The Roseau Cathedral is still four (4) million dollars short of being renovated says Bishop of Roseau Bishop Gabriel Malzaire.
 
The Roseau Cathedral renovation project which began in 2013, at an estimated cost of 2million, has now gotten an estimated renovation cost price of 12 million dollars.
 
Many have argued that the amount of money being spent on one building to worship the creator, could be used to not only build a new church, but also build houses for the homeless and elderly.
 
Persons have questioned over the years, why does God need a 12 million dollar building for worship, and monies collected every Sunday, when his greatest commandment was to love thy neighbor as thy self, and do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
 
It’s been 7 years now since 2013, and Bishop Malzaire says that so far, the flooring of the building is still being worked on, but the roof is however completed.
 
He explains that things have not been moving at the rate that they have been expecting, and is calling on persons to offer their monies to help build the cathedral

​Bishop of Roseau, Gabriel Malzaire.

Police are investigating the cause of a traffic accident which took place in Massacre on Thursday evening, which left a young man fighting for his life.
 
Q95 is still awaiting the official reports on the matter, however footage of the incident as well as word from persons on the ground, show a young man who was riding the motor vehicle, which collided with a jeep type vehicle in the massacre area.
 
The collision impact left the young man pinned to the edge of a drain with his spine bent in a ‘C’ like shape, and his head and neck leveraging the rest of his contorted body.
 
The individual was transported to the China Friendship Hospital,but no further information has been revealedon his condition.
 
Q95 news will bring more information on the matter as soon as it is made available.
 

​Keynote Speaker of the recently held manufacturers association symposium, Dr. Peter Alfred, has championed the call for all hands-on deck to move Dominica’s Manufacturing sector forward.
 
Dr. Alfred said this is a collaborative effort that will need the private sector, public sector, multilateral agencies, as well as the international community.
 
He added that it is important to broaden the membership base, and seek to strengthen the organization, to help mobilize and motivate its members.
 
He says that the DMA should seek to meet and exceed the expectation of its members.

​Keynote Speaker of the recently held manufacturers association symposium, Dr. Peter Alfred.

​The Center Where Adolescents Learn to Love and Serve (CALLS) in collaboration with the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) completed a 20-day assessors training to enable instructors to deliver training in Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) subjects and Early Childhood Education.
 
CFLI coordinator, Tamaisha Eytle said that the fund is part of the Canadian Government’s commitment to improving lives and livelihoods, economic empowerment and empowering people to help others. She congratulated CALLS for their innovation in focusing not only on infrastructural development but also on the development of the 17 recipients who are equipped with skills to build Dominica and the region by extension. She reminded the individuals that they have become part of the future of innovation and education for the Caribbean.
 
The CFLI also assisted in refurbishing the daycare center and remodeling the bathroom area at the center.

​The Dominica Police Force promises to implement new traffic measures which will alleviate traffic congestion throughout the city of Roseau.Police Chief Daniel Carbon made mention of the specific actions to be taken and urged all motorists to cooperate with the police officers.

Police Chief, Daniel Carbon

​Bishop of the Diocese of Roseau Gabriel Malzaire is urging all Catholics and Christians, to take the Lenten season seriously, claiming that the young people of this decade must be guided to control their urge to fete during this season.
 
Bishop Malzaire is also calling on radio personalities and organizers to refrain from encouraging reveling during those 6 weeks. This season begins on 26th February and ends on 9th April 2020. Lent is a solemn religious observance in the Christian liturgical calendar which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends about six weeks later, before Easter Sunday.

​Bishop of the Diocese of Roseau, Gabriel Malzaire

​General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU) Thomas Letang, believes not enough has been done to recognize Exile One Cadence-Lypso legend Gordon Henderson and others who have contributed greatly to the promotion of Dominica.
 
Letang is of the opinion that some important place on island should have already been named after Mr. Henderson.

General Secretary of the Dominica Public Service Union (DPSU), Thomas Letang

​The Waterfront and Allied Workers Union (WAWU) has expressed that it is concerned about the posture of the administrative section of the Labour Ministry, where disputes are normally settled between the Union’s executive and the administrative branch of the Ministry.
 
WAWU Secretary Treasurer Kertiste Augustus told Q95 news that on Wednesday he sought an audience with the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, to report an outstanding matter that is before her ministry and he was given a ‘run around.’

​Augustus says this dispute was declared by the Union on 7th January 2020, and deals with the management of the West Coast Cooperative Credit Union.

​He continued further by making a call to the Minister for Labour to intervene in this situation to resolve communication between the Union and the Administrative staff of the Labour Ministry.

Secretary Treasurer of the Waterfront and Allied Workers Union, Kertiste Augustus

​The featured speaker of the Dominica Manufacturers Association’s (DMA) Symposium, Dr Peter Alfred, an overseas-based Dominican with expertise in business, export and manufacturing, outlined areas of key focus for local manufacturers which were heavily based on collaboration.
 
Dr Alfred says manufacturing for the local markets must “be brought to operate at an appropriate level, producing goods competitively, before there can be any serious expectation of success in overseas markets.”
 
Dr Peter Alfred has worked in several regional countries and also as a consultant with the World Bank on matters of export and trade.
 
The Dominica Bureau of Standards, the Invest Dominica Authority, Jolly’s Manufacturing, the US Embassy in Barbados and the OECS Competitive Business Unit also made presentations at the symposium on standards and packaging, fiscal incentives, collaboration, technical support and access to US markets.

​The Ministry of Trade promised unwavering support for the manufacturing subsector of the private sector in Dominica, according to an announcement by Minister for Trade Reginald Austrie, at the recent Dominica Manufactures Association’s National Symposium.
 
Austrie said the Ministry of Trade and Commerce is of the view that the Association must be recognized for its continuous efforts to keep Manufacturing in the spotlight.
 
He added that all the work done with the previous ministry will now be accelerated with this new ministry now headed by him.

​Minister of Trade, Reginald Austrie.
 
Meantime,  DMA President, Severin McKenzie says he is encouraged and optimistic about collaboration between government and the association, and is now focused on solutions, and not on problems.