Photo Galleries

Christmas Eve in Roseau, Dominica

Dec. 25, 2014

Shopping on Christmas Eve in Roseau, Dominica has become traditional and in spite of the persistently depressed economy, shoppers crowded the streets in Roseau. The busy sidewalks became mini-stores and ...

UWP supporters protest near electoral office

Protest for free and fair elections

Dec. 14, 2014

In an almost predictable move, the United Workers Party (UWP), protested outside the office of the Electoral Commission on Friday 12 December 2014. The UWP said they wanted to talk ...

Labour wins fifteen

Dec. 9, 2014

The ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) won the 8th December 2014 general elections by winning 15 seats, three less than in 2009. Here are the winners: Catherine Daniel- Colihaut; Roselyn ...

Signs of the Times

Nov. 16, 2014

Undoubtedly, the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) has won the billboard and poster battle during the 2014 election campaign. As these photographs, taken in Roseau last week illustrate, one party is ...

Andre Charles receives The Services Medal of Honour for Agriculture

Ceremony to observe Dominica's 36th Anniversary of Independence

Nov. 3, 2014

Under a scorching morning sun, on Monday 3rd November 2014, at the Windsor Park Stadium, Dominica observed its 36th anniversary of political independence. During the 3-hour ceremony medals were awarded, ...

Youth at the Rally in 2014

Nov. 2, 2014

Time and place: The National Youth Rally on Thursday October 30th 2014 at the bright and green open spaces at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium. Hundreds of youth, Dominica's omnipotent ...

National Dress Parade

Oct. 31, 2014

Today Friday October 31, 2014 Roseau came alive with the sounds of drums and conch shells and all sorts of music-making instruments; and the amazing colours and variety of the ...

Cultural Officer Gregory Rabess leads school children through the exhibition

"Yet we survive"- Dominica's Kalinago or Carib Indians

Oct. 15, 2014

Dominica's indigenous people (known as the Kalinago, formally the Caribs) were Dominica's original inhabitants; there are now 3000 Kalinagos (or Caribs); the majority live on a 37,000 acre territory on ...

QUELIMANE (MOZAMBIQUE), Sept. 12, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken Aug. 31, 2014 shows a "bicycle taxi" cyclist carrying passengers in Quelimane, capital of Zambezia, central province of Mozambique

Energy conservation. Bicycle Taxi in Mozambique

Sept. 16, 2014

Bicycle is the most popular transportation in Mozambique's central province of Zambezia. Taxiing by bicycle is a unique phenomenon in the central province of Zambezia. The phenomenon started in late ...

FREETOWN, Aug. 18, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Photo shows control and prevention information of the Ebola epidemic outbreak near a community health center in the Ebola-affected Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone

Ebola- World's Major Threat

Sept. 14, 2014

The death toll from the Ebola virus is continuing to grow alarmingly. On September 9th the World Health Organisation (WHO) said it had recorded 4,293 cases in five West African ...

Remembering Hurricane David. August 29, 1979

Aug. 28, 2014

On August 29, 1979 Hurricane David dropped up to 10 inches of rain, causing numerous landslides on Dominica. Eight hours of hurricane force winds severely eroded the coastlines and washed ...

You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet-Hal Borland, Sundial of the Seasons, 1964

Beauty and life in Dominica's Botanic Gardens

July 20, 2014

Established in 1890, the Botanic Gardens in Roseau is still one of the finest in the Caribbean. Today it is the centre for cultural activities and a place for relaxation ...