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HON.URBAN BARON UNDERLINES THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO RURAL LIFE IN DOMINICA

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Acting Minister made the statement at the 12th Inaugural Meeting of the Boetica Village Council

 

acting_local_govt_minister_baron_at_boetica_inauguration_nov_2008.jpgRoseau, Dominica – December 1, 2008……. Acting Minister for Community Development, Culture, Gender Affairs and Information, Hon. Urban Baron has underlined the importance of village councils to the development of rural communities in Dominica.

 

Hon. Baron, who was speaking of behalf of the Minister for Community Development, Hon. Loreen Bannis-Roberts who was out of State on official business, made the remark at the Twelfth Inaugural Meeting of the Boetica Village Council in Boetica last week.

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DOMINICA GOVERNMENT RECEIVES $14.4 MILLION UNDER 9TH EDF

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The European Commission recently presented EUR 4.38 million (EC$14.4M) to the Government of Dominica which represents the first tranche of  an EUR 11.8 million (EC$41.5M) grant that will be used as budget support for poverty reduction through private sector development, increased competitiveness and sustained economic growth.

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Dominica and the European Commission to sign the 10th EDF Country Strategy Paper

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The Government of Dominica and the European Commission (EC) will this week sign the Country Strategy Paper which provides a framework for EC assistance programmes in Dominica under the 10th European Development Fund for the period 2008 to 2013.

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WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH SAYS HON. CHARLES SAVARIN DURING SITE VISIT AT MELVILLE HALL AIRPORT

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Night landing at Melville Hall by the last quarter of 2009 says Minister for Ports

 

Roseau, Dominica – November 24, 2008…….. Minister for Public Utilities, Energy and Ports, Hon. Charles Savarin has expressed his satisfaction with the progress of works at the Melville Hall Airport. The Minister made the disclosure during his latest site visit to the Melville Hall Airport last Thursday.

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SENATOR SONIA WILLIAMS SWORN IN AS NEW MINISTER FOR EDUCATION

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Prime Minister Skerrit announces changes to his Cabinet with

more changes to follow in the new year

 

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Roseau, Dominica – November 21, 2008…….. Senator Sonia Williams was yesterday sworn in as the new Minister for Education, Human Resource Development, Sports and Youth Affairs. On Tuesday, November 18, 2008, Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit announced changes to his Cabinet and promised further changes in the new year.

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GOVERNMENT EMBARKS ON MAJOR TOURISM SECTOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

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Overall objective of EU-funded programme  is to improve the competitiveness of the Tourism Sector

 

Roseau, Dominica – November 19, 2008…….. The Government of Dominica has embarked on a programme that is designed to improve the competitiveness of the tourism sector, a sector that contributed over EC$160 million into the Dominican economy last year and created more than 2,500 direct jobs.

 

The Tourism Sector Development Programme (TSDP) is a two year programme which is being financed under the European Union’s Special Framework of Assistance (SFA) 2006 to the tune of 2.7 million Euros($10.2 million ECD).

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MINISTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY HON. RAYBURN BLACKMOORE ANNOUNCES FIREARMS AMNESTY IN DOMINICA

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Amnesty in effect from Wednesday, November 12,  2008 – Monday, January 12, 2009

 

Roseau, Dominica – November 18, 2008…….. Minister for National Security, Hon. Rayburn Blackmoore has reiterated the commitment of the Government to ” jam the brakes on those persons who keep and use illegal firearms.

 

The Minister said that while Dominica is regarded as the most peaceful place in the entire region, he acknowledged that there exists “within our society a small minority of deviant and malicious persons who seem committed on perpetrating acts of criminality”.

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