Category: GIS Dominica inFocus (video)

Roseau, Dominica– May 4, 2010………Dominica will host the Thirteenth (13^th) Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) from May 5-6, 2010. COFCOR comprises the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 15-nation Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

Roseau, Dominica– April 20, 2010……… The Government of Dominica through the Ministry of Tourism, the Discover Dominica Authority and the Ministry of Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs is seeking to position the country to take advantage of the new niche Destination Wedding and Honeymoon market.

World Expo 2010 is expected to take place from May 1^st to October 31^st  2010  in Shanghai, China under the  theme “Better City, Better life” .Over  two hundred and forty-one (241) countries and international organizations are participating in this event, with an estimated seventy(70)million persons expected to visit the Expo over its six month duration.

Roseau, Dominica– April 15, 2010………Dominica’s Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit has written a letter to  Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressing the sympathy of the Government and People of Dominica following the devastation caused to the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in southern Qinghai Province by a massive earthquake and a series of aftershocks on Wednesday.

Roseau, Dominica– April 15, 2010………  A number of private sector-led investments are expected to lead to the creation of hundreds of new jobs in the Dominican economy.

In an address at a news conference marking 100 days in the new term, Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit stated that between January to December, 2009, Invest Dominica Authority (IDA) approved concessions to thirty-three (33) companies with the potential to create one hundred and ninety six (196) jobs and an investment of $43.28 million.

Roseau, Dominica– April 15, 2010………  In a statement to the Nation on Wednesday, Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit delivered a comprehensive report to the country on the progress made by his government in many areas in the first 100 days since the new Cabinet was sworn in on January 4th 2010.