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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 POEM: Her Name was Maria

POEM: Her Name was Maria

WrittenBy Annette Phillip Maria, you were full of destruction. Maria, you were full of devastation The winds were howling, the rivers overflowing, you were called the monstrous storm. You left the country breathless, knocked all the life out of it. From north to south and east to west total chaos. You left no place to […]

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 Triple Kay International Wins First-Ever Bouyon Road March Title

Triple Kay International Wins First-Ever Bouyon Road March Title

Triple Kay International’s Bouyon hit song ‘Heat’ turned up the flames to emerge as the People’s Choice Bouyon Road March song for Dominica’s carnival 2019. Receiving approximately 70% of the votes, the song outperformed Asa Bantan’s ‘Move’ and Signal Band’s ‘Bachanaly’ to create history as the first Bouyon carnival road march song. The Bouyon Road […]

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