INDEPENDENCE MESSAGE 2009 FROM HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA DR. THE HONOURABLE NICHOLAS J.O. LIVERPOOL, D.A.H., O.C.C.
Fellow Dominicans,
Independence. s we proudly celebrate this event we need to give thanks to Almighty God for ringing us thus far and to congratulate ourselves for the progress that we have ade in our social, political, cultural and economic development.
Roseau, Dominica – October 23, 2009……. Just seven years since the establishment of the Dominica State College by an Act of Parliament, the institution continues to grow both in terms of student membership and the partnerships it has developed with regional and international institutions.
Roseau, Dominica – October 16, 2009……. An initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, led by the Minister for Agriculture, Hon. Matthew Walter, to avert a collapse of the banana industry in Dominica, has resulted in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Dominica Banana Producers Limited (DBPL) and the Dominica National Fairtrade Organisation (DNFTO).
Roseau, Dominica – October 13, 2009……… Minister for Public Utilities, Energy and Ports, Hon. Charles Savarin has said the global economic crisis is having a negative impact on Small Island Developing States like Dominica.
Roseau, Dominica – October 13, 2009……… Minister for Public Works and Infrastructural Development, Hon. Rayburn Blackmoore, acting on behalf of the Government of Dominica, has signed a contract with a Chinese construction firm, China Railway 17 Bureau Group Co. Ltd for the construction of a modern highway from the Capital City of Roseau to the Town of Portsmouth.