The Ministry of Environment, Climate Resilience, and Urban Renewal have begun a national beautification project to replant the country’s flora and fauna. The project got on the way at Reunion Park in Goodwill where stakeholders participated in tree planting there. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry said that phase one will encompass the airport down to […]

Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Hon. Reginald Austrie says that Government is awaiting US 65 million dollars agricultural financing loan from the World Bank. He said that the funds have been approved for Dominica on concessionary terms. There are plans to allocate a portion of the loan to the Fishing and Boatbuilding industries. “It […]

Father Nigel Karam, Dean of the Roseau Cathedral, is optimistic that the cathedral will be in use by the year’s end. “We’re hoping that the Cathedral will be completely covered by the end of this month, if not before August. Most of the work in terms of the covering of the Cathedral and the roofing […]

In its continued efforts at making Dominica the first climate-resilient nation in the World, the Government will completely ban the use of single-use plastic bags. The Prime Minister said, “The ban will take effect God’s willing until 2020 and in anticipation of that we are bringing in about 100,000 reusable shopping bags that will be […]

2019 Valedictorian, Jair Pendenque, of the Dominica State College said, “I am not here to deliver a good speech, I am here to be real…Fairy tales didn’t get us to where we are now. Hard work got us to this point and I think that it is high time that we pay a tribute to […]