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Tue, 02 Mar 2021 01:19:55 +0000
Judge orders jail for Trinidadian attorney who owes client
Less than six months after she was spared jail time when she paid more than $100,000 in compensation to a client, suspended Trinidadian  attorney Kathy Ann Mottley is facing a year behind bars if she fails to pay twice that... The post Judge orders ...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 15:01:59 +0000
New strategies for Community Tourism in light of COVID pandemic
Newly re-elected President of the Dominica Community Tourism Association Inc (DCTAI) which seeks to highlight and develop community-based sites that can be used to attract local and overseas-based visitors to villages around the country, says the COV...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:40:55 +0000
Cocoa farmers expected to benefit from new financial model
“A powerful, fantastic and extremely useful tool which should be in the hands of every cocoa farmer in Dominica. I am looking forward to its implementation.” Those are the words of one cocoa farmer who attended the recent Cocoa Cluster... The pos...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:20:06 +0000
Airport security officer still trying to get his job back 6 years after being fired over crab back issue
Controversy still hovers over half a decade after Security Officer Vescott Jones of Marigot was reportedly fired for allowing Leader of the United Workers Party, Lenox Linton, who was leaving Dominica, to dispose of a quantity of cooked crab backs......

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:07:59 +0000
COVID-19 hinders rehabilitation of fisheries complex
Covid-19 has hindered rehabilitation works on the Roseau Fisheries Complex, according to Fisheries Officer, Kurt Hilton. The complex was severely impacted during the passage of Hurricane Maria. Hilton told Dominica News Online (DNO) during an intervi...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 01:06:24 +0000
COMMENARY: Useless medical board
I was moved to pen this commentary after having read another dated December 21, 2020, here on DNO. I was appalled at the contents of that commentary, and I am flabbergasted that such matters had never been dealt with prior... The post COMMENARY: Usel...

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 00:43:01 +0000
Up and Away! Flyers, Miners & Nation-Builders – The Windrush Legacy
On  June 21, 1948, the former German troopship j”Monte Rosa”, captured by Britain and renamed “HMT Empire Windrush” docked at the Port of Tilbury, near London. Of the ship’s 1,027 passengers, it is estimated that approx...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:02:44 +0000
Salisbury man lost at sea
A Salisbury family is now in search of their missing relative who was last seen on Wednesday February 24, 2021, aboard a blue fishing boat. Pierre Williams, aged 50 from Salisbury, is said to have vanished in open waters on... The post Salisbury man ...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 18:48:44 +0000
LIVE: Launch of Waitubuli Writers book of poems and short stories from 5:00 PM
Dominica News Online (DNO) brings you live coverage from 5:00 pm today of the launch of a book of poems by a group of Dominican writers called Waitukubuli Writers (WW). The book, ‘Montage Domnik: New Stories and Poems from Dominica,’... The post ...

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 02:43:50 +0000
Canefield man charged with attempted murder of his mother
Kieron Graham of Bena Ravine, Canefield, is now on remand at the Dominica State Prison following a charge of attempted murder of his mother, Claudia Degallerie. Graham was brought before the Magistrate court today where the charge was read to... The ...



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