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Some of you people have too many negative comments, when the government is trying to improve the country. PLEASE REMEMBER ROME WAS NOT BUILT IN A DAY. Dominica is a progress country and things are happening, please open your eyes and you will see all the good things. What you all should say is THANK YOU for putting Dominica back on the map. WELL DONE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICA.
It may not have been the first priority and there is a cost inolved for Dominica to pay, but it is a real beautiful building for all to enjoy for generations to come. It is Dominica’s building, not the PM’s. After 14 years the government had to show a legacy. It is a real landmark. Just hope that the Chinese do not take it for non payment. However, we have to get the hospital up to standard next. It is just like a big clinic. Thank you very much.
So what so nice about it there then ? the lights ?
Beautiful! This will enhance the image of our capital and our country in general. Very good for our tourism product,
thank you Skerro. While you working they touring.
Impressive, Very Impressive.
As a St Lucian, i applaud the Government and People of the Commonwealth of Dominica for such a prestigious, remarkable, Stately and Beautiful Building.
Dominica, you are positioning yourself to supersede all islands in the OECS and lead.
I am also impress with your Criminal Code and how serious you are with the Enforcement of your Immigration Laws.
You are doing alot of things Right that those we Elect in St. Lucia are doing wrong, or simply DO NOT CARE ABOUT.
Kudos again.
When will the Chinese Governor be moving in to take charge of their new colony?
@ April 17, 20141, ………..I do not have to look at the dictionary to recognize a visionary leader as one with foresight and imagination to view future development with wisdom.
Just look at the airport with night landing. This airport is more than 50 years old and Skeritt is only 40.
Look at the State college and tell me that it is not built on someone with eyes on the future, to name two.,
Maybe you should educate yourself on what visionary means. You should stop using the dictionary to call people nasty names. If you do not agree with me show me where I am wrong, name calling is not sustainable to the dissemination of information. There are a lot of names I can call you in return , but I am above that. I have left the ghetto long time ago. You and the plantation masters that you support cannot make me return with your double talk and lies. And all kinds of gate.
I agree with the person who called you a fool, because you fit the definition so very well. Can you tell me how many Dominicans worked on this State Malice? Was it zero? From a Loan? Emile if you are going senile just go visit a doctor brother. You are too dam stupid. You will feel it mor than anyone else man, when your Master Skerrit goes soon.
The same people who are against the state house, are the same ones who will go to the USA and take pics with the white house in the background.
good observation.
It sad to see that Dominican are this STOOPIDDD!!!!!!!!!!!! This place was a waste of good resources. We cant get good health care and you people say this evokes pride. You know what would evoke pride going to a hospital and feeling like im actually going to be taken care of….or at least that they have the equipment and medication to take care of me…….SAD SAD Dominicans…supporting infrastructure above their own health….
@You people You are such a wise man/woma..
Thanks for your rational comments.
How very sad that our fellow Dominicans are impressed by this building, when the condition of our main hospital is continuing to deteriorate.
The maintenance of the hospital should have taken priority over this building. I assume that dominica”s health care is of little consequence as the ministers’ their friends and families can afford to travel overseas for medical care!
The open sewers and the unbearable stench emanating from the drains in Roseau should also have taken precedence over this building.
How sad that the development of Dominica is measured by a building!
It not only this beautiful building it is also the reduction in unemployment and poverty, the yes we care program, the improved healthcare and education, the development of our tourism and agricultural sector and many more.
Lovely……
People should stop being so negative about this building because this building will not be utilized just by this ruling party if the opposition win today or tomorrow the building will not shut down .The opposition party will be the ones to utilize this beautiful building in other words this is not a state house just for the labor party it’s for everyone
A people without the knowledge of its history is doomed to fail. A new kind of colonialism has enveloped our Nature Isle.
Govt took loan from China in the millions to build State Palace. Govt awards contract to the Chinese construction firm and workers to build.
No tender allowed from local Dominican construction firms. No opportunity given to locals contractors and construction workers. Money Dominica loaned from China goes right back to China. Social Security suffers. No payments from Chinese workers to DSS.
