The Examiner: Dominica

04/04/2024

Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation.

Donald Trump's Truth Social has made its Wall Street debut. Now its valuation wildly fluctuates. In exclusive reporting today from The Guardian, we learned that the company was allegedly, "kept afloat in 2022 by emergency loans in part, from a Russian-American businessman under scrutiny in a federal...

10/31/2023

The US FDA warns consumers not to purchase or use certain eye drops from several major brands in stores and online due to the risk of eye infection

Eye Drop Recall

10/19/2023

Dominica’s Journey to become the World’s First Climate-Resilient Country

On September 23, 2017, when Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, stood before the UN General Assembly, he declared that The Commonwealth of Dominica would become the world’s first climate resilient nation. Now, in 2023, Dominica has capabilities they’ve never had before including functioning hydrom...

10/19/2023

Latin America & The Caribbean Weekly Situation Update (As of 10 October 2023)

04/04/2023

Top Banks in Dominica.
DYK There are over 15 banks in Dominica including one development bank and one indigenous bank?

1. EQIBank
This global bank launched in 2015. The bank has a physical address in Roseau, the capital and largest city of Dominica. However, EQIBank is an offshore bank with clients in over 180 countries.

2. Ferz Global Bank
Another offshore bank with a Roseau zip code, Ferz Global Bank offers a range of personal and business accounts. They also offer credit cards and private banking services.

3. National Bank of Dominica Ltd.
The National Bank of Dominica NBD operates four branches on the island, a wide network of ATMs, a website, and mobile banking and insurance activities. This national bank has been recognized by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) as an outstanding corporate body.

3. Dominica Agricultural Industrial & Development Bank. A subsidiary of NBD, the Dominica Agricultural Industrial & Development Bank, aka AID, provides loans for start-ups and energy-efficient and development-related funding.

4. CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank
CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank has a Canadian origin story but with Bahaman headquarters. This offshore bank offers a variety of financial products across the English-speaking Caribbean, including corporate and investment banking services, investment portfolio customization and management, and premium personal and business accounts.

Are you thinking of banking in Dominica? This article explains how to bank in Dominica and outlines its benefits. Read on to discover more.

04/04/2023

Huobi Launches the Dominica Metaverse Bound Token (DMBT)

Huobi, the virtual asset trading platform, has announced the launch of the Dominica Metaverse Bound Token (DMBT). The launch of DMBT is part of the rollout of the Dominica Metaverse Digital Citizen...

04/04/2023

The Dominica Ministry of Tourism announced an expanded flight schedule to service Dominica and the rest of the Caribbean.

On March 15, InterCaribbean held its maiden voyage with its ATR aircraft to Dominica. Read more here👇🏾

The Dominica Ministry of Tourism announced expanded flight schedule to service Dominica and the rest of the Caribbean.

04/04/2023

, The Caribbean’s Newest, Super-Sustainable, Off-the-Grid Resort. By Coulibri Ridge

Coulibri Ridge, in southern Dominica, is not only deeply environmentally friendly but positively impacts islanders, too.

04/04/2023

Procurement in the pipeline for Dominica geothermal dispatch infra

The announcement of the project's commercial partner is expected in the coming weeks.

04/04/2023

On March 30, 2023, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang met with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade, and Energy of Dominica Dr. Vince Henderson, who was in China for the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023, at Boao, Hainan Province.

Qin Gang Meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of Dominica Dr. Vince Henderson

04/04/2023

Dominica Media Guide


The Chronicle - weekly

The Times - weekly

The Sun - weekly

The Tropical Star - weekly

Dominica News Online - news website

Dominica Vybes - news website


Marpin Television - Marpin 2K4 Ltd, Flow Dominica

CBN4 - Cable Broadcasting Network, Digicel Dominica

Radio
DBS Radio - operated by state broadcaster Dominica Broadcasting Corporation

Q95 FM - commercial

Kairi FM - commercial, operated by Island Communication Corporation

Voice of Life Radio-ZGBC - Christian

An overview of media in Dominica, including links to broadcasters and newspapers.

