Dominica’s electricity company DOMLEC has disconnected services to cable company Marpin’s office at Morne Daniel, DNO was reliably informed.
Sources told DNO the plug was pulled on Friday morning and more offices could be plunged into darkness soon.
The action follows failure by the company to pay what Dominica News Online understands is a whopping $1.7 million electricity bill to DOMLEC.
Sources with knowledge of the matter told DNO that the company has been struggling to keep its financial commitment to the power company.
The source said a promissory note to have the bill paid was signed earlier this year but several months later, it remains unsettled.
DNO understand that the company’s office in Morne Daniel has a back up generator.
It is unknown at this point how much of an effect DOMLEC’s action will have on the company’s operations.
The company’s manager, Perickson Isidore, told DNO on Friday morning that he was in a meeting and could not comment.
I see opportunity > to implement solar. Right on top of that building.
interesting
I blame Domlec for letting an electric bill so high before taking action. If it was a poor person they would have disconnected it within two months.Is it poor management that’s why the bill was’nt paid?
How soon before Domlec pull the plug on Govt.? This going to be very interesting.
If UWP did not sell DOMLEC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
But didn’t they say that Digicel wanted to buy? U cant pay ur bills then sell or join forces and get back to the top!
if they had not taken Mr A to court all that would of not happen
Amen. Let them feel it now
Skerrit at least could have spoken to Hartley Henry( his Bagian advisor ) to allow the Barbadian owners of DOMLEC to give MARPIN an ease up. After all, you’re suppose to know people who know people – What’s up with that? Looks like the joke is on you
You seem to forget is UWP that sold DOMLEC so take what all you get!
Skerritt is salt man. Allu want to put him in everything!
Jeff Baptiste it time for LIME to put forward a bid to take over MARPIN. Because with the right management this will be a lucrative investment.
Whoever owns the cable customers will be the king in the telecom industry….. because all data which is the financial future of this industry will be channel through your cable box(Smart TV) in next 5-10 years and voices will just be a free commodity.
With due respect to Lime I think that the new major shareholders of Domlec have first call. Not only are they a major creditor of Marpin but are also significant players in the cable entertainment and communications field and I’m sure that the previous American shareholders of Domlec would be more than happy to make a similar deal for their stake in Marpin.They know whom they are dealing with and could divest themselves of their stake in Marpin with the minimum of fuss.
All the profits domlec domlec does make every year they can give Marpin a breakdown. After all, it was Marpin that fought hard to monopolize telecommunications services in this country. If it wasn’t for them other telecommunications places would be dead broke fighting against cable n wireless. And look at cable n wireless today. Can’t we now say that Marpin tried? I think they need our help n support right now in prayers
Garcon, don’t you read? The DID give Marpin a breakdown, they pulled the plug! (..perhaps you meant to say “give Marpin a break”?).
come on SAT this is your opportunity, free connection or free first month for all new connection, make the people an offer they cannot refuse.
ebeh they will increase the fee from 57.50 to 100.00
Marpin too wicked to be owing a bill so high, Domlec more wicked than marpin to let it get so high. I feel so sorry for dominicans like myself working everyday, paying social security and in the end we will get nothing upon retirement. Please Dominicans the most I can say is, little how you can save for your own future cause there are a lot of mangers that take your money and make themselves rich. Nothing for you.
Well you have your own business management and accounting concept as simplistic as it is. Hey who can fault you for demonstrating you multiplication skills.
G0 figure Marpin revenue is so great in a wonderful economy that they refuse to pay DOMLEC because Marpin figure that DOMLEC aught to be doing well in the same economy. So since politics should be left out let me just say congratulations to the people who are directly responsible for a well performing economy. It is an economy that puts us at the forefront of the Caribbean economy.
I hope that the people responsible are not so bashful and modest to avoid claiming the credit and praises.
