It was twilight time at Dominica’s Botanic Gardens sometime in 1968, and the Baobab, Black Rosewood and Balata trees which embroidered the cricket pitch were quickly receding from easy view. Over to the west, the Caribbean Sea was sparkling beneath…
Amid silent sobbing and gentle funeral hymns, former carnival queen contestant Aisha Mark was laid to rest on Tuesday. Tears came easily to everyone in attendance as they said their final farewell to the young 33-year-old mother who succumbed to…
Mona Piper, 77, of Roseau described as a stalwart of the Dominica Freedom Party has died. Piper, who was former Prime Minister Dame Mary Eugenia Charles’ caretaker and long-time friend, died of cancer on Monday January 20, 2014. According to…
Special Advisor to former Prime Minister, Edison James, has died. Edward Alexander died on Tuesday morning in St. Lucia where he had gone to seek medical attention. Reports indicate he had been ailing for some time. During his life time,…
Officials at the University of Virginia confirmed Saturday night that a student taking part in the Semester at Sea program has died. Casey Schulman, a fourth-year foreign affairs major from Falls Church, was killed Saturday in a boating accident in…
ROSEAU, Dominica, November 8, 2012 – The Dominican-born former Roman Catholic Bishop in Ghana, Joseph Oliver Bowers, has died. He was 102 years old. Relatives said that Bishop Bowers, whose father was originally from Antigua, died on Monday. He was…
Dominica’s Former Health Minister, John Fabien, has died after a long battle with cancer. Fabien, who became the Parliamentary Representative for the Grand Bay constituency following the death of Pierre Charles in 2004, died this afternoon at the Princess Magaret Hospital.…
ST. GEORGE_ Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas has expressed condolences to the Government and people of Dominica on the passing of that island’s Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and CARICOM, His Excellency Charles Maynard, who died this morning.…
The Caribbean has lost a national treasure. A pioneer of Cadence music, Jeff Joseph, more popularly known as ‘Jeff Joe,’ has passed on. Long live his legacy. The death of Jeff Joe has sent shock waves across the region, particularly…
EULOGYANTHONY FREDERICK JOSEPHDADDY JOE – DADDY Our father was born to Floyd Joseph and Fanny Thompson in La Plaine but lived most of his earlier life in Roseau single-handedly by his mother, Fanny (Granny). Upon leaving the Dominica Grammar School,…
As tribute continues to pour in for the late Prime Minister David Thompson, the Government of Dominica has joined the rest of the region and the wider world in expressing its deepest sympathies to the Government and people of Barbados…
The medical community is mourning the untimely death of Director of Primary Health Care Unit in the Ministry of Health Dr. Francisca Jacobs Roberts who passed away this morning at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH). Unconfirmed reports suggest that Dr.…
