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Roseau, Dominica – March 25, 2009……………… The International Organisation for Migration(IOM) in partnership with the Government of Dominica is hosting a two-day training seminar aimed at building capacity within institutions in Dominica to combat human trafficking for government officials and civil society organisations starting today, Wednesday March 25 at the Police Training School at Morne Bruce.
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Roseau, Dominica – March 19, 2009……………… The Integrity Commission has rejected the complaint of breaches of the Code of Conduct lodged by Mr. Lennox Linton against Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit. The complaint was filed on September 2, 2008, one day after The Integrity in Public Office Act, 2003 came into effect.
Project Management Unit of WNTP and Kiwanis Club of Roseau collaborate
Roseau, Dominica – March 17, 2009 ……… The Project Management Unit of Waitukubuli National Trail Project is partnering with the Kiwanis Club of Roseau for this year’s annual National Secondary Schools Debating Competition.
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Roseau, Dominica – March 17, 2009……………… The consultative process on the Broadcasting Authority Bill enters an important phase on Wednesday with a one-day consultation at the Fort Young Hotel, beginning at 9am. The consultation is being organized by the Ministry of Community Development, Culture, Gender Affairs and Information.
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As the police continue to investigate the country’s latest gun-related murder, three members of one family are in police custody assisting with the investigations.
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Roseau, Dominica – January 14, 2009…… The programme of reform at the Customs and Excise Division in Dominica has entered a new phase through a project funded by the Government of Dominica, the European Union and the World Bank and will be executed with assistance from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The reform programme is part of Government’s overall strategy to improve the competitiveness of the trade system in Dominica.
Roseau, Dominica – January 13, 2009………………On the invitation of organisers of the 2008 Thibaud Reunion, the Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit addressed a Town Hall Meeting in the village of Thibaud in late December where he outlined the tremendous strides that have been made by his Government over the last several years, especially with respect to education and road infrastructure in the Vieille Case constituency.
According, Hon. Skerrit, who is also Parliamentary Representative for the area significant strides have been made in education, where many young persons from that part of the country are being granted opportunities to empower themselves irrespective of political or religious affiliation or socio-economic circumstances. Reference was made to the fact that there are countries in the world far richer than Dominica where children will not see a primary school let alone a secondary school.
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A further amount of $25,000 promised to be used for a project
to be identified by Village Council
Roseau, Dominica – January 12, 2009…… In his address at the 15th Inaugural Meeting of the Coulibistrie/Morne Rachette Village Council last week, Acting Prime Minister, Hon. Julius Timothy announced that Government has allocated $131,000 to go towards housing assistance to the people of the Salisbury constituency, in keeping with a promise made by Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit.
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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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