03/12/2023

Caribbean Airlines will increase its service to Dominica from its base in Trinidad and Tobago starting next April 7 according to the Dominica Ministry of Tourism Colin Piper.

[Translated Article: https://www.prensa-latina.cu/2023/03/10/caribbean-airlines-aumentara-su-servicio-a-dominica]

Caribbean Airlines began operations on January 1, 2007, and is wholly owned by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, which acquired Air Jamaica in 2010, when it also appears as that nation's flag carrier.

The company operates international destinations in the Caribbean, the United States, Canada, and South America.

The region is experiencing a difficult situation in terms of transportation caused by the closure in 2020 during the Covid-19 period of Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT).

The measure, without establishing a replacement for that airline, seriously affected the movement of people and goods.

Connectivity from one Caribbean island to another, physically neighboring, often requires moving to Miami, Florida, the United States, or some other country, which lengthens the journey and increases costs, experts warn.

Caribbean Airlines does not have enough planes or frequency of trips to meet the needs, while only flying to some destinations, they said.

The return flight on Fridays not only increases the options to visit the country, but also favors three US states, explained the entity's director, Colin Piper.

Transportation now goes from two weekly frequencies, with an increase of 68 seats or 33 percent, explained the executive, who highlighted the current operations on Mondays and Thursdays.

According to Piper, the transfer is carried out in ATR 72 aircraft and explained that travelers can leave the US territory of New York at 07:30 local time on Friday and arrive in Dominica at 18:45 on the same day.

03/12/2023

New U.S. EB-5 Investor Immigrant Program Ready To Meet Challengers

America's EB-5 investor immigration program is emerging from its revisions and is rising in stature in the international marketplace of golden investor programs. Some golden visa programs are being cancelled, others are being revised but the U.S. program is gaining steam.

03/07/2023

3 Cruise ships- MSC Seaside, MV Enchanted Princess, Silver Dawn dock at Dominica

Three different cruise ships arrived at the ports of the Commonwealth of Dominica. The day was noted as an excellent starting of the day by the vendor

03/07/2023

New Projects To Assess Climate Risk in Coastal Communities in Dominica.

The new projects were officially announced on March 2nd, 2023, at the 8th Our Ocean Conference in Panama City, Panama. The event focused on strengthening climate resilience for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and developing coastal countries. Agreements of support for these assessments are being established in partnership with the Commonwealth Secretariat in Dominica

Dominica will undergo a rapid risk assessment, designed to identify priority climate risk areas that require more attention and pressing action. The climate Risk assessment will be conducted by The Stimson Center Environmental Security program and is expected to begin by the end of June 2023.

Dominica is in support of smart climate investments to improve the safety and security of our coastal cities.

03/07/2023

TRON announce its latest partnership with Dominica to usher in a new era of Web 3.0. TRON will be developing the first Caribbean digital identity initiative, which includes the establishment of the Dominica Metaverse, as well as the operation of the Dominica Digital Identity (DDID) and Dominica Coin (DMC) programs.

TRON is excited to announce its latest partnership with the Commonwealth of Dominica to usher in a new era of Web 3.0.

09/07/2022

Fresh Take: Hunting Invasive Lionfish In Dominica,

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03/31/2022

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03/21/2022

Thanks to Permanent Representative of Dominica to the United Nations, H.E. Loreen Ruth Bannis-Roberts, had the privilege and honour to sign the following agreements ushering Dominica into a new era of international growth.

1️⃣ April 17, 2018: The Government of Sri Lanka🇱🇰 and the Government of Dominica decided to establish Diplomatic Relations

2️⃣July 2020, Establishment of diplomatic relations between Kenya 🇰🇪 and Dominica

3️⃣November 25th 2020 Dominica established diplomatic relations with Bangladesh 🇧🇩

4️⃣April 29 2021: Afghanistan 🇦🇫 and the Commonwealth of Dominica have signed a joint communiqué on establishing diplomatic relations.

