• WASHINGTON D.C., Feb. 5, 2014 (Xinhua/ Sun) -- Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2014 shows a view of the entrance of a CVS store in Arlington, Virginia. CVS Caremark (Xinhua/Zhang Jun)
    World

    Drugstore chain CVS to stop selling cigarettes

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- CVS Caremark, the second largest drugstore chain in the U.S., announced Wednesday it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in its more than ...

  • JAKARTA, Feb. 3, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Rescue team officials show tools belonging to the fresh sinabung eruption victims in Sukameriah village in North Sumatra, Indonesia. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)
  •  SOCHI, Feb. 5, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Canadian athletes walk in the Endurance Olympic Village called Sloboda in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 4, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
    World

    Ready for Winter Olympics

    MOSCOW, Feb. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The city of Sochi is completely ready for the Olympic Games, despite the fact that not everything is perfect, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday.

  • Sebastien despairs
    Cricket

    Guyana beat Windwards in NAGICO Super50

    PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Guyana captain Chris Barnwell expressed great delight following his team's 22-run victory over Windward Islands in Match 6 of the NAGICO Super50 at Queen's Park Oval.

  • Sukie at the Independence Parade in 2005 when he received the Sisserou Award of Honour
    Local

    Sukie: the making of a super-businessman

    Have you wondered about the story behind Sukie's "Humble Beginning" slogan and the encased bicycle on the roof top of Sukie's bakery in Newtown? Or why Sukie himself manages to ...

  • Pinard, left and Martin
    Local

    Hard to pin Pinard

    In 2009, after one term, Ian Pinard stepped down from active politics making way for Sam Martin in the Soufriere-Scottshead-Gallion- Pointe Michel constituency.

  • Prime Minister Roosvelt Skerrit
    Elections

    One More

    He's been flying high on the love of the common people, he's been rising on the backs of the ordinary citizen; he's reached new levels on the devotion of infinitely ...

  • Judge Stephenson, front, at opening of court
    Local

    News from the High Court

    Resident judge, Justice Birnie Stephenson, told a man from a western community at the Roseau High Court on Monday January 27, 2013: "You are a free man. You can walk ...

  • The late Centenarian Ma Pampo
    Local

    Dominica's life expectancy among highest in English Speaking Caribbean

    It could be the food. Possibly the terrain. Maybe the water. It must be the fresh air. Whatever it is, children born here in 2013 can expect to live longer ...

  • Dr Donald Peters
    Local

    Pulling for Peters

    Brian Meade, the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Dominica State College (DSC), has come out in defence of Dr. Donald Peters, president of the DSC whose reputation ...

  • Captain Keith Robertson (left) with his son First Officer Kori Robertson in the flight deck of a LIAT aircraft
    Local

    LIAT'S 'Captain Smooth' Flies Into Retirement

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Feb 04, 2014 – A beloved captain who safely piloted thousands throughout the region flew his final official flight for LIAT – The Caribbean Airline last week.

  • Observer
    Local

    Let's go to the Semis

    Last night forty calypsonians, dressed in their Quarter Finals best, sang their hearts out, danced the soles of their shoes thin while dreaming dreams of being monarchs in the kingdom ...