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May 19, 2013 - 1:03pm
Police in Dominica say they are investigating a shooting incident, which has left a middle aged man “critically injured”. The man is now a patient at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH). Albert Bethel better known as “Psycho” was found with...
May 19, 2013 - 8:12am
Especially in Test cricket, regardless of how many runs a team makes, that team simply needs bowlers who can get twenty wickets if they are to win. That is not such a requisite in T-20’s and ODI’s! If one is...
May 18, 2013 - 11:22pm
Hundreds of people, Dominicans and visitors alike, are expected to attend r the Jazz ‘n Creole event scheduled to begin at 2.00 pm at the Cabrits. International Jazz artiste Monty Alexander will headline the main event. Beethova Obas, Eric Ildefonse...
May 18, 2013 - 1:59pm
The following are the results of the games played in the Lime National Basketball League on Friday May 18, 2013. Game 1 – Pizza Hut Delivery Division 1 - Goodwill Starz 62 vs. Massacre Black Hawks 61. Top scorers for Starz...
May 18, 2013 - 12:05pm
The Waterfront and Allied Workers Union says it will take measures to end a “long drawn out impasse” with the Dominica Air and Sea Port Authority (DASPA). Outgoing Secretary Treasurer of WAWU, Kertise Augustus, says problems have persisted, ever since...
May 18, 2013 - 8:39am
Turn back the hands of time to the early to mid 1990s. Basketball in Dominica is at its peak, the electronic scoreboard is still in its introductory phase, the wooden stands surrounding the Windsor Park hard courts are full of...
May 17, 2013 - 5:21pm
The police have been called in to investigate a suspected case of arson in the village of Campbell. A house belonging to Errol Carbon was destroyed by fire on Friday and according to leading fireman Wayne Letang, the police are...
May 17, 2013 - 4:26pm
Dominica’s agricultural sector is expected to benefit, over the next three years, from a project worth $440,000 Canadian dollars. The money will be made available to the Agribusiness Project of the Dominica State College (DSC), which is part of the CARICOM Education...
May 17, 2013 - 3:30pm
Two men from Portsmouth have been arrested and charged by the St. Lucia Marine Police for possession, importation and intent to supply an illegal drug. They have been identified as Germaine Lamothe, 46, and 27-year-old Zuff Joel William. They were...
May 17, 2013 - 2:47pm
The fringe events for the 4th annual Jazz and Creole began on Wednesday May 15, at the Evergreen Hotel with a Pan ‘n Jazz soiree. It continued on Thursday night with a ’Word, Sound and Power’ presentation at the Anchorage hotel and at...
May 17, 2013 - 1:43pm
A group, which says it represent people in Dominica who are denied their rights because of their sexual orientation, is calling on the Catholic Church on the island to make its position clear concerning anti-buggery laws. MiriDom says these laws...
May 17, 2013 - 12:11pm
The weekend is here once again and we welcome readers to another edition of Weekend Fun. This time around we are asking you to look at this picture and give it a caption. Give it a try and enjoy the...
May 17, 2013 - 10:39am
Acting director of Public Prosecutions, Julien Prevost, has disclosed that he is taking steps to prosecute a matter involving former magistrate Glensworth Emanuel. Prevost, who recently became Ag. DPP, said Friday morning that he had just received the police file...
May 17, 2013 - 9:39am
Police say one man is in custody and is being questioned in connection with a killing in Castle Bruce on Tuesday. The man was arrested at his home on Thursday evening, according to Police PRO, Inspector John Carbon. The identity...
May 17, 2013 - 9:03am
It must be the water… The elixir of the gods Clear, pristine That heaven-spun brew The gods drew And poured into the Atlantic stream Combined with the verdant green That created a people of Glowing skin Buttery sheen Radiating from...
May 17, 2013 - 8:53am
Photo taken Wotten Waven at the end of Segment 3 of the Waitikubuli National Trail Photo by Matt Simpson (Australian volunteer with Amy Simpson at the Princess Margaret Hospital) Photographers – novice, amateur or professional – in Dominica are asked...
May 16, 2013 - 11:49pm
The Dominica Builders and Contractors Association is placing great emphasis on health and safety in the workplace saying it should be placed on the national agenda. “The builders and contractors association believes that the issue of occupational health and safety...
May 16, 2013 - 11:35pm
The government and opposition on Thursday gave unanimous support to the “Money Laundering (Prevention) Amendment Act no 2 of 2013″ which was debated in the Dominica Parliament. Piloting the bill through the house was Minister for Legal Affairs and Tourism...
May 16, 2013 - 6:25pm
A resolution was unanimously passed at a special meeting of the Dominica Olympic Committee (DOC) on Thursday afternoon, calling for the current executive to hold an annual general meeting of the organization within 21 days. Earlier, members of the Police...
May 16, 2013 - 5:18pm
The Ministry of Health is denying a story published in a local newspaper that claimed there has been no functional CT machine at the Princess Margaret Hospital for over a year now. In a release on Thursday the ministry described...