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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 30 October 2010 19:00 |
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October 31, 2010
What an Independence Celebration for Grand Bay in 2010
Grand Bay has lived up to its reputation as the cultural capital of Dominica this Independence celebration 2010. During the season, the community first hosted a memorial for the late Prime Minister Rosie Douglas on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of his death. This ceremony took the form of testimonials from people who knew Rosie very well and it included several cultural performances. The memorial was held at Ma Tutu’s Park, Grand Bay.
Following this, the community hosted the cultural semi-final and finals of this year’s Independence celebrations and a number of groups and individuals from Petite Savanne to Pichelin including Dubique and Grand Bay performed on stage and showed that Dominica’s cultural heritage is in good hands, the hands of the children and youth.
Then on Saturday 16th October, at the Old Fort in Lallay, Mrs. Ignatia Pascal (Teacher Sase) was honoured as First Caribbean International Bank Unsung Hero for her tremendous role in the care of the elderly of Grand Bay through her organization, St. Jerome’s Ministry for the Elderly.
This was followed by the celebration of Heritage Day in Grand Bay on Sunday 24th October. What a celebration that was! The Mass at the Roman Catholic Church was splendid with the church beautifully decorated, the choir sang out heartily, and Father Eustace Thomas gave a superb homily in creole (patois). The entire mass was said in creole and the congregation was dressed in various versions of national wear. It was a really top class performance. In the afternoon, there was an exhibition of art, craft and agro products at the Primary School followed by a luncheon at the Pierre Charles Secondary School. By all reports, the meal was excellent and the service provided by the students of the school was of the highest level. Finally, there was at Ma Tutu’s Park the cultural gala which was a showcase of many cultural expressions from the south, song, dance, story telling, music and poetry. It was a celebration of Dominica’s cultural heritage.
To crown it all, Miss Nadege Roach, the eighteen year old daughter of John and Monica Roach won the Miss Wob Dwiyet Show. What a successful Independence celebration it has been for Grand Bay and it is fitting that all these successes would be achieved during the first year of the Parliamentary Representative Mrs. Justina Charles being the Minister for Culture.
So Grand Bay, keep it up!
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Heritage Day - Sunday, October 24, 2010 |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 11 October 2010 23:34 |
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Heritage Day will be celebrated in Grand Bay on Sunday, October 24 as part of the annual Independence celebration. An organizing committee, headed by Councilor Armour Thomas meets every Wednesday to prepare for the occasion.Subcommittees have been working hard to plan the major activities which include a church service at the Roman Catholic Church at 9 am that morning. This will be followed by an exhibition at the Grand Bay Primary School and then the big parade from Tete Lallay to Ma Tutu's Park where the grand cultural gala will be held. A cultural elder will be honoured that afternoon.
Grand Bay is often referred to as the cultural capital of Dominica. This is an opportunity for the village to demonstrate that it deserves this title. His Excellency the President of Dominica Dr. Nicholas Liverpool, a son of the soil, and Mrs Liverpool, together with the Dominica cabinet and other high government officials are expected to attend the activities.
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Last Updated on Monday, 11 October 2010 23:38 |
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Major road rehab in progress |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 19 September 2010 02:42 |
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  September 19, 2010
Major road rehabilitation work is being undertaken on the Loubiere to Grand Bay road. This is a project of the Government of Dominica being undertaken by contractor C O Williams & Co. Ltd. The work so far appears to include clearing and construction of drains, widening of a couple of bends and general widening of the entire road.
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Last Updated on Monday, 11 October 2010 23:20 |
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Ground Breaking for New Police Station for Grand Bay takes place |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:07 |
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 Thursday 12th August, 2010
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit and Ambassador Carmen Marinez de Grijalva turn soil to break ground
The ground breaking ceremony for the commencement of construction of the new Police Station for Grand Bay took place on site at Centre yesterday, Wednesday 11th August, 2010. Hon. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Her Excellency Carmen Martinez de Grijalva Venezuelan ambassador turned the soil over to signify the commencement of construction of a state of the art police station to be located close to the Centre Playing field. The building is expected to cost over three million dollars and will include accommodation for thirteen men and three women. It will also include an Inspector's quarters, interview room, charge office and cells. The project is funded by the Government and people of Venezuela through the ALBA arrangement. In his feature address, the Prime Minister made it clear that the Government of Dominica would strengthen legislation to deal with the issue of possession of illegal firearms. He also indicated that the Govenment is looking carefully at the issue of assets obtained through illegal means and has already passed legislation to deal with this issue. He welcomed the construction of the new police station and confirmed that his government would never turn its back on Grand Bay.
National Security Minister Hon. Charles Savarin, Ambassador Carmen, Parliamentary Representatives for Grand Bay and Petite Savanne constituencies, Hon. Justina Charles and Hon. Dr. Kenneth Darroux and chairman of the Grand Bay Village Council, Willie Fevrier also addressed the audience. Archbishop Felix led the opening prayer while the function was chaired by Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr. Cyril Carrette. Mr. David Andrew, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Southern Division moved the vote of thanks.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 12 August 2010 05:22 |
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Solar Fruit Dryers Built in Grand Bay |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 08 August 2010 22:32 |
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Marcus Thomas of Bagatelle constructs dryer under Alec's supervision
We hear much talk about renewable energy but in Grand Bay last week, there was action on the issue. Eight solar fruit dryers were built from Thursday to Saturday last week as approximatley ten people from the south of the island engaged themselves in a training program organized by the Grand Bay Village Council. An enthusiast and researcher in solar energy offered to train Dominicans in the technology of solar dryers. Mr. Alec Gagneau from Europe was visiting Dominica for the past month and conducted training in Roseau and Grand Bay. He conducted the training for three days at the workshop of Mr. Philip Nelson at Geneva. At the end of the training the participants had built eight solar dryers which they hope to put into use immediately.
The whole idea of the solar dryer is to preserve some of our fruits when in abundance for the days when the fruit is no longer available. For example there is much wastage of mangoes when the fruit is in season and after the mango season, it is very scarce. By drying strips of the fruit in an inexpensive way, mangoes can be eaten after the mango season.
The participants who came from Roseau, Bellevue, Bagatelle, Marigot and Grand Bay were challenged to experiment with different fruits and share their results with one another.
At the end of the workshop, participants expressed great satisfaction with the training and they all expected to put their newly acquired skill of solar fruit drying to good use. In addition the building of the solar dryer was another new skill acquired by the participants.
Alec( as he is preferred to be called) is a resident of Switzerland who was invited to visit Dominica by another renewable energy friend who had visited Dominica before and was fascinated by the beauty and natural endowments of the country.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 08 August 2010 22:52 |
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