A 68-year-old man died while on a snorkeling excursion in the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica while traveling aboard Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas. […]
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Caribbean legislators outraged, saddened by US school shooting
NEW YORK, United States, Monday December 17, 2012 – Caribbean-born United states legislators have expressed outrage and sorrow over the mass killing of children and […]
Continue readingJAMAICANS PARTICIPATE IN KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE RE GAY STIGMATISATION
Kingston, Jamaica. November 30, 2012 – A seven member Jamaican delegation recently travelled to Canada and participated in a Vancouver/Jamaica knowledge exchange initiative to share […]
Continue readingTwo UWI Open Campus Dominica Students Receive UWI Canadian Gala Bursaries
Roseau, Dominica– Ms. Aaronia Stedman and Ms. Elora Riley, students of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus Dominica, have been awarded the […]
Continue readingMOUNTAIN NAMES
(The following is an extract from Steinberg Henry’s upcoming novel “Calypso Drift: An Archive Of Sorts”
While Tarina Simon in song was calling on the Bishop of Roseau to declare his strength for resolution and bonding, he was present at another level. In my 2005 writings, I did not envision him in that role. I saw the churches, denominations, sects, meditators, Kalinagos, Muslims and Rastafarians/Dreads of the Order Of Nyahbinghi circled in prayer and meditation to protect a nation-state. Then I caught internetted extracts from a major environment conference. Waitukubuli Ecological Foundation and a group of conferees had gathered at the foot of The Holy Mountain – Morne Trois Pitons, that place I love. Ha-ha.
Continue readingDominican TV host badly burns magician in bizarre “blessing”
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Thursday December 6, 2012 – A judge has ordered the arrest of a local television show host who set an American […]
Continue readingDominica govt slams sale of DOMLEC shares
ROSEAU, Dominica—The Dominica government says it is examining the possibility of introducing new policies that would prevent foreign entities selling off their shares in essential […]
Continue readingClimate and Disaster early warning system in development for the disabled
Kingston, Jamaica. November 30, 2012 – Three key agencies, Panos Caribbean, the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and the Combined Disabilities Association, […]
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