Month: April 2009

“We must be mindful of the need to maintain fiscal prudence while we try to respond to the needs of our citizens,” says Dominican leader

Roseau, Dominica – April 21, 2009……………… Prime Minister and Minister for Finance and Social Security, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit has said that the current global economic situation is likely to have a negative impact on Dominica. The Dominican leader also highlighted the measures being implemented locally to deal with what is being described as the worst world economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Roseau, Dominica – April 16, 2009………………Parliamentary Representative for the Portsmouth constituency and Minister for Tourism, Hon. Ian Douglas has said that the Labour Party Government is delivering to the people of Portsmouth.

Hon. Douglas made the announcement at a ceremony in Chance, Portsmouth to hand over the keys of twelve (12) newly built homes, financed by the Government of Venezuela.

Tiyani Behanzin, son of former Prime Minister the late

Rosie Douglas sworn in as Magistrate

Roseau, Dominica – April 15, 2009……………… The shortage of Magistrates in Dominica is being addressed by the Government of Dominica with the swearing in of Mr. Tiyani Behanzin as a Magistrate recently.

Roseau, Dominica – April 8 , 2009………………At the ground breaking ceremony for a new   Agro-Tourism Reception Centre at Bellevue Chopin on Monday, Minister for Tourism,                Hon. Ian Douglas, emphasised how the tourism industry  in Dominica can be  expanded through  the development of linkages with the agricultural sector.