PRIME MINISTER SKERRIT CALLS FOR SHIFT TO MORE DIVERSIFIED ECONOMIES IN COMMODITY DEPENDENT STATES

PRIME MINISTER SKERRIT CALLS FOR SHIFT TO MORE DIVERSIFIED ECONOMIES IN COMMODITY DEPENDENT STATES

Roseau, Dominica – September 16, 2021 – Dominica’s Prime Minister, Hon.Roosevelt Skerrit has issued a call for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to consider a complete structural transformation to more diversified economies, which are no longer commodity dependent. Hon. Skerrit participated in a virtual Round Table Discussion of the United Nations Conference on Trade and […]

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 REVISED HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS

REVISED HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS

Roseau, Dominica- September 10, 2021: Further to the decisions by Cabinet for elected business establishments to reopen effective September 8, 2021, the public is reminded that businesses are only allowed to reopen in keeping with strict health protocols and the applicable provisions of the following Statutory Rules and Orders: Environmental Health Services (COVID-19) Regulations S.R. […]

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 RESTAURANTS, BARS, GYMS, GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS ALLOWED TO REOPEN

RESTAURANTS, BARS, GYMS, GAMING ESTABLISHMENTS ALLOWED TO REOPEN

Roseau, Dominica- September 7, 2021: At a meeting of Cabinet held on Tuesday, September 7, 2021, Cabinet approved further amendments to the Environmental Health Services (COVID-19) Regulations S.R. & O 26 of 2021 to take effect from Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Subject to adherence to strict health and safety protocols, including physical distancing, sanitizing of […]

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 EXTENDED OPENING HOURS FOR BUSINESSES, NEW PROTOCOLS FOR CHURCH SERVICES, WEDDINGS, AND FUNERAL

EXTENDED OPENING HOURS FOR BUSINESSES, NEW PROTOCOLS FOR CHURCH SERVICES, WEDDINGS, AND FUNERAL

Roseau, Dominica- September 5, 2021: At a meeting of Cabinet held on Sunday, September 5, 2021, Cabinet approved amendments to the Environmental Health Services (COVID-19) Regulations S.R. & O 26 of 2021 to take effect from Monday, September 6, 2021. Businesses, currently allowed to operate, will open from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, Monday to Saturday […]

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 GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICA ANNOUNCES EXTENDED OPENING HOURS FOR SUPERMARKETS, PHARMACIES, GAS STATIONS

GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICA ANNOUNCES EXTENDED OPENING HOURS FOR SUPERMARKETS, PHARMACIES, GAS STATIONS

The Cabinet has approved amendments to the Environmental Health Services (COVID-19) Regulations S.R. & O 26 of 2021 as follows:Supermarkets and Pharmacies to be open on Sunday from 6:00am to 1:00pm Petrol Stations to be open on Sunday from 6:00am to 4:00pm The public is reminded that opening hours for businesses are from Monday to […]

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 STATEMENT BY HON. ROOSEVELT SKERRIT ON THE PASSING OF HON. EDWARD REGISTE

STATEMENT BY HON. ROOSEVELT SKERRIT ON THE PASSING OF HON. EDWARD REGISTE

It is with great sadness that I join with the Government and People of Dominica in mourning the untimely passing of Honourable Edward Registe, the Parliamentary Representative for the Grand Bay Constituency and Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations. Hon. Registe passed early this morning, Wednesday, September […]

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 New Protocols For The Re-opening Of Businesses

New Protocols For The Re-opening Of Businesses

The new measures approved by the Cabinet for the continued management of COVID-19 have been gazetted today, August 24, 2021 in the Environmental Health Services (COVID-19) Regulations S. R. O 26 of 2021 made by the Minister of Health under the Environmental Health Service Act Chap 42:01. As previously announced, all businesses or establishments will […]

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 Statement by Honourable Rayburn Blackmoore Minister  For National Security and  Home Affairs on  Health Services Act Chap 42:01 to deal with the management of COVID-19 from Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Statement by Honourable Rayburn Blackmoore Minister For National Security and Home Affairs on Health Services Act Chap 42:01 to deal with the management of COVID-19 from Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen Over the last few weeks, Dominica has been faced with a surge of the COVID-19 virus on island. In an effort to slow the spread of the virus, an Emergency Powers (Curfew) Order came into effect on August 3, 2021. This Order was extended over a period of three weeks […]

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