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Prime Minister Skerrit’s Response to Demands for Electoral Reform still Vague and Uncertain

Q95News - The United Workers Party, the Dominican Freedom Party, several other local political organizations as well as the general public, have been persistently advocating for electoral reform before the next general election which is constitutionally due in 2010. There have been calls for the implementation of voter ID cards, election observers and the sanitization […]

Ron Green is Calling on Prime Minister Skerrit to Come Clean

Leader of the Opposition United Workers Party Hon. Ronald Green is challenging Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit to make known to the public the details of his receipt from the Integrity Commission, as regards the declaration of his assets.

DLP Government Wants to Keep more Nationals at Home

Dominica’s Prime Minister said better days are coming while the opposition leader expressed several concerns as they addressed nationals on Tuesday on the occasion of the country’s 31st Anniversary of Independence. Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has been telling the nation that his government wants to reduce the number of people leaving the country.

PM Skerrit says VAT is necessary

Prime Minister Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, while addressing those from the Dominica Diaspora community gathered at the State House to discuss the Draft Diaspora Policy Paper, explained just how important fiscal stability is to any country and the importance of taxes to attaining this goal. He noted that in the US, UK, Caribbean countries and other […]

Martiniquan workers strike

The majority of service stations around Martinique have been closed indefinitely as workers begin industrial action.
Up to 70 percent of the service stations are reported to be affected by the strike which began on Monday.
The strikers say an agreement reached between the trade unions and government, that ended similar industrial action earlier this year, is […]