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Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:42:46 +0000Dominican student in US, Kianne Benjamin, excels in athletics at college level
Dominican, Kianne Benjamin earned her All-American Honors for the Polar Bear track teams at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III Indoor Track & Field Championship last weekend in North Carolina. All-America team is an ...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:35:56 +0000
7 assailants burglarize home of Chinese nationals and escape with cash and other goods
The Commonwealth of Dominica Police (CDPF) is conducting investigations into an aggravated burglary which occurred on Sunday March 13, 2022, at the dwelling place of a few Chinese nationals in Belfast. Acting Superintendent of Police in charge of the...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 19:25:45 +0000
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales launches Climate Action Scholarships for small island nation students
HRH The Prince of Wales, with the University of Cambridge, to launch Climate Action Scholarships for students from small island nations. The new scholarships – announced today by the Universities of Cambridge, Toronto, Melbourne, McMaster and M...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:40:33 +0000
Special loan facility for MSME’s officially available at AID Bank
Dominicans interested in applying for loans at the Agricultural Industrial and Development (AID) Bank through the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) facility and the Kalinago Development Fund (KDF) can now do so. The facility officially beca...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:07:32 +0000
S.H.A.P.E expresses alarm over lack of consultation for new library design
SHAPE (the Society for Historic Architectural Preservation and Enhancement) is alarmed to read in a report from Caribbean News Global on 13 March 2022 that a design for a new Roseau Public Library has been approved and that construction is...
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Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:08:59 +0000
Eastern Caribbean and Barbadian writers invited to apply to the 2022 International Writing Program Fall Residency in Iowa City
U.S. Embassy Bridgetown is pleased to invite writers who are citizens of and who reside in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines to apply to the twelve-week International...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:58:58 +0000
ANNOUNCEMENT: DOWASCO scheduled service interruption in Scotts Head and Soufriere
DOWASCO informs customers from Scotts Head and Soufriere that their water supply will be interrupted on Wednesday March 16, 2022 between the hours of 9.00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for the purpose of system maintenance. DOWASCO regrets any inconveniences whi...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 15:38:08 +0000
Government to hold consultations with stakeholders in the agricultural sector
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that his government plans to hold a consultation on Wednesday, March 16th which will target stakeholders in the agricultural sector in Dominica. He made the announcement during State-Owned Radio, DBS Ta...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:34:39 +0000
HRH The Duchess of Cornwall launches The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2022
Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS), was joined by RCS Ambassadors Geri Horner and David Walliams to launch The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2022. The Duchess, who was also joine...
Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:18:04 +0000
Statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Commonwealth of Dominica and the Syrian Arab Republic
On 7 March, 2022, Dominica and the Syrian Arab Republic signed a communique establishing diplomatic relations. Signing for Dominica was Ambassador Loreen Bannis-Roberts, Permanent Representative of Dominica to the United Nations, and for Syria, Amb...