Rianna Patterson is the film director of an upcoming documentary called Dementia: The Island Journey and founder of Dominica Dementia Foundation. Rianna Patterson founded the foundation at 18, in memory of her grandfather who passed away with Dementia in Dominica. The Dementia Foundation is a youth-led dementia charity that supports families and care homes affected by Dementia. […]

Dominican student Stephanie Pascal has captured the award for one of the two Valedictorians of the UWI Cavehill Campus graduating class of 2022. Notably, Pascal has completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Mathematics with First Class Honors and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Financial and Business Economics as of September […]

Sheldon “Shelly” Alfred of Goodwill is an artiste, songwriter, scholar, designer and acoustician. His stardom was rooted from age 12, when he won three consecutive Junior Calypso Monarch Titles as “De Professor”. Today, Alfred is a prominent figure in Bouyon Music. Along with his group Signal Band, Alfred is contributing distinct detail and attention to […]

Notably, at this year’s National Youth Awards hosted by the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD), Lakeyia Joseph, from the northern community of Bense, was awarded the Female Youth of the Year. Joseph is the owner and founder of Nature Blends and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Business at the […]

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) conducted a 12-week training program in the usage of drone technology to transform and benefit Dominica’s agricultural systems. The training was completed by extension staff of the Division of Agriculture (DOA) during a course of three months.   At the Drone Handing Over Ceremony on Monday, October 17th, 2022 […]

The Office of Disaster Management held a Stakeholder Engagement event this Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at the Fort Young Hotel Waterfall Conference Room in Roseau. This event is being held as part of the ‘Connecting Communities for Climate and Disaster Risk Preparedness (CCC-DRIP) Initiative: a Research Based Approach in Dominica Project.’ The CCC-DRIP Initiative is […]

The Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) joins the rest of the international community in celebrating our teachers as we observe International Teachers Day under the theme; ‘The transformation of education begins with Teachers’. Teachers are not just professionals who provide a critical public service, you are special and offer a transformational human service to our […]