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Jungle Bay Makes Good on Economic Citizenship Programme

Jungle Bay Makes Good on Economic Citizenship Programme

In a statement released earlier today, representatives of Jungle Bay Resort & Spa say they will on Monday make the first payment to government on their Economic Citizenship Programme Loan.
This follows an acrimonious public debate over the issue during the recently concluded election season.
Samuel Raphael, owner/developer of Jungle Bay Resort & Spa intends to make [...]

International Monetary Fund Conducts Article IV Mission to Dominica

International Monetary Fund Conducts Article IV Mission to Dominica

In the grip of the worst financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Dominican economy seems to be faring better than most.
A Mission from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was in Dominica recently for the Annual Article IV Consultation on economic developments and macroeconomic policies.
In a Statement issued at the [...]

Ministry of Agriculture and DNFTO Host Training on Black Sigatoka

Ministry of Agriculture and DNFTO Host Training on Black Sigatoka

In an effort to develop Dominica’s response capability and promote public awareness of the threat posed by Black Sigatoka, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in collaboration with the Dominica National Fair Trade Organization (DNFTO) will host a two-day Black Sigatoka training workshop for staff of the Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, DBPL, Fairtrade, Customs [...]

Lime Customers can Text Help for Haiti Earthquake Relief

Lime Customers can Text Help for Haiti Earthquake Relief

LIME Caribbean is establishing a text line for its customers who wish to make a donation to the Haitian earthquake relief effort.
Customers –prepaid or postpaid – can simply text the word “Haiti” to 4357(HELP) to make their donation. Each text costs $5. The entire amount collected across the Caribbean will be donated to the relief [...]

PM Skerrit Dialogue With Private Sector ‏

PM Skerrit Dialogue With Private Sector ‏

This Government remains concerned about the global economic crisis and the impact on the countries of the region and on our own economy. Even as we see some light in some of the developed countries, there is a view that it is not significant enough to bring any meaningful improvement to the economic conditions of [...]

Digicel Group Donates US$ 5 Million for Urgent Relief Efforts in Haiti‏

Digicel Group Donates US$ 5 Million for Urgent Relief Efforts in Haiti‏

Digicel Group, the largest mobile company in the Caribbean and fastest growing mobile company in Central America, is donating US$5 million in cash to support the urgent relief efforts needed following the widespread devastation caused by the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti [on Tuesday].
Digicel’s donation will be made to the NGOs (Non-Governmental Organisations) who [...]

Prime Minister David Thompson Wants Dominican Products Sold in Barbados

Prime Minister David Thompson Wants Dominican Products Sold in Barbados

Prime Minister of Barbados, Dr. David Thompson is hoping to have more of Dominica’s primary products on the Bajan Market.
The Prime Minister who was an official guest at the official swearing in of the new Roosevelt Skerrit Cabinet said the quality of produce coming from the island is one of high quality.
He told an interview [...]

MV QUEEN MARY II MAKES ANOTHER VISIT TO DOMINICA

MV QUEEN MARY II MAKES ANOTHER VISIT TO DOMINICA

The internationally famous MV Queen Mary II docked alongside the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth in Dominica on Wednesday, December 30, 2009, one of the few ports in the Caribbean region that can accommodate this vessel.
The Passenger capacity of the MV Queen Mary II of Cunard & P & O Cruises is 2444. It has a [...]

No Increases in VAT Expected in Near Future

No Increases in VAT Expected in Near Future

Minister of Finance and newly re-elected Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says Dominicans should look forward to a major reduction in the cost of living come January 2010.
Prime Minister Skerrit announced during the December 18th general elections campaigns that if re-elected the Dominica Labour Party Led government would reduce the cost of living over the first [...]

Government Statement on Status of Negotiations with the Public Service Union

Government Statement on Status of Negotiations with the Public Service Union

The negotiations between the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) and the Government of Dominica represented by the Government Negotiating Team which is made up of the Secretary to the Cabinet, the Financial Secretary and the Chief Personnel Officer (Ag.) commenced on November 13, 2009.
At this meeting the Government Negotiating Team explained that the current global [...]

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