ALERT LEVEL RAISED AT SVG’S LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO

ALERT LEVEL RAISED AT SVG’S LA SOUFRIERE VOLCANO

CDEMA, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency – The alert level for St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ La Soufriere volcano has been elevated to Orange – the third highest of four levels – because of increased activity at the site. Monitoring systems, satellite imagery and visual observations have confirmed increased seismic and fumarolic activity, strong gas emissions, […]

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 Attention Needed At DBMC Intersection

Attention Needed At DBMC Intersection

Businessman and advocate for better parking in the city of Roseau, Parry Bellot, has added his voice to those raising concerns that attention needs to be given to the  intersection on the E.O Leblanc Highway close to the former Dominica Banana Marketers Corporation (DBMC) building. This area has been the scene of a number of […]

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 COVID-19 pandemic swept through the Americas in 2020

COVID-19 pandemic swept through the Americas in 2020

Washington, D.C., December 30, 2020 (PAHO)— The COVID-19 pandemic swept through every country in the Americas in 2020, infecting more than 35 million people and causing some 850,000 deaths. Globally, COVID-19 affected 216 countries and territories, causing more than 80 million cases and 1.7 million deaths worldwide. The Americas was the most affected continent in a […]

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 Call For Mandatory Use Of Head Gear

Call For Mandatory Use Of Head Gear

Former Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ainsworth Irish, has issued a call to the Government of Dominica to make the wearing of helmets mandatory for motorcycle users. Irish’s statement comes in light of a number of accidents involving motorcycles over the Christmas weekend. He said, “I believe the authorities should step up on the question of […]

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 30 Houses Handed Over; PM Responds To Criticisms Of Governments Housing Revolution

30 Houses Handed Over; PM Responds To Criticisms Of Governments Housing Revolution

Thirty housing units were recently handed over at BelleVue Rawle as part of Government’s Housing Revolution Programme. The houses which are all 3 bedroom units have been constructed by Montreal Management Corporation (MMC(E)) and will provide accommodation for about 103 persons. Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said that there could be no greater gift at […]

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 UPDATE: CDPF Mourns The Death Of Two Of Its Officers

UPDATE: CDPF Mourns The Death Of Two Of Its Officers

The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) is mourning the death of Constable Philsbert Williams of Portsmouth who was involved in a fatal accident on December 26th, 2020. The accident occurred at about 2:27 PM on the E.O Leblanc Highway, at the intersection close to the Dominica Banana Marketing Corporation (DBMC) building. According to Public […]

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 Update: Fatal Shooting In Tete Morne

Update: Fatal Shooting In Tete Morne

According to Public Relations Officer of the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force, Inspector John Carbon, one adult male of Grandbay was fatally shot following an altercation with another young man. According to him, 22-year-old Donaldson Kaeden Alcendor, of Tete Morne was shot in the chest area on Thursday 26, December, 2020 at about 2:15 AM. […]

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 Welfare Division Brings Cheer To Underprivileged

Welfare Division Brings Cheer To Underprivileged

The Social Welfare Division of the Ministry of youth Development and Empowerment, youth at Risk, Gender Affairs, Seniors’ Security and Dominicans with Disabilities, embarked on its annual gift distribution to foster children and vulnerable children in Dominica. Nicole Toussaint Jno. Baptiste, Coordinator of the Child Protection Unit said, “This activity was done so as to […]

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