According to newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Fidel Grant, the Ministry of Agriculture plans to undertake a project to rehabilitate farm access roads on the island. He says, “The immediate plans for the Ministry is to look at all the feeder roads. In order for you to have production, you need to have access […]
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 rattled Puerto Rico on Saturday morning, the US Geological Survey reports. The quake was about 8 miles south of Indios, Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea, the USGS said, at a depth of 6.2 miles. There were no immediate reports of the extent of damage or injury. […]
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Secretary Treasurer of WAWU, Kertiste Augustus, will join other regional trade union leaders at a meeting in Trinidad later this week. The meeting will begin discussions with a Latin American company who is interested in buying over 60% of the shares of First Caribbean Bank International. Augustus says that the union was able to secure […]
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The 34th Police Recruit Graduation Ceremony took place at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium on Wednesday 8, December at 4:30pm. 28 male recruits graduated after completing six months of training. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Skerrit says that a reclassification exercise will soon commence to address the concerns relating to salary for police officers. Further, Minister for […]
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Kimra Charles of Fond Cole has received full sponsorship in the amount if $15,000 from Maxroy Trading LTD. President of Maxroy Trading Ltd, Mr. Clement Royer said that Charles is no stranger to him and described her as a very respectable and humble young lady. Maxroy Trading is locally owned and has been a provider […]
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President of the Dominica Cancer Society Yvonne Alexander says that a strategic plan developed in 2019, will be launched this year. This plan includes the review of the Cancer Society’s Memorandum of Operation which will be tabled and adopted in 2020. Alexander says that the Memorandum of Operation is important as it will inform the […]
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The University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Centre has reported a 5.2 magnitude earthquake occurred today at about 10:00 AM local time. It was located near latitude 15.18 N and Longitude 61.22W, occurring 23 KM SE of the capital city of Roseau, Dominica, 66 KM NNW of Fort-de- France, Martinique and 124 KM […]
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1st colonial Medical Insurance One -Day International was won by West Indies moments ago. Andy Balbirnie won his first toss as captain and elected to bat in the first ODI at Bridgetown. The man of the match is 23 year old Alzarri Joseph. Scoring 99 runs to bring West Indies to victory was Evin lewis. […]
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President of the Dominica Employment Federation (DEF) has renewed calls for a review of Dominica’s Employment Act to make Sunday an ordinary day of work. However, president of the Waterfront and Allied Workers Union (WAWU), Kertiste Augustus says that the private sector unions are concerned as it would seem that every two years the DEF […]
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President of the newly elected Nursing Association, Mignon Shillingford Rolle, says that while nursing attrition and migration is a Caribbean issue, her association is concerned over this issue in Dominica and will be tackling it head on. She recalls that 29 nurses graduated with her from the college in 1999, and five years later, 8 […]
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