch the campaign for the Dominica’s 2009 general elections unfold. They are: ‘Crab Antics: the Social Anthropology of the English–Speaking Societies of the Caribbean’ by Peter J. Wilson and ‘The Hero and the Crowd in a Colonial Polity’ by A.W. Singham.
The first book tells [...]
December 9, 2009 | 292 views |
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A 50% decrease of electricity consumption prices is expected when government implements it new National Energy Policy says Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy Ports and Utilities Lucien Blackmore.
Blackmore (who represented the Minister of Energy Ports and Utilities Charles Saverein) was addressing the Presentation of the final report project follow up meeting of [...]
November 20, 2009 | 180 views |
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General Manager of the Dominica Air and Sea Port Authority Bennoit Bardouille says a new cruise facility will soon be constructed in Dominica.
Bardouille made the statement yesterday onboard the Ruby Princess during a brief ceremony to welcome the cruise ship/vessel on its inaugural call to Dominica. This is the second new cruise ship welcome to [...]
November 19, 2009 | 130 views |
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Finally government is undertaking a number of road projects in and around Roseau, which in addition to enhancing the aesthetics of the city will definitely alleviate the congestion in the town. Ongoing projects include the new Goodwill Road, the New Bridge on Bathroad into Goodwill, a ring road around the Windsor Park Stadium,and the Upper [...]
November 9, 2009 | 422 views |
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has encouraged patrons of this year’s LIME Creole in the Park to refrain from engaging in violent activities.
Crime and violence have been on the rise in Dominica recently and a number of persons have been speaking out on the matter.
Prime Minister Skerrit also discouraged the youth from alcohol and drug consumption.
“Those [...]
October 27, 2009 | 51 views |
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Whenever America sneezes the rest of the world catches a cold. In our case though, it’s more like the pneumonia.
Dominica is sick; morally and spiritually bankrupt. Unfortunately, we seem to be contracting all of the ills of the American and Western societies.
We’ve become so incredibly desensitized to immorality we now call evil good and [...]
October 15, 2009 | 94 views |
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Frankie ‘Crazy T’ Bellot, proprietor of the entertainment business the Krazy Koconuts, insists that his company did nothing inappropriate or illegal when it hosted a show with male exotic dancers and is promising an encore.
Billed ‘Ladies Night in Paradise,’ the show which was held at the Krazy Koconuts on Saturday 19 September, featured four exotic [...]
September 22, 2009 | 162 views |
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