Q95 news has been reliably informed that Dominica’s Government requested that its fees to the Organization of American States (OAS) be waived, due to the onslaught brought upon the country by Hurricane Maria in September 2017.
It is said that every member of the OAS agreed to fulfil this request accept the Trinidadian government, insisting that Dominica pays all of its fees owed to the organization. Reports indicate that Dominica’s Ambassador was visibly stunned.
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US President Donald Trump has said he is keen to meet Kim Jong-un after being told the North Korean leader's trip to China "went very well".
But Mr Trump said maximum sanctions and pressure on North Korea would continue ahead of proposed talks in May. He added that denuclearization of the Korean peninsula was now a possibility. The comments follow Mr Kim's meeting with China's President Xi Jinping, in his first known foreign trip since taking office in 2011. Mr Kim and his wife were greeted with a banquet and a guard of honour, with the North Korean leader reportedly saying he was committed to denuclearization. China is North Korea's main economically. The Dominica Association of Persons with Disabilities has launched a new fundraising documentary. The documentary is on disasters and persons with disabilities - the Hurricane Maria experience. Director of the DAPD Nathalie Murphy Meanwhile, the association will host its 4th Annual Reggae on the Beach. The festival is undertaken in collaboration with Frederic Huwad and the Portsmouth Association for yachting services. The event will be held at the Purple Turtle Beach on April 7th. Partner of Reggae on the Beach Frederic Huwad says that all performers for this event agreed to participate free of charge. Frederic Huwad
The Eastern District road network will undergo a major transformation with a $56 million dollar project on the cards. That’s according to the Parliamentary Representative for the Castle Bruce Constituency Johnson Drigo. The survey for the designs of the project has been launched. Parliamentary Representative for the Castle Bruce Constituency Johnson Drigo
ICT Minister says Government is rebuilding a more resilient emergency communications network3/28/2018 Minister for Information, Science Telecommunications & technology Kelver Darroux says Government has begun the process of rebuilding a more resilience emergency communications network. Darroux says the network which operates within the Government system was severely compromised following Hurricane Maria. He says the Government has recognized the problem with the network and systems are bring put in place to make it more reliable. Minister for Information, Science Telecommunications & Technology Kelver Darroux.
PS in the Ministry of Health Davis Letang says the most essential services have been restored at the Princess Margaret Hospital. He says the medical wards are fully operational following repairs post hurricane Maria. However work is still ongoing on various other unites of the hospital. Letang says repairs are at the advanced stages on the health centres across the island. PS in the Ministry of Health Davis Letang
Education Minister Petter St Jean says the Education Sector has been enhanced with the accomplishments of 24 principals and other school leaders. They were awarded masters of Science degrees in management and educational leadership from the University of the West Indies. St Jean recognized the efforts of the successful principals, some of whom attended the safe schools emergency preparedness program on Monday. Principals and other school officials have been asked to take ownership of the safe school emergency program. Minister for Education Petter St Jean says the program financed by IRA AID and UNIVED is for the safety of schools on island during and after a disaster. Minister for Education Petter St Jean
Vast improvement in behaviour of children in Dominica reported 6 months post Hurricane Maria3/28/2018 Overseas based Psychologist in trauma treatment Jane Williamson says there has been a vast improvement in the behaviour of children of Dominica 6 months after hurricane Maria. Many of the country's children who have experienced hurricane Maria have had a change in behaviour from the trauma and stress associated with the negative impact the storm had on them and their families. But through therapy and counselling many have been able to recover from the experience. The group Ba-HI specialists for traumatized children has been working in the Newtown area to help children recover from their experience. The Ministry of Education has also been working with teachers on how to deal with students who are traumatized following Hurricane Maria. Visiting psychologist Jane Williamson says there is much more laughter among the children at present. Overseas based Psychologist in trauma treatment Jane Williamson
After the March 13 general election in Grenada, which saw the incumbent New National Party (NNP) win a consecutive clean-sweep at the polls, winning all 15 seats up for grabs, under the leadership of prime minister, Dr Keith Mitchell, who won his fifth non-consecutive term as prime minister, all senate seats are within his nomination, with the second-place finisher, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), being invited to fill at least one of those seats up for grabs.
During the last parliamentary session, the senate seat made available to the NDC was filled by NDC leader, Nazim Burke, who was also the minister for finance in the previous Tillman Thomas administration that eventually lost to Mitchell and the NNP in 2013. This new session has, however, been met with controversy as some people within the NDC are considering whether or not to pick someone from their ranks to fill the senate position, or to allow to continue with whomever he wishes to select under his prerogative. On Friday, Jewish families around the world will gather to celebrate Passover and recount the exodus from Egypt.
But for many British Jews, an altogether more contemporaneous subject is also likely to be on the agenda at the festive meal. On Monday, the leadership of Britain's biggest Jewish groups organized an unprecedented demonstration outside the UK Parliament, accusing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of turning a blind eye to a resurgence of anti-Semitism in British politics, particularly within his own party. |
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