One student was injured on Thursday after part of the ceiling in a classroom at the old Dominica State College (DSC) campus in Stockfarm came crashing down on her.
Another student, who witnessed the event, said she was one of seven students sitting in class BC2 waiting for a lecturer when the incident occurred.
“We were sitting in the class waiting for it to begin and we heard a rumbling,” the student told DNO. “When we looked the ceiling was already falling on some girls who were sitting there.”
The extent of the student’s injuries is unknown at this time.
The eyewitness said that the rest of the students were able to get out of the classroom safely.
A new DSC campus has been built in Stockfarm and the majority of classes are being held in it.
everything for allu is a politics politics politics….did it ever occur to you that if u take care of something it will last…what if the students did not take care of the school and that caused it to collapse…look at de bathroom na…look at how nasty it is cause dey doh take care of it…so they doesn’t take care of their school thats why it collapse…but i still hope the students recover but think before u jump to conclusions
Unfortunately, Some people wish it was the ceiling in the new building that had collapse…they are even disappointed it was in the old, just to have something to criticize…and they are the ones that want to convince people who to vote for on other articles…hmmmm. I wish the young lady well and I am happy for those who were not injured. Excel Educationally ladies!!!
first comment; a negative one insinuating political preferences.pharaoh,LET MY PEOPLE GO!
a theater in london just had a ceiling collapse,injuring a number of people,so old building or new buildings,this things happen,we should be wishing the victims a speedy recovery not negativity,may god touch who ever was injured.
Thank God that the children did not get hurt at lease none lost their lives. These schools need to be inspected after the hurricane season and before the new school term starts and what were they doing in the old building when there is a new one. Head mistress or head master and teachers the children are in your care put your foot down if something isn’t right.
People, everything is not political!!! A ceiling collapsed at the Apollo Theatre in London yesterday, 70-something people injured, a few critically – which political party you think the British going to blame for this? Stupid question, right? EXACTLY – just like the propensity to make everything political in this country of ours.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I only hope that this is not a sign of bad construction practices on the part of the Chinese. The Chinese have had many problems with buildings collapsing…….Let’s hope that these buildings have been built properly folks!!
well i know dere is a new building but they should fix the ceiling of the old one. i experience something simular to this last semester. turn on the fan and here goes this fan spinning on a side almost ready to fall. the students ran on a side in the class and i had to be the brave one to run and put it off. if they still want classes to be held in the old campus fix what needs to be fixed.
Rain, sun, wind, storms and hurricanes could play havoc on the building of roofs. Old buildings should be properly inspected annually or twice yearly especially the roofs.
This is a shock and experience for those who ere affected. I wish the injured a swift recuperation process.
This is so amazing,everything in dominica is patch up work,fix that ceiling immediately.
Its so sad people!
Stupid
Help Dominicans
Dominican American, what happen, you do not have any contacts from whom you can seek assistance for your people, or are you just another ordinary man who would prefer complain and blame others rather than take the initiative?
Really. Ok then.
Whether is the old or new building they still using the old building tho…..so they should not use the classrooms that have ceilings that are falling…..
my toe got burst last nite I going to blame the govt
Why cant we just read from what DNO has and please my people read to understand, or as we say in rasta land read to overstand.
Belbef…
@rise up. Say wat? this is Dominicans for you.This people just cannot wait to come on DNO to release their negative energies.Empty vessels makes the most noise.
Especially when the barrels are as empty as your brain.
Do you want to deny the people their freedom of expression? ARE YOU SKERRIT?
Duh what do you expect from a crying nation…. Negative energy alone… If people not happy you expect their to be positive energy? Many of us can not even pay to take tai chi classes to let go of the negative energy and bring in positive energy… So what you expect?
I must say that you a filled with a lot of hope that your administration would pull through… I am too hey I am affected by their actions good or bad I pray for good to become of their action …
But I am also a realest and I just don’t see your administration pulling the rabbit out of the hat…and such I need a place where I can shout and screem and voice my opinion…. Thank you DNO…
sa mem,you must not be Dominican, AT ALL is your nationality? may I ask, and what authority do you have making such statement about Dominicans?
Affoss Dominicans not easy…what a state palace have to do with that? It stated it was the old building HENCE THE REASON FOR CONSTRUCTING A NEW ONE!….you want her to go and learn in the STATE PALACE??? DA
Well best they send her to school in the state palace wii pal….smh
Reading is fundamental or half the folks on here make too much “toobak”. It clearly says OLD building.
