DAAS Research and Development Committee 2005 Annual Report December 29, 2005 Prepared by Dr. Peter K. B. St. Jean, and L. Daisy Henderson Committee Members, and Positions Dr. Peter K. B. St. Jean: International Chair Daisy Henderson: Vice International Chair Jo-Anne George: Grantmaker, Local Chair Dr. Sam Christian: Assistant Grantmaker Burgess Xavier: Technology Coordinator, Vice Local Chair Earl Vector: Member Clemon George: Member 2005 Accomplishments Research:  Dominica Prison Dr. St. Jean and L. … Continue reading Dominica – A Law Abiding Society

By Gabriel Christian, Esq. Ma Ursula’s were light, fluffy and delicious and looked like the bakes portrayed in the photograph above. (Photo Credits: IslandEffect.com) In the unsteady aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic I have reached back into the brighter  days of memory. Days of a simpler,  better and  more stable time on our beloved island home of Dominica. One of the sturdy elements of that memory is … Continue reading On Mothers’ Day: Remembering Ma Ursula’s Bakes – A Queen of “Recess”  Industry

Continue reading Dominica: New Vision, Past History (CaribNation TV)

We offer a wide-ranging interview with Ronald “Ron” Milner Green in memory of our beloved teacher and the designer of the Dominica flag Alwin Bully of blessed memory. A scholar, athlete, Peace Corps Volunteer in Nigeria, Makerere University lecturer at Kampala, Uganda, African liberation activist, member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee registering Black farmers to vote in the very dangerous 1960s rural Mississippi, a … Continue reading A Tribute to Nation Builder: Alwin Bully

Today we recognize Dr. Dale Dangleben – Medical Director of Rebuild Dominica. He is a towering leader in medicine, art, civic leadership, publishing, community development, and Director of Trauma Surgery at Mercy Hospital, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. May God bless him with many years as he continues to serve Dominica, the United States, and all of humanity. Sincerely, Gabriel J. Christian, Esq. (President, Rebuild Dominica, Inc.) Below … Continue reading Rebuild Dominica Medical Director in the USA: Dr. Dale Dangleben

Dr. Michael Oliver Garraway – Professor Emeritus (Deceased) Mike Garraway joined the faculty of the Department of Plant Pathology in 1968 and brought valuable expertise on physiology of parasitism and fungal nutrition. He developed new courses and helped the department revise undergraduate and graduate curricula. Garraway’s early research focused on nutrition of shoe string root rot fungus, Armillaria mellea. Following the severe Southern Corn Leaf … Continue reading Notice of Scholarship Named After 1955 Dominica Grammar School Graduate: Dr. Michael Garraway

Below is a copy of the original press release. Genesis donation includes $25,000 to the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math at Alabama State University and East Coast Chapter Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.  MONTGOMERY, Ala., August 5, 2022 – Genesis Motor America’s corporate social responsibility initiative, Genesis Gives, donated a total of $50,000 to two esteemed organizations in Alabama to provide scholarships in the areas of … Continue reading GENESIS Donates $50,000 to Support STEM Education in Alabama

Continue reading Gabriel Christian at Tuskegee Airmen Museum, Moton Field Alabama – Continuing the Noble Legacy

Below is a copy of the original press released published by Howard University’s Newsroom Staff. Howard University to Host 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders  Howard Newsroom Staff Jun 9, 2022  WASHINGTON – Howard University is proud to announce that it has again been selected as a partner with the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.  Beginning in mid-June, Howard University will host 25 of … Continue reading Building a Better Africa: Gabriel Christian Address to the Mandela Fellows at Howard University

Photo Credit: Garvin Richards Continue reading Dominican Athlete – Thea LaFond – Secures Silver Medal at 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Premiered Nov 11, 2021 on CaribNation TV General Charles received his basic educational foundation in Dominica attending the Roseau Mixed Infant School, the Roseau Mixed Junior School, the Roseau Senior Boys School (Chateau), the St. Mary’s Academy from 1st thru 5th Form, and Sixth Form of the Dominica Grammar School up to June 1970 when he joined the entire Charles family in a migration to … Continue reading Brigadier General Eddy Charles

Gordon Henderson left his native Dominica alone in 1970 and became the English singer of the group Les Vikings in Guadeloupe, along with musicians such as Pierre-Edouard Decimus, who later founded the band Kassav. After two hit singles titled “love”” and “pain of love,” which for the first time in French Caribbean recording history, rose to the top of the charts as far as Holland, … Continue reading My Life – An Interview with Cadence-lypso King Gordon Henderson

By Natalie Grim and Nicole Neuman on March 14, 2022 Photo Credits: Monthly Portland (MICHAEL NOVAK) Originally published on WDBJ7.com & WWNYtv.com Dominica born biotechnology inventor, Dr. Arlyne Simon, along with other prominent scientists was honored in the Women in STEM statue in The Smithsonian’s “If Then/She Can” Exhibit, which boasts the largest collection of all-female statues ever in one place. Simon moved to the US to attend … Continue reading Dominican-born Dr. Arlyne Simon Among Women in STEM Exhibit at Smithsonian During Women’s History Month

Voice of Dominica
July 13 at 6:28 AM ·
When the whole world was standstill, Dominica was the only country which was developing in a rapid pace.
Dominica started two major development works during the period of pandemic such as the new international airport and world’s longest cable car.
Besides Dominica did not stop from constructing houses for families which suffered loss during natural disasters. The country has built over 1,500 houses on its path to construct 5,000 climate-resilient homes for people.
Dominica has also built state-of-the art hospitals, healthcare centres, community centres and schools. Continue reading Dominica Develops Resilience