Dominicans are left unemployed while they have to pay back the loan. and watch the Chinese do work that they could do. Voodoo Economics. No amount of expressed concerns from the people would get Govt. to rethink or budge.
Agriculture, however, the sector which could boost the real development of our country and make us create our own wealth, is left to languish. The standard of living, especially in the rural areas, is going down, down, down. Cost of living rising, rising, rising. Majority of our youth unemployed. But some Dominicans praising the building of a State Palace as a priority development project. Madness!!!!!
Mental enslavement continue to deepen. Kalinago, Bala, Congoree ,our forefathers, your struggles over all those years to set us free from domination and oppression, the new colonialists have aptly forget for their own selfish needs. How sad for our country.
The corrupt system have turned many into Zombies. Many do not care, whether their land of birth and those living in it, are sold to the highest bidder. Massa day ain’t done. How long? Not long. What would be better Tourist attractions than visits to model farms or manufacturing areas or drives to more attractive natural beauty sites?
Remember hatia was a very poor county with a big state house so is Dominica why do Dominicans have to buy toilet paper to take to their hospital no paracetetmAl mosquito is outragerious in Dominica come. My people let us risen together is this progress Ask Hatia.
OMG! Now thats a beauty…..
wow…………Is this really Da..Beutiful!
I wonder how much it costs to pay the light bill for the state house at night.
I wonder why the so-called “team Dominica” UWP Boycott
Party, was so proud to stand in front of the USA White House?!!! They would never have stood in front of the run down state house that we had; banisters falling, paint peeling and walls falling. Whenever they get in power they will be very proud to present our State House to visitors and other Head of States.
what we need now is to develop the city in terms of road , buildings , business , and sports complex
very nice it was about time we got there
Looking at the Statehouse very proud to be a Dominican
D/A! D/A. New YORK, NEW YORK. LaborRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!! Power! With pride and distinction.
Rise Again!!!!!!!! Forward ever, backward never! We going to paint the road with a red stripe from Portsmouth to Marigot and Marigot to Roseau! This time we painting the road with two solid line, we don’t want no broken line all around the island.
Thanks to the chines, now the new state of the art hospital with scanners, and all the higth thec stuff, so we don’t have to go to the other Caribbean Islands for medical fix ups.
A new prison, and finally the INT. air por,t then
Thanks skerro.
just when i thought dominicans break the mental chains i come on dno and i see so many are still shackled. this is so glaringly mismanagement of limited resources in a country like dominica where there are so many critical areas that need investment which would elevate the economic plight of the people. instead we see a building looking beautiful no doubt, which in no way will impact the economic nature of dominica in fact it will just contribute to the debt incurred by the government and also in terms of maintenance and utilities. but like the africans of yore a sparkling piece of glass or a mere trinket that dazzles the eyes is sufficient reason to sell their nation into slavery. this building evokes no pride in me simply because it is not representational of Dominican ingenuity or design neither labour, rather it is an ode to the diplomatic prowess of the chinese nation who indeed are like the enterprising soldiers of greece who entered the city of troy in a wooden horse. the soldiers of troy were so amazed by this gift that they let it into the city to their own peril. Dominicans take note. i know everyone wants to support their party and political partisanship is the order of the day but tell me which one of you would buy a 50 inch flat screen when your fridge dat doh even good already still lacking food not even a little cold water na boy. its as simple as that.
Nothing stopping you from going up in de hills and eating ital and smoking ganja. Nothing stopping me from admiring something that will be the pride and joy for generations of Dominicans to come. And give up on that slavery S#!$!! Keep your friggin’ slave nonsense to yourself. Just because one appreciates beauty in all its forms and splendor does NOT mean that one has a slave mentality. I am inclined to believe YOU are suffering from that malady with that slave complex you are exhibiting.
You are just a hot mess,with all that chat of mismanagement of funds.be proud and hope,prayerfully for the things you think is more significance.much blessings to you.
You wouldn’t tell us who to vote for though. That’s your business if your fridge empty, wee.
another disgruntled uwp supporter.
