​Environmental Activist Farah Theodore is encouraging Dominicans to preserve their natural soils and continue to produce and eat local foods.
 
Ms Theodore says using too many chemicals that are toxic to the soil will see us feed ourselves to sickness. She added that presently, we are in a more unhealthy state as a society than we have been in a very long time, and she is encouraging a change in that situation.

​She says there is a lot of information available out there that could spark action.

​Environmental Activist, Farah Theodore

Surgeon, Medical Professor in New York, and son of the late great Marcus Garvey, Dr Julius Garvey, says more people need to continue the fight against bad systems.
 
Garvey says, ‘we need to learn from our history.’ He is of the opinion that Dominican scholars should resurrect the true history of the maroons. Dr. Garvey was speaking on the 'Global View on Q' Radio program hosted by Sheridan Gregoire (Mr. G) on Tuesday night.

Dr. Julius Garvey says more people need to continue the fight against the system of white supremacy irrespective of what they have accomplished.

Surgeon and Medical Professor, Dr. Julius Garvey ​.

After 42 years of independence and almost 60 years of Jamaican independence, Attorney at law Gabriel Christian questioned ‘what have we done?’ He pointed to the lack of inclusion of the history and story of the Neg Maroon and Kalinago tribe in the school curriculum.
 
Attorney Christian expressed his sentiments on the ‘Global View on Q’ radio program hosted by Mr. Sheridan Gregoire (Mr. G) last night.

​He asserts it is important in educating the new generation.

Attorney Gabriel Christian.

Economist and Senior Economic and International Policy Adviser to the government of South Sudan in Africa, and former IMF Economist Dr. Thomson Fontaine cautions Dominicans to take seriously, the measures which help mitigate the spread of Covid-19, as the world faces another major spike in cases and deaths caused by the Virus, which was recognized as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
 
Dr Fontaine reports some of the Official feedback now emerging from findings received from recently conducted research on the virus, revealing some new effects that some patients received after recovering from the virus strain.

​Economist and Senior Economic and International Policy Adviser to the government of South Sudan, Africa, Dr. Thomson Fontaine.

​CEO of WICE Q95 FM radio, Former Corporate Executive and Prominent Businessman, Sheridan Gregoire, joins the call for a Unified and strategic Dominican Health Network – to advance telemedicine initiatives and development of an accurate electronic Database of Patients and Medical Professionals within that network.
 
Gregoire says Dominica’s Health Professionals living abroad need to be directly engaged in the development of an Effective, Reliable and Affordable Health Care System for the benefit of all Dominicans.

CEO of WICE Q95 FM radio, Former Corporate Executive and Prominent Businessman, Sheridan Gregoire.

Now is the time to get back to our true cultural identity and start recognizing ourselves as “Waitukubuli”, as the first step in finding ourselves.
 
That’s according to Environmental Activist Ms Farah Theodore. She spoke to Q95 journalists on the current Socio-economic & socio-cultural environment and disposition and expressed the view that what is needed now is a concerted effort to get back to where we were 30 years ago.
 
She contends that this notion of “getting back to where we were” creates the imagery of us moving backwards rather than forward, buta reasonable first step would be to reassess our sense of self-Identity.

​The need to change our lifestyles, adapting our economy, and creating a sort of local people empowerment movement in our societies is one that needs to be implemented, says Theodore.

​Environmental Activist, Ms Farah Theodore.

Financial Information month is quickly coming to its helm, but the need to be resilient and be financially secure is not. This year the focus is "Building Financial Resilience in a COVID-19 Environment" and the theme of this year’s celebration is Financial Empowerment Through Education.
 
It is with this in mind that Jaedee Caines, Business Development and Marketing Officer at the Nevis Co-Operative Credit Union highlights some the online services which are available to help persons conduct their business in this new normal.
 
During this Covid season there is a lot of fear around financial security, especially as the world has officially gone digital, Ms. Caines reassures persons that the ECCB has cyber security measures in place to ensure the safety of their online transactions.
 
She also gave advice that persons can use to ensure they are safe as well.

She continued with more tips and advice on safe security practices.

​Jaedee Caines, Business Development and Marketing Officer at the Nevis Co-Operative Credit Union.

The DLP Government in Dominica continues efforts to promote its CBI program, withannouncements of adjustments and creation of various CBI programs, in order to boost its revenue.For the Past 15 years, the Skerrit-led DLPAdministration has been heavily reliant on its CBI program to generate revenue into Dominica – while sidelining many of the country’s economic pillars.
 
On September 7, 2020, Roseau-based Advance Global Partners announced its partnership with the government of Dominica, to implement a new Entrepreneur Visa program, under which those who invest from US$50,000 and spend three months a year in the country would qualify for naturalization in two years.In this vein, CCM Executive Member John Blanchard, is expressing concern over the convenience of residency requirement, as this coincides with the voting residency requirements for voting in Dominica.Blanchard questions, “Is this a systematic tactic to sway elections in Dominica?”

​John Blanchard also exposes how some of these Visa applicants successfully beat the system, by the receipt of monthly receipts for utility bills and rental of property. As a result, such individuals can easily present these receipts to the registrar during election time, which automatically make this foreign national eligible to vote as a citizen, through this CBI program.

​CCM Executive Member, John Blanchard.

​Event Promoter and Culture Activist, Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles, is discouraging citizens from neighboring French islands, to refrain from attempting to come into Dominica illegally – in efforts to de-stress from the strict guidelines now in effect in those countries. Due to the high cases of Covid-19 in the French territories.
 
In Guadeloupe, Coronavirus Cases are at 7,474, 115 deaths and 2,199 have recovered. In Martinique, there are 2,257 cases, 24 deaths and 98 have recovered.

​Event Promoter and Culture Activist, Leroy ‘Wadix’ Charles.

387 students graduated from the Dominica State College this morning, the first group of students since the Covid19 Pandemic. President of the Dominica State College Dr. Donald Peters says the graduation ceremonies will be separated into three separate parts in an effort to maintain health protocols and keep persons safe from the Covid19 Virus. These have been separated to take place at 9am, 12pm, and 3pm today.

He says the objectives Is keep social distancing in place, and feel that is the best way forward as safety comes first.

Dr. Peters is encouraging the students to be positive during this time and says that we have a very good track record with dealing with the virus, as we are truly resilient.

​President of the Dominica State College, Dr. Donald Peters.