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Dominica’s youth encouraged to create opportunities for themselves
DBS Radio
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August 13, 2025
Home News Dominica’s youth encouraged to create opportunities for themselves Dominica’s youth have been encouraged to create opportunities for themselves. The call came from Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth and Sports Senator Oscar...
Dominica’s first improv group announces upcoming show
Dominica News Online
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August 11, 2025
Dominica News Online - Monday, August 11th, 2025 at 10:36 AM Dominica’s pioneering improv troupe, Mission Improvable, is set to present an innovative performance inspired by Caribbean folk tales featuring the legendary characters Anansi and Tiger....
Erin moves north: No direct threat to Dominica, but caution urged
Dominica News Online
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August 16, 2025
Home >> Environment Dominica News Online - Saturday, August 16th, 2025 at 3:35 PM Dominica remains outside the direct path of catastrophic Hurricane Erin, which is currently tracking west-northwest just north of the Lesser Antilles. As of 11:20...
PM making no apology on support for US; says Trinidad comes first
Stabroek News
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August 26, 2025
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is standing firm in her support for the US Navy’s presence near Venezuela, telling critics that for the next five years her foreign and domestic policy will unapologetically be “Trinidad...
Grenada foreign minister rejects US claims that Cuba’s medical missions are ‘forced labor’
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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Grenada’s foreign minister is pushing back on the U.S. State Department’s assertions that the eastern Caribbean nation, which has had a long-standing relationship with Cuba, is exploiting Cuban doctors and other medical professionals in order to...
Comment on Three individuals receive the DAA Dominica Athletic Legacy Scholarship by MEME
Dominica News Online
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August 15, 2025
Home >> Charitable activity or foundation Dominica News Online - Friday, August 15th, 2025 at 8:57 AM The Dominica Athletics Association (DAA) presented the first-ever DAA Athletic Legacy Scholarship to three student-athletes. Taking place on...
Dominica and China sign five-year medical cooperation agreement
Dominica News Online
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August 9, 2025
Dominica News Online - Saturday, August 9th, 2025 at 11:36 AM From L-R Health Minister Cassanni Laville and Chinese Ambassador to Dominica Chu MaomingThe Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the People’s Republic of China have formalized...
Americans trade snow for sand — and a second passport
Caribbean Life - New York
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August 15, 2025
United States buyers are heading to the Caribbean not only for a seasonal and enjoyable vacation but also to purchase properties. Americans’ purchase of properties on some islands has increased significantly. While making these purchases, the...
Minister Blackmoore issues warning against preventing child abuse victims from testifying
Dominica News Online
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August 8, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, August 8th, 2025 at 6:00 AM Rayburn Blackmoore during 2025-2026 Budget DebateMinister for National Security Rayburn Blackmoore has issued a stern warning to individuals who obstruct child victims of sexual abuse from...
Dominica government invests $20,000 in newly-registered Good Hope Farmers Cooperative
Dominica News Online
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August 8, 2025
Dominica News Online - Friday, August 8th, 2025 at 2:30 PM Prime Minister Roosevelt SkerritThe Government of Dominica has committed $20,000 to the Good Hope Farmers Cooperative Society Limited. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made the...
Overseas-based Guyanese nurses to be incentivized to return home, President Ali says
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 14, 2025
President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday pledged that thousands of Guyanese nurses who left the country for higher-paying jobs abroad could soon return home under lucrative incentive packages, if his party secures another term in the Sept. 1 general and...
Dominica to host FIDE-rated international chess tournament in August
Dominica News Online
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August 8, 2025
Home >> News Dominica News Online - Friday, August 8th, 2025 at 12:05 PM The Dominica Chess Federation has announced that it will host an international chess tournament officially rated by the International Chess Federation (FIDE) on August 16–17,...
Nurses to be incentivised to return home, says Guyana president
The Gleaner
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August 14, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Irfaan Ali says thousands of overseas-based Guyanese nurses who left for higher salaries could soon begin returning home to take up lucrative job offers. Speaking late Wednesday during a campaign meeting ahead...
The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force appoints its first female Assistant Commissioner of Police
DBS Radio
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August 14, 2025
Home News The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force appoints its first female Assistant Commissioner... The Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force has appointed its first female Assistant Commissioner of Police. Antonia Moses who has served the...
Mental health legislation and policy consultations continue in Dominica
Pan American Health Organization
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August 14, 2025
Roseau, Dominica, 8th August 2025 (PAHO) - Stakeholder discussions to inform the development of a mental health policy and revised legislation continued in Dominica from August 5th to 8th, 2025. This ongoing collaboration between the Ministry of...
Dominica moving ahead to establish a Forensic Lab this year
DBS Radio
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August 7, 2025
Dominica is moving ahead to establish a Forensic Lab this year. A Forensic Lab is a scientific facility where evidence from crimes is analyzed to aid in investigation and legal proceedings. And Minister for National Security Rayburn Blackmoore...
Dominica, Saint Lucia Each Win Two Tapeball Titles
St. Lucia Times
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August 7, 2025
Team Saint Lucia returned home from the Northern Windward Islands Tapeball Challenge in Dominica with two titles. The visitors won the Invitational Youth title, beating Tafia Boys 1-0, and the Veterans title, beating Dominica 3-1. But they lost...
Biomanufacturing: Scale-up vs Scale-out Economics
BioPharma Dive
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Will Guyana election end LGBTQ+ criminalisation in South America?
Context
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What’s the context? Parties contesting the Sept. 1 election broadly support ending the continent's last law that makes same-sex intimacy a crime. BERLIN - Most of the political parties running in Guyana's general election next week have promised...
The Union representing public officers in Dominica is closer to reaching...
DBS Radio
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August 13, 2025
Home News The Union representing public officers in Dominica is closer to reaching an... The Union representing public officers in Dominica is closer to reaching an agreement with Government over salary increase. General Secretary of the Public...