PS in the Ministry of Agriculture Dr Reginald Thomas says post H. Maria his ministry has recognized the impacts of natural disasters on the country's food system.
He says the ability to feed oneself in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster is very important.
Hence; he says it was clear that the ministry needed to start doing things differently.
Dominica is currently being considered to hold a Global Resilient Centre for Agriculture. 

​Dr Thomas says an essential component of the resilient centre will be looking at research and development.

​PS in the Ministry of Agriculture Dr Reginald Thomas.

The official opening of the Kalinago Traditional Carnival will take place this Saturday February 23rd from 3pm, with a grand parade from the Point Bus Stop to the Sensay resource centre.
Events Coordinator Prosper Paris says there will be competitions and speeches from government officials.
He detailed the remaining activities planned for that community.

Events Coordinator of the Kalinago Carnival Organizing Committee Prosper Paris

Hotelier and Developer of Secret Bay residences Gregor Nassief says he welcomes the development of new resorts on the island.
He has congratulated the government on significant, positive impact to the tourism sector, and on the general economy of the Citizenship by Investment program.

Hotelier and Developer Gregor Nassief.

Opposition Leader Lennox Linton says a UWP government will reduce the size of cabinet by at least 40%, saying that it will pursue the appropriate constitutional amendments and enact legislation to limit the time in office for any Prime Minister to two, five year terms.
He made mention of establishing a fixed date for general elections every five years.

He says a new UWP government will enact legislation and regulations to legalize, grow, process and export cannabis, and cannabis based health and wellness products.

Opposition Leader Lennox Linton.

President of the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD) Paul Baron says Thursday marked a very important day for Dominica's youth in particular as a project dubbed "the Skills for Youth Employment in the Caribbean" was launched.
He says that project seeks to equip individuals with relevant tradable vocational skills in order to make them more marketable.

​President of the National Youth Council of Dominica (NYCD) Paul Baron.

Public Relations Officer of Junior Chamber International Dominica Tarnia Burnett is letting parents know ways in which they can register their children for the Kiddies Carnival.
Burnett says the organization is going on a registration drive this Saturday from St Joseph to Soufriere beginning at 10am.
The event is set to take place March 3rd.

​Public Relations Officer of Junior Chamber International Dominica Tarnia Burnett.

A single-engine aircraft crashed upon landing at Eteringbang, a remote mining community in western Guyana, according to a senior official from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority.
The Cessna 206 registered  (8R-GHB) to Fenix Airways was piloted by Captain Randy Liverpool, a former Air Traffic Controller, who perished in the accident.
This mishap comes on the heels of another plane crash less than a week ago in which the pilot, Lincoln Gomez, and another occupant escaped with minor injuries.

As more than 200 leaders from the Roman Catholic Church meet in Rome for an unprecedented summit to address clergy sexual abuse, a crisis is being renewed in India.
In the southern Indian state of Kerala, accusations of sexual abuse involving the Catholic Church have demonstrated the challenges of holding some members of the clergy to account, and the clerical pressures victims face to remain silent.
Last Saturday, a senior Catholic priest was sentenced to 20 years in prison by an Indian court for raping a 16-year-old girl in Kerala. The incident came to light only after the victim gave birth in February, 2017.

​The United Workers Party (UWP) says it has a vision for an organic agricultural Dominica, and the rest of the world is already bracing themselves for the Agricultural shift, says Mike Wallace Political Assistant to the MP for the Roseau South Constituency.
 
He made these statements in relation to the current agricultural vision that the UWP has been articulating and dubbed the new agricultural economy.
 
Wallace says Dominica is well placed to become fully agroeconomic and producing herbs, root crops and bananas organically, along with other produce within the nature island.

Mike Wallace, Political Assistant to the MP for the Roseau South Constituency

​United Workers Party (UWP) Candidate for the Cottage Constituency, Marcus Romain, says he is humbled by UWP Leader Lennox Linton’s love for Dominica. Romain compared Linton’s love for country to that of late Prime Minister Rosie Douglas.
 
Romain says his core beliefs of altruism, honesty and love for the people is what drives him and motivates him as a candidate.
 
He expressed these sentiments on a special edition of the program ‘Governance & the Economy’ on Tuesday night, during which he highlighted the influence of Mr Linton on his character.

​Romain says it is all about the people, and not self or personal interest or opinions along those lines, but rather the best interest of the people.

United Workers Party (UWP) Candidate for the Cottage Constituency Marcus Romain