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Caribbean Court of Justice to inaugurate fourth president this weekend
Dominica News Online
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July 2, 2025
Home >> News Dominica News Online - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 at 5:55 PM On Sunday, July 6, 2025, Mr. Justice Winston Anderson will be officially inaugurated as the fourth President of the Caribbean Court of Justice. A CCJ media statement shared...
Dominica’s Prime Minister is recommending the introduction of an Act of Parliament to recognize the contribution of former Parliamentarians
DBS Radio
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June 25, 2025
Home News Dominica’s Prime Minister is recommending the introduction of an Act of Parliament... Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is recommending the introduction of an Act of Parliament to recognize the contribution of former Parliamentarians. He...
Dominica’s Prime Minister is recommending the introduction of an Act of...
DBS Radio
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June 25, 2025
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is recommending the introduction of an Act of Parliament to recognize the contribution of former Parliamentarians. He says his Government has taken a decision to reward former Prime Ministers monthly, but...
Fontaine says ‘no reason given’ for Linton’s resignation as UWP President
Dominica News Online
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July 2, 2025
Dominica News Online - Wednesday, July 2nd, 2025 at 9:12 AM Then president of the UWP Lennox Linton and political leader, Dr. Thomson Fontaine at a press conference in June 2024Dr. Thomson Fontaine, Political Leader of the United Workers’ Party...
‘Dominica does not support the exit from the CSME’, PM Skerrit says
Dominica News Online
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June 24, 2025
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit addressing press conferencePrime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has made it clear that Dominica does not support the notion of organization of Eastern Caribbean States’ exit from the Caribbean Single Market and...
Dominica’s Parliament approves increase bank guarantee for Air Service Agreement between DDA and United Airlines
Dominica News Online
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June 24, 2025
Finance Minister Dr. Irving McIntyre speaking at Parliament on TuesdayDominica’s Parliament has approved an increase in a bank guarantee of EC$7.3 million obtained from the National Bank of Dominica (NBD) to EC$12.2 million, to secure the existing...
Lennox Linton resigns as UWP President in Dominica, no reason given
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 2, 2025
Dr. Thomson Fontaine, Political Leader of the United Workers’ Party (UWP), has confirmed the resignation of Lennox Linton as President of the party, revealing that Linton gave no explanation for his sudden departure. “We received the letter, but...
Dominica Gov’t urges nationals illegally in the United States to return home
Jamaica Observer
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June 23, 2025
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Dominica government on Monday said it has not received any official communication from the United States that President Donald Trump is considering imposing a travel ban on 36 countries, including Dominica and three other...
Trinidad to bestow highest national honour on India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Caribbean National Weekly
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July 2, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago will honour Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the nation’s highest award, the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT), during his official visit from July 3–4. The announcement was made in a statement issued...
Linton resigns as president of United Workers Party
Dominica News Online
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July 1, 2025
Home >> News Dominica News Online - Tuesday, July 1st, 2025 at 7:20 PM Lennox Linton has resigned as president of the United Workers’ Party (UWP), Dominica News Online (DNO) has confirmed. Information provided to DNO indicates that Linton...
Dominica PM wants a ‘sincere conversation’ on CARICOM
I Witness News
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June 24, 2025
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) — Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Monday said that the regional integration movement, CARICOM, needs to have a “sincere conversation” about the present and future state of the grouping, but insisted that Dominica would not...
'We just need to be a unified people' | New Bastrop mayor aims to reunite community after tumultuous year
KVUE - Texas
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July 1, 2025
Ishmael Harris was sworn in last month and will finish out the term of former Mayor Lyle Nelson, who resigned in January. BASTROP, Texas — After a turbulent year and a half for city leadership in Bastrop, newly-elected Mayor Ishmael Harris said...
Dominica: PM Skerrit tells citizens no need to panic amid US Visa concerns
Loop News
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Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has told Dominicans there is “no need or cause for panic” as he addressed concerns over reports of a potential US visa ban on Dominicans. Earlier this month, reports of an additional 36 countries including four...
Dominica urges its citizens not to overstay US visas
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 23, 2025
The Dominican government says it has not received any official communication from the United States regarding reports that the Trump administration is considering a travel ban affecting 36 countries, including Dominica and three other Caribbean...
ORTT for India’s Prime Minister Modi
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 1, 2025
News Kathy Ramdeen 6 Hrs Ago Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi - TRINIDAD and Tobago will on July 4 honour Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with this country’s highest award the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (ORTT). The...
Prime Minister Skerrit attends special parliamentary sitting honoring Nigerian President; renews commitment to Africa-Caribbean solidarity
Dominica News Online
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July 1, 2025
Home >> News Dominica News Online - Monday, June 30th, 2025 at 9:15 PM Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit joined regional leaders today in a ceremonial Joint Sitting of the Parliament of Saint Lucia held in honor of His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu,...
St. Vincent PM accuses China of election interference to reinstate Golden Passport scheme
Caribbean Life - New York
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July 1, 2025
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr. Ralph E. Gonsalves. United Nations / Ryan Brown As preparations for general elections are stepped up in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, an interesting situation is playing itself out in the...
Traditional sailing race, TRADITOUR 2025, comes to Dominica
Dominica News Online
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July 1, 2025
In a historic development, Dominica will serve as the starting point for the renowned TRADITOUR 2025, a celebrated traditional sailing race that attracts maritime enthusiasts from across the Caribbean. Announced by the Ministry of Tourism and...
Dominica begins National Consultations to develop new Mental Health Legislation
Pan American Health Organization
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June 23, 2025
Roseau, Dominica, 23 June 2025 (PAHO) - More than 70 stakeholders were engaged in a week-long consultation from June 16–20 to initiate the process of developing new mental health legislation in Dominica. The initiative is a collaboration between...
Most Saint Lucians formerly enslaved people were Nigerians, says Lucian Saint Senate President
New Mail
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June 30, 2025
President of the Saint Lucian Senate, Alvina Reynolds, underscored Nigeria’s and Saint Lucia’s ancestral links by quoting the result of a British census conducted on the island in 1815, which showed that most of the residents came from Nigeria....