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		<title>Georgia and the Commonwealth of Dominica Established Diplomatic Relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the joint communiqué, the establishment of diplomatic relations serves the interests of the peoples of Georgia and the Commonwealth of Dominica. Relations between the two states will be guided by the principles of national sovereignty, respect of territorial integrity and inviolability of frontiers of sovereign states.
The sides informed UN Secretary General on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit Says the Courts in Dominica Are Totally Independent</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says the courts in Dominica are ‘totally independent’ and permit anyone to put forward a case against anyone who has infringed on their fundamental rights. He says persons must not create the impression that the courts in Dominica are not independent and acting out of their own independence. 
Mr. Skerrit was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominica’s Indigenous People No Longer Want to be Referred to as Caribs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dominica’s indigenous people no longer want to be referred to as Caribs. The Council announced today that it has written to the Ministry of Tourism and Legal Affairs, with a copy to the Ministry of Carib Affairs, requesting that these outdated references to “Carib” in the Act legally be replaced and substituted with the term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outgoing Attorney General Francine Baron-Royer says her Decision to Step Down was not Due to any falling out with the DLP Administration or Pressure for her to Discontinue as AG</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Effective October 15th, Francine Baron Royer will no longer hold the position of Attorney General as her three year contract comes to an end. In a statement on DBS Radio, Baron-Royer stated that she will now be returning to her private practice after having served her country over the past three years.
Amid wide speculation as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carib Chief Has Accused Gov’t of Eroding an Act Governing the Indigenous People</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:14:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carib Chief Garnet Joseph is accusing the Roosevelt Skerrit led administration of eroding laws governing the indigenous people. There is still a tug of war over who should receive the keys of 41 newly constructed houses in the Carib Territory. Both the Carib Affairs Ministry and the Carib Council are claiming rights to receiving the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominica Government is Working to Obtain a Code 3 Classification for Night Landing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 12:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ports Minister Rayburn Blackmore says government is working to obtain a code 3 classification for night landing at the Melville hall aiport. Blackmore was responding to a statement by spokes person for American eagle Minette Verles, about restrictions by the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) from landing on runway 27 due to mountainous terrain at the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominica Fails to Meet the Millennium Development Goal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chairperson of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians and Speaker of the House of Assembly Alix Boyde Knights says top on her agenda would be efforts to increase the number of women in parliament. Boyde Knights was elected by more than 70 women member of parliaments and Legislatures from around the Commonwealth.
Dominica has failed to meet the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister Skerrit wants work ethics at the Melville Hall Airport to Improve</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 10:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says government will not tolerate lack of respect for the new and improved Melville Hall Airport. Night landing officially got on the way at the $110 million dollar newly refurbished Melville hall airport Tuesday night. PM Skerrit also had some advice for American Eagle who is expected to make inaugural flights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dominica Gets Set to Officially Commence Night Landing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism Minister Ian Douglas says night landing in Dominica will further develop the struggling tourism sector.Beginning Monday 20 September 2010, air access into Dominica will be greatly enhanced with the introduction of night landing at Melville hall, Margot. LIAT, Winair, and the Venezuelan airline Conviasa will conduct inaugural flights into Melville hall on Monday night [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ian Douglas Says a Number of Areas to be Reviewed in Light of Carnival Pull Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tourism Minister Ian Douglas says a number of areas have to examined in addressing some of the factors which could have contributed to the recent pull out of Dominica from the Carnival Cruise Lines Itinerary.  Douglas says the efficiency of the dispatching system, the congestion at the bayfront, presentation of vendors and the ambiance [...]]]></description>
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