Official Launching of Community Tourism Enhancement Competition

Official Launching of Community Tourism Enhancement Competition

The Dominica Community Tourism Association Incorporated (DCTAI) will be hosting a Community Tourism Enhancement Competition from February 19, 2019 to April 30, 2019. This competition will be anchored on four pillars: cleanliness, landscaping, hospitality, and community involvement. The cleanliness pillar will focus primarily on proper garbage and/or waste disposal. The landscaping pillar seeks to propagate […]

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 Pioneer Preparatory Students Joins Kids with BBC Micro:bits

Pioneer Preparatory Students Joins Kids with BBC Micro:bits

The Pioneer Preparatory Primary Students have been equipped with BBC Micro:bits through a kind donations from the National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (NTRC). Funded from the Universal Service Fund, the NTRC donated approximated $ 50,200.00 worth of ICT equipment to the school. This is in keeping with the school’s objective to integrate Digital Technology in the […]

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 Advertising Float Winners Announced

Advertising Float Winners Announced

Photo Credit: Dominica Red Cross Society The Dominica Festivals Committee recently announced the winners of the Advertising Floats who participated in the National Parade and Official Opening of Carnival on January 19, 2019. The winners are The Dominica Red Cross Society for their depiction of disaster response services and vector borne diseases; D Treads Inc […]

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 Commonwealth Students’ Association, Caribbean and Americas Regional Working Group 2018-2020

Commonwealth Students’ Association, Caribbean and Americas Regional Working Group 2018-2020

The Commonwealth Students’ Association is proud to announce that Mr. Jonathan Jones has been appointed as the Dominican Representative of the Caribbean and Americas Region for the period 2018-2020. During his two-year service with the Commonwealth Students’ Association, Mr. Jones will seek to advocate for better education policies in both private and state educational institutions […]

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 IOM Partners with Government to Repair Emergency Shelters

IOM Partners with Government to Repair Emergency Shelters

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has launched a project funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to support the Government of Dominica with increasing the emergency preparedness of communities. Under this project, IOM will undertake several activities, including the repair and rehabilitation 12 emergency shelters recommended by the Department of Local Government, […]

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 The Deputy Managing Director of The IMF Expressed Satisfaction Over The Country’s Recovery Post Hurricane Maria

The Deputy Managing Director of The IMF Expressed Satisfaction Over The Country’s Recovery Post Hurricane Maria

Tao Zhang, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is expected to visit Dominica this week. He expressed satisfaction over the country’s recovery following Hurricane Maria in 2017. Zhang stated that Dominica is recovering faster than was expected and expressed confidence that development in the Tourism and Energy sectors to include geothermal electricity […]

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 Junior Minister of Tourism Organizes Beach Clean Up

Junior Minister of Tourism Organizes Beach Clean Up

Students of Orion Academy Dominica’s Junior Minister of Tourism, Christie Auguiste organized a clean-up at Champagne Reef with her school Orion Academy.  This clean-up, is one of the initiatives of the Junior Minister to raise awareness among her peers about the importance of tourism and how they can play their part. She said, “One  of the […]

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