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		<title>POEM: Dominica cries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Dominica asks why? Why are my people silent? Have they lost their love for me? Have they lost their courage to fight]]></description>
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		<title>Dominica leads in small island clean energy race – UN</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 17:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Street in Roseau, capital of Dominica They seldom meet on the cricket or football fields, but the world&#8217;s small island developing states are informally competing with each other to be the first to ditch fossil fuels and embrace clean energy. A new United Nations analysis of the most recent energy plans of 52 low lying poor countries &#8211; traditionally heavily dependent on imports of petrol and oil &#8211; shows the Caribbean island of Dominica leading the world with plans to become carbon &#8220;negative&#8221; by 2020. The Maldives is not far behind, hoping to be carbon neutral by 2020. Tuvalu and the Cook islands intend to generate all their electricity from renewables by 2020 and Timor-Leste, the poorest country in Asia, expects to provide solar electricity to all its 100,000 families by 2030]]></description>
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		<title>Fuel costs account for more than half of DOMLEC’s expenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Chairman of Domlec Robert Blanchard Jr. Shareholders of  DOMLEC – Dominica Electricity Services – were being told at the company’s annual general meeting on Wednesday that DOMLEC spent EC$42.9 million dollars on fuel for the year 2011, more than half the cost of its total expenses. The company puts its total expenses for that year at EC$83.4 million. ]]></description>
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		<title>Small island states plan to end dependence of fossil fuel, end poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 10:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Achieving Sustainable Energy for All in Small Island Developing States Conference concluded on Tuesday with the adoption of the “Barbados Declaration” calling for universal access to modern and affordable renewable energy services, while protecting environment, ending poverty and creating new opportunities for economic growth. The declaration, adopted just weeks before the UN Conference on Sustainable Development ‘Rio+20’, includes an annex with voluntary commitments of 20 Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to take actions toward providing universal access to energy, switching to renewable energy and reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The host country announced their plan to increase the share of renewable energy in Barbados to 29 percent of all electricity consumption by 2029. “By 2029 we expect that total electricity costs would have been cut by US$283.5 million and CO2 emissions would have been reduced by 4.5 million tons,” said Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of Barbados. ]]></description>
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		<title>IRC boasts of keeping DOMLEC efficient</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 16:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Independent Regulatory Commission (IRC) here says it has during its four years of existence been able to ensure that electricity company DOMLEC (Dominica Electricity Services) provides a more stable and reliable supply of electricity. Executive Officer Lance McCaskey told reporters on Thursday that through the efforts of the IRC, troublesome blackouts that had consumers complaining bitterly in the past have been reduced drastically. Endorsing that position, Commission Chairman Eluid Williams said the IRC’s engagement with DOMLEC had resulted in “greater efficiency on the part of DOMLEC, fewer blackouts, and greater accountability”. ]]></description>
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		<title>Castle Bruce youth embrace football</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Over 90 young men from the Community of Castle Bruce are now passionate about the sport of football. Over the past few months young men from the village of Castle Bruce and surrounding communities have been actively engaged in the sport through the establishment of the East Central Football club. Atherlie George, an avid football player led the young footballers throughout a successful football season which ended in March this year. George spoke to the Media about the league’s achievements at a press conference on Friday. ]]></description>
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		<title>I am a girl with feelings for other girls</title>
		<link>http://www.dominica-weekly.com/news/i-am-a-girl-with-feelings-for-other-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ After primary school my mom enrolled me into one of the Catholic all girls school. Around that age, that&#8217;s when most girls go though puberty. If the only people you see around you is girls, aren&#8217;t you likely to get feelings for girls? ]]></description>
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		<title>NBD Flag Wavers celebrates 20th anniversary</title>
		<link>http://www.dominica-weekly.com/news/nbd-flag-wavers-celebrates-20th-anniversary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The NBD flag wavers recently celebrated 20 years of existence with an award ceremony to recognize special contributions to the group. The group thanked the Cultural Division for its &#8220;unwavering support&#8221; and the National Bank of Dominica Ltd, who has been their sponsor for over eight years. Chief Cultural Officer, Raymond Lawrence, congratulated the group for having achieved that milestone, saying it was a rare occurrence for a group to last that long. NBD’s Marketing Manager, Suzanne Piper, attributed the group’s longevity to the dedication of its leaders and urged the members to stay committed]]></description>
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		<title>Gov’t, IFC sign technical support MOU</title>
		<link>http://www.dominica-weekly.com/news/gov%e2%80%99t-ifc-sign-technical-support-mou/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Geothermal testing in Dominica The government of Dominica and the International Financial Corporation (IFC) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for technical support and capacity improvements for the continued development of the geothermal resources in Dominica. The IFC, a subsidiary of the World Bank, has been working with the authorities here from the inception of the island’s geothermal project. Under the just signed MOU, Dominica is expected to receive US$250,000  in the first instance. Energy Minister Rayburn Blackmoore has described the partnership with the IFC as critical to the development of the geothermal project, one that will help fashion “a road map to ultimately take this project to where it is ought to be.” “If geothermal is to make sense to us in Dominica we must go beyond drilling of the test wells, and even beyond the actual establishment or installation of a small plant for our own local use,” the minister said. ]]></description>
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		<title>HEALTH TALK: Obesity – Part III</title>
		<link>http://www.dominica-weekly.com/news/health-talk-obesity-%e2%80%93-part-iii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ TREATMENT You may actually need to lose less weight than you think to improve your health. The first goal in dealing with obesity is to achieve and maintain a healthier weight. You should always keep a check on your BMI to determine your weight category. Slow and steady weight loss of 1 to 4 pounds a week is considered the safest way to lose weight and the best way to keep it off]]></description>
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