Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
“I strongly believe that if Dominica gets busy developing its agricultural product this could well have other spin-off positive effects”: Chris at Dominica Weekly thinks that going back to the land may well be the way out of the island's economic crisis.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Banana growers in the eastern Caribbean have made a dramatic comeback since Hurricane Dean ravaged their crops a year ago, rebuilding farms with help from island governments that see their industry as a key to social stability. Dominica, St. Lucia and St. Vincent are exporting about 1,800 tons of bananas a week — 50 percent more than before the August 2007 hurricane, Fremont Lawrence, a spokesman for...
HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
For the truly green traveler, staying in a hotel that just offers to wash the sheets every other day is not enough. A truly green traveler goes to a place that is almost entirely sustainable, if not completely. Also, this green resort or hotel should include the locals and the surrounding area as much as it can. Fortunately for these earth-conscious travelers, such eco-resorts are becoming more and...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
Chinese President Hu Jintao met on Friday with President of the Commonwealth of Dominica Nicholas Liverpool, who is in Beijing to attend the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games. China and Dominica have maintained sound and stable growth of friendly relations in the past four years since they clinched diplomatic ties, said Hu. "The two countries have maintained high-level contacts, deepened...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Director of Tourism for Dominica, Steve BornnTaking a break from the sun, sea and sand does not mean travelling to international destinations. At least one island within the region has come up with a plan to entice visitors with its flora, fauna and cultural heritage. Trinidad-born Steve Bornn, Director of Tourism for Dominica, has been working on a campaign to improve the tourism industry on the island....
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Portsmouth, Dominica
Deborah Bonello in Mexico (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Guillermo Pérez is to take home the first gold medal for Mexico from the Olympics in Beijing this year, after winning a four-round taekwondo match against Gabriel Mercedes of the Dominican Republic. “Perez won a decision over Dominica’s Yulis Gabriel Mercedes by scoring early. Mercedes was unable to come back until just seconds before the bell, when he connected with a back kick. “The two went into...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
President of the Commonwealth of Dominica Nicholas Liverpool and Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit arrived at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday for the Olympic Games. &$ &$Source: Xinhua&$ &$ ...
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
“It's the rivers that set Dominica apart”: Steve's Dominica explains.
Brahsome (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Image via TomFretzPhotos.com I’m not usually one to talk about my self at length — clearly, I’m far too humble, etc for all of that malarkey. So, I’m skipping right to photos of other things that kind of involve me, because I was there, and I’m telling you to head over to Tom Fretz Photos (dot [...]
Robert Lindsay (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
IQ Population Genetics: It’s Not as Simple as You Think . That's the title of a very nice paper by Gerhard Gerhard Meisenberg, a professor at Ross University, in the Caribbean nation of Dominica. Meisenberg previously worked on a study in Dominica that found a massive 18 point IQ increase over 35 years on this small, almost all-Black island. It was published in the Winter 2003 issue of the Mankind...
Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Jamaica got their West Indies women's cricket tournament off to a winning start following a comprehensive
Beijing Olympics 2008 Live (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008
Still no medals for the small nations, but they are making progress as Tsogbadah of Mongolia qualified for the final of the Women�s 10m Air Pistol and finished in 8th place overall with 479.6 points and Maridalin of Dominica finished in 5th place in the Women�s 53kg Weightlifting class with 204kg, 4 Vote(s)
gay persons of color (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Panamanian President Martín Torrijos Espino signed a decree on July 29 repealing a 1949 law that criminalized sodomy. Finally. But the following 11 nations in Central America, South America and the Caribbean continue to ban gay sex: Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago All of the above...
Brahsome (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
You cannot find this drink in America, friends. But you can in Dominica. Kudos to the Observation Bubble for actually having the foresight to purchase one and photograph it (because I just like to gawk at the locals, really). I don’t know if there’s actually THC in it or not, Charles Brah-son drank one and hasn’t [...]