I must shake my head – when they claim that we were doing well it was meant to imply that credit is due but when the battlefield conditions are truly exposed they blame the world economy. It is sad that our political directorates make themselves unanswerable to the people. So while they disseminate lies and coverups the country is on a express train to Doomsville Colapsia
Really Marpin was ever unable to pay it’s bills before the economy had been cremated by the current administration. Please educate us.
A so called friend of mine once was in a difficult situation and ask me for help and i told the person to play the lotto , because that’s how i pay my bills by playing and winning , so i think Marpin management should put together and play lotto especially Big4 to pay the bill.
Hmmmmm, now maybe Domlec will take over Marpin TV Company or at least a significant share of it! The problem is that Domlec, from what I understand, was sold to a Barbadian company right under the nose of the government of the day (they claim that they had no idea it was happening). As a result of this, the share, if passed on will benefit Bajans and not locals. Sad fact………
When you take little boys from the field and place them in high offices any thing is possible.
Doninicans take note, beware of Linton and his band of cut throats.
what nonesence you talking???? what linton have to do with what is going on under the labour party? you think every body are fools like you?
who you calling little boys, so the pm is a little boy to. the man take office recently with the company in trouble.
If I don’t pay my cable and internet bill they will disconnect it. If I don’t pay my Domlec bill they will disconnect it and they won’t let me run up a million dollar plus bill before they disconnect it. The problem is that if Domlec shuts off power to Marpin every Marpin customer is affected especially if our services are cut off because of Marpins lack of action. They need to come current with their bill and then Domlec should NOT let them run up a bill like that again. In the meantime it is the consumers that are affected.
Guess social security will take our money and pay up. I hope when I retire I get my money after paying contributions all these years. Real bad investment by Social Security
Suggestions:
Since when this outstanding bill really started. Should not have happened. There must be an explanation why Marpin is not paying the bill. Is there an issue with Domlec we know nothing of. Marpin should say something. The Board of Directors is well equipped with management capabilties so what is the problem. Is the foreign company taking out too much management fees. They have to stop immediately, Directors reduce your fees and management take a cut until the situation is resolved. Maybe management is too top heavy.
The shareholders should deal with the matter promptly by injecting some equity into the Company with the necessary adjustment. Is the building (2nd floor) being rented or did the govt crowded out the private sector by putting the call centre in a govt owned facility? just asking.
Totally agree….
It may be an idea for the many Dominicans who love the TV to collect money to give to MARPIN so it can invest in solar energy – a good Christmas gesture. Solar energy is free and abundant, like sea water.
In that way MARPIN never has to pay an electricity bill again. The energy cost will then be for maintenance of the panels only. MARPIN is local and provides jobs, and a service that Dominicans want.
So what do you do when you want to watch T.V. or send your e-mail at night when there is no sun? use a battery?
alas mar gway sar you have so much big mouth on dno and you don’t even understand how solar panels work? idiot they store energy, jeez and to see how u like to criticize skerrit and anybody u think is for him. shame on you go back to school both you and linton,.
Soon Marpin will have to cut their own internet cause Marpin cannot pay Marpin for the internet bill.
And i crying , i doing better than marpin man
Domlec cut my light for $197 d other day a d see how much marpin owing….magwe sa
Well … the PM paid to bring the Miss World Pageant to Dominicans … so now i calling for a Marpin bail out … This is an essential service!
Skerro, Pay MARPIN 2K4 light bill and I will vote for you!! Cuz i cant do without my MARPIN!
You will find time to read and help your kids with homework.lmao
why is the government shouldering all the blame for whatever goes wrong in the island. Dominicans we are better than that. I know its election time but some of the posts are not warranted. If the government paid as you imply for my world than i guess he paid for his service, Marpin however should in turn pay for their service. even trade. Let’s get all the facts first before some of us comment, never know a constructive comment might be a turning point in the right direction for some of our problem in the nature isle.
Is not the end of the daY marpin mUst vive
Is your vote that cheap?Malgraysa.
Ron Abraham spirit on them; only he can bring this company back Ron Abraham
this is the gospel truth the evil that people do live with them Ron is getting his rewards now for his own thing. God is not a Police.
true say. karma is a b—h
A lot of Marpin customers are not paying for their service and that is the money that has to be used to do any payments.
