• Students wait for latest news at the entrance of Moi University campus in Garissa, Kenya, April 03, 2015
    World

    Heinous terrorist attack on Kenya's university kills 147, injures 79

    BEIJING, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A day-long siege of a Kenyan university campus by gunmen on Thursday killed 147 and injured 79, Kenyan Interior Minister Joseph Nkaissery said.

  • Judge Errol Thomas, left, and law officials at the opening of the New Law Year
    Local

    Woman bites off rival's nose

    Love and accusations of infidelity in an affair between two women and a man ignited a verbal confrontation followed by open violence in the north eastern village of Woodford Hill. ...

  • Left to right: Khahill Richards, Rena Stevens and Keaunte Harrigan
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    SMA wins literacy quiz

    For the second time, the St Mary's Academy has won the Rotary Club of Dominica 4th National Secondary Schools Literacy Quiz Competition.

  • CARACAS, March 5, 2014 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (2nd-L) waves as he arrives to the civic-military parade in honour of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. (Xinhua/AVN)
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    Trouble for Dominica, if Maduro goes

    Nicolas Maduro, a former bus driver, was hand-picked by Hugo Chavez as his successor to continue Chavez's great Bolivarian socialist revolution. The charismatic Chavez promised Venezuelans the riches of his ...

  • Vagrant searches for food in garbage dump in Roseau
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    Cry for Vagrants

    "He was a good brother to me," said an emotional vagrant who witnessed the gruesome attack of his friend Davidson "Baby" Daisy who died on March 22, 2015 after being ...

  • Marigot residents protest near the Port for the reemplyment of Jones
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    No progress in crab-backs case

    After six months there is still no positive development for Vescort Jones of Marigot. Recall that Jones was a security officer of the Douglas-Charles Airport and that due to unfortunate ...

  • NBD branch on Independence street on Thursday April 2nd
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    NBD to close Independence Street Branch

    The National Bank of Dominica Ltd. Has announced the closure of its Independence Street Branch effective May 11th, 2015.

  • A bagpiper plays a tune during a memorial meeting of Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew at Singapore's Kallang Theatre, March 27, 2015
    World

    Lee Kuan Yew -- Architect of Singapore's economic miracle

    SINGAPORE, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's founding father Lee Kuan Yew died early Monday at the age of 91.

  • Singapore holds a state funeral for Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on March 29, 2015. (Xinhua/Then Chih Wey)
    World

    Singapore says farewell to Lee Kuan Yew

    SINGAPORE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- After a week-long national mourning of the late former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, it's finally the time for Singaporeans to say farewell.

  • L to R: Davidson Remie, P. George, N. Joseph, D. Whitchurch-Aird, C. Williams-Riviere, Roslyn Remie, M. Christian, Jessica Bruney, Gerry Aird, Jean Riviere, Jason Whitchurch-Aird , R. Joseph.
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    Whitchurch Recognises 295 Years of Service

    H.H.V. Whitchurch & Co. Ltd., established and operating in Dominica for the last 105 years, was surpassed in age by its Long Service Employees recognised in a private ceremony at ...

  • Police officers brought to court earlier
    Local

    When Police Kill

    The big news in Dominica this week was that five police officers, including a woman, were charged with murder, eight months after the body of a prisoner was found in ...

  • An example of the island's Creole architecture
    Local

    An intriguing stroll through Roseau

    It's a cool Saturday afternoon; the traffic is light with only a handful of people bringing their day to a close in Roseau -- a good time for a leisurely ...