Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Following news of the murder of a honeymooning British couple in Antigua, Danielle Jones at Dominica Weekly says: “While some of us may be inclined to brush this incident off as an Antiguan problem, in reality it has implications for the wider Caribbean. It comes just weeks after our CARICOM leaders decided to market [...]
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | yesterday
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Dominica government that despite a strong economic recovery from the damage caused by Hurricane Dean, the country's high external current account deficit poses risks.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Steve's Dominica writes an amusing post about “the annual Rabbit Festival in Cochrane.”
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website DOMINICA-DEVELOPMENT-Environment group against geothermal contract ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC - The environmental group, Waitukubuli Ecological Foundation (WEF), Monday criticised the decision by the Dominica government to grant a license to a St Kitts- Nevis based company to conduct geothermal exploration on the island.
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
By Anonymous ST. LUCIA FLIGHTS. The Discover Dominica Tourism Authority on June 23 said that LIAT, the regional Caribbean airline, has introduced daily non-stop service between St.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
Danielle Edwards, guest blogging at Dominica Weekly, holds no illusions about politicians: “But luckily, God gave us eyes to see through politicians, ears to hear the lies, noses to smell a rat, tongues to taste the sweetness of democracy…a brain to think for ourselves…and hands to vote.”
Caribbean 360 (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Allegations of financial impropriety have prompted the resignation of attorney Earl Williams as the United Workers Party (UWP) political and opposition leader.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
Chris at Dominica Weekly has “taken a strong interest in the US Presidential Election”, which leads him to consider the state of politics in his own country: “Perhaps the most effective thing we can do is speak our truth to power, speak up for what we need, and demand certain rights, such as equal health [...]
Languagehat.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
I am astonished to discover that six years have gone by since the first LH post . I wish I had time to mull that over and produce some wise ruminations, or at least count the new countries I've had visits from (Tonga! Dominica! Lesotho!), but I'm in full deadline-panic mode on the book I'm copyediting, so all I can do is note the fact, murmur about tempus fuguing, and offer my heartfelt thanks to...
Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
From my archive of press clippings: Jamaica Gleaner Dominica-Venezuela army alliance denied published: Monday March 10, 2008 ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC): Minister of National Security Rayburn Blackmoore says the suggestion that Dominica may be joining forces with Venezuela to form a military alliance against the United States was laughable. Venezuela President Hugo Chávez has made a call for
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
SANTO DOMINGO. - Dominican Republic established diplomatic relations with the island-nation Dominica, in a ceremony held in the country’s Permanent Mission before the United Nations.
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Recommended 2006, 84 minutes. Director: Brendan Maher Screenplay: Stephen Greenhorn, from the novel by Jean Rhys With: Rafe Spall, Rebecca Hall, Nina Sosanya, Victoria Hamilton, Lorraine Burroughs English novelist Jean Rhys was raised on the Caribbean island nation of Dominica, the daughter of a Welsh father and a Creole mother, so Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" must have struck a particular chord...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
La Guadeloupe et ses Iles
Ning Blog (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Dominica is an island nation with a population 70,000 is located in the eastern Caribbean — not to be confused with the Dominican Republic, which is in the northern part of the Caribbean. Dominica is being referred to as the “Nature Island,” where two-thirds of the island are home to the tropical rain forests and [...]
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
“An adult’s desire for body art should be respected. However a misinformed obsession for tattoos, especially among Dominican and other Caribbean teenage girls…should be a cause for deep concern”: Dominica Weekly guest blogger guest Danielle Edwards thinks that West Indian women are being judged by their tattoos.
