Dominica Primary Schools Learning Technology Restored with Donations from the Rotary Club of Portsmouth, it’s International Partners and the IT for Dominica Foundation

Dominica Primary Schools Learning Technology Restored with Donations from the Rotary Club of Portsmouth, it’s International Partners and the IT for Dominica Foundation

The Rotary Club of Portsmouth working with its Canadian Rotary partners the Rotary Club of Lethbridge East and the Rotary Club of Bracebridge in cooperation with the IT for Dominica Foundation have received all necessary approvals to fund a donation of learning technology to Dominica’s Ministry of Education and Human Resources for the benefit of […]

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 Portsmouth Residents Receive Keys to Homes

Portsmouth Residents Receive Keys to Homes

Twenty- four (24) residents of the town of Portsmouth received the keys to their homes in the Glanvillia Housing Project. At an official handing over ceremony on Saturday, September 14th, attended by the Prime Minister, Members of Cabinet, Mayor of Portsmouth and DLP candidates, the residents were handed keys and commitment letters to the 24 […]

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 Jahhym Azoo Recovering Well

Jahhym Azoo Recovering Well

Jahhym Azoo, from the community of Massacre, Dominica is recovering well after undergoing a number of surgeries for injuries sustained from mugging incident. The seventeen-year-old was robbed and beaten in the Grays Farm area in Antigua by a gang of boys. Azoo suffered from bleeding in the brain along with severe facial injuries. Doctors were able to […]

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 ANNOUNCEMENT: AC Shillingford & Co. Ltd

ANNOUNCEMENT: AC Shillingford & Co. Ltd

AC SHILLINGFORD & CO LTD WISH TO INFORM ALL ITS PATRONS THAT THE RUBIS GAS STATION LOCATED ON HIGH STREET WILL NOW OFFER ITS CUSTOMERS SELF-SERVICE FROM 9 PM TO 11 PM EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EFFECTIVE TODAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2019 AND THEREAFTER. YES, THAT’S RIGHT! WE HAVE LISTENED TO OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE ACS […]

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 International Mountain Chicken Day

International Mountain Chicken Day

Dominica joins Monserrat and the United Kingdom in celebrating International Mountain Chicken Day on September 13th. The day was established to bring awareness to the declining population of this endangered species. Since 2009, the governments of Dominica and  Montserrat have been working to preserve the Leptodactylus Fallax or Mountain Chicken. In 2002, Chytrid Fungus destroyed […]

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 Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th

Historically, Friday the 13th is considered a superstitious day in many civilizations. While there is no conclusive evidence as to the origin of this superstition, many have put forth theories, from 13 persons being in the Upper Room, the night before Jesus’ crucifixion, to a novel written in 1907 entitled Friday, The Thirteenth. Whatever the […]

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 Haitian Nationals to require Visas Effective Immediately

Haitian Nationals to require Visas Effective Immediately

According to the Ministry of Justice, Immigration and National Security effective immediately, Haitian nationals will require visas to enter the island. However, the visa requirement does not apply to Haitian nationals who are holders of a diplomatic or official passport or who are business persons who are holders of the following visas; US, UK, Canadian […]

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