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  1. Dominica PM under fire over electionRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Clarion-Ledger

    Opposition leaders in Dominica are boycotting the newly chosen Parliament, alleging fraud and other irregularities in last week's elections.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit

  2. Reviewing Caricom's election watch --Read the original story

    Yesterday | Trinidad & Tobago Express

    ... and developments prior to voting day. The latest example of this came last weekend following the monitoring of Dominica's December 18 election by a seven-member team of Caricom observers. Normally very limited in terms of days spent monitoring the ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit, Roseau, Dominica, Dominica, Dominica, Opinion

  3. Dominica opposition shuns election, seeks boycottRead the original story

    Yesterday | Picayune Item

    Opposition leaders in Dominica are boycotting the newly chosen Parliament, alleging fraud and other irregularities in last week's elections.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit, Picayune, MS

  4. Commentary: Election 2009 and the corruption of our nation's character

    Monday | Caribbean Net News

    ... by the weakness of its judiciary, its system of laws and those practitioners who complement that system. In Dominica, the Chief Magistrate is Prime Minister Skerritt. His disrespect for his role as chief enabler of our laws and guarantor that law ...

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    Related Topix: Howard University, Central America, World News, Georgetown University

  5. Dominica Govt Expands Seats in ParliamentRead the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | Prensa Latina

    Roseau, Dec 21 The ruling Dominica Labor Party increased to 18 their members in the National Assembly after obtaining a new SEAT in the recent general elections in which they manager to win for the third time in a row.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America

  6. SunflashesRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 20 | Toronto Sun

    ... 3:52 a.m. local time in the first-ever launch of a Soyuz spaceship on a winter night. Island vote strong ROSEAU -- Dominica's governing party won a decisive victory in early parliamentary elections, officials said yesterday, a sign of strong support ...

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    Related Topix: Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip

  7. Women political powerRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Express

    ... party is, as noted earlier, a rare political development in the Caricom region. The few exceptions would be Guyana, Dominica and Jamaica, in that order. In the case of Guyana, Janet Jagan, a formidable champion for political independence and ...

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    Related Topix: FIFA Soccer, Trinidad & Tobago

  8. Dominica ruling party wins early election

    Saturday Dec 19 | ETaiwanNews.com

    Dominica's governing party won a decisive victory in early parliamentary elections, officials said Saturday, a sign of strong support for the prime minister's plan to promote development of the lush Caribbean island's natural resources. 1 comment

    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit

  9. BBC Caribbean News in BriefRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Stabroek News

    Voting progressing well Electoral officials in Dominica were reporting a steady trickle of voters heading for polling booths around the country yesterday morning, as the island holds a general election.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit, Denzil Douglas

  10. Chavez ally who has kept good ties with US faces early elections in DominicaRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | MyFox St. Louis

    Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, who has led his small Caribbean country into an alliance with Hugo Chavez, is betting that Friday's early general elections will keep his Labor Party in power for another five years.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit, Hugo Chavez, University of Mississippi, China, Asia

  11. Caribbean news briefsRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | KING-TV Seattle

    ... figure that out in time. But right now I pity the man who tries to find a minute in my schedule," she quipped. ___ DOMINICA: Chavez ally who has kept good ties with US faces early elections ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) - Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt ...

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    Related Topix: US News, Sonia Sotomayor, US Supreme Court, World News, Central America, Prison

  12. A new cycle of electionsRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | Stabroek News

    Tiny Dominica goes to the polls today, amid controversy over party campaign financing and allegations of dual citizenship against candidates of the two main parties, including Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, who has admitted to being a French citizen.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit, Manuel Zelaya, Hugo Chavez, Opinion

  13. PM on Cuba AssistanceRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    ... work in all the areas." He said he had presented an overview of the economies of the Caribbean in the absence of Dominica's Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, who is campaigning for the December 18 general elections and his Antigua and Barbuda ...

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    Related Topix: Ralph Gonsalves

  14. Close battle anticipated in Friday's election in DominicaRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 17 | Caribbean Net News

    By Oscar Ramjeet ROSEAU, Dominica -- It seems as if there may be a photo finish in Friday's elections in Dominica.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roseau, Dominica, Dominica, Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, Joe Handley, Canada

  15. OAS and CARICOM election observer teams begin arriving in DominicaRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | Caribbean Net News

    Following written requests by Dominica's Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit to the Organisation of American States and the CARICOM Secretariat for election observers to observe the December 18 General Election in Dominica, officials from the two organisations have begun arriving in the country.

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    Related Topix: Central America, World News, Roosevelt Skerrit

  16. Top cop appeals for calm ahead of December 18 voteRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | Jamaica Gleaner

    The top cop in Dominica has called for calm as campaigning intensifies ahead of the December 18 general election, according to a report on www.cananews.net. Police Commissioner Hobbes Jno Baptiste told reporters Wednesday that it was important for Dominicans to be united after the election process and so, needed to avoid all violent activity ahead ...

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    Related Topix: Central America, World News, Roosevelt Skerrit

  17. Dominica's controversy-laden poll --

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Trinidad & Tobago Express

    WITH two days to go before Dominicans vote to either retain or change the government in Roseau, reports point to a sharp intensification of a clash between 'big money'' politics by the incumbent Dominica Labour Party and widening allegations of political misconduct from its contesting opponents.

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roseau, Dominica, Dominica, Dominica, Roosevelt Skerrit, Opinion

  18. Commentary: Dominica Labour Party record is one of failure

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Caribbean Net News

    ... how long? When discovered he said that he obtained his citizenship in June 1972 but he was born on 8th June 1972 in Dominica. Do a Google search for French citizenship and consider whether it is possible to obtain French citizenship before you were ... 1 comment

    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Roosevelt Skerrit

  19. Speed-reading and bad spellingRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Bronte Blog

    ... note on just how important it is to spell things properly in order to have at least a bit of credibility. From Dominica News Online : [Headline] Prevost proposes Jean Ryes Museum and Alice Wyllis Heritage Home on Fields Lane UWP candidate for Roseau ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Central America, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Roseau, Dominica, Dominica, Dominica

  20. Open Letter to the President of Dominica

    Monday Dec 14 | Caribbean Net News

    HE Nicholas Liverpool President of Dominica Morne Bruce Commonwealth of Dominica Dear President Liverpool: I pay compliments to you, Mrs Liverpool and your office at this Christmas Season; an important season in our Christian heritage as a nation which speaks to peace and goodwill among all men and women.

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    Related Topix: Central America, World News, Nicholas Liverpool, Roosevelt Skerrit