ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – President of the Dominica Olympic Committee, John Charles died Sunday, after collapsing suddenly. Charles, who owned several businesses in Roseau including the Charles Drug Store, was rushed to the Princess Margaret Hospital where he was pronounced…
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office said Sunday afternoon that an autopsy on pop icon Whitney Houston’s body has been completed, but official results have been placed on hold, pending toxicology tests. Los Angeles Deputy Coroner Ed…
FT. LAUDERDALE – Jamaica’s Prime Minister, the Most. Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, has expressed deep sadness at the passing of Ambassador the Hon. Dudley Joseph Thompson, OJ, QC Ambassador Thompson died Friday morning (Jan.20) one day after his 95th birthday.…
St. George’s, January 13, 2012 – Two current Prime Ministers and a former Grenada government leader were among hundreds who paid final respects Thursday to Marcella David, mother of Grenada’s Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Culture. Minister David, in…
North Korean state-run television announced Monday that longtime leader Kim Jong-il died Saturday at the age of 69, after reportedly suffering a heart attack while traveling on a train. Under his leadership, North Korea became a nuclear state and was…
The funeral of Georgia activist Martina Correia, the older sister of former death row prisoner Troy Anthony Davis, was held earlier this month in her home town of Savannah, Georgia. She passed away December 1 after a more than decade-long…
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…
Dominica’s cadencelypso superstar, the legendary Jeff Joseph aka Jeff Joe of St. Joseph has died after undergoing surgery in Le Maynard hospital in Martinique. Jeff Joe who performed at the recent 15th Annual World Creole Music Festival is said to…
R.I.P, AMBASSADOR JEFF JOSEPH Gone but will not be forgotten
On November 3rd, my dad, Dominica’s “adopted” son left this world, perhaps most appropriately on the birthdate of the Nation he had come to love and serve. He asked not to be eulogized, but I think there have been some beautiful things…
Andy Rooney, whose prickly wit was long a mainstay of CBS News and whose homespun commentary on “60 Minutes,” delivered every week from 1978 until 2011, made him a household name, died on Friday in New York City. He was…
The last saluteBy Judge Irving AndreOctober 17, 2011 9:00 a.m.Roseau, Dominica (TDN) — Mr. Wendell McKenzie Christian, who was born on March 5, 1921, stood tall throughout his life. He stood tall while growing up in the 1920s in the…