State House looks good while everybody having difficult paying there bills and feeding their children.
This reminds me of African countries like Uganda, Ethiopia and Luanda…..
Why did I go so far Haiti had White State House for Papa Doc…while the majority of Haitians were starving , even to this day they are fleeing by boat loads illegally to survive.
@ Listening I hear u but funny thing is Haitians come DA and they paying their bills they have bank accounts, but I heard talk like this before rite there in the USVI they would say they hate down islanders why cause they came there and they are the ones that own the houses the live in and have to pay rent some of them don’t want to work hard but blame other people for their laziness, other side to this is where Is our pride? u can go by any poor person in DA rite now and see the old house they live in rite now but see how clean their house is cause they have pride hope that would help u but I know it wont cause u are one of them that’s set in their ways.
Thank you skerro, job well done, tell them don’t hate particate;
Adominican diaspora..
You have ALL the hatred in your wicked heart. We do not hate him, we hate his mismanagement of the coutry. That’s why WE ARE KICKING HIM OUT STRAIGHT NEXT ELECTION.
HE IS ATERRIBLE LEADER.
YOU will NOT be kicking him out, definitely NOT!!… Because we KNOW he is a GOOD leader. Come on, time to STOP the HATING!!!
Based on what i am seeing, HE IS ALREADY KICKED OUT. Wickedness and evil rule is just for a time.
@??????????,………The Hon Roosevelt Skerrit is not a terrible leader. He is a visionary. He is only 40 years old but look at his achievements.
He reminds me of the Hon Edward Leblanc who was criticized in the worst way for building the Government HQ. The west coast road was called a “social road” and opposition forces lobbied the British to stop its funding.
These two men share a vision to modernize Dominica and make it a country that we can be proud of. LeBlanc was kicked out for no reason but false accusations and hatred and envy. We will not allow history to repeat itself. We shall not allow the return of the Plantation system. We shall not allow the people of DAASgate, annual rafflegate, and lands gate . Or the people of doubletalk, lies, boycott , false allegation , envy and hatred to ruin our future development.
We must not allow those new uwp team people to squeeze our Treasury dry. Those gately preretirement people have no vision at all.
@ Emile Emile your buffoon. You need to go to the dictionary to look up the meaning of visionary.I am not certain that you can use a dictionary though. Anyway let someone chedk the meaning for you. Both you and Skerrit are two , with minds that are in the infancy stages. You better start crying though, because he is out soon.
THIS WAS A CLASSIC CASE OF A WASTE OF MONEY. but what does one expect of these people. Do you know the unemployment rate in Dominica stupid Emile?
A lovely structure. Wishing continued blessings on our sister Dominica and her children. Nuff love and respect from Barbados. I haven’t visited yet, but hiking your trails is definitely on my bucket list
wai wai wai….shhhhhh bit tings!
Put a picture of the hospital beside this building and then come talk to me.
when the new hospital gets built,i will remember to give a reminder,NEVERMIND i have calender noted,this is how we will deal with you all,just to shower you all stupidity.
Hope you live long enough.
You too pwaysay, Tonnere! De hospital coming.
We need to set our priorities straight. What was more important a STATE HOUSE or a HOSPITAL? Or even some improvements to our current hospitals and Health Care System. Lets get serious about the health and well being of our people. Our people, even our children are dying, because we don’t have equipment and supplies, we don’t have specialists to provide certain treatments that are necessary for survival of the sick in Dominica. There is so much more that can be done, so much room for improvement, but we are not focusing on those things.
Don’t you think the hospital should have came before this building?
Sour grapes!
FYI ,no its not solar energy!!!!!!! dat i know !! dats domlec all de way.
Awesome!
Is that building really in Dominica? Wow!
Our own State House? Was that really the reason we saw all those horrible posters around the country?
I cannot believe that any one who really cares about Dominica, would not want something like that in Dominica.
Now that really give us another reason to celebrate our National Pride. Way to go Dominica. Well Done!!
