The Government of Dominica has taken the decision to postpone the reopening of schools due to the recent Covid-19 surge affecting the island. Education Minister Octavia Alfred made the announcement during a statement today. “The Covid-19 Pandemic c...

Despite the lifting of the curfew, the Government of Dominica will continue to take measures for a “safe, phased reopening of the country.” The Emergency Powers (Curfew) Order came into effect on August 3rd, 2021 and which was extended ov...

A Ministry of Health press briefing is scheduled to begin from 7pm. Video link below: The post LIVE from 7PM: Ministry of Health Press Briefing 24th August 2021 appeared first on Dominica News Online.

DBF inc Virtual presentation 'Managing the protection of lives and livelihoods in the present COVID-19 Crisis' The post LIVE from 6pm: Virtual discussion on managing the protection of lives and livelihoods in the present COVID-19 Crisis appeared fir...

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has given the assurance that he will not pass any law in parliament to make vaccination mandatory in Dominica while declaring that his government is working “feverishly to get all the vaccines within reach of ev...

DOWASCO apologizes to customers from Castle Bruce and Delices for the unscheduled interruption to their water supply caused by broken distribution pipeline. DOWASCO advises customers that we are working to have the problem rectified in the quickest p...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the Dominica China Friendship Hospital (DCFH) Dr Dexta James, has revealed that a recent study has shown that only 38% of the hospital staff are vaccinated, occasioning the implementation of a campaign to increase thi...

As of 24th August 2021 the Government Cabinet of Ministers have approved the new Environmental Health COVID-19 Regulations under section 30 of the Health Services Act Chap 42:01 to deal with the management of COVID-19. The post PSA: COVID-19 Protocol...

A high pressure system is expected to remain dominant across the northern half of the Lesser Antilles, including Dominica, during the next 24 hours resulting in occasional cloudiness and a few showers across these islands. Meanwhile, unstable conditi...

It was a series about the Atlantic slave trade on the BBC that shocked Bridget Freeman.  Up until then, she knew almost nothing about the plight of free Africans who boarded ships and were taken throughout the world and sold into slavery.... The p...