​Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says despite the extremely low priced Covid19 tests within Dominica, persons still don’t pay.

Skerrit who is also The Finance Minister explained that the sheer costs of Covid testing, along with apparatuses and materials have gone up due to countries seeking to stock up on supplies.
 
This comes at a time when the global community has no idea as to when the end of Covid19 will be in sight; many of them have commented that this is a virus that we may have to live with.

Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit

​The Black Hole represents the female reproductive system, and we must give righteous recognition to the black woman this is according to Priest Isaac speaking as special guest on Observer Radio. Priest Isaac is of the Ethiopia Africa Black International congress and chairman of the black shepherd statical and churchical; an organization founded on the principle of edifying in areas of ancient history, anthropology, and the mystics, as it pertains to the identity of the creator.
 
Priest Isaac was speaking on the Egyptian mythology which depicts the Black Hole as representing the female reproductive system. According to ancient Egyptian mythology, Nut is the goddess of the sky & heavens.She was the daughter of Shu, god of vital breath, and his wife Tefnut, goddess of heat. She was usually depicted as a woman bent over Earth with her head in the West and feet in the East.
 
She was part of the cosmogony (a theory of the origin of the universe) of Heliopolis. The ancient Egyptians believed she protected the Earth deity Geb, her husband, from the night sky. She was also believed to have protected the dead until they were reborn in the Afterlife.Priest Isaac Shared some Astrophysics and scientific data to bring light to the black community as it relates to the place of Black women.

​He says after which a highly charged quasar is formed which attracts elements within its core.

​He added that there was a purposeful intention to have women removed from the God concept so that her true value would be downplayed.

​Priest Isaac, of the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress and Chairman of the Black Shepherd Statical & Churchical Organization

Three Dominicans are among twenty-three (23) recruits who recently completed 20 weeks of intense practical and theoretical training as part of the Basic Military Course 01 of 2020 in St. Kitts.

The three Dominicans who are now officers of Alpha Company or the regular corps of the Defense Force, are Ashlyn Carbon and Candia Anthony of Woodford hill, and Jamil Wallace of Portsmouth. Besides the challenges and occasions of self-doubt they faced, the three say they are extremely happy to represent their country.

​The number of Covid19 cases in Dominica remains at 18 says Ministry of Health, Wellness and new investment officials.

There has been a growing concern amongst the general public as it relates to the current updates of active cases because of a recent interception of two persons who had tested positive on rapid antibody testing over the weekend.

Chief Health Ministry Epidemiologist Dr Salahuddin Ahmad speaking at Monday’s Press briefing updated the general public, in saying a follow up test of these two individuals was done using the PCR testing method.

These two individuals were two Dominican returnees highlighted by Dr. Ahmed.

He then shared the mandatory protocols that are implemented presently by the Ministry of health

​He then shared the criteria to disapprove any incoming visitors. 

​Chief Epidemiologist in the Health Ministry, Dr. Shalauddin Ahmad

Access into Dominica is very fluid right now because travel demand is very low worldwide, says Deputy Coordinator for the reopening of Borders Mr. Colin Piper.

Piper says it is best to ensure one is up to speed on traveling advisories and other personal search, to be aware of the current health protocols implemented by the country one is visiting or departing from.
Some of the hubs for travel to Dominica’s would be St. Martin, Antigua, Barbados, Point a Pitre, and St. Juan. 

​Mr. Piper then listed a few Airline that will resume service Effective Aug 11, 2020. 

​Deputy Coordinator for the reopening of Boarders, Mr. Colin Piper.

The OECS Commission and USAID will collaborate in jointly hosting a webinar that addresses Youth and Juvenile Justice Reform through Facebook and LinkedIn at 2pm on Wednesday. 

The objective of the webinar is geared towards celebrating the achievements of youth in the Eastern Caribbean. Specifically, the webinar will offer an opportunity to learn about the achievements of the Juvenile Justice Reform Project through testimonials and a panel discussion on The Resilience of Youth In Times of Crisis. 

The Juvenile Justice Reform Program (JJRP) has been implemented in the region for over a decade starting in 2008 with Phase 1 and continuing on to Phase II in October 2016. JJRP focuses on three components: diversion, rehabilitation and reintegration of children in conflict with the law. The project is being implemented in the six OECS Independent Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada. 