Marpin customers who have not paid but getting service are the ones that caused that.
Body guard I wouldn’t like your job
Snake in the grass they know no luv
Politicians drinking human blood
Concrete heart can hold no luv.
When people love they don’t lie to those they love. They don’t tell you that your poverty is in keeping with the world economy when their own economy is stronger than ever with millions hidden in the banks.
When the rain falls it never fall on one man house top:
” Before you jump in the ring you better go pay your bills” well truckers cyan pay their bills; UWI cyan get paid; Venezuela cyan get paid; civil servants settle for kubawi; road workers cyan get paid ; Dapex groveling; State College electricity bills cyan get paid.
The lips of the righteous teach many but fools die for want of wisdom.
We like to put politics at the front of every thing bad thats going on, good thing i will think 4 my self and i will look at all angles to figure out why things went wrong, and it all comes back to management.
Say 10,000 people Dominica paying $80.00 per month and i believe its more than that cause i paying $160,00 per month 4 cable and internet they should rack up $800,000 per month so that bill should be paid cause that 1 million+ is not a one month bill. if they were paying there bill by the 10th like how they require there costumers to do they would not be in that mess
Well you have your own business management and accounting concept as simplistic as it is. Hey who can fault you for demonstrating you multiplication skills.
G0 figure Marpin revenue is so great in a wonderful economy that they refuse to pay DOMLEC because Marpin figure that DOMLEC aught to be doing well in the same economy. So since politics should be left out let me just say congratulations to the people who are directly responsible for a well performing economy. It is an economy that puts us at the forefront of the Caribbean economy.
I hope that the people responsible are not so bashful and modest to avoid claiming the credit and praises.
I must shake my head – when they claim that we were doing well it was meant to imply that credit is due but when the battlefield conditions are truly exposed they blame the world economy. It is sad that our political directorates make themselves unanswerable to the people. So while they disseminate lies and coverups the country is on a express train to Doomsville Colapsia
Of course, because that hypothetical $800,000 is tax free and expense free. No need to worry about things such as wages, depreciation, furniture and fixture. They don’t exist… the only bill is the one to Domlec right?
Where were the board of directors and DSS when the white man was running the company into all this debt?
of course bro its a white man fault in all bad things and misfortune happens to this island…poverty, diseases, unemployment, weak education, non-existent medicine, hurricanes, floods..of course its all a white man fault…
Boy, what would we do without white man? We would have to blame ourselves. Malgraysa
Did the directors and chairman of Marpin get paid on time?
Everybody calling on the government and sayin They caused that. While I agree the government could have intervened Marpin Board of Directors laps man. How could you have let the bill go on for that long without ateast trying to pay. I bet if marpin had pulled their weight and try to atleast pay a certain but fair amount of the bill Domlec would have postponed the disconnect and allow them more time to work on things.Just a damn shame
Anyway, you Dominicans are just a set of hypocrites. Now you all seeing the worth of Mr. Ron Abraham?! NONE of you, not ONE OF YOU called the radio stations, or protested in the streets about the unfairness of it all.
Today you people want to jump up and down and cry waylaylaylay?? Makes me sick!!
Excuse me…..did u call?
Thst is not true many people calked the radio crying foul. I heard Lennix Linton for example expressing outrage with the conflictinging interest participation of the notorious layou rivet hotek passport accountant.
Stop looking for excuses and call the game as is
U late! Now u know da people are two way switches. When they tell u walk run for yur life. They will give u peepee to drink and cut their neck and say is kubuli.
In an Three Stooges show Curly decided that in order to get the water out of their sinking row boat he need to drill another hole in the boat so the water coming into the boat can get out. Well if what we have in Dominica is not Three stooges economic management then we could also call it plaster on a “Bobo Wagais”- plaster on a Bobo Wagais only lead to gangrene. The limbs of this country is falling of without the need for amputation with job going south, banks repossessions, crime increase, drug addiction, mass migration, abject poverty.
