Hope’s Boat Building Facility Layou Hon. Minister with responsibility for Fisheries Jullan Defoe visited the Fisheries Sector rehabilitation of the World Bank Funded Emergency Agricultural Livelihoods and Climate Resilience Project (EALCRP), Boat Building Training for local boat builders and apprentices.  Hon Defoe along with his Cabinet colleagues, Minister of State for Small Business and Enterprise […]

The Marigot Cooperative Credit Union (MCCU) on Tuesday announced its official sponsorship of Miss Éliz Charles of the Wills Strathmore Stevens Primary School. The ten year old currently serves as the school’s Head Girl and 4H President. She is a member of the 90’s club and school choir. She is actively involved in the school’s […]

The Northern Entertainment Committee(NEC) on Sunday hosted its first ever Opening of Carnival Parade in the town of Portsmouth. The parade has not been held in  the second town of Portsmouth for many years. The parade began on the Western end of the town in the vicinity of the Portsmouth Branch of  the National Bank […]

Patrons descended on the village of Mahaut over the weekend for the official opening of carnival. The Parliamentary Representative for the Mahaut Constituency, Hon Cassani Laville, in his closing remarks thanked all who made the event successful especially those in the business community who came forward. “Thank you also to the main carnival sponsors, the […]

National cyclist Ajaniah Ajani Casimir took gold in the Grand Prix Gerard GOLD DALG in Martinique  on January 15. Ajani was accompanied by his trusted coach and national cyclist Kevon Boyd. There were thirty-three (33) participants in the 63 kilometers race (16 laps), nine of whom did not finish the race. Young Casimir won the […]

The Dominica National Lottery(DNL) Commission and Petrocaribe has come on board and officially sponsored two contestants in the Miss Dominica Pageant. Moesha Tanisha Thomas of Petite Soufriere is Miss DNL while Adicia Burton of the Kalinago Territory is Miss Petrocaribe. Deputy Chairman of the DNL, Franklin Fabien said that the commission is pleased to sponsor […]

The Discover Dominica Authority(DDA) has begun promoting the fetes and activities for the 2023 carnival season. According to promoters, revelers can expect the unexpected at Sunrise and Ole Mas. Events Assistant at the DDA, Kerwin Jno. Baptiste described Sunrise as ‘the most anticipated fete for the season’ and as ‘the ultimate daybreak breakfast fete which […]

The Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit announced that his government is taking measures to deal with the recent fuel shortage experienced on island. He said, “We’ve decided as a government to order a large quantity of petroleum products in addition to what Venezuela supplied us. So Venezuela supplied us with over six thousand […]

The Portsmouth Secondary School(PSS) successfully opposed the topic, “There is inherent discrimination against fathers in our social, financial, and religious Systems” against the Convent High School(CHS) in the Inter-Secondary School Debating Competition.  The PSS represented by Rowain Christopher and Tirjhai Larocque won the debate with a total score of 552 points out of a possible […]

The Dominica Huckster Association 1995 Ltd, on Wednesday held a special meeting to show appreciation to Cecil Joseph who has served with the Association for thirty-eight(38) years and who is retiring. President of the Hucksters Association, Jennifer Sharplis said that Mr. Joseph has toiled with them for many hard years and was instrumental in the […]