AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoElectricity Costs: DOMLEC’s new tariff structure takes effect November 1. Exact rates have not been disclosed, but off-peak prices will be lower; the regulator plans to track customer bills through year-end. Air Links: Contour Airlines has launched twice-weekly nonstop flights between Dominica and Trinidad, adding a faster route for business and tourism and connections onward to Puerto Rico and St. Thomas. Tourism: Dominica expects 267 cruise calls and 475,521 passengers this season, nearly 50,000 more than last year. Separate tourism data puts the island’s visitor growth at 22%, the Caribbean’s highest in the report. Regional Mobility: Dominica processed five applications in the first year of CARICOM’s four-country free-movement scheme, which allows participating nationals to live and work across member states without work permits. Agriculture: A retiring FAO coordinator is urging the region to cut poultry-feed imports by 30% within five years by turning organic waste into insect-based animal feed.
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