Dominica
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Haitian president performs with Julio Iglesias at Dominican Republic fundraiser
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Haitian President Michel Martelly briefly stepped back in time last weekend, doing his old “Sweet Micky” stage name proud as he sang alongside Spanish heartthrob Julio Iglesias at a glittering fundraiser in the Dominican Republic. The celebrity-studded concert was staged to help raise money for impoverished Haitian children, with proceeds going to the Pink and…
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Dominica hoping for assistance from Clinton Foundation
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica says it is hoping to sign later this year an agreement with the US-based Clinton Climate Initiative on the further developing the geothermal energy sector programme here. The island’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vince Henderson, speaking on the state-owned DBS radio on Thursday night, said the Clinton Foundation has shown support for the multi-million…
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Dominica seeking permission to cut ties with Privy Council
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC –Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he intends writing Britain later this month seeking permission for Dominica to sever ties with the London-based Privy Council in order to join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). “This month, January 2013 God’s willing, we shall write formally to the British government indicating to them our intention of severing ties…
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We are rapidly mortgaging our food sovereignty – George
Over the past years there has been a significant decline in traditional exports to the European Union (EU) while our extra-regional food import bill is estimated at around $3.5 to $4 billion US dollars annually. That’s according to Acting Prime Minister Ambrose George who was at the time addressing the opening ceremony of the Climate Change and Science and Technology…
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Statement on Bananas by Honourable. Charles Savarin, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Commonwealth of Dominica welcomes this opportunity to speak on the issue of bananas. The future trading regime for bananas is a cause for great anxiety to the people of Dominica and other Caribbean States who have derived their livelihoods from the commodity over the last fifty years. Banana production in Dominica provides employment…
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WORLD BANK AND GEF SIGN US$2.1 MILLION GRANT TO PROTECT COASTAL AREAS IN THE CARIBBEAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) — The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has been granted $2.1 million US from the World Bank through the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to support a pilot adaptation program in three Caribbean Small Island States (Dominica, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines). The CCCCC, a legal entity of the Caribbean Community…
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DOMINICA PRIME MINISTER URGES SUPPORT FOR HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s development will depend largely on the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) institutional support. This was view of Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerritt, who briefed the media on Monday 26 June at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana during a visit to the Secretariat’s headquarters. The Prime Minister of Dominica, who held earlier meetings…
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OECS FULLY SUPPORTS CSME, SAYS DOMINICA’S PRIME MINISTER
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Hon Roosevelt Skerritt has assured that the countries of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) “are in total support of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).” The Prime Minister, who arrived in Guyana on Sunday 25 June and leaves on Tuesday 27 June, met…
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DOMINICA LAUNCHES CARICOM PASSPORT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Commonwealth of Dominica on Wednesday, 14 December became the fourth Member State of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to launch its CARICOM passport. The official travel document, which bears the CARICOM logo and the words Caribbean Community on the cover, also carries the Coat of Arms and name of the issuing Member State. CARICOM…
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