COVID-19 vaccine procurement to ramp up, PAHO Director asserts

COVID-19 vaccine procurement to ramp up, PAHO Director asserts

Washington, D.C. September 29, 2021 (PAHO)— Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne announced today that the organization has entered into an agreement with Sinovac and is in advanced discussions with other manufacturers to purchase additional COVID-19 vaccines on behalf of countries to complement bilateral deals, donations and doses received via the international […]

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 Dominica State College to Extend Online Learning

Dominica State College to Extend Online Learning

STOCK FARM, Roseau, September 29, 2021–   Dominica State College’s Academic Calendar required students to return to face-to-face learning in October 2021. However, at a meeting of the College Administration, a decision was taken to extend online classes to October 29, 2021. This decision resulted from information received from stakeholders. The data indicated that a significant number […]

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 Death Announcement of 87 year old Paulina Darroux also known as Popo, Silim, Sere and Ma Rondall of Petite Savanne who resided at Bellevue Chopin

Death Announcement of 87 year old Paulina Darroux also known as Popo, Silim, Sere and Ma Rondall of Petite Savanne who resided at Bellevue Chopin

We announce the death of 87 year old Paulina Darroux better known as Popo, Silim and Sere and Ma Rondall of Petite Savanne who resided in Bellevue Chopin .she died on September 25th 2021. We announce the death of 87 year old Paulina Darroux better known as Popo, Silim and Sere and Ma Rondall of […]

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 Regional Conference on Data and Governance of Environmental Migration in the Eastern Caribbean 

Regional Conference on Data and Governance of Environmental Migration in the Eastern Caribbean 

29 September 2021, Roseau – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) will launch a regional report “Migration, Environment, Disasters and Climate Change Data in the Eastern Caribbean” on 4 October 2021 during the Regional Conference on Human Mobility and Climate Change Data in the Organization of Eastern […]

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 Professor Densil A. Williams appointed Chairman of the UWI Press Board of Directors

Professor Densil A. Williams appointed Chairman of the UWI Press Board of Directors

The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. W.I. Thursday, September 23, 2021. — The University of the West Indies (The UWI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Densil A. Williams as the new chairman of the UWI Press Board of Directors. The appointment took effect on August 1, 2021. Professor Williams succeeds Dr Luz Longsworth, who held the post […]

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 Death Announcement of Augustus John Williams also known as Lala of Roseau who resided in New York

Death Announcement of Augustus John Williams also known as Lala of Roseau who resided in New York

We announce the death of Augustus John Williams affectionately known as LaLa. He peacefully left this world on Thursday 23, September at his residence in New York. He is preceded in death by his wife, Marveline Williams. Children: Christopher, Andrew, Travis, Augustus Jr, and Andrea. Siblings: Martha, Joseph, Curtis, and Anne. Grand Children: Christopher, and […]

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 Death Announcement of 82 year  old Catherine Euphena Felix better known as “Euphie” and “Cathy” of St Joseph who resided at Morne Daniel and most recently Portsmouth

Death Announcement of 82 year old Catherine Euphena Felix better known as “Euphie” and “Cathy” of St Joseph who resided at Morne Daniel and most recently Portsmouth

We announce the Death of: Catherine Euphena Felix better known as “Euphie” and “Cathy”. Age: 82 years Origin: of St. Joseph who resided in Morne Daniel and, in the last few years, the  New Age Residential Care Home in Portsmouth. Died on: Tuesday, 21st September 2021 at New Age Residential Care Home in Portsmouth. Survived […]

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 St Nicholas University Donates $25,000 to Local School

St Nicholas University Donates $25,000 to Local School

Some of us are already familiar with the name of St Nicholas University, School of Veterinary Medicine, a recently opened academic institution educating future veterinary Doctors from Dominica and other Caribbean islands. However, there are other less known aspects of its activity worth highlighting. The university is regularly sponsoring the St Nicholas Animal Rescue, a […]

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