Category: GIS Dominica inFocus (video)

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 30^th anniversary of independence.

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 30^th 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 17^th 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”.

” 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.