ROSEAU — After a Category 5 hurricane barreled through seven years ago, dumping 23 inches of water, shearing the roofs from homes, this Caribbean nation
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‘One Caribbean, one love’: Unheralded island nations shine in track and field at the Paris Olympics
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Track and field fans are used to seeing Jamaican athletes on the medal stand at the Olympics. In Paris, other Caribbean
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India pursues fugitive high-end jeweler arrested in Dominica
ROSEAU, Dominica (AP) — A wealthy jeweler sought by Indian authorities for questioning in an alleged $1.8 billion fraud case in his native India remained
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Triple jump champion Thea LaFond on winning Dominica’s first Olympic medal: ‘It’s a really big deal’
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sometimes, all it takes is one athlete. In March, triple jumper Thea LaFond was the only representative of her tiny Caribbean
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Thea LaFond wins triple jump to bring Dominica first ever Olympic gold medal
PARIS — Thea LaFond made history for the Caribbean island nation of Dominica by winning gold in the triple jump on Saturday to claim the
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These 17 Beautiful Caribbean Islands Will Transport You to Paradise
Whether you pronounce it kar-eh-bee-uhn as Mirriam-Webster says or kr-i-bee-uhn as Google suggests, the Caribbean region is famed for its beauty worldwide. Think pristine aqua waters, sugar sand beaches,
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Patrick ‘Benjie’ Mason of Dominica dies at age 69 in Virginia: Obituaries
A well-known heavy equipment operator throughout the Caribbean has died at 69. It is with great sadness, that we announce the death of a beloved
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Endangered sperm whales are now free to poop in protected area off Dominica
ROSEAU (AP) — The tiny Caribbean island of Dominica is creating the world’s first marine protected area for one of earth’s largest animals: the endangered
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Laws In Some Caribbean Countries Still Criminalize Gay Sex
ST JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — In recent years, several Caribbean nations have struck down laws criminalizing same-sex relations. Courts in Belize in 2016 and Trinidad
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Burna Boy and Omah Lay Headline Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival
ROSEAU — Dominica’s Minister for Tourism, International Transport and Maritime Initiatives, Hon. Denise Charles, announced two new artistes to perform at Dominica’s World Creole Music Festival carded for October 28 – 30,
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