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Dame Mary Eugenia Charles: the first woman Prime Minister

By Dominica News ⋅ May 15, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Martin Sorhaindo and Eugenia Charles at a meeting to found the Dominica Freedom Party at Old Street, Roseau, in October 1968 Mary Eugenia Charles served from 1970 to 1995 Appointment:        Nominated Third nominated Member Date of Appointment:    12th November, 1970 – 13th February, 1975 Appointment:        Member for the Roseau Constituency Date of Appointment:    24th March, 1975 – 28th April, 1980 Appointment:        Appointed Leader of the Opposition Date of Appointment:    7th April, 1975 – 25th July, 1979 Appointment:        Member for the Roseau Constituency Date of Appointment:    21st July, 1980 Appointment:        Prime Minister Date of Appointment:    23rd July, 1980 – 13th June, 1995 Dame Mary Eugenia Charles had a distinguished career as Prime Minister of Dominica, lawyer, politician and occasional journalist. She was born on May 15, 1919 at the village of Pointe Michel on the south-west coast of Dominica. Her parents had a great influence on her attitude to life. Her mother was a practical, firm, but loving guide who imbued her with a down-to-earth and no nonsense approach to life

Man with five-page rap sheet in trouble again; magistrate disappointed at ‘system’

By Dominica News ⋅ May 14, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Chief Magistrate Evalina Baptiste has expressed her disappointment in the “system” after 35-year-old Nicholas Roberts, a repeat offender since he was 13 years, returned to court on a theft charge. Roberts, she explained has a “rap sheet of five pages” and has been failed by the system. On May 10, 2012, Roberts entered the dwelling house of 84 years old Moonlight Phillip of 77 Bath Road in Roseau at 6:45pm.

UWP suppports OECS single economic space

By Dominica News ⋅ May 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

UWP politocal leader Edison James Former prime minister Edison James says his United Workers Party (UWP) is supportive of the move by governments of the sub-region to have a single economic space through economic union of the OECS (Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States). The UWP leader says economic union “is one further step where hopefully our smallness of size and our small numbers individually, can be to some extent negated by us cooperating as a larger body”. He expects the move to result in some increased economies of scale. James has also welcomed a planned OECS assembly where sub-regional matters including OECS economic union can be discussed by parliamentarians – government and opposition across the OECS.

PM congratulates new Bahamas leader

By Dominica News ⋅ May 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Perry Christie Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has congratulated the Progressive Liberal Party of Bahamas on its election victory. On Monday opposition leader Perry Christie and his PLP party secured a commanding majority of the 38 seats in the house of assembly which will allow it to form a new government. He served as prime minister from 2002 to 2007.

OECS parliamentary opposition meets in St. Lucia

By Dominica News ⋅ May 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Dominica's Opposition Leader Hector John Dominica’s Hector John was among leaders of the parliamentary opposition in the member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) who met in St Lucia last Friday to discuss issues relating to the operationalisation of the OECS economic union. “We see it as a move in the right direction,” John told DNO, explaining that such consultation can help unite politicians on a regional front in the interest of moving forward the business of economic union in the OECS. “To ensure that we harmonise our laws, to ensure that everything that happens within the region, they are harmonized and in the interest of the people,” the Dominican parliamentary opposition leader said.

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