Medical syringes dumped in garbage disposed on the Laudat roadside worries Roseau Valley residents6/27/2018 Medical syringes dumped in garbage disposed on the Laudat roadside worries Roseau Valley residents. Residents are concerned that chemicals from the syringes could be harmful to the health of persons in the area where they were dumped. It is not clear as to the purposes for which were used, or who dumped them there.
However, residents indicated that the syringes have been there for more than one month, and Environment Health Department was allegedly contacted at least five times, and informed of the residents’ concerns. The situation has been described as unsavory and want something done about the matter urgently. They also object to garbage beng dumped along the roadsides. Health officials say they were unaware of that issue and explain that there are procedures in place at all Health Centres in which biomedical waste is collected. They store it at the Health Centres and on special days the solid waste truck goes to the district and picks up this waste and takes it to the landfill. It is being surmised that somebody with their own private items may be responsible for these irresponsible acts, as it could not be from the Health Centers. Health officials have promised to look into the matter.
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Speaking at the Fourth Meeting of the Third Session of the Ninth Parliament, under the Commonwealth of Dominica Constitution, on Monday June 25, 2018, President of the UWP Senator Isaac Baptiste deemed the DLP’s proposed housing resolution as being inadequate to fulfill the needs of Dominicans suffering in the society. Baptiste emphasized the need for DLP candidates and MP’s to conduct serious work activities for the people, rather than politicize aid. He also acknowledged the government’s proposed financial contribution to the most vulnerable post hurricane Maria. He however highlighted the fact that the amount being given, is significantly lower than what is needed, despite the fact that there is enough money to adequately assist all of the persons in need of housing. President of the UWP, Senator Isaac Baptiste
The North Eastern Comprehensive School holds its 2018 Graduation Ceremony today. Five (5) students will graduate with a high school diploma with general Honours, eight (8) with distinctions, fifty-one (51) with merits and fourteen (14) with general passes.
The theme for this year's NECS graduation ceremony is "No pressure, no diamonds." Featured speaker is Dr Alfius Alick, Medical specialist at the Accident & Emergency Department in Wesley. Trade Minister Ian Douglas takes issue with Opposition raising certain issues at Parliament sittings6/27/2018 Trade Minister Ian Douglas says he is not impressed by the Opposition's style of bringing up issues which he claims are not on the agenda at parliament sittings. Speaking on monies obtained as a result of government ventures post Hurricane Maria, Douglas says these monies are being used to improve the lives of ordinary Dominicans. Meanwhile Douglas says it was the job of every parliamentary representative to find out the residents affected in the communities, and the requirements for getting them back on their feet. Trade Minister Ian Douglas
The motor vessel ‘Pacific Hope’ is docked in Dominica at the Cabrits in Portsmouth for the next three years. Passific Hope is a missionary ship which has been around for 27 years and provides a range of medical services including dental and eye services. There are over forty Volunteers are on board the vessel. Captain of the vessel Marvin Wilson says that it’s available to everyone but advises people who can afford to see a local doctor do so. Wilson says on a weekly basis hundreds of Dominicans are benefiting from the medical services being provided, which are oral and visual, but also makes it clear that this not a replacement for the Local Doctor. Pacific hope plans to dry dock in August to do maintenance work, and is currently on a fund raising drive to upgrade and retrofit the medical facility to enhance the services being offered.
The government of Antigua and Barbuda, in collaboration with the United States government, has launched a specially-appointed national task force and endorsed the Caribbean Citizen Security Toolkit to strengthen the use of evidence-based programming and policy-making for crime prevention under the aegis of the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) CariSECURE project.
Attorney general and minister of justice, legal affairs, public safety and labour, Steadroy Benjamin, announced and officially appointed the task force during a ceremony in Antigua. He also signed an agreement officially to endorse the toolkit that will help agencies standardize, disaggregate, and share crime data under the USAID project being implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). USAID mission director for the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, Christopher Cushing, told launch participants the effects of crime and violence had far-reaching implications for productive societies and for youth. Cocaine supplies and heroin seizures have hit a record high, a new report finds.
Supplies of cocaine in 2016 and opium from 2016 to 2017 hit their highest ever recorded levels, according to the 2018 World Drug report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on Tuesday. Non-medical use of prescription drugs, such as fentanyl, are also becoming a major threat to public health, increasingly contributing to overdose deaths, particularly in the United States. Globally, deaths from drug use reached an estimated 450,000 in 2015. Nearly 40% of those deaths resulted from the direct result of drug use -- primarily overdoses from opioids. The remaining 60% of those deaths were attributable to the indirect use of drugs, such as HIV and Hepatitis C obtained from unsafe injections. In one of his final interviews, the late Dr Merlin Kelsick reminded the general public that Money isn’t everything, and that God did not put us here to make other people suffer, but rather to help each other. Dr. Kelsick was a guest on ‘In the Spotlight’ hosted by Ferdina Frampton and stated that he knows God placed him in Dominica for a purpose. He urged others to ‘do unto others as you would like them to do unto you’. These words have forever echoed into who he was as a man, and the legacy he left behind as advocate for positivity. Late Dr. Merlin Kelsick
Since the passage of Hurricane Maria in September 2017, the morale and structure of the Dominica Police force has broken down significantly. According to Business man and Executive member of the Dominica Freedom Party, Michael Astaphan, the current involvement of political heads in the operation of the Dominica Police Force warrants immediate intervention. Dominica Freedom Party Executive Member, Michael Astaphan
Wesley MP Ezekiel Bazil urging DLP Government to provide equitable housing help all around Dominica6/27/2018 Wesley MP Ezekiel Bazil is urging the DLP led government and some of their supporters to refrain from engaging in politically motivated distribution of relief items and housing material, due to the harsh reality of destruction and discomfort caused by the passing of hurricane Maria, last September. Bazil was speaking at the Fourth Meeting of the Third Session of the Ninth Parliament, under the Commonwealth of Dominica Constitution, on Monday 25 June 2018 Bazil says his constituency has not been assisted equitably since the passage of the hurricane, and has given his support to government’s plan to allocate US $40 million dollars for housing projects across Dominica. Additionally, the Wesley MP referenced a situation involving unfair distribution of EC 25000 to a non resident of Wesley or Woodford hill, who does not have property in Wesley and who did not experience any damage in housing. Wesley MP Ezekiel Bazi
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