• Lugay is embraced by supporters after leaving the magistrate'a court
    Local

    Government hires Trinidadian lawyer to prosecute Lugay's case

    They State has hired Trinidadian lawyer Gilbert Peterson to prosecute the case against Roseau North Member of Parliament Daniel Lugay in the matter in which he was charged for inciting ...

  • Centenarian Alfreda Georges takes a call on her birthday
    Local

    102 not out!

    When Alfreda Georges-- known as 'Aunty Freda'—celebrated her 102nd birthday on Wednesday August 12, she wholeheartedly gave thanks to God for granting her a long and fruitful life.

  • Graphic of  the position of Tropical Storm Danny
    Local

    Danny to become first Hurricane in 2015

    Tropical Storm Danny is likely to become the region's first hurricane by Sunday or Monday, forecasters say.

  • Ophelia performs with children at an earlier concert
    Music

    DFC names Ophelia as the 2015 WCMF icon

    Ophelia Olivaccé Marie is this year's World Creole Music Festival (WCMF) musical icon, the Dominica Festival Committee (DFC) announced on August 18, 2015 at a press conference.

  • Sign outside gas NP gas station at Canefield today 17 August 2015
    Local

    Down gas prices go

    The price of petrol took a small dip today.

  • The View from Europe

    New Threats to Caribbean Cyber Security

    Cyber-security incidents continue to rise. According to PwC's Global State of Information Security Survey 2015, attacks rose internationally by 48 per cent in 2014 resulting in huge remedial and reputational ...

  • Castro, right, Bolivian President Evo Morales, centre, and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro at Castro's birthday celebration
    World

    Fidel Castro tells U.S. it owes millions of dollars to ...

    HAVANA, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Thursday reminded the U.S. that it owes damages to Cuba stretching to "millions of dollars", while pledging that his country ...

  • People attend flag-raising ceremony at the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba, Aug. 14, 2015.
    World

    US Embassy opens in Cuba after 54 years

    HAVANA, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chaired here on Friday the formal ceremony of raising the American flag in the recently reopened U.S. embassy in ...

  • Sargassum seaweed at Good Hope, Dominica
    World

    Weeds in the sea

    BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Tues 11 Aug 2015 - The seasonal influx of Sargassum seaweed on Caribbean beaches has got the attention of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and tourism policymakers and ...

  • Photo taken on Aug. 13, 2015 shows burnt vehicles near the core area of the explosion site in Tianjin, north China.
    World

    Over 700 casualties in Tianjin explosions

    TIANJIN, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) -- Blasts that tore through a warehouse in Tianjin's port area in north China on Wednesday night have killed at least 50 people, 12 of whom ...

  • Gordon Henderson (From his Facebook page)
    Local

    Gordon Henderson: "I am disappointed!"

    Maybe he laboured in vain, after all. Maybe his five decades of raising his country's profile through his music did not mean anything to the authorities.

  • Ophelia performs at Creole in the Park in 2005
    Local

    Ophelia goes to CARIFESTA XII in Haiti

    Haiti will open its arms wide and with a beaming, broad, bright smile welcome Ophelia Olivaccé Marie, Dominica's Lady of Song, as well as other Caribbean artistes, at the 2015 ...