Dominica PM: “Strong Likelihood” of Geothermal Plant by 2014

There is a “strong likelihood” that Dominica will have an operational geothermal plant in the country by 2014, according to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. The government is reportedly in talks with firms in geothermal and power-generation about partnering with it on the construction and operation of the plant. “There is a strong likelihood that the plant could be operational by 2014,” he said. “The general public will be informed further on this in the coming months.” Bidding to select a company to construct the geothermal plant on the island will begin in the second half of 2013, according to the government. It is part of a low-carbon strategy with an ultimate goal of a carbon-negative economy by 2020, the Prime Minister said. cont./

Courtesy of: Caribbean Journal

Wimbledon 2012 - Serena Williams Wins Fifth Singles Title

Serena Williams overcame a resurgent Agnieszka Radwanska to clinch a hard-fought 6-1 5-7 6-2 victory and earn her fifth Wimbledon singles title. The American had eased through the opening set before Radwanska regrouped to win a rain-delayed second set. But Williams broke twice in the decider to kill off Radwanska's challenge. The 30-year-old then followed up her success to claim the doubles title with sister Venus, defeating Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka 7-5 6-4. Her singles victory is Williams's 14th Grand Slam title and follows Wimbledon singles victories in 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2010. cont.

Wimbledon 2012 - Williams Sisters' Win Doubles Title

Serena Williams then made it two titles in a day as she partnered sister Venus, 32, to victory in the women's doubles. They beat the Czech sixth seeds Hlavackova and Hradecka to claim what was their fifth Wimbledon doubles title together, and 13th combined Grand Slam.

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Dominica - Man Woman Wild

Mykel Hawke is a former Special Forces survival expert. His wife Ruth is a TV journalist. Together, they take on some of the most forbidding and remote locations around the world. Dropped into each spot they must survive as a team for four days and nights, with only a knife and the clothes on their backs. As they test their will and their marriage, the two find common ground standing up to nature as husband and wife in the wildest places on Earth.



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Dominica - Can Eco-Tourism Help Underdeveloped Countries?

How Dominica, Botswana and Suriname are working to capitalize on their natural resources without jeopardizing them...


Tourism might not be the ultimate answer to poverty and economic woes, but it is a major boon for places around the world that suffer from a lack of natural resources or industry. For instance, tourism is a hugely important industry in the Caribbean. Without flocks of resort-goers, nations in this part of the world would have to rely more heavily on agriculture, leaving their economies at the mercy of the fluctuating prices of commodities like coffee, sugar and bananas.

There are plenty of valid concerns about the environmental impact of hotel construction, excessive tourist traffic and cruise ships, but it isn't fair to leave the positive economic impact out of the mass-tourism discussion. Large resorts employ hundreds of local people, and local entrepreneurs, from taxi drivers to guides to souvenir shop owners, benefit from the tourism trade. cont./

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