What a state of affairs eh – way papa
Say what allu want but I doh believe is no ole building. Dey shame to admit that de Chinese finger doh good
Any body that went to the Dominica State College can see that is the old building one of the BC classes
Anyway, there were Dominicans working on the building to eh….whenever they felt like it, but is not 100% Chinese.
Your fool! If you even reached that far in your education you would notice the floor and that is the one in the old building. Stupid.
I won’t lie, I didn’t get that far but I won’t claim to have degree when I don’t have one. In any case I’m older than this building so when I did go to school this building wasn’t built yet so even if I were to be smart enough to go college I would not have gone there.
Brother,why do you even refer to yourself as that?
MORALS my Brother,what happened to MORALS?
Why do you not conduct a research to find out who built the building before making such a comment?
smh at dominicans it says old not new if you attending college you would know that clearly this is the old building stop dragging politics into everything its sickening no lie
luducris! idiotic, go take a bath in de river to wash that stupidness off you.
it is WE, I say it is WE,WE Dominicans, WE are the ones whom THE ALMIGHTY GOD,POSSESOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, hath given the moral responsibility to decide for ourselves as a nation, what is it that WE deem to be to be fit and profitable for us. If any body agree with me, shout AMEN!
This child is entitled to free school. This should NEVER happen where is the environmental health department and the works to do periodic assessments on such buildings.
coincidence?????
Apollo Theatre ceiling collapses in London
By Tom Watkins, CNN
updated 4:03 PM EST, Thu December 19, 2013
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
“We are aware of a number of casualties,” police say
Witnesses say people emerged from the building covered in dust
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” was playing
Ticket prices included a 1 pound “theatre restoration levy”
(CNN) — A rescue operation was under way Thursday after part of the ceiling in the Apollo Theatre in central London collapsed during a performance, trapping people inside and causing casualties, Metropolitan Police said.
It is shocking when such occur. This type of disaster occur elsewhere in the world; no exception in Canada.
A house collapsed and sunk into a hole with the occupants while they were viewing sports on TV.
You must have heard about the man in Florida, while sleeping, his room caved in, into a hole. He was never found. There are others.
We never know when the inevitable will occur. It appears what is there to happen will always happen. Nevertheless, we should ask God to protect us throughout the day and night. How many are doing that? How many go about their business with no thought of God? This is mortal and spiritual food for thought.
God is in control not man. When bad things happen to others we sympathize with them and wish them as in this case, a fast and complete recovery, hoping the injuries are not very serious.
The amount of rain we hear happening in Dominica, in the past few weeks, we are fortunate more roofs are not collapsing and more floods are not affecting the foundation of buildings. Keep praying to God to continue to help and protect us.
The Good news in a bad situation is that we now have a newly built State of The Art College. Something all can now see is really needed and timely.
My God come on Dominicans. The thing clearly states that it happened in the old building. That was the reason they constructed a new college. Say thank God is only one student and she is not dead. Wake up Dominica. Rise up. This negative vibez is destroying our country slowly.
Tell me something though? Why did the old building reach in such a state that they had to build a new one? What happened to maintainance? How long ago was that section of the college built? And that looks like the new section of the old building
If you were smart why don’t you ask yourself.. If that happened to the old building how long will the new one last? I wonder if China would build a new one for us at that time?
You might be fooled by their political gimmicks but I am not… Solve the majored issue at hand which is to improve cash flowing into the country and you solve all these problems… If you could not maintain the old building how do you expect to maintain the new one?
State college have three parts – the old technical section, the academic section built not too long ago and this new one. Picture clearly shows academic section.
there is no problem with the building itself. The campus was just expanded
roof is leaking from the water stain am seeing on the tiles,brag now KELVAR,you are a waste and where is PETER SINGING FOR HIS SUPPER.
tell me what does kelver have to do with this stupes
Grell,my boy,please don’t be so emotional.it will past,Grell believe me ,it will soon past.
alasssssssssssssssss
Is something the higher authorities never took the initiative
To fix. That ceiling was in that condition even before the new was even on paper…just unlucky that this student came to class without the slightest thought of get injured.
Get well soon.
