• Palms head cut off on the EO LeBlanc highway

    Cutting Heads off Highway Palms

    On Friday evening or Saturday morning some person or persons cut off the heads of about six Foxtail palms that adorned the Portersville end of the E.O. LeBlanc Highway near ...

  • FILE PHOTO: Muslim girl wearing hijab

    Respect Religious Rights

    The situation was uncomfortable, the timing unfortunate, the action inappropriate to a Dominican family returning home from a trip to St. Lucia.

  • Top of the anti-Zika drum

    Fighting Zika with water storage drums

    Health officials here are exploring ways to curb the Zika virus outbreak on the island and have teamed up with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to fight the mosquito-borne ...

  • Joshua Francis hold child (photo from his Facebook page)

    Going but when

    While Roseau South Member of Parliament Joshua Francis is obviously finalising plans to bow out of active politics, officials of the ruling Dominica Labour Party (DLP) say the party is ...

  • CADENCE DAY 2016: Promoting the Dominican music genre

    The music created and pioneered by Gordon Henderson and his Exile One Band in the early Seventies and which dominated the airwaves, dancehalls and concert scenes for the several decades ...

  • Dr Jeffrey Blaize

    Teachers get ready

    The long hot summer is over. At last, say many weary parents. So soon? Ask hundreds of teens who have savored the luxury of sleeping late into the day without ...

  • New teachers learn new skills at ministry of education training at the Newtown primary school on 29 August 2016

    New School Year: Some Teachers Move

    As parents and students get ready for the reopening of the new school year on Monday, they expect a few changes- new books, new teachers but the same old rules.

  • Dominica stopped a show by Jamaican artiste Tommy Lee and promoter Cabral Douglas fights for rights

    Cabral Douglas launches US$3M lawsuit against Dominica, urges Tommy Lee, ...

    Cabral Douglas son of former Prime Minister of Dominica Rosie Douglas has officially filed legal proceedings at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) against the Government of Dominica over the ...

  • New students attend orientation programme

    Dominica State College welcomes new students

    At the bottom of the cavernous auditorium of the new Dominica State College (DSC) Phael Lander, his DSC crest gleaming from the breast of his white t-shirt, blasted R Kelly's ...

  • Performer at the Third Annual Courts Fashionistic Show on Friday 27 August 2016 at the Courts Old Street branch in Roseau. Bernadette Royer won that competition

    Royer wins Courts Fashionista Show

    Bernadette Royer designed a stunning wedding dress that won her the Courts Third Annual Fashionista Show last Friday evening.

  • Coulibistrie River after Erika
    Tropical Storm Erika

    Water woes continue

    Salisbury and Morne Rachette residents are still experiencing difficulties accessing potable water in their communities.

  • Petite Savanne, one year after Tropical Storm Erika. The village is virtually abandoned
    Tropical Storm Erika

    Petite Savanne — one year later

    It's a warm, sunny morning in Petite Savanne.