A meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Honorable Dr. Kenneth Darroux, and the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, Ulises Arranz Fernández, was held at the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry of this brother country, to commemorate the 26th anniversary of the establishment […]

Founder of the Dominica Dementia Foundation and Commonwealth Youth Finalist, Rianna Patterson is selected to speak at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on the 20th of June 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda.    Patterson will be speaking at the Intergenerational session during the Commonwealth Women’s Forum led by CommonAge. CHOGM is a pivotal agenda-setting and […]

The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with other stakeholders conducted a ‘tabletop simulation exercise’ for Dominica’s agriculture as an emergency response to resolve plant health issues.   The participants included the Customs Department, extension services, the diagnostic capacities and partners such as The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development […]

Samika Benjamin from the North-Eastern community of Wesley, has reached a milestone having captured Valedictorian of the 2021/2022 graduating class of Grambling State University. Benjamin, who pursued a Bachelors in Criminal Justice, ended her academic journey as top student with a GPA of 3.98. Upon interview with Emonews, she expressed, “When I first got the […]

Acting Chief Cultural Officer, Earlson Matthew stated in a press statement that as part of branding, the division saw the need to have a creative piece of work that represents “who we are and what we do”, not just as a cultural division, but as Dominicans.   “The end result is an anthem that can be […]

Dr. Thomson Fontaine has recently launched his first a book titled:  “The Maroons of Dominica 1764-1818: Resistance Rebellion and Freedom from slavery.” Fontaine is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff-Strategy with the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) which is charged with the oversight and evaluation for the Peace Agreement in Sudan. The book, while […]

Dominican José J. Thomas who has recently graduated with a Master of Business Administration from Hampton University is set to work for a top five global retailer in the United States (US).   Thomas has been offered upwards of a quarter of a million dollars in job offer packages and is expected to manage up to […]