Past student,while you were there YOU WERE THE HIGHER AUTHORITY,and you did nothing!History will always remember you as doing nothing!
i was one of the students who it feel on im ok
this is messed up.. these ceiling tiles needed repairs since I entered in 07.. I graduated…. and Nothing.. But all those Caution fee they taking fro people for nothing.. When all they could do is apply it to your next year fees if it wasn’t used. But i hope you get better
Just a little smile,the Caution Fee is to let you know, that there maybe nö water, nö Electricity, nö Teachers, no Chalk and the posibility of falling Tiles.
what YOU do about it while you were there?
i am from marigot i was one of the students and preferably the one who got the most i wasnt even ask my name or nada i have a head ache and havent gone to the hospital up till nw . just praise godthat my two other friends and i wasnt killed it could have been worse
I thought you were being trained to be a LEADER!
lol tou cho tou flam work labour want to rush and do because elections coming lol.. smh.. see what skerrit do the poor chile.. sue dem darlin sue dem….
labour this and labour that. You are just too myopic! You are a youth ,the whole nation depends on you to bring forth fresh ideas and bring this nation to the real NEXT LEVEL.our future depends on you COLLEGE STUDENTS, think its a joke?
Do not mislead ppl DNO. This occurred in the old campus. WHy didn’t you report that? SMFH
its quite obvious that you dont read
You building state palace and our children cannot learn in a proper building where is your conscience?
U ppl are so quick to open ur mouths with negativity and politics dat u dont read n understand before commenting it says old building
EYES,people don’t use their mouth to write ,they use their MIND.And the mind is where the real battle is.As a man THINKETH SO IS HE;So, if we liberate our minds ,then we as a nation are truly free to liberate our country!
Idiot… go read through the story. It clearly states that this happened at the “OLD BUILDING”. You seem to be full of political crap. How about I offer you a class in reading and understanding? lol
It states nothing about the incident happened in the old building. Only states a new compkes was built and most of the classes are housed there.
@ I Moderator there is the statement:
“One student was injured on Thursday after part of the ceiling in a classroom at the old Dominica State College (DSC) campus in Stockfarm came crashing down on her.”
Please read and understand what you are reading.
A new state college is being built where have you been?? Quit dragging politics in everything smh
Morihei, this is sheer ignorance on your part.
I so glad for DSC! All the extra insurance they forcing people who already have insurance to pay they will put it to use!
Omg! If this happened in another country, there would be a court case right now.. Hello people! We have a legal system for a reason! Use it!
Peeps… this is not on the new campus, It’s in the old campus. Our new school isn’t falling apart just yet!
Lord have mercy. Dominicaaaaaaaaaa
So they not seeing the school not good for people children to sit in?
cant you read?its the OLD building.THE OLD BUILDING!!!!
RAS ,forget about what “THEY “seeing and concentrate on what “YOU “see my brother!
my goodness
That’s the old campus luckily we have the new campus but thank God her injuries were only minor nothing life threatening
STUDENT, you may take this lightly, but the whole nation is dependent on you to make the difference that this our nation can truly look back and say yess are ready to take on the world, because we have youths that stand for righteousness and truth.
I say sue, sue who ever, Wow its a pity you guys don’t no how to sue. Is it your culture not to sue?
@ faceup…They are waiting for your clarification, if sue mean to take legal action against, or the creole work for drunk…
Legal action
FACE UP, prevention is better than cure. If WE unite as a nation,as a people,who can stop us from reaching the heights that we want to reach?
I smell a lawsuit.
Not a new college they just built nah? AA
read to understand..you to busy to comment!
Observer, DNO changed the article. But thanks for your observation!
ADMIN: There were no changes to the story. From the time we got the info and published it, we clearly stated the incident occurred in the old campus. Read more closely before commenting.
retared they clearly said the old campus>>>>smh
Boss ,if you would at least make an attempt to spell properly, that would be more beneficial to the nation called Dominica.
Is it the new building or the old one. DNO please do some basic checks.
If it is the new building, this would be of great concern.
You should read and understand as well
Add that we should not be too quick to judge before we know what really happened. Could be the result of an earth tremor. More alarming is how we so quick to apply First World remedies even if we don’t yet know the truth of the circumstances. Typical of us, I’d say. We long so much to emulate the banality of First World society. And we wonder why we are increasingly becoming soulless. No sense of community, or neighborliness, or compassion, or understanding.
Alas! Poor us!
Smh…READ!!! It clearly says “old”
Somebody gonna get sued