Dominica News

New sales tax rates approved by Antigua-Barbuda senate ST JOHN's, Antigua - The Antigua and Barbuda Senate has approved the ABST Amendment Regulations, which are now scheduled to come into effect on March 15.

Officials gathered on stage for West Coast ground breaking ceremony ROSEAU, Dominica -- At the ground breaking ceremony for the Roseau to Portsmouth Road Rehabilitation project last Friday, Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit stated again that his Government was right when it severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan and established diplomatic relations ...

As Felipe Pena, father of Tampa Bay Rays star Carlos Pena, hoisted the flag of the Dominican Republic in front of City Hall, his second home - Haverhill - felt a little like the one where he grew up.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 1, 2010 - As chair of the 15-member regional integration movement, Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit insists that the decision by Caribbean Community countries to be part of a new Community of Latin American and Caribbean States is not intended to sideline longtime hemispheric alliances such as the ...

By Dr Emanuel Finn There has always been a French presence and involvement in Dominica since the Europeans arrived in the West Indies in the 15th century.

The flag of the Dominican Republic was flying high at Allentown City Hall Plaza.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Office of the Spokesman, February 26, 2010 STATEMENT BY SECRETARY CLINTON Dominican Republic Independence Day On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Dominican Republic as they celebrate the 166th anniversary of their independence on February 27.

The 2010 DWH A-List is a brand-new initiative for Destination Weddings & Honeymoons, launched in conjunction with the magazinea s five-year anniversary.

HAVERSTRAW - The local Dominican community will celebrate the Caribbean nation's 166th anniversary of independence.

Haverhill's public schools and the District Parent Council will host a Parent Academy seminar focusing on safety and security within the school system tomorrow at Consentino Middle School, 685 Washington St.

Heads of state or government from the Caribbean region on Sunday called for the earthquake disaster in Haiti to be a spur for the rebirth of the nation, during the opening session of the first Mexico-Caricom Summit in Playa del Carmen, a resort city on Mexico's Caribbean coast.

By Oscar Ramjeet Voters and other locals in the tiny dependent territory of Anguilla, as well as nationals of other Caribbean countries are speculating who will win Monday's general elections.

By Dr Emanuel Finn There is a landmark court case coming up in Dominica filed by the United Workers Party , the country's opposition party.

Haiti has identified the town of Leogane and its environs as the preferred location for Caricoma s intervention for displaced persons in Port-au-Prince. In a press release Caricom said the Haitian government informed them of this decision following its mission to that nation on Saturday.

Ana Victoria Morales' grandfather was a member of the Dominican police during the 31-year dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo, a ruthless president who ruled the country with fear, torture and murder.

" In the wake of the mushrooming of thousands of organisations throughout the region soliciting money for emergency aid in Haiti, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding has called for an audit of all funds collected in Caribbean Community member states.

Pamoja International Cultural Exchange has a grand mission and is proceeding with it one person, and occasionally, one boatload at a time.

" Dean of the Caricom Youth Ambassador Corps - " expressed "profound disappointment" that the majority of heads of government who mandated the young people of the region to prepare a report on matters affecting them could not bother to attend the summit to receive it.A Only three heads - " Dominica's Roosevelt Skerrit, the current Caricom Chairman, ...

Roseau, Dominica Feb 4 The Caribbean Community rejected once again the use of their territorial waters to transport nuclear waste in view of the departure of a new ship with these products from the United Kingdom to Japan.

By Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO, Suriname; The inaugural Caribbean Community Summit on Youth Development came to a conclusion in Suriname on Saturday with the endorsement of the main recommendations of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development by the CARICOM leaders.