5️⃣April 30th 2021 Dominica signed diplomatic agreements with Nepal🇳🇵.

6️⃣May 12, 2021: Dominica Established Diplomatic Relations with Eritrea🇪🇷 .

7️⃣ May 14, 2021: Dominica Established Diplomatic Relations with 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan

8️⃣ March 7th 2022 Dominica signs agreement with Syria to establish diplomatic relations

March 19th 2022 PM Skerrit suspends diplomatic ties of Dominica and Syria by referring to it as lapse of judgement

01/28/2022

Urging ALL Dominicans to complete the CARICOM: Caribbean Community survey to help better understand your concerns about financial services in your country

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is developing a common financial consumer protection (FCP) regime to regulate the conduct of financial service providers (FSPs) and to protect clients of financial institutions in CARICOM Member States. This project is part of the Strengthening Framework...

11/11/2021

"This is to encourage every little Black boy and girl that looks like me and every child .. that feels marginalized and has a story like mine and felt they never mattered," Keishia Thorpe said.

10/25/2021

Caribbean Imagineering? 🧚

18Sharesby Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Having aspirations to be part of the Caribbean tourism industry? Get education in hospitality programs of universities or academies, right? Not always right! Webinars or workshops of hospitality or tourism consultants, right? Not necessarily right either! Then what the....

10/24/2021

Colombia Announces Capture of Leader of Major Drug Cartel

The arrest of Dairo Antonio Úsuga, widely known as Otoniel, was a victory for Colombia’s president, who has been struggling to contain persistent violence.

President says Otoniel’s arrest is the biggest blow to drug trafficking in Colombia since Pablo Escobar’s death.

10/24/2021

EU lifts Anguilla, Dominica, Seychelles from tax blacklist. BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union removed Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles from its tax haven blacklist Tuesday amid criticism that the trade bloc is letting countries off the hook, particularly in light of the recent Pandora Papers revelations.

Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles were placed on the list because they did not meet tax transparency criteria. EU finance ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, endorsed a decision to move them to a “grey list” after the three agreed to a review of their tax systems.

The EU blacklist was set up in 2017 to tackle rampant tax evasion and is regularly updated. Nine “jurisdictions” remain listed as “non-cooperative:” American Samoa, Fiji, Guam, Palau, Panama, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Vanuatu.

Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles are now listed as places that do not yet comply with all international tax standards but have committed to the principles of good tax governance. Costa Rica, Hong Kong, Malaysia, North Macedonia, Qatar and Uruguay were also added to this “grey list.” Australia, Eswantini and Maldives were removed from it after reforming their tax systems.

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its media partners recently published a massive leak of offshore data dubbed the “Pandora Papers.” The cache of almost 12 million files sheds light on the financial activities of many members of the global elite.

French EU lawmaker Aurore Lalucq, who authored a report on harmful tax practices, said she hopes the disclosures “will finally be a loud enough wake-up call for EU leaders” and the European Commission to urgently reform the bloc’s code of conduct for business taxation.

Some of the world’s most notorious tax havens are not even listed by the EU, Lalucq said in a statement. “Sadly, the countries that remain black-listed do not represent the most important financial flows,” she said.

Chiara Putaturo, the tax expert at charity group Oxfam, described the EU blacklist as “a joke” and said it should “should penalize tax havens. Instead, it lets them off the hook.” She alleged that Anguilla and Seychelles “are at the heart of the latest tax scandal.”

“While the Pandora Papers investigation blew the lid on how the super-rich continue to use tax havens to avoid paying their taxes, ordinary people are asked to foot the COVID-19 recovery bill,” Putaturo said.

