Доминика

Education

The island has its own state college, formerly named Clifton Dupigny Community College. Some Dominicans get scholarships from the Cuban government to attend universities in Cuba. Others go to the University of the West Indies or to schools in the United Kingdom, the United States, or other countries for higher education. Ross University,[23] a medical school, is located at Portsmouth. The Archbold Tropical Research and Education Center,[24] a biological field station owned by Clemson University,[25] is located at Springfield Estate between Canefield and Pond Cassé. In 2006, another medical school called All Saints University School of Medicine opened in temporary facilities in Loubiere, with a permanent campus being constructed in Grand Bay. Currently All Saints is located in Roseau, Dominica. Until 2009 there was also a marine biology institute in Mahaut, I.T.M.E (Institute for Tropical Marine Ecology), 15 minutes north of Roseau.

Cricket

Cricket is a popular sport on the island, and Dominica competes in test cricket as part of the West Indies cricket team. On October 24, 2007, the 8,000-seat Windsor cricket stadium was completed with a donation of EC$33 million (US$17 million, €12 million) from the government of the People's Republic of China.

Media

Dominica has three major newspapers, The Sun, The Times, and The Chronicle. There are two national television stations and a few radio stations, including Stations include: ZBC-AM 590, ZGBC-AM 740, ZGBC-FM 90.7 (Portsmouth), ZGBC-FM 102.1 (Roseau) and ZGBC-FM 106.1 (Marigot), Q95 FM,[26] the Dominica Broadcasting Corporation, and Kairi FM.[27] Before 2004, there was one telecommunication company called Cable and Wireless. In 2005, Digicel and a UK-based company called Orange started to offer service to the island. There are a number of mobile networks operating on the island.

Notable people from Dominica

E.O.Leblanc - former Premier during the first attempt at becoming an independent state called "self-internal Government"

Mable Moir James - former first female to be appointed a Government Minister and acting Premier as Minister of Finance, in Dominica and in the Caribbean during the Leblanc term in Office

Eugenia Charles – former Prime Minister; the Caribbean's first female Prime Minister, the first woman elected head of government in the Americas and the longest continuously serving female Prime Minister

Phillip DeFreitas – test cricketer

Billy Doctrove – Test cricket umpire

Jean Rhys – novelist, was born and raised in Dominica

Adam Sanford – Test cricketer

Baroness Scotland – Former Attorney General (now Shadow Attorney General) for England and Wales

Grayson Shillingford – Test cricketer