• Former DPP Gene Pestaina died in July 2017

    Who said Goodbye in 2017

    These are the photos of some of the Dominicans who said farewell in 2017

  • Grade Six top students of the St Martin's school and their teacher

    Who celebrated in 2017

    Lemar 'De Irish Kid' Irish of the St John's Academy in Portsmouth made winning crowns a habit by winning his 4th crown in four years. And guess what- the title ...

  • Claudius Sandford, centre, with his lawyers David Bruney, left, and Ronald Charles

    Politics in 2017

    The year began with 60 Minutes, the top level American television programme that featured the sale of passports as a major economic activity for cash strapped countries like Dominica.

  • Burning in the streets of Roseau after the UWP February meeting

    Law and Disorder in 2017

    A few hours after the opposition United Workers Party (UWP) ended a passport-protest meeting in Roseau on 7 February, police used teargas to disperse roaming young persons who were sporadically ...

  • Very Unusual business: man loots after Maria

    Business Unusual in 2017

    A new era in telecommunications began in Dominica in 2017 when FLOW purchased MARPIN 2K4 in May. MARPIN, a cash-strapped telecoms company, had been up for sale for many years ...

  • Pottersville in Goodwill one day after Maria

    2017: Maria's Mercilessness

    Before Hurricane Maria barreled across the Caribbean and hit Dominica flush on its forehead, we were drifting along like in any other year, in any other decade. Then Maria changed ...

  • Lennox Linton addresses a press conference  on Friday May 26 2017

    Towards a truly resilient Dominica

    My Fellow Dominicans at home and abroad:

  • Albert Toussaint

    Cameraman Albert Toussaint: "I've seen it all"

    There are many people behind the scenes ensuring that the news reaches the viewers on time, factually and accurately. They are camera operators, sometimes informally called "cameramen". Albert Toussaint, attached ...

  • Tina Alexander at a child abuse march at the Botanic Gardens, Roseau

    Lifeline Ministries renew activism against gender based violence

    Across the globe from 25th of November for sixteen days, activists are busy raising awareness about gender based violence. This includes child sexual abuse, domestic violence and any sort of ...

  • Daughter and her mom at Kurt's funeral

    Goodbye, Kurt

    Hundreds turned out from across Dominica to bid farewell to Kurt Matthew, the Chief Engineer of DBS Radio who died on November 27, 2017 following a road traffic accident in ...

  • Shirley Charles (Lady S)

    Maria songs dominate Calypso Eliminations

    Calypso being what it is there was no escaping a barrage of songs at the Eliminations round of the 2017-2018 calypso season about Hurricane Maria, the category five storm that ...

  • Mrs Deseree John

    Desiree John: With God on my side I survived Hurricane ...

    Desiree John, the wife of former Prime Minister Patrick John had a "terrifying and horrible" Hurricane Maria as she battled the category five storm at her home at upper Canefield. ...