Dominica

  • Gender equality policies to be discussed in the Dominican Republic

    SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, CMC – Gender inequalities in the digital economy will be examined here this week at the 12th Session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The October 15-18 intergovernmental meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of the Dominican Republic, will be…

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  • Dominica’s Agriculture Minister calls for modernization of the sector

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Dominica’s Minister of Agriculture, Matthew Walter has urged regional Governments to modernise agriculture within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). “We need to modernize agriculture. We need to do agriculture as a business and we need to understand that agriculture is a science,” he told a press briefing as Caribbean Week of Agriculture ended on Friday. “And we…

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  • As fallout spreads, Dominican Republic starts tally of Haitians’ offspring

    Santo Domingo.- The government of the Dominican Republic on Wednesday issued a temporary residency permit to Juliana Dequis Pierre, whose parents are undocumented Haitians, as the first step within the nationwide plan to regularize foreigners living in the country illegally. The measure stems from the ruling which has fueled protests in Miami, Port-au-Prince and San Juan, while in Mexico, the…

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  • Dominican Republic: President to Find ‘Solution’ for Haitian Migrants

    President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina met yesterday with activist groups fighting against a court ruling, that strips citizenship from thousands of people born to undocumented migrant workers since 1929. The ruling from the Dominican Constitutional Court could lead to mass deportations of Haitians living in the Dominician Republic and has been criticised by the United Nations as it…

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  • Dominica re-emphasises importance of developing geothermal energy sector

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government Monday re-emphasised the importance of developing the island’s geothermal energy sector as the Independent Regulatory Commission (IRC) granted the island’s lone electricity supplier with two new 25 year licences. Public Works, Energy and Ports Minister Rayburn Blackmoore said Dominica, like many other Caribbean countries, do not have natural gas or proven oil. “But…

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  • The Dominican Republic and Haiti: one island riven by an unresolved past

    When Haiti was hit by the devastating earthquake in 2010, its island neighbour, the Dominican Republic, rushed to help. It was among the first to send rescue workers, food and water, and also allowed overseas relief agency flights to land at Santo Domingo airport. But three years on, the goodwill seems to have dissipated and old tensions resurfaced. Just over…

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  • Savarin sworn in as new head of state

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Charles Angelo Savarin was sworn in as Dominica’s eighth head of state since the island attained political independence 35 years ago, promising to serve the country without malice or ill will to any member of the population. For the former minister, teacher and diplomat, the occasion was perhaps the best gift he could have received on…

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  • UN urges Dominican Republic to ensure citizens of Haitian origin do not lose nationality

    GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC – The United Nations human rights office has urged the Dominican Republic to take all necessary measures to ensure that citizens of Haitian origin are not deprived of their right to nationality in light of a recent court ruling. Last week the country’s Constitutional Court ruled that the children of undocumented migrants who have been in the…

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  • President-elect Savarin defends his election

    ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – President-elect Charles Savarin has defended his election even as Opposition Leader Hector John said he would snub the head of state and boycott all functions officiated by him. Savarin, 70, who is expected to be sworn in to office later this week, was elected by the Dominica parliament by a 19-0 margin after opposition legislators boycotted…

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  • Dominica condemns use of chemical weapons in Syria

    UNITED NATIONS, CMC – Dominica Monday called for an end to the conflict in Syria and condemned the attack on the mall by militants in Nigeria that killed almost 100 people. “We must continue to fight terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,” the island’s UN ambassador to the United Nations Vince Henderson said as he also condemned “unreservedly the…

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