ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – A prominent Dominican businessman Monday said the regional airline, LIAT, is contributing to the damage of fragile economies in the Caribbean through its poor service, especially over the past few weeks.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Britain does not regard Dominica’s move to join the appellate jurisdiction of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as an act of “anti-Privy Council”, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said here on Wednesday.
Skerrit said that his administration would be sending an official letter to London “by the end of this week” outlining his administration’s desire to join the CCJ, which was established in 2001 to replace the Privy Council as the region’s final court.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says many international financial institutions take a long time to disburse funds to developing countries as he applauded the work of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) bank.
Skerrit, commenting on the decision of St. Lucia to join the Venezuela-led ALBA, the creation of the bank has resulted in funds being made available to member states at a very low concessionary rate.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Ministry of Health here has issued an alert concerning an outbreak of dengue fever. So far seven cases of the disease have been confirmed while the authorities are awaiting confirmation on eighteen suspected cases. There have been no reported deaths.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The European Union says Dominica will continue to receive financial assistance under the European Development Fund (EDF) Budget Support Programme. Head of Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ambassador Mikael Barford, gave that assurance following a review meeting of the 10th EDF General Budget Support, here on Wednesday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. Percival Marie, a national of the Commonwealth of Dominica, assumes office on August 1 as Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Directorate in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. He replaces Mr. Ivan Ogando Lora.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – The Dominica government says it will continue to seek assistance to finance the exploration of developing the island’s geothermal energy
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said his administration has invested an estimated EC$67.7 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) in the venture so far.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Dominica’s President Eliud Williams Wednesday urged nationals residing overseas to contribute to the growth of the local economy.
Delivering the traditional Throne Speech ahead of the budget presentation by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Williams, a former senior public servant, said that one of the challenges facing the country is the creation of sustainable jobs.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Wednesday presented an EC$474.7 million (One EC dollar= US$0.37 cents) take free budget to Parliament predicting economic growth and improvements in the main revenue earning sectors.
Skerrit, who is also Finance Minister, said that budget presented does not include any new taxes or unrealistic promises and that it is based on the theme “Building On the Gains We Have Made”.
Santo Domingo.- US$75.0 million in losses is what the Haiti government’s ban on plastics means for Dominican Republic, which “cannot continue to tolerate bans being imposed.”
Dominican Republic Industries Association (AIRD) president Ligia Bonetti on Monday said Haiti takes its measures without rationality and without any support and that the latest ban could lead to losses of more than US$75 million on products destined exclusively for the Haitian market.