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Integrity in Public Office Act Now Effective
After almost six years since it was passed in Parliament, the much talked about Integrity in Public Office Act will come into effect today.Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced in the 2008/09 National budget that the Act of 2003 will finally be implemented on September 1st 2008, after mounting pressure from the Opposition to do so. […]
DOMINICA - Growing Criticism of Media Legislation
Jamaica-gleaner.com | August 20, 2008
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC):The minority opposition Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) yesterday expressed concern over plans by the Roosevelt Skerrit government to table broadcast legislation in parliament.
DFP executive member Swanston Carbon has also called on the Media Workers Association of Dominica (MWAD) to seriously examine the contents of the proposed legislation.
Skerrit Names Three to Integrity Commission
Antiguasun.com 14.AUG.08
ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said yesterday that three people, including a former senior Roman Catholic Church official, had been named to the Integrity Commission that his administration wants functioning by September.
Skerrit said that the former Archbishop of Castries, the Most Reverend Kelvin Felix; retired financial secretary Alic Lazare and former […]
Earl Williams Resigns as Opposition Leader
After a week of hearsay and waiting, opposition Earl Williams in a ten-minute press conference Wednesday told Dominicans that he accepts full responsibility for mistakes that were made in relation to certain activities pertaining to his legal practice, and that he has submitted his resignation to the United Workers Party as its leader.
UWP Opposition Leader Earl Williams Under Heavy Scrutiny
WHERE DE MONEY? That was the question plastered on the front page of this week Times Newspaper - along with a picture of Opposition Leader Earl Williams holding up a placard reading “Criminal Investigation Now.”
[Excerpt from the Times Newspaper article]
“Almost two weeks after the opposition United Worker Party walked out of Parliament speaking to […]
Clean Energy CEO Asks Government - Why a foreign company?
The plans to produce geothermal energy in Dominica will not have the backing of one of Government’s main followers, since Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit decided to award a contract to a foreign company. West Indies Power Dominica Limited (WIPD) has been granted a geothermal exploration and development license in Dominica.
Walk Out
Members of the United Worker Party (UWP) protest against corruption.
It was timed for maximum impact; it was executed with precision and stealth and so it took most people by surprise. As the Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was about to begin reading the 2008-2009 budget address in the House of Assembly last Thursday morning, member of […]
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