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LocalPM Skerrit: Dominica has a massive housing problem
Oct. 7, 2015The cost of Post-Erika resettlement, reconstruction and repairs is estimated to top $91M and Government does not have the money to relocate all 4,229 persons displaced by the storm.
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Local$1.298 billion rebuilding task ahead
Oct. 7, 2015Revenue is plummeting; expenditure is soaring and Dominica faces a $1.298 billion task to rebuild infrastructure following the passage of Tropical Storm Erika.
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LocalAgriculture, fisheries hard hit by Erika
Oct. 7, 2015The agriculture and fisheries sectors have been hard-hit by Tropical Storm Erika with losses in crops, livestock and fisheries estimated at millions of dollars.
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LocalWarrington loses appeal
Oct. 7, 2015Nine months after hearing the appeal of former DBS general manager Mariette Warrington, the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) sitting in Grenada on September 15, 2015 has handed down its ...
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LocalHard to say goodbye
Oct. 7, 2015Child Fund Caribbean has been in Dominica for 30 years, in the Caribbean for 45 and in St. Vincent & the Grenadines for 25 but in July 2016 that organisation ...
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LocalDominica opens new cruise season
Oct. 5, 2015The Royal Princess came in today and like a giant white castle on the sea she provided an exciting foreground to the green mountains of Fond Cole.
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CricketWICB Tribute to Steve Camacho
Oct. 3, 2015ST. JOHN'S, Antigua – The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today paid tribute to Steve Camacho, the former Manager of the West Indies Team and Chief Executive Officer of the ...
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The View from Europe
Europe to consider future of ACP relationship
David JessopOct. 2, 2015In a matter of days the European Commission will launch a communication (policy paper) on the options for post-Cotonou arrangements with the ACP; the grouping that brings together 79 African, ...
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LocalNew Petite Savanne: How will it affect the electoral boundaries?
Oct. 2, 2015How will the relocation of the people of Petite Savanne affect the polls at the next general election?
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LocalPost–"Erika" politics
Oct. 2, 2015Whatever the motivation, whatever the expectations, both the Prime Minister's initiative in inviting the Parliamentary Opposition to participation in the post-"Erika" recovery programme and the positive response of the Leader ...
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LocalSoil scientist assesses Erika's impact
Oct. 2, 2015As the nation struggles to come to terms with the incalculable loss of lives and property, troubling questions arise.
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LocalLessons from Erika
Oct. 2, 2015Tropical Storm Erika, which dumped heavy rains on the island on August 27, has exposed Dominica's vulnerability to natural hazards.
