With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Honorable Sir John Compton, former Minister of St. Lucia Sir John Compton passed away peacefully on [date of death] at the of [age] in his home surrounded by his loved ones. Sir…
Former Minister of Communication Works and Housing, Alleyne Carbon: Friday 8 March, 1996: News from the Village of Cottage and Capuchin, says that, former Communication Works & Housing Minister Alleyne Carbon, in the former Dominica Freedom Party Government, presumably drowned…
Another of Dominica’s pioneers in industry died at the age of eighty-five. He is Cecil Bellot original owner of Bello Products. He passed away on Friday 04 September, 1996. Mr. Bellot took over the business “Parry W. Bellot Company Limited”,…
Dominica and the sporting fraternity mourned the death of businessman and sports enthusiast Ninian Marie. Known to most Dominicans as the little man with a big heart, he was a man of all seasons a man of many reasons. Mr.…
A prominent lawyer is dead Cherry Charles Beausoliel, who was known to many Dominicans as “Bo” because of his size, died here last Friday at the age of 81, he was born in St. Vincent, grew up in St Lucia,…
Sylvester Valantine Joseph was born on March 29, 1925. On completion of his primary school education, he was drafted as a Pupil Teacher at the Hampstead Government School. He obtained his Teacher’s Certificate with distinction in Music, in 1940. As…
The music fraternity here and most certainly followers of WCK Band are mourning the sudden death of 39-year old Ashton Phillip in New York. Ashton, an older brother of Cornel and Irvin Phillip of WCK Band was in New York…
DR. VINCENT A.A. WISNSTON O.B.E, L.R.C.P.I., L.R.C.S.I. Born: 1st March, 1930 Died: 3rd January, 1998 Vincent Albert Angelo Winston was born on 1st March 1930. He was the third son of Angelo Winston, civil servant and magistrate, and Carmen Winston…
Posted by Gabe on Jun-13-00 10:43pm from 172.155.247.243 L.M. Christian, OBE, O.M., Dominican musician, music teacher, commercial school director and the man who wrote the musical score to Dominica’s national anthem, “Isle of Beauty,” died on the afternoon of Monday,…
On the 15th of October 1941 in Portsmouth, Roosevelt Bernard Douglas was born in the second town in Dominica. Dominica, the largest of the Windward Islands, covers 289 square miles and has approximately 91 miles of coastline. This beautiful island…
From: “The New York Times“Fitzroy St. Rose displayed the national flag of his island country, Dominica, on the bedroom wall of his sparsely furnished apartment in the East Bronx. He constantly tried to set people straight about the Commonwealth of…
(25 February 1919-5 May 2002) President of Dominica, Cabinet Secretary, Civil Servant. Born in Roseau 25 February 1919, son of Mr. Clarence A. Seignoret and Mrs. Violet Seignoret (nee Riviere). Educated at Miss Potter’s School, Convent Prep, St.Mary’s College in…
