Roseau, Dominica- March 31, 2022: The Government of Dominica has extended the filing and payment due date for income tax returns and payments to May 31, 2022. Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit said the measure is in response to requests from the public based on the negative impact of the COVID-19 […]

Fellow Dominicans, friends…..greetings. Approximately one year ago, I informed the nation that Government had begun discussions with Emera Incorporated, with a view to acquiring their majority share ownership in the Dominica Electricity Services Company (DOMLEC). On several occasions prior to that time, I have expressed publicly the need for us to take greater control of […]

From March 2020, Dominica has been dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic which has significantly affected our way of life and livelihoods. Over the last two years we have gone through various phases of the pandemic and we have had to respond to periods of surges, new variants, hospitalization, and deaths. Throughout this […]

(OPM)- Cabinet has approved the Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) Strategy to assess, reduce and manage fiscal risk associated with disasters. The Strategy aims to improve Dominica’s response capacity to natural hazards, climate impacts, pandemics, endemic health concerns and other economic shocks. The DRF Strategy aligns with the Disaster Resilience Strategy (DRS) approved by Cabinet in […]

(OPM)- The Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, with funding provided by the European Union under the 11th EDF B-Envelope State Building Contract, has embarked on the rehabilitation of key feeder/farm access roads. This programme is seen, in part, as the successor to the BAM (Banana Accompanying Measures) programme and addresses an underlying weakness in […]

OPM- Dominican, K. Lisana Dyer has been selected by the Alliance of Small Island Developing States (AOSIS) for the 2022 AOSIS Fellowship Programme. Ms. Dyer, who was engaged as an intern under the National Employment Programme as an Environmental Officer for Climate Change Coordination in the Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment, is […]

The Cabinet of Dominica has approved the implementation of the National Emergency Telecommunications Plan (NETP) to establish a cohesive and harmonized structure for emergency communications in Dominica. The NETP was developed to ensure efficiency in emergency communication in the immediate aftermath of any natural disaster. Government conducted a multi-sectoral consultation in April, 2021 to consider […]

Earlier this week, I received official confirmation from the Minister of Foreign Affairs that a signing ceremony had taken place, effectively establishing diplomatic relations between the Governments of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the Arab Republic of Syria. The Minister himself made clear in the correspondence to me that he was not party to the […]