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WorldPowerful quake kills more than 720 people in Nepal
April 25, 2015KATHMANDU, April 25 (Xinhua) -- More than 720 people, including 256 in the capital of Kathmandu, have been killed in a 7.8- magnitude earthquake which jolted large parts of Nepal ...
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LocalDIGICEL Dominica announces new country manager
April 24, 2015Friday 24th April 2015 – Roseau, Dominica: Digicel Dominica today announced Stuart Joce as its new Country Manager. As the new Country Manager, Joce will have overall responsibility for Digicel ...
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LocalMagistrate moves Danny Lugay case to July
April 24, 2015Danny Lugay, the Parliamentary Representative for Roseau North, was back in court this morning but he has to return in July to answer charges of threatening to murder a member ...
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LocalPrivy Council hears Lennox Linton v Pinard-Bryne case
April 23, 2015On April 22, 2013 Lords Clarke, Wilson, Sumption, Carnwath and Toulson of the British Privy Council heard the libel case between appellant Kieron Pinard-Byrne and respondent Lennox Linton.
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LocalExile in '15
April 22, 2015For Gordon Henderson and Exile One, the song, "Nous Travail Pour Ayen" (We Laboured in Vain)- a song about slavery- was a huge hit in the 1970s. For several years ...
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WorldEgypt sentences Morsi to 20 years in prison over killing ...
April 21, 2015CAIRO, April 21 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian Court on Tuesday sentenced former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to 20 years in prison over the killing of protesters in 2012.
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WorldVenezuela receives new $5 billion loan from China
April 21, 2015Venezuela has received a new $5 billion (3.35 billion pounds) loan from China, President Nicolas Maduro said, part of an oil-for-loans deal that has become a key source of financing ...
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WorldBolt wins but he's not happy
April 21, 2015RIO DE JANEIRO, April 19 (Xinhua) -- Usain Bolt won his first 100m race of the season on Sunday by taking out the Mano a Mano sprint challenge in Rio ...
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LocalBanana battles Black Sigatoka and poor exports
April 21, 2015It is no secret that the once-loved banana industry will die if the Black Sigatoka fungus is not controlled. The Ministry of Agriculture has apparently realised this and has taken ...
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LocalHail our Heroes
April 21, 2015Heroes there are many but our young seem to know them not. Not anymore.
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LocalGas prices go up
April 19, 2015Late last week most Dominican drivers probable said "Oh, boy" when petrol prices at the pump jumped by $1.78 to $12.06 per gallon.
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LocalFormer parliamentarian Phillip K. Williams laid to rest
April 19, 2015The late Phillip K. Williams was laid to rest during an on official funeral on Saturday, April 18, 2015, Press Attaché Daryl Titre said in a press statement.