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Man shot dead by police
A non-national was shot dead by police when he attempted to flee the scene after he raped a female over the weekend. Police are currently trying to identify the man. According to the Commissioner of Police Matthias Lestrade, the said perpetrator robbed and raped the woman coming from a show at the Canefield ball-park
22 Arrested in Immigration control
St. Maarteen Police caught 22 undocumented persons on Saturday 12 Oct in the first Immigration control in recent months, the police reported Monday. Police set up control areas in Philipsburg and Maho for three hours and arrested persons mainly from Dominica,
Cricket boss wants end to selection myopia.
Dominica’s cricket boss said he is focussed on getting more of the country’s players into the West Indies team, and has called on regional selectors to take a closer look at players from the Nature Isle. Emmanuel Nanthan said that Dominica had done well to service the West Indies youth team with several players in [...]
US$3.3 million in emergency assistance for Dominica
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on February 4, 2008, SDR 2.05 million (about US$3.3 million) in emergency assistance for Dominica. This amount is available immediately to help the government deal with the effects of Hurricane Dean, which struck Dominica in August 2007.
Dominica needs more promotion for carnival
Chief Cultural Officer Raymond Lawrence believes more publicity and promotion for Dominica’s carnival is required to have the event registered on the world calendar. Revelers take to the streets on Monday and Tuesday for the two days of jump up in Dominica’s 2008 carnival, the Real Mas.
Small Earthquake Hits Eastern Caribbean
An earthquake measuring 4.6 in magnitude occurred off Martinique on Wednesday afternoon, disaster officials have confirmed. According to the University of the West Seismic Unit at the St Augustine Campus in Trinidad and Tobago the earthquake was felt in St. Lucia as well as Scotts Head in Dominica and Antigua.
That was the week that was.
The eagle eyed out there may have noticed that there were no updates on the site for the past week. This was mainly due to other commitments keeping me from being able to do so. We are back on schedule this week and updates will be pouring in regularly. So what did you miss?
Dominica Demolish BVI
Coolidge, Antigua A five-wicket haul from captain Liam Sebastien carried Dominica to a record-breaking 66-run victory over British Virgin Islands (BVI) in the second match of the 2008 Stanford 20/20 tournament
2008 Calypso Semi-final results
The Dominica Calypso Association 2008 Calypso semi finals were held at the Harlem plaza Newtown Savannah last night. 9 calypsonians earned the right to challenge the reining Calypso King The Hunter.