The death toll from this week's powerful explosion in the Dominican Republic rose to 27 on Wednesday as firefighters continued efforts to extinguish the persistent fire set off by the blast, the national emergency director said. Juan Manuel Méndez, director of the Centre of Emergency Operations,...
The death toll from a powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic's capital rose to 11 on Tuesday, with dozens injured. Firefighters were searching through smouldering rubble as people gathered outside hospitals, looking for missing loved ones. President Luis Abinader visited San Cristobal, located just west of...
Dr Frank Anthony has confirmed that two children, including a nine-year-old child, have died after being infected with dengue. The children had been receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital and Dr. Anthony said no other child is receiving critical...
The two-day retreat planned for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders to be held in Dominica next week, will no longer take place. Well placed sources told the Caribbean Media Corporation(CMC) that the retreat, which had been scheduled for August 18-19, would not now take place, but could...
Public consultations on new electoral reforms in Dominica are set to begin on August 14, the Cabinet Office announced today. The consultations are set to begin two months after Sir Dennis Byron submitted his final report on electoral reforms to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. The first consultation...