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Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:50:33 +0000
Barbados and British Virgin Islands tourism leaders receive top regional recognition at CTO awards
  Two prominent Caribbean tourism officials were among the major honorees at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) third annual Caribbean Women in Tourism Leadership Awards, which took place on Monday during Caribbean Week in New York...

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 19:11:17 +0000
Historic Papal apology highlights Vatican’s role in sanctioning slavery
Pope Leo XIV issued what many scholars and observers describe as the most explicit papal apology to date for the Catholic Church’s historical role in legitimizing slavery and delaying its condemnation, calling for redress that he acknowledges i...

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:13:10 +0000
COMMENTARY: Eddie Toulon and the Frontline Cooperative Bookstore – The architecture of Dominican nation building via education, cooperative economics and cultural rendition
  All views and claims expressed in this article are solely those of the author and have not been independently verified by Dominica News Online. Few institutions in post-independence Dominica so powerfully embodied the struggle for national con...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:42:15 +0000
OP-ED: The cost of money in the ECCU – Why Caribbean lending rates are where they are, and the strategic decision now in front of the region
Editor’s note: In economics, the “cost of money” refers to the interest rate on borrowing. In this report, the author explains that borrowing money in the Eastern Caribbean is often much more expensive than in other parts of the wor...

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:48:55 +0000
Afreximbank deepens partnership with Jamaica as Africa-Caribbean economic links expand
  The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has reinforced its commitment to Jamaica and the wider Caribbean through its first-ever roadshow in Kingston, signaling the growing importance of the region in the Bank’s strategy to strengthe...

The Dominican

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 22:10:44 GMT
Relationship between Dominica and T@T solid says PM Skerrit
Dominica’s prime minister Roosevelt Skerrit is reporting that the relationship between Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago remains “solid.”

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:52:40 GMT
T&T’s vote against Dominica sparks outrage with calls for firing of foreign minister
Trinidad and Tobago’s decision to vote against Dominica’s appeal to the Organization of American States (OAS) for a two year waiver on its fees owed to the institution has met with outrage, disbelief and disgust within the country.

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:19:13 GMT
Rare endangered parrots illegally smuggled from Dominica
Dominica is reeling from the news that its rare and exotic parrots have been illegally smuggled out of the country with the assistance of government workers.

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:17:46 GMT
Male birth control pill found to be effective and safe to use
Scientific investigators at the University of Washington Medical Centre have successfully tested a contraceptive pill for men.

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 10:35:09 GMT
Dominica born attorney Garvin Ambrose sworn in to the bar of the US Supreme Court
On February 28, 2018, Dominican born attorney, Garvin Gauss Ambrose was sworn in as a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C.

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