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LocalTransition Movement comes to Dominica
Dec. 12, 2016The Transition Movement is an international initiative that helps support communities in becoming more resilient in the face of climate change, over-reliance on oil and growing inequalities. Tomorrow Tuesday 13 ...
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Local$10,000 of $55,000 compensation paid
Dec. 12, 2016A man of Dublanc who pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm (GBH) came with $10,000 when he appeared before resident judge Victoria Charles-Clarke at the Roseau High Court on ...
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LocalMaking the illegal legal
Dec. 12, 2016It is one of the most contentious and vexing general election issues – the widespread importation of Dominicans living abroad to cast their votes on Election Day.
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The View from EuropeChina: a tourism opportunity for the Caribbean?
David JessopDec. 9, 2016At the end of last month, China published a detailed 16-page document, 'China's Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean', which sets out a new approach to relations between ...
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LocalDPP drops passport case
Dec. 6, 2016Evaline Baptiste, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has written to attorney general Levi Peter advising him on the way forward in a passport fraud matter involving former Attorney General ...
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WorldPutin expresses confidence in Donald Trump as new U.S. leader
Dec. 6, 2016MOSCOW, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- In a TV interview aired on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump "a smart man" and expressed confidence in the latter's ...
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WorldTrump picks Ben Carson in charge of his key plan ...
Dec. 6, 2016WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) --- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday that he will nominate retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson as the next secretary of the Department of Housing ...
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LocalAre we a nation?
Dec. 6, 2016Today, seven years later, Government can take pride in that a national programme labeled "Care for the Elderly" aimed at providing care at home to select persons among the island's ...
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LocalMay you rest in peace, Popsie
Dec. 6, 2016My heart was racing. I clutched my seven-week-old baby and gripped his daddy's arm. He was amused but reassuring. What was this? The trees were right outside my window! I ...
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LocalInnocent or Guilty: Jury can't agree
Dec. 6, 2016A jury of eight women and one man on Thursday afternoon December 1, 2016 could not decide on the guilt, or innocence, of McKinley Williams of Kingshill for the death ...
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LocalFr. Charles dies
Dec. 5, 2016Fr. Charles Vermeulen C.Ss.R. died on Monday, December 4th 2016, said a statement from Rev. Rodney J. Olive C.Ss.R, the Regional Superior of Redemptorist Missionaries in the English Caribbean Region.
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WorldFidel Castro laid to rest in Santiago de Cuba
Dec. 4, 2016SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The remains of the Cuban revolutionary leader and former President Fidel Castro were buried Sunday morning at the Santa Ifigenia cemetery in ...
