• Baptiste, right, addresses court
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    Back to court

    Director of Public Prosecution Evelina Baptiste says she has filed "new and fresh indictments" in cases squashed by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) when it met here recently.

  • Persons listen to speakers at discussion on good governance
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    Citizens Forum talk good governance

    Panelists at a discussion hosted by the Citizens Forum for Good Governance at the Garraway Hotel on Tuesday believe the time if right for governments in Dominica to "be more ...

  • Carlisle Jno Baptiste
    Local

    Journalist to sue Chronicle

    Freelance reporter, Carlisle Jno Baptiste will soon begin legal action against the Chronicle newspaper for a libellous statement made about him in a 'Nabes and I' column.

  • Auto Trade official make presentation to Massacre school
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    Massacre Primary and Auto-Trade join hands

    Auto Trade has formed a partnership with the Massace/Canefield Primary School as one of its initiative in celebration of 20 years of service in Dominica, a press release from the ...

  • WASHINGTON D.C., Nov. 25, 2014 (Xinhua) -- People protest against the grand jury's decision not to charge police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of African American youth Michael Brown
    World

    Police officer fatally shooting Michael Brown goes free

    CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Darren Wilson, the white police officer of Ferguson Police Department who shot and killed unarmed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on Aug. 9, is free ...

  • Local

    Dominica's Catholic bishop must do more about a now-defrocked priest.

    We're glad that Fr. Reginald LaFleur has been defrocked. That, however, doesn't "cure" him. He remains a risk to kids. And Bishop Gabriel Malzaire knows this.

  • File Photo: US Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel
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    U.S. defense secretary resigns

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (Xinhua/Sun) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced resignation of Chuck Hagel as the country's defense secretary, making the first change to his cabinet after the ...

  • Bishop Malzaire, right, and Father LaFleur
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    Catholic Church dismisses Father LaFleur

    Monsignor Reginald LaFleur, 60, the Dominican Catholic priest accused of touching a young parishioner inappropriately 19 years ago, has been dismissed from the priesthood.

  • Obama, US President
    World

    Obama's immigration order stirs controversy in U.S.

    WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua/Sun) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's presidential order on immigration is stirring much controversy, with outraged opponents accusing him of acting more like an emperor than the ...

  • NEW YORK, Nov. 22, 2014 (Xinhua) -- David Nabarro, special envoy of the UN Secretary-General on Ebola, speaks during a Security Council meeting on Ebola, UN, Nov. 21, 2014
    World

    UN urges sustained efforts in fight against Ebola

    UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- UN officials on Ebola on Friday highlighted the need for the international community to sustain efforts and start to focus on recovery in the ...

  • Students of the Roseau Primary School
    World

    UN chief underlines basic rights for every child

    UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua/Sun) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday marked the Universal Children's Day, saying " every child has the right to survive and thrive, to ...

  • JERUSALEM, Nov. 19, 2014 (Xinhua) -- A funeral of the victims near the scene of the attack at a synagogue in the Har N, Jerusalem, on Nov. 18, 2014.
    World

    Netanyahu vows to respond with "heavy hand" to synagogue attack

    JERUSALEM, Nov. 18 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will "respond with a heavy hand" to a deadly attack at a Jerusalem synagogue earlier ...