
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 | 43 views |
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The Economic and Social Review for Fiscal Year 2009/2010, which was laid on the Table in Parliament on Tuesday, July 13th 2010, Budget Day, reveals the full extent of Government’s spending on the education and training of the people of Dominica.
In the 2009/2010 fiscal year, ten (10) Dominicans were awarded scholarships to pursue degrees in [...]
July 28, 2010 | 30 views |
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Reports this week of a potential breakthrough in preventing HIV among women and girls is certainly good news.
A two-year study of more than 800 women in South Africa found a new vaginal gel containing the antiretroviral drug tenofovir significantly reduce the rate of new HIV infection.
Infection was cut 39% among women who used the gel [...]
July 21, 2010 | 28 views |
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Government Press Secretary Sean Douglas has been sacked.
The Sun Newspaper reported today that Felix Gregoire, the Cabinet Secretary, issued Douglas with his letter of dismissal on July 12, 2010 but the termination will take effect on August 13, 2010.
Gregoire highlighted Douglas’s refusal to sign his last employment contract which ended in January 2009 as the [...]
July 19, 2010 | 70 views |
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Marpin 2K4 wishes to inform its viewers that during the period June 22nd to 25th, 2010 there will be a slight change in the schedule for the FIFA World Cup 2010 Coverage, originating from the source. This has become necessary because of the fact that matches will take place simultaneously on those days. [...]
June 21, 2010 | 26 views |
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Fifteen (15) more persons are now trained in Damage Assessment & Needs Analysis (DANA), following a three-day advanced workshop held recently at the Dominica Red Cross Headquarters on Federation Drive in Goodwill.
The training session brought together senior Public Service officers, Dominica Red Cross Staff and Volunteers and personnel from the Dominica Public Works Corporation. [...]
June 8, 2010 | 6 views |
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The Government of Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit is continuing to invest significant financial resources in new school plant in Dominica with the official opening earlier today of the new Salybia Primary School at St. Cyr.
The official opening of this state-of-the-art school was attended by the Prime Minister, Members of Cabinet, and officials from the [...]
May 31, 2010 | 107 views |
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May is supposed to be the hottest and driest month. We however have been drenched with intermittent showers and given the fact that we’re just emerging from a devastating 7-month drought this should be a welcome blessing. Unfortunately, it’s not.
Already we’ve had some major landslides in parts of the country. And last [...]
May 30, 2010 | 94 views |
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Frankly, much of what passes as scholarship these days is nothing more than intellectual gymnastics. A case in point is Dr. Carolyn Cooper’s take on Rastafarians’ veneration of Haile Selassie.
Speaking recently on Q95 Fm Hot Seat with Matt Peltier, the UWI professor described the Rastafarians’ worship of Selassie as God “a wonderful post colonial [...]
May 25, 2010 | 453 views |
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Dominica Central sat down for an exclusive interview with the Speaker of the House of Assembly Alix Boyd Knights on Friday to solicit her reactions to statements made by the United Workers Party that she was to bear as much blame as the Roosevelt Skerrit Administration for pushing Dominica into bye elections and a one [...]
May 7, 2010 | 32 views |
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