International Youth Day celebrations this year will take place on Wednesday August 12, 2020 under the theme ‘Youth Engagement for Global Action’.

Popular Chairman of the Dominica Association of Evangelical Churches Pastor Randy Rodney appears to be concerned by the Covid-19 Travel Advisory imposed on Dominica by the United States. 
 
On August 6, 2020 the US Department of State & the Bureau of Consular affairs issued a level three Travel advisory on Dominica. The statement reads; Reconsider travel to Dominica due to health and safety measures and COVID-related conditions. Exercise increased caution in Dominica due to civil unrest. Read the Department of State’s COVID-19 page before you plan any international travel on travel.state.Gov    

Travelers to Dominica may experience border closures, airport closures, travel prohibitions, stay at home orders, business closures, and other emergency conditions within Dominica due to COVID-19. Visit the Embassy's COVID-19 page for more information on COVID-19 in Dominica. The Country Summary states: Demonstrations and protests can take place with little or no notice. Local authorities have used tear gas to disrupt protests. 

Rodney is unapologetically calling for a retraction of the statement of the US department of State, re its Travel advisory to US citizens interested in traveling to the Commonwealth of Dominica.

Pastor and Chairman of the Dominica Association of Evangelical Churches, Randy Rodney

Hotelier and Former Minister of Agriculture Atherton Martin says he is baffled by the blatant neglect and lack of the progress shown by officials of the Roosevelt Skerrit Administration, in the advancing renewable energy sector. Speaking on Q95 recently, Martin exposed the intentions of the Roosevelt Skerrit Administration, who have apparently wasted over 10 years of investment in the energy sector, after a comprehensive energy development and export plan was developed in 2012 to transition Dominica into a Green economy. 

Martin calls for better stewardship of the country’s natural resources as these resources provide an economic service for the country. He added that the money spent so far by the Skerrit-led DLP Administration in the Geothermal Project, could have been redirected into Solar, Wind and Hydro energy projects, which would have greatly benefited the nation economically by now.

​The Former Agriculture Minister is calling the DLP-led government’s announcement about building a Geothermal Plant, ‘a Cliché and a pie in the sky project!’ As the administration has promised Dominicans this high profile project, for years.

Youth Activist Sky George speaks to the statistics surrounding the unemployment and poverty rate of the Kalinago people in Dominica. The Kalinagos are the indigenous people of Dominica, yet have to date not received enough rights to their own lands, and are currently deprived of major economic earnings in their community.

According to the Sun Newspaper on august 6, 2016, the Roosevelt Skerrit Administration’s Medium-term Growth and Social Protection Strategy, published in 2006, categorically stated that the Kalinago Territory has the highest incidence of poverty in Dominica where over half of the households are poor and 35% are indigent. When the report was published a few years ago, the researchers found that housing conditions among the indigenous people were substantially worse, than for other poor households in Dominica.
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Another report, published by the Christian Children's Fund three years earlier, paints an even grimmer picture. "There has been a rapid deterioration in the standard of living among all Kalinago people," the CCF report categorically states. "In Dominica, in particular, the Kalinago Territory is one of the poorest and most neglected areas, with no running water in about 75 percent of the area, high unemployment rate, poor educational facilities and poor-quality nutrition." The CCF report added that about 70 percent of the houses are in dilapidated conditions and many are "infested with rodents, bugs, cockroaches and other insects creating unhygienic conditions which contribute to serious asthma attacks and other related respiratory and health illnesses".

Felix Henderson
 
Manager of Val Ferry Dominica, Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles, thanked to the general public on behalf of the family of popular creole broadcaster and radio personality Felix Henderson, who recently fell ill, for their support and financial contributions to his medical expenses in Martinique.
 
Wadix again thanked the various radio stations and news outlets who participated in the successful radiothon aimed at garnering funds for Mr. Henderson.
 
He revealed during a brief interview On Q95’s Hot Seat show with hostMathias Peltier on Monday, that approximately $50,000 had been raised on that radiothon to date, but he expected that some more of the pledges made would be received in the course of this week.

​Wadix appealed to those who pledged donations to honor their pledge.
He also stated that Mr. Henderson has been discharged from the hospital, however, he will remain in Martinique for one more month for Therapy.

​Event Promoter and Radio Personality, Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles