AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoPower and Rates: Dominica’s new electricity tariff takes effect November 1 after its first adjustment since 2007. The regulator says it will monitor customer bills and DOMLEC’s finances as the country moves toward renewable energy. Tourism Pressure: The cruise season is forecast to bring 475,521 passengers on 267 calls, nearly 50,000 more than last season; tourism and environment officials prepared key visitor sites ahead of the opening. Clean Energy: Women-led businesses in Dominica can seek support through a regional US$550,000 programme to develop clean-energy products, renewable applications and energy-efficient technologies. Waste and Farming: A retiring FAO Caribbean coordinator is urging the region to use black soldier fly larvae to turn organic waste into animal feed and cut poultry-feed imports by 30% within five years. Climate Voices: Dominican writer Sherdina Antoine won the regional youth climate story competition with “Weathering Us.” Landfill Works: GIZ is seeking a contractor to design and build a steel-framed structure and associated works at the Fond Cole sanitary landfill.
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