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union removed Anguilla, Dominica and Seychelles from its tax haven blacklist Tuesday amid criticism that the trade bloc is letting countries off the hook, particularly in light of the recent Pandora Papers revelations.

10/24/2021

Dominica confirms 4075 COVID recoveries
The Health Ministry has released the COVID-19 update report, according to which five COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital facilities on October 21, 2021. With these, the total number of the COVID patients who recovered rises to 4075.

Roseau, Dominica: The Health Ministry has released the COVID-19 update report, according to which five COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital facilities on October 21, 2021. With these, the total number of the COVID patients who recovered rises to 4075.

The Health Ministry informed that a total of 39 individuals have tested positive for the contagious viral disease. With this, the total number of active cases has risen to 403.

Out of the new cases reported, one individual tested positive from RT-PCR while the remaining tested positive from Rapid Antigen Test. Since the COVID-19 outbreak emerged in the island country, a total of 4508 people have contracted the viral disease.

The Health Ministry’s report further notes that till October 21 2021, a total of 87525 COVID-19 tests have been conducted on the island. On the other hand, in total 30 people lost their lives to the contagious mutant.

The COVID-19 report further highlights the statistics of the COVID-19 vaccination; that is, a total of 27534 people have taken their first shot of the vaccine. While in total, 23946 individuals have received their second jab of the vaccine and are now fully vaccinated.

As per to the statistics, worldwide, so far, there are a total of 243,521,002 confirmed coronavirus cases. A total of 220,632,802 individuals have been recovered from the contagious mutant, and a total of 4,948,917 people scummed to the deadliest viral disease.

The citizens can contact the health officials at the provided hotline numbers that are – (767) 448-2151, (767) 448-2153, (767) 448-2156, (767) 611-4325.

Besides this, the Health Ministry is continuously urging the citizens to take their doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible so as to win this battle against the coronavirus and asked them to follow the COVID-19 health protocols such as – wearing masks, sanitizing frequently, and maintaining social distance.

The Health Ministry has released the COVID-19 update report, according to which five COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the hospital facilities on October 21, 2021. With these, the total number of the COVID patients who recovered rises to 4075.

10/23/2021

A video filmed in the Caribbean island of Dominica shows workers, who were clearing part of a rainforest, hoisting an enormous boa constrictor off the ground with the help of construction equipment. Listen. We've heard about snakes on a plane. How about snake on a crane?

October 22, 20215:52 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition

10/23/2021

Progress.

Dame Sandra Mason previously served as governor general. Barbados hopes to become a republic before the 55th anniversary of its independence from Britain in November.

10/23/2021

Ukrainian businessman was convicted on six counts related to "influence buying" campaign finance schemes and also for using money and a fake company to funnel hundreds of thousands in political contributions.

Rudy Giuliani's former associate Lev Parnas was convicted on six counts related to "influence buying" campaign finance schemes.

10/22/2021

Spain’s highest criminal court has agreed to extradite Venezuela’s former intelligence chief, Hugo Carvajal, to the U.S., where he faces drug trafficking charges. The decision comes after Carvajal was denied asylum in Spain. The Spanish authorities first detained Carvajal on the American extradition request in April 2019 after he fled to Spain, but he was then released from prison after a court deemed the extradition request to be too “abstract” to prove his involvement in drug trafficking. Carvajal was a prominent figure in Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government before he broke with him in February 2019 by accusing Maduro of running a corrupt dictatorship. According to charges filed in federal court in New York, the U.S. Department of Justice stated that Carvajal coordinated the transportation of about six tons of co***ne to Mexico from Venezuela. Raphael Minder reports for the NThe New York Times

Hugo Carvajal, once a prominent figure in the government of the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, faces drug-trafficking charges in the United States.

10/18/2021

Dominica promotes its nature, sustainability, investment opportunities and similarities with the UAE at Expo 2020

DUBAI 17th October 2021 WAM -- The tiny island of Dominica in the Caribbean is promoting itself