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Get real!!!!!!!…aint no one saying they didn’t want it. But there are other things in Dominica of greater priority..like the health system and the hospital. Only in Dominican politics can infrastructure come before health care….RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!!
Wow…I like it, i must say i like it….something’s happening again….lets continue the forward journey with Team RED!
I suppose that you will occupy one of the wards sorry I mean room when you or your family are il!
How tragic that Dominicans are mesmerised by the aesthetics of that building, when the resources expended on it could have been put to provide greater benefit to the masses.
Some of you people are so narrow minded. Do you really think progress is measured by how many new or large buildings we construct?
Progress is measured in the number of institution we have to elevate the standard of living of our people – things like a sound democratic and legal process, respect for the rule of law especially by those who are entrusted to govern. These are some of the ways progress is measured.
So, i guess we never had progress den.
So, according to you, “respect for the law” is to be mostly the responsibility of “those who are entrusted to govern.” Well yes, some things we read from people who are supposed to know better – “Educator[s]” – really have us shaking our heads in disbelief.
Are we so blinded by the desire to score cheap political partisan points? How about promoting the idea that everybody ought to be humbled before the law? That must be the lowest threshold!
But to the issue at discussion. This new state building, because of the economic spin offs during the building phase, and indeed that which will accrue by virtue of its very establishment, serves to inspire and nurture our collective consciousness as a nation as to what characterizes a high-quality product.
Not even its few detractors can deny the building’s majestic appearance. In a land where top quality goods and services seems to be an expletive, it was about time that Dominicans encounter magnificence in their own back yard. Probably now we will aspire to work harder and emulate, in our own lives, and by our own deeds, the very best that we can ever be.
There is something magically inspiring about experiencing the magnificent. Such exposue tends to evoke feelings of making the once unsurmountable now possible. Even Educator will not deny that.
What a load of tosh!
Should the world be impressed by a beautiful building, when there are so many negatives in Dominica?
I hope you have a mask to protect you from the intense smell in Roseau, when you are making your pilgrimage to the palace of poverty!
Sour grapes!!!
@ Educator,……… I guess progress is not measured by GNP or GDP anymore. Or by replacing the one bedroom shacks at the edge of the plantations with modern buildings with running water. Or by replacing bucket and pit latrines with modern toilets. Maybe we should be still using stones on the bayside or leaves in the bushes instead of toilet paper. And we should be walking without shoes. NO Thanks.
That’s not Dominica, please tell me. That’s the change Dice.
National Pride. this you call progress in aa positive thinking way
I hope you are as proud of our primary hospital, the dilapidated roads in the capital and the putrid smell of the same town.
Hope you receive an invitation to your the building!
Go overseas and leave us alone. Laborrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
seating here in the diaspora looking at our state house with great pride !!!! bravo !!!!
Soon to be Centre of Arts they say.
DA Pride
lovely!
Hope all youcan pay Domlec bill.
And hope we can pay the loan we took to build it too. Aye Aye Aye, nous kay pouvre pour comment l’anne. Sar nous par paye, zanfant nous avec zanfant yo kay paye. Bondieu jette misere cord enler nous.
I think this building improves the stature of Dominica. Dominca needed a bigger, bolder image… not ‘a ti kai malaway’ like they had before.
So all the talk about waste on this State house… where is it now?
Wow, looks wonderful!!
National Pride! I hope this is step in the right direction to beautify the entire city.
It is.
Awesome
How much does it cost the state to light up the statehouse every night?
its solar energy
When you see a solar panel there …let me know.
Don’t worry the Geothermal on its way that will be rectify, nice I love it I really love it, for all those that think they going there and shake their bad book on this place they lie parla de sun rise where it have to rise on that blessed building and set where it have to set on that building it not going to look for no sun LOL.
You know, the State House in thsi pic has a striking resemblance to the US’ White House. No?
Ah yes! Beasutiful. Truly stately.
Lovely stuff!!!!!
Got to admit, it looks pretty good.
all that glitters is not gold .
…and half of the story have never been told.
…and half the story have never been told.