On Tuesday, January 13, 2009, the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica will cut the price of gasoline by 8.8% or 80 cents to $8.29 a gallon due to a drop in global oil prices. The diesel price will also fall by 12.9% or $1.30 to $8.74 a gallon to take effect on the same day, while the price of kerosene will decrease by 15.7% or $1.39 to $7.44 a gallon.
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Roseau, Dominica – January 12, 2009……………….. Hundreds of Dominicans converged on the grounds of the State House in Roseau on Sunday, December 28, 2008 for the Reunion 2008 Thanksgiving Gala to bring to a close the last major event in the year long programme of activities marking Dominica’s 30th anniversary of independence.
Roseau, Dominica – January 12, 2009 ……..A Coalition of Services Industries (CSI) will be launched in Dominica on Friday, January 16th 2009, at 10:00 am at the Public Service Training Centre. The launch will be preceded by a half-day sensitization seminar which will be convened at the Garraway Hotel on Wednesday, January 14th 2009 from 09.00 am where all services associations and individuals will come together to be briefed on the importance of services to the Dominican economy as well as services as it relates to the various agreements such as the recently concluded Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), the Revised CARICOM Treaty and the Proposed OECS Economic Union Treaty.
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Sustaining Economic Development in a Small Island Developing State: the Case of Dominica
Roseau, Dominica – January 12, 2009………………... The University of the West Indies Open Campus in Roseau was the ideal setting for a seminar by Dominican Economist, Dr. Eisenhower Douglas on his thesis: Sustaining Economic Development in a Small Island Developing State: the Case of Dominica.
“I am leaving the Police Force at a time when the country is stable….,”
says Matthias Lestrade
Roseau, Dominica – December 24, 2008……. Dominica’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Matthias Lestrade, who proceeds on pre-retirement leave on December 30th 2008 after forty-one (41) years of service in the Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force, has said he is leaving the Police Force at a time when the country is stable.
“Our economic situation demands that we make a paradigm shift in the way we treat exports and our economic development,” says DEXIA’s GM Gregoire Thomas
Roseau, Dominica – December 24, 2008…….. As Dominica continues the process towards the formulation of a National Export Strategy for the country, General Manager of the Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA), Mr. Gregoire Thomas has stated that given new global realities and challenges such a strategy is an imperative at this time.
Wage Bill of $12 million for the month of December includes retroactive pay
of $3 million for government employees
Roseau, Dominica – December 22, 2008…….. Yet more evidence has emerged of the strength of the public finances in Dominica. On Friday, December 19, 2008, Government paid salaries to government employees amounting to approximately $12 million. This amount includes retroactive pay (back pay) to public officers of $3 million representing a 1% increase for the financial year, 2007-2008 and a 2% increase for the financial year, 2008/2009.
Other Charitable institutions and organisations also receive food supplies
Roseau, Dominica – December 19, 2008…….. The Dominica Infirmary in Roseau was one of several institutions to benefit from the annual presentation of food supplies on Wednesday, December 17th by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Hon. Matthew Walter and staff from the Division of Agriculture.
In his remarks at the presentation ceremony at the Dominica Infirmary, Hon. Walter said it was “always a pleasure to attend those types of functions where we exhibit love to people”.
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” What we have to offer in Dominica cannot be compared to others”
Roseau, Dominica – December 18, 2008……..The quality of Dominica’s water was singled as one of the country’s biggest assets by the acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Mr. Edward Henderson in his remarks at a reception on the occasion of the inaugural call of the MV Thomson Destiny at the Roseau Cruise Ship Berth on Tuesday.
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