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DOMINICA TO HOST 13TH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS ON MAY 5 AND 6

Roseau, Dominica– May 4, 2010……Dominica will host the Thirteenth (13th) Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) from May 5-6, 2010. COFCOR comprises the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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OFFICIAL OPENING OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PRIMARY SCHOOL AT SAN SAUVEUR SET FOR WEDNESDAY

san_sauveur_primary_school_april_2010.jpgRoseau, Dominica– April 26, 2010……Preparations are well advanced for the official  opening of a new state-of-the-art primary school in the village of San Sauveur on Wednesday, April 28th 2010.

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RESIDENTS OF LAUDAT MEET WITH OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS STATUS OF WORKS ON LAUDAT SECTION OF THE VALLEY R

pm_skerrit_and_officials_on_laudat_road_april_2010.jpgRoseau, Dominica– April 26, 2010…… Residents of the community of Laudat converged at the Laudat Government School last Wednesday evening for a discussion on the status of works on the Laudat section of the Valley Roads project better known as the Road Improvement and Maintenance Project (RIMP).

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DOMINICA SEEKING TO POSITION ITSELF TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DESTINATION WEDDING AND HONEYMOON MARKET

Roseau, Dominica– April 20, 2010……… The Government of Dominica through the Ministry of Tourism, the Discover Dominica Authority and the Ministry of Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs is seeking to position the country to take advantage of the new niche Destination Wedding and Honeymoon market.

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Grand Gathering of the World’s Cultures at Expo 2010 Shanghai China; Dominica as part of the CARICOM

World Expo 2010 is expected to take place from May 1st to October 31st  2010  in Shanghai, China under the  theme “Better City, Better life” .Over  two hundred and forty-one (241) countries and international organizations are participating in this event, with an estimated seventy(70)million persons expected to visit the Expo over its six month duration.

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DOMINICA’S PRIME MINISTER WRITES TO CHINESE PREMIER FOLLOWING POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE

Roseau, Dominica– April 15, 2010………Dominica’s Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit has written a letter to  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressing the sympathy of the Government and People of Dominica following the devastation caused to the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in southern Qinghai Province by a massive earthquake and a series of aftershocks on Wednesday.

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Government facilitates private sector investments and job creation

Roseau, Dominica– April 15, 2010………  A number of private sector-led investments are expected to lead to the creation of hundreds of new jobs in the Dominican economy.

In an address at a news conference marking 100 days in the new term, Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit stated that between January to December, 2009, Invest Dominica Authority (IDA) approved concessions to thirty-three (33) companies with the potential to create one hundred and ninety six (196) jobs and an investment of $43.28 million.

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