• Cruise Ship at the Roseau port seen from the Fort Young Hotel
    Local

    Numb to numbers

    It won't be smooth sailing for the cruise industry here next season which begins in late October, with the number of scheduled calls likely to sink dramatically.

  • A variety of Dominican jasper from Fitz Shillingford collection
    Local

    Dominican Jasper: Best in the world

    Fitz Shillingford of Fond Mel near Castle Bruce has discovered and collected a significant amount of Jasper, says John D. Charlton of Saint-Lazare Quebec, Canada. Charlton is the director of ...

  • West Indies team celebrate win in the T20 Finals
    Cricket

    Wonderful Windies Win

    With his team needing 19 in the last over of the World T20 Finals Carlos Brathwaite hit the first four balls of the final over for six as West Indies ...

  • Cadencelypso icon Gordon Henderson
    Music

    Hit us with music

    Dominican music pioneer Gordon Henderson believes the Cadence-lypso genre continues to play a vital role in the evolution of Dominica's music culture.

  • members of the Original WCK
    Music

    "We have no idea where we are as an industry…" ...

    Dominica's music industry has been limping along with behind others in the Caribbean.

  • Dada Lawrence, music producer
    Music

    Thoughts on Bouyon…

    Outspoken Dominican music producer, Krishna 'Dada' Lawrence has some frank comments about Bouyon.

  • EmileDepooter, Manager of Triple Kay band
    Music

    Thoughts on Bouyon…

    The high cost of travelling to and from Dominica and lack of tangible support are two of the bugbears restricting the progression of Bouyon music overseas.

  • Musician Cornell Phillip
    Music

    Thoughts on Bouyon…

    Bouyon pioneer, Cornell 'Fingers' Phillip is worried that too many people are unaware that 'Bouyon' originated in Dominica.

  • Members of Exile One- Fitzroy Williams, top left, Gordon Henderson, top right, and Vivian Wallace
    Music

    Gordon Henderson talks music

    Since the 1970s, 'Cadance-lypso' has been the signature sound of Dominica, but now local music insiders are scratching their heads as they grapple with two tough questions.

  • Original WCK plays in New Yourk
    Music

    Lyrical content

    We have all heard complaints about the lyrical content of some locally generated music, including Bouyon.

  • Band plays before large crowd at Creole in the Park
    Music

    Raw Riddim, Bitter Blues

    Dominica's music is distinctive, highly creative and full of power and intensity; so why is it taking so long for it to set the world stage alight?

  • Flooded Douglas Charles Airport
    Local

    Silent Closure

    Somewhere someone is puzzled.