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Comment on UPDATE: Two dead in accident at Gommier 8 years after Penville 5 tragedy by Ibo France
Home >> Business Dominica News Online - Sunday, August 17th, 2025 at 5:41 PM Nadia Paul and Davis MarcellinReports reaching Dominica News Online indicate that Nardia Paul and Davis Marcellin also known as DJ Blazzer died in a vehicle accident in...

Local CXC registrar gives overall assessment for 2025 CAPE and CCSLC exams
Students who topped the examsLocal Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Registrar Magalie Celestine has reported a slight drop in the number of candidates registered to write the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) this year. Her...

STREAK returns to the stage: rehearsals in high gear for 50th anniversary restaging of Alwin Bully’s landmark play
A scene from a rehearsal for the restaging of Alwin Bully’s STREAKRehearsals are well underway for the highly anticipated restaging of STREAK, the seminal theatrical work written and directed by the late Alwin Bully. First staged in 1975, the play...

Mexican Caribbean Turns Seaweed Crisis into Fuel, Building Panels, and Carbon Credits
On the beaches of Quintana Roo, the tide brings more than tourists. In 2025, record waves of sargassum threaten to choke the coastline’s turquoise brand—but engineers and scientists here are betting it can be turned into energy, products, and...
Take Control of Your Cash Flow: Proven Strategies for AR Leaders
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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Queen's top crime writer in hunt for online crooks
Queen Camilla was crowned with a starring role in Peter James's forthcoming novel, The Hawk Is Dead, in which fictional detective Roy Grace looks for a killer in Buckingham Palace. And Her Majesty's favourite crime writer has been chasing villains...

SVG ranks 2nd in sub-region for U.S. visa overstay rate
While St Vincent is not on the US $15,000 visa bond list, the country ranks second in the Windward Islands and second in the ECCU grouping for citizens who overstay on business or tourist visas in the United States. A visa bond is a financial...

Americans trade snow for sand — and a second passport
United States buyers are heading to the Caribbean not only for a seasonal and enjoyable vacation but also to purchase properties. Americans’ purchase of properties on some islands has increased significantly. While making these purchases, the...

Tropical Storm Erin Could Affect InterCaribbean Airways Flights
InterCaribbean Airways is closely monitoring Tropical Storm Erin, which could impact several flights across the Eastern Caribbean over the next few days. While airline officials say all operations are currently normal, travelers are being urged to...

These are the Caribbean’s most peaceful island escapes
Sure, there’s one side to the Caribbean that’s all clubbing, whopping all-inclusives and casinos — but with more than 7,000 islands scattered across a vast sea, there are still plenty of places to find some peace and solitude. Maybe it’s listening...

U-14 girls from St Kitts to compete at U14 Girls CFU Caribbean Challenge Series
Last Updated on August 15, 2025, 12:28 AM AST by Anthony Morris The under 14 girls national team has travelled to Trinidad and Tobago for the U14 Girls CFU Caribbean Challenge Series. The series is running from August 15–25, 2025 with several...

Officials advise citizens to apply for Biometric E-Passport in ‘a timely manner’
Dominicans are being encouraged to apply for their Biometric E-Passport in a timely manner. This advice came from Head of the Immigration Department, Assistant Superintendent of Police Valda Powell, while delivering remarks at a press conference...

COMMENTARY: From Hurricane David to Erika, the life and times of civic leader Linda LeBlanc- Hill
In the story of Dominica’s progress, certain lives stand out as pillars of service, resilience, and enduring love for country. One such life is that of Linda Dolores LeBlanc- Hill, born on October 19, 1929, at Veille Casse – Rouliard Estate to...

On the matter of sovereignty
Jamaica is a full-fledged nation, a parliamentary democracy, a constitutional monarchy, and a proud member of the community of nations. Recently, as is traditional every year in the first week of August, we celebrated our national holidays of...
The Digital Shift: Redefining Insurance with Smarter Payments
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The Rise of Tapeball Cricket in Saint Lucia
Tapeball cricket in Saint Lucia is a version of the beloved sport that is certainly on the rise. Popularised in schools, alleyways and other non-traditional areas both locally and internationally, this form of the game replaces the traditional...

Two Caribbean institutions partner to expand higher education in the region
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 August 2025, 19:26 by Writer DeVry University’s Vice President of Public Workforce Solutions, Scarlett Howery The Saint Lucia Hospitality & Tourism Association (SLHTA) and Dominica’s AcademiX School of Learning have...
Will Guyana election end LGBTQ+ criminalisation in South America?
What’s the context? Parties contesting the Sept. 1 election broadly support ending the continent's last law that makes same-sex intimacy a crime. BERLIN - Most of the political parties running in Guyana's general election next week have promised...

Could Putin be arrested in the US during Trump meeting as people call for president's detention over 'war crimes'
Picture this, Russia's Vladimir Putin departs from his presidential plane in America on Friday... only to be met with handcuffs the moment he steps foot on US soil. The 72-year-old is currently scheduled to travel to Alaska this Friday (15 August)...
These Countries Will Sell You A Passport
For people unhappy with their passport and with the right amount of spare cash hanging around, acquiring a new nationality that - for example - awards visa-free travel to more countries is possible. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz reports,...