Opposition Leader Lennox Linton says he is amazed that the judicial system allegedly recruited three attorneys from T&T regarding matters pertaining to the opposition members.
He has called this a blatant misuse of state funds.
Charges have been brought against Lennox Linton on obstruction and incitement, and five (5) others on disturbances in the city February 7th, 2017.
Linton, Deputy Leader Joshua Francis and Former PRO for the UWP Nicholas George all pleaded not guilty.

Opposition Leader Lennox Linton
Former PM Edison James, Government Minister Joseph Isaac and Economist Thompson Fontaine did not show up to court on Thursday.
The matter has been adjourned to March 28th 2019.
Attorneys have already been acquired for the defence team.

Minister for Energy Ian Douglas says the geothermal program for Dominica is on track.

He states that the application will be sent to the World Bank in December 2018 for funding, saying that all of the funding needed for the building of the domestic plant has been secured.

Minister for Energy Ian Douglas

Dominican, William Barber is being hailed a hero for saving the lives of two young children who were trapped in a burning building Wednesday night.
Barber said he was riding his bicycle when he noticed the blaze at the home at the junction of Tanner and Cross streets in Antigua.
He told state media after trying the front door with no success he tried to push his way through a window, but this also proved futile.
It was reported that a 6, 3 and 2-year-old were all alone at the time of the fire and the eldest had escaped to seek help.
One of the children was kept overnight at the hospital while the two others were treated and discharged.

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a $33.5 million grant to help finance an integrated solid waste management program in northern Haiti.
The program’s goal is to boost living conditions in the departments of Cap-Haitien, Limonade and Quartier Morin by improving management and funding solid waste handling and final disposal infrastructure.
With nearly 1.5 million inhabitants, Haiti’s northern region has one of the fastest demographic growth rates in the country. The area is undergoing a fast urbanization process and suffers from high unemployment, poverty and inequality rates as well as from a chronic deficit in basic public services access.

UK fighter jets intercepted two Russian bombers encroaching on its airspace Thursday, Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
The Russian Blackjack bombers were flying over the North Sea and failed to communicate with air traffic control, making them a threat to other planes, the MoD said in a statement.
British Typhoon fighters were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland and escorted the planes north.

​On Thursday, Senior Counsel Israel Khan and two assistant lawyers were retained from Trinidad along with the office of the DPP are representing the DLP government in the court matter of obstruction and incitement during the UWP meeting on February 7, 2017 against Opposition Leader Lennox Linton, General Secretary of UWP Nicholas George, Hon. Joshua Francis, Mr. Edison James, Hon. Dr. Thomson Fontaine and Hon. Joseph Isaac. Everyone was properly served with the exception of Mr. James. Joseph Isaac is the only person on island not present at court.
 
Senior Khan was shocked to learn that Isaac is government minister and not present at court for the hearing of the matter.
 
The complaints were brought by Inspector George Theophile of the Dominica Police Force. The charges were only made available to the DPP, Evalina Baptiste a few days ago. Francis, Linton and George pleaded not non guilty to the charges.
 
Francis is being represented by Mrs Gina Dyer, Henry Dyer and Senior Counsel Justin Simon. Linton, George, Fontaine and James are being represented by Gildon Richards, Ronald Charles and Julien Prevost. The matter was adjourned to March 28, 2019. Attorney Richards made a request for disclosure. Magistrate ruled for disclosure to be made by the last working day of December 2018. Magistrate Riviere presided on the matter.

​Montreal Consultant Establishment is the overseeing head of the Petite Savanne Resettlement Project.
 
Project Manager Christopher Timmins, in a recent interview says that things are moving smoothly as well as lessons being learnt, so that they may be applied to future projects.
 
He says that the first 39 units at Belleview Chopin will be ready for handing over in a few days.
 
Timmins says that there are numerous other housing projects to be constructed giving plenty room for application.

​Christopher Timmins, Project Manager of Petite Savanne Resettlement Project

​Founder of the Dominica Dementia Foundation, Rianna Patterson, has announced her executive’s plans to celebrate World Alzheimer’s Day on 21st September 2018, in addition the Dementia friends training on 22ndSeptember 2018.
 
Her foundation has observed September as Alzheimer’s month, and has made Dominica the second Caribbean island to join the global movement for Dementia patients.

​Founder of the Dominica Dementia Foundation, Rianna Patterson

​British Virgin Islands premier and minister of finance, Dr Orlando Smith, will be leading a two-week trade mission to Africa in November.
 
The 2018 BVI Africa Trade Mission will take place from November 5 to 16 and will cover three countries and four of Africa’s major business hubs namely: Cape Town, South Africa; Nairobi, Kenya; Abuja, Nigeria; and Lagos, Nigeria.
Interim executive director of BVI Finance, Lorna Smith, said, “We have set our sights on Africa for quite some time now as it represents a major opportunity for our financial services industry.
 
We are therefore very much looking forward to taking our message, to the governments and business centres where we can work effectively to develop relationships that will benefit all. We are very pleased to be able to make this visit to further strengthen the profile of the BVI in Africa.”

​Hundreds of people are feared missing after a ferry capsized on Lake Victoria in north Tanzania.
A senior local official told Reuters that 42 people had been confirmed dead, adding that rescue efforts had been suspended until dawn on Friday.
 
Another official said earlier on Thursday that the vessel was overloaded with more than 400 people on board.
The MV Nyerere ferry overturned near the shore between the islands of Ukora and Bugolora.
Locals joined with emergency teams in rescue efforts on Thursday afternoon.
 
The Tanzanian government has confirmed the ferry capsized but exact figures for those on board are yet to be confirmed.