(Toronto, Canada) — Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) today announced it has entered into definitive agreements to sell all banking operations in the Eastern Caribbean to a consortium of indigenous banks within the region. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions,  and is expected to be […]

A consortium of Eastern Caribbean indigenous banks of which NBD is a member, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase all banking operations in the Eastern Caribbean from Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions, and is expected to be finalized […]

Dominica will join the rest of the world in observing International Mountain Day, on December 11. International Mountain Day is an opportunity to create awareness about the importance of mountains to life, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development and to build partnerships that will bring positive change to the world’s mountains and […]

The Office of Disaster Management can confirm the occurrence of two earthquakes at approximately 11:03pm Sunday night and 1:56am Monday morning, that were reportedly felt by some members of the public. Information provided by the Seismic Research Centre (SRC), which is responsible for earthquake monitoring throughout the Eastern Caribbean, indicated that the first earthquake was […]

The Electoral Office has published that the Dominica Labour Party won a resounding victory over the opposition in Dominica’s General Elections held on December 6, 20019. Leading up to the elections, there were pockets of civil disobedience primarily in the villages of Marigot in the Northeast and Salisbury in the West of the island. These […]

 Bridgetown, December 9, 2019 – The demonstrations sweeping across many cities in the world signal that, despite decades of economic growth and prosperity, perceptions of unfairness and loss of dignity persist, particularly among the middle class and historically marginalized populations. So argues the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in its 2019 Human Development Report, entitled […]

The OECS Bar Association notes with deep concern the continuing unrest and agitation in the Commonwealth of Dominica on the eve of the 6th of December 2019 General Elections. We are particularly concerned about the recent attacks on Madam Justice Bernie Stephenson, one of the two local judges, prior and subsequent to the hearing of […]

By Dolph Valerie Shalom to the citizens of Yahweh’s kingdom, and to citizens and well-wishers of the Commonwealth of Dominica (my homeland). Saints of Yahweh, The recent events leading up to: the November 18th 2019 incident in front of the Dominica State House, the Al Jazeera’s documentaries, and the heightened resistance and demonstrations in Marigot […]