Former Attorney General under the United Workers party government Anthony Laronde will replace former high commissioner George Williams as the Party’s representative on the Integrity in Public Office Commission (IPO).
Opposition Leader Hector John told supporters last night at St.Joseph that Laronde will replace Williams who suffered a stroke some months ago and resigned [...]
June 28, 2011 | 81 views |
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The United Workers Party (UWP) will (stage a of the Parliament) picket the Dominica Parliament tomorrow when the Prime Minister presents the 2011/2012 national budget.
The picket, says party Leader Ron Green, is in protest of the government’s refusal to make any budgetary provisions for the sanitization of the voter’s list and implementation of voter ID [...]
June 28, 2011 | 48 views |
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Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica and Leader of the Dominica Labour Party, Honorable Roosevelt Skerrit, has written a letter to the President of the Peoples Republic of China and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, His Excellency Hu Jintao, on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the Communist Party Of [...]
June 24, 2011 | 62 views |
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has reaffirmed and reassured the Chinese President Hu Jintao of the Dominica Labour Party’s commitment to the One-China Policy.
“I would like to take this opportunity to reassure you that the Labour Party under my leadership will continue to uphold the One China Policy and continue to make every effort to further [...]
June 24, 2011 | 39 views |
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It is very unlikely that opposition parties will get their wish for the introduction of voter ID cards before the next general elections anytime soon if at all.
Last month at the gathering of the ‘Patriots’ on Victoria Street outside the Public Library, former Prime Minister and President of the United Workers Party (UWP) reiterated calls [...]
June 16, 2011 | 62 views |
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has insisted that he was duly qualified to contest the December 2009 general elections.
He made the comment on the heels of a judgment by Justice Thom on Tuesday that the court did not have the authority to compel the Prime Minister and Education Minister Peter St.Jean to surrender their passports in [...]
June 11, 2011 | 88 views |
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Former magistrate Tiyani Behanzin is expected back in court today with Attorney General Levi Peters in the matter related to his being called to the Bench.
Behanzin, despite a promise to the contrary, has been denied an opportunity to be called to bar as a practicing lawyer.
Magistrate Behanzin, whose contract was not renewed when it expired [...]
June 9, 2011 | 92 views |
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Education Minister Peter St. Jean will not be required to present their passports for the purposes of any election petition although the Chief Elections Officer is to provide copies of Form 13-the Nomination Form to the petitioners.
The judgment was read by Justice Bernie Stephenson Brooks on behalf of Justice Gerthel [...]
June 8, 2011 | 57 views |
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For the first time since the inauguration of the Waitukubuli Fuel Storage and Distribution Plant, the four (4) Diplomatic Ambassadors in Dominica paid a formal visit to the plant recently.
The Waitukubuli Fuel Storage and Distribution Plant, commissioned in June 2008, is a tangible expression of the integration and technical cooperation between the governments of the [...]
May 24, 2011 | 59 views |
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Mayor of the city of Roseau His Worship Cecil Joseph has said his current term of office is likely to be his last.
“There is a high probability” Joseph told Kamala Jnobaptist Aaron on Kairi’s Heng yesterday, “that this might be my last term.”
Joseph who is calling it quits after four consecutive terms as Mayor of [...]
May 24, 2011 | 133 views |
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