Dominica has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with an Iceland-based company to drill two wells as the island continues with its efforts to develop its geothermal energy sector. Planning, Economic Development, Climate Resilience, Sustainable Development and Renewable Energy, Dr Vince Henderson, said the agreement was signed on February 15. “We signed the contract with Iceland […]
The Commonwealth of Dominica has signed a visa-waiver agreement with the People’s Republic of China, strengthening the bilateral ties between the two countries. Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Chinese Ambassador to Dominica Lin Xianjiang signed the agreement in a ceremony on Monday, November 22, in the presence of several other officials from both countries. […]
As he gave special thanks to the governments of Cuba and Venezuela for helping regional countries in their COVID-19 fight, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit urged member nations of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to focus on finding solutions to the myriad problems facing the region. Addressing the 6th Summit of […]
The popular Dominican merengue musician Johnny Ventura has died. According to Dominican news media, the 81-year-old musician died after a sudden heart attack in his home country last Wednesday. The news was later confirmed by Ventura’s son on social media. Ventura started life as Juan de Dios Ventura Soriano, and became well-known as El Caballo […]
The elementary school student stood up, pulled down her face mask and leaned into the microphone. She swallowed hard before trying to spell the word “discover” in French Creole. “D-E-K-O-V-I” she tried as she clasped her hands behind her back while standing in front of a row of gleaming trophies. Seconds later, the teacher announced: […]
The government of Dominica has just signed an agreement with the UAE-based firm Montreal Management Consultants Est. (MMCE) to officially break ground on the highly-anticipated international airport. The long-awaited Dominica International Airport were stymied by powerful hurricanes, fiscal problems, and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. With ground about to broken soon, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt […]
ROSEAU, Dominica – A magistrate has set July 8 as the date for the start of a case against Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and 14 other members of his ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP). Skerrit and his co-accused all pleaded not guilty last Thursday when they appeared in the Roseau Magistrate Court on a charge […]
National Bank of Dominica takes over Royal Bank of Canada operations ROSEAU – Cabinet has approved several banking orders giving the National Bank of Dominica (NBD) ownership of all Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) operations and assets here. “We are about to proudly witness another significant accomplishment of our own national bank…. This new acquisition […]
ROSEAU, Dominca – Dominica celebrated its 42nd anniversary of political independence from Britain on Tuesday, overshadowed by the coronavirus ((COVID-19) pandemic that has prevented the traditional military parade and other activities. But nationals were urged to bind together to build a country that could be an example to the rest of the world. Prime Minister […]
OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada members have chosen Toronto’s Annamie Paul as their new leader. Paul, who is Black and Jewish, took the microphone in an Ottawa art gallery after her win was announced and declared herself the descendant of slaves and an ally of those, such as Indigenous people, who are fighting for […]
