CARPHA Meets with Regional Stakeholders to Discuss Post Market Surveillance for Medicines

CARPHA Meets with Regional Stakeholders to Discuss Post Market Surveillance for Medicines

Kingston, Jamaica. It is the right of all Caribbean people to have access to healthcare services, including essential quality medicines and pharmaceutical products they can trust. Poor quality and falsified medicines if left unchecked, can reverse progress the Region has made in its fight against diseases. “We live in a world where medicines are being […]

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 Dominica’s Response on EU Tax Negative Listing

Dominica’s Response on EU Tax Negative Listing

The Government of Dominica is extremely disappointed in the new list issued today by the European Council which unfairly and without proper justification names and shames countries as non-cooperative tax jurisdictions, and in particular by Dominica’s inclusion thereon. The regional grouping of the EU decided in 2017 to adopt a new set of tax standards […]

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 27 Nurses Now Fully Trained and Certified in Paediatric Cancer Care

27 Nurses Now Fully Trained and Certified in Paediatric Cancer Care

Nurses and educators pause for a photo outside the UWI School of Nursing in Trinidad Twenty-seven nurses drawn from five countries across the region have all successfully completed specialised training in the care of children with cancer and other blood disorders. The nurses all successfully completed the Paediatric Haematology/Oncology Nursing Diploma Programme at the University […]

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 Two (2) Dominican Writers featured in new book – New Daughters of Africa – launched at the Women of the World Festival

Two (2) Dominican Writers featured in new book – New Daughters of Africa – launched at the Women of the World Festival

Poems by two Dominicans, Celia Sorhaindo and Jane Ulysses Grell, are featured in New Daughters of Africa, a just published anthology of writings by more than 200 women of African descent. The book, edited by Margaret Busby OBE, was launched in London last week as part of the city’s International Women of the World Festival. Poems […]

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 Rotary Club Collaborated with The ODM 13 Cert Volunteers Received Emergency Medical Responders (EMR) Training

Rotary Club Collaborated with The ODM 13 Cert Volunteers Received Emergency Medical Responders (EMR) Training

The Office of Disaster Management (ODM) collaborated with the Rotary Club of Dominica, and the Downtown Chattanooga Rotary Club in Tennessee, successfully completed its First Emergency Medical Responders (EMR) training which ran from March 5-8, 2019. The training was conducted at the Marigot Tourism Information Craft Center in Marigot. The course provided 30 hours of […]

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 Dominica Calypso Hall of Fame 2020

Dominica Calypso Hall of Fame 2020

The 4th Dominica Calypso “Kaiso” Hall of Fame (DCKHF) will be convened on Friday February 14, 2020 at the Fort Young Hotel from 4:00 pm. Five individuals: Patrick “PJ” John, Val “Young Bull” Cuffy, Fr. Branker John (formally “De Brakes”) Julien “Pickey” Lockhart and Andrew “Scrunter” Bazil will be inducted at an official gala event. […]

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 DEXIA Hosts Cluster Development Training for BSOs

DEXIA Hosts Cluster Development Training for BSOs

The Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA) in collaboration with the Compete Caribbean Partnership Facility (CCPF) will from Monday March 11th host a week-long cluster development training for Business Support Organisations (BSOs) at the Agency’s Roseau office. This training will enable participants to improve the quality of Cluster Development Plans (CDPs) and their potential to impact […]

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 New App from Local Developer – BudgEat® Seller

New App from Local Developer – BudgEat® Seller

Available today, BudgEat Technology Services is launching a brand new App for Local Vendors, Artisans and SMEs who are looking to sell their products via Social Media (Primarily on the WhatsApp mobile app platform).  WhatsApp is a Communication tool which has a large audience. And as of December 2017, the mobile messaging app announced more […]

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