-
Local
Point Michel wins COURTS Fashionista Competition
Sept. 16, 2014Jewele Browne of Pointe Michele is the first winner of Courts Fashionista Competition as part of a promotion, "Create a Room That's All About You with Fashionable Furniture From Courts".
-
Local
Law School Bill Burden
Sept. 16, 2014Dominican students of the Sir High Wooding Law School (HWLS) in Trinidad & Tobago will not graduate next month because government has not paid "economic costs" for students for the ...
-
World
Dr. Etienne discusses Ebola response with CARICOM
Sept. 15, 2014Director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), Dominican Dr. Carissa Etienne on Thursday, visited the CARICOM Secretariat for a courtesy call on the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, a ...
-
Local
DOMLEC appoints new General Manager
Sept. 15, 2014Bertilia McKenzie is the new General Manager of the Dominica Electricity Services (DOMLEC), the company said in a press release.
-
World
Beheading of British aid worker by IS erages Britain, U.S.
Sept. 14, 2014BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua/Sun) -- A video footage released by the Islamic State (IS) militants on Saturday purportedly showed the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, making him the ...
-
World
UK says verifying video of aid worker's beheading
Sept. 13, 2014LONDON, Sept. 14 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The UK Foreign Office said late Saturday it was "working urgently to verify" a video purporting to show beheading of a British hostage by the ...
-
World
Pistorius found not guilty of premeditated murder
Sept. 11, 2014PRETORIA, Sept. 11 (Xinhua/ Sun) -- South African murder-accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius on Thursday was found not guilty of premeditately murdering her girlfriend.
-
World
165 killed as heavy monsoon rains lash Pakistan
Sept. 7, 2014ISLAMABAD, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- At least 165 people were killed and over 200 others injured when torrential rains hit parts of Pakistan's Punjab province and northeast Kashmir area over ...
-
World
WHO identifies blood therapy, 2 vaccines to contain Ebola outbreak
Sept. 7, 2014GENEVA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said the whole blood therapies and convalescent blood serums, as well as two vaccines need to be considered ...
-
World
Somalia on high alert over Al Shabaab chief death
Sept. 7, 2014MOGADISHU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua/Sun) -- Somali government on Saturday said it's on high alert for possible retaliatory attacks following the US drone attack targeting Al Shabaab's leader on Monday.
-
World
Lack of dedicated resources, funds fuel Ebola crisis: Kofi Annan
Sept. 7, 2014GENEVA, Sept. 5 (Xinhua/Sun) -- The former secretary-general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, on Friday said the lack of dedicated resources and funds is fuelling the Ebola crisis in ...
-
World
160 killed in worst flood in 60 years in Indian-controlled ...
Sept. 7, 2014NEW DELHI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua/Sun) -- At least 160 people have been killed and tens of thousands threatened in what the authorities described as the worst flood in 60 years ...