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Record Number of Candidates for Dominica Election

By DWNews Editor ⋅ December 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Q95News - Electoral officials in Dominica say a record 62 candidates have filed nomination papers for this month’s general election. That’s 16 more than the figure for the 2005 poll. The incumbent Dominica Labor party is fielding a full slate of candidates; while the main opposition United Workers Party is contesting 17 of the 21 […]

Hon Ron Green Labels the DLP Manifesto as Filled with Vague Wishy-Washy Promises

By DWNews Editor ⋅ December 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Q95News - Ron Green says the new manifesto of the Dominica Labour Party is at best replete with lies and vague wishy-washy promises. He says the DLP manifesto cannot compare to the 20concrete pledges of his party backed by a promise of accountability and transparency. He states further that the DLP manifesto is eerily similar […]

McKenzie says Dominica is going to be assaulted by ‘sophisticated electoral fraud’

By DWNews Editor ⋅ December 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Q95News - Severin McKenzie, member of the Citizen’s Forum for Good Governance calls on the relevant authorities to put a stop to the DLP’s plan to import Diaspora Dominicans to vote in constituencies where they do not hold majority support. He stresses that free and fair elections for the Dominican people have proven to be […]

St. Kitts government says it will sign conduct code

By DWNews Editor ⋅ November 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

BBC Caribbean - The governing Labour Party in St Kitts and Nevis has denied reports that it has refused to sign a code of conduct intended to police the coming elections that’s yet to be announced.

Labour Government’s ‘Red Clinic’ Crippling the Economy says Former Prime Minister Edison James

By DWNews Editor ⋅ November 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Q95News - Former Prime Minister Edison James says the Labour Party Government’s Public Support Program commonly referred to as the ‘Red Clinic’, is crippling Dominica’s Economy. James, who was making reference to a statement made by PM Skerrit claiming that Dominica is doing much better than other countries in the region, says this program has […]

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