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LocalStrengthening Pesticides Management towards Sustainable Agriculture in the Caribbean
July 18, 2015Roseau, Dominica (IICA). Members of the Coordinating Group of Pesticides Control Boards of the Caribbean, CGPC, convened their 20th Annual Meeting to discuss issues of regional importance in the areas ...
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LocalDominican artistes compete in Nassau
July 18, 2015A seven member team comprised of songwriter Ian Jackson; singers Janae Jackson, Ellaina "Lyrique" Joseph, Carsim Birmingham, and petite /print and spokes model Shivaughn Johnson, under the direction of local ...
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LocalDominican Jason Timothy to participate in a U.S. Government-Sponsored Leadership ...
July 18, 2015Jason Timothy will travel to the United States as the latest Eastern Caribbean candidate of the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP).
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LocalSkerrit to present an EC$526 million budget on Friday
July 17, 2015When parliament meets on Friday next week, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit will present to the nation a budget of EC$525,959,958 for the fiscal year 2015-2016. The recurrent budget is $341,738,098 ...
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LocalLoud silence over Bird Island
July 16, 2015Of all the issues that arose at the recent Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government summit in Barbados, Venezuela's controversial Presidential Decree 1787 generated all the noise.
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LocalKing of Kings: an important cultural and tourism product
July 15, 2015The annual King of Kings calypso competition is being hailed as an important cultural and tourism product and a platform from which to showcase Dominica in a positive light.
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LocalLinton hangs sue threat over The Heng
July 15, 2015Opposition Leader Lennox Linton wants a public apology and financial compensation for damage to his reputation, which he claims was caused by talk show host Kamala Jno Baptiste-Aaron.
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LocalConfusion in CARICOM
July 15, 2015Dominica is caught in the middle of a swirling controversy between the leaders of Antigua & Barbuda and Barbados.
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WorldECLAC to propose debt relief for Caribbean countries
July 14, 2015SANTIAGO, July 13 (Xinhua) -- The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will propose debt relief for Caribbean countries as the burden is hindering development of the ...
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WorldCuba records 16 percent rise of tourists
July 14, 2015HAVANA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Cuba has received two million foreign tourists so far this year, an increase of 16 percent over the same period in 2014, the Ministry of ...
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LocalLIAT's new routes for summer 2015 take effect next week
July 14, 2015ST. JOHN'S, Antigua, July 10, 2015 – A number of new services and non-stop routes which have been added to the summer schedule of LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, will come ...
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WorldA scorching summer for Chinese economy
July 14, 2015BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- With the stock market in turmoil, the economy in search of a new source of growth and looming uncertainties outside the country - it has ...
