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Former president Ian Jackson weighs in as Dominica Calypso Association grapples with leadership controversy
Members of the Dominica Calypso Association Executive that meeting on September 27, 2025Former president of the Dominica Calypso Association (DCA), Ian Jackson, has spoken out on the mounting controversy surrounding the organization’s executive...

Dominica joins 3 other CARICOM member states in the implementation of full free movement of their nationals beginning today
Dominica joins 3 other CARICOM member states in the implementation of full free movement of their nationals beginning today. The member states to begin to participate in the full free movement are Barbados, Belize, St Vincent and the Grenadines...

Barbados & Dominica Join Forces To Offer Multi-Destination Tourism Experiences
Two Caribbean islands, Barbados and Dominica, have signed a landmark agreement to collaborate on promoting their tourism products and offering enhanced multi-destination packages. This partnership between Barbados – the Gem of the Caribbean and...

Dominica announces 8% salary hike for public officers, police, teachers
Roseau, Dominica: Public officers in Dominica will receive an 8% salary increase, 3% in 2024-2025, 2% in 2025-2026 and 3% in 2026-2027 over the 2024-2027 period. Effective this month, teachers will receive salary increases on the same schedule...

The brands manager of the Dominica National Lottery has highlighted the impact of the Blast Mystery Progressive on the Dominica economy
Home News The brands manager of the Dominica National Lottery has highlighted the impact... Brands manager of the Dominica National Lottery Eronia Steadman James has highlighted the impact of the Blast Mystery Progressive on the Dominica economy....

Ferry services to Dominica temporarily disrupted due to technical issues with the FRS Express...
Ferry services to Dominica have been temporarily disrupted due to technical issues with the FRS Express vessel. Operations Supervisor at the Shipping Department of HHV Whitchurch and Company Limited Hans Victor is optimistic that services will...

Dominica PM wants more CARICOM countries to join free movement initiative
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit expressed optimism Monday that additional Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will follow Barbados, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Belize in implementing full free movement, a key...
DOMINICA-LABOUR-Government to pay millions in arrears to public servants

Dominica to join Barbados, SVG, Belize for Full-Free Movement of CARICOM
Roseau, Dominica: Dominica will join Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Belize for the “Full-Free Movement” of CARICOM nationals on October 1, 2025. It means that participating states will grant their nationals the right to freely move,...

PM Mottley calls for more support, as Barbados, St Vincent, Belize and Dominica begin CSME’s free movement
Oct 02, 2025 News (CMC) – Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley said her country will “open our doors with order and with pride” as Barbados joins St Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, and Dominica in fully implementing free movement of their...

DLP raises red flag over free movement policy
168 The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) is questioning the legality and timing of the government’s decision to allow CARICOM nationals from Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines to live and work freely in Barbados from October 1, 2025,...

Dominica’s Prime Minister defends Government’s housing program in which thousands have received free housing
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has defended Government’s housing program in which thousands of Dominicans have received free housing. On Monday 21 families received keys for new homes at Scottshead. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Meantime,...

Ferry services to Dominica temporarily disrupted due to technical issues with the FRS Express vessel
Home News Ferry services to Dominica temporarily disrupted due to technical issues with the... Ferry services to Dominica have been temporarily disrupted due to technical issues with the FRS Express vessel. Operations Supervisor at the Shipping...
Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Ready for Full Free Movement on 1 October 2025
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States -Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines- will implement full Free Movement of their nationals among themselves from tomorrow, 1 October 2025. This means that nationals of these...

Full free movement begins for Barbados, St Vincent, Belize and Dominica, PM Mottley calls for more support
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Prime Minister Mia Mottley says Barbados will “open our doors with order and with pride” as Barbados joins St Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, and Dominica in fully implementing free movement of their nationals among...
Prime Minister of Dominica touts benefits of Free Movement initiative
Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has expressed optimism that additional CARICOM countries will follow Barbados, Dominica, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and Belize in implementing full free movement. The initiative, which takes effect...
COMMENTARY: My friend Grenadian revolutionary Lt. Col.Liam James, a personal memoir of the Grenada Revolution, Dominica & the Douglas brothers
Lieutenant Liam James Grenada Revolutionary ArmyIntroduction I was saddened to read in recent news that Lieutenant Colonel Liam James, a leader of the 1979 Grenada Revolution, was ill. I had met Liam James three times: once in Havana, Cuba in...
DOMINICA-POLITICS-Dominica PM urges region against sowing seeds of discord among themselves
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