We the people of Dominica should be very concerned , very very concerned. We looking at a company that is broke and our Social Security funds could be in jeopardy – I doh know for sure but it is not unreasonable to be concerned about our SS funds- after all social security own 50% of Marpin company and when a company cannot pay it’s electricity bills that is serious cause for concern.
The worse is yet to come only because those who are suppose to be manning the ship have been trying to hide the truth but the truth is like gremlins the more you pour water on the gremlins is the more they proliferate and pop up in all kind of places. The lies and fabrication cannot fix the broken economy. Telling the people that it is the world economy cannot restore an economy back to drive mode. In fact the people are asked to throw up their hands and surrender and at the same time there are those who like in the movie Titanic are still playing the violin deck providing false hope and entertainment. The greatest travesty is that those who drove the titanic into the iceberg have secured their rescue boats and have their own rescue plans.
So when some of us talk about having our kids born in America because we want opportunities for our kids why call us unpatriotic . After all if I have no confidence that Dominica will ever afford my kids opportunities why have my kid in Dominica. Even better yet if the leader doesn’t think that Dominica will ever afford his kid an opportunity then who am I not to have my kids in New Jersey.
“I don’t have a problem is the world that have a problem with me “
Oh stop the long political diatribe nonsense!!!!Marpin has had issues for donkey years now. it is not the fault of any one administration!!!
beautiful
Give back to Ron Abraham his company to operate. That is what MUST be done.
The man worked so hard to set up Marpin and then through manipulations, the company was wrested away from him.
Give de man back his company now!!!!
We need to pray for the company. God bless Dominica
Better yet pray for Dominica ; pray against the evil of con artists, those who come as servants of god, those who claim that god sent them ( by the way all dictators say that – check the records).
Pray for our country – there is more bad news coming on the horizon. In the mean time continue to ignore your conscience and listen to deceivers-those who would do anything to hide the truth.
November is not done as yet an i pay my bill for november already hope my marpin dont cut off
so wait a while, doesnt marpin hav the cash to pay their bill, i mean come on, they av internet, cable, phone. that firm that has der business unstairs marpin not payin der rent or wat. by now marpin should hav more than 2 generators.so which concldes that money isn’t flowing in this country.
Where on earth does a Social Security organization get its self involved in a commercial identity so if the business collapse who will pay the retires
Let’s just pray for Marpin because is families that work there. But I would really love to see the Director’s salaries reduce significantly. Not to make them poor, but just to save the lives of families. Let’s pray Dominicans,let’s pray, we all need to pray. Marpin infront, but who’s behind! This is sad but God is still in control and He is certainly not sad.
That’s waisting my prays.
Marpin, Domlec and Dowasco are all neighbours and neighbours are always in trouble.
World Economic crisis- I must laugh but at the same time be concerned about our social security.
I do have a suggestion for Marpin though – Citrus , coconut and dasheen worked for Venezuela. So it maybe that DOMLEC is willing to accept Dasheen only cause Venezuela was offered $60 million worth of Dasheen, Citrus and Coconuts.
Everything is upside down inside out.
oh, so that is why i had the interruption in my service a while ago???????
Maybe mr. Emmanuel forgot that Domlec has new owners, who will flex their muscles. The previous ownership had also an interest in Marpin, together with Social Security and things were perhaps more cosy. Not so with LPH and their owners Emera Inc.
They now have a golden opportunity to acquire Marpin cheaply unless the latter pay their outstanding bill in full. Either they can negotiate a deal in return for writing off the debt or force the company into liquidation and snap up the assets. Meanwhile, maybe the Govt. can provide Marpin with diesel fuel at concessionary rates to enable it to keep it going using its own generators….bet SAT would have something to say about that!
OK Folks lets pause and have a good LOOK at the Owners of Marpin! “DSS” Dominica Social Security and WRB an American Group.
Its my understanding that the Owners are NOT even subscribing to their services;
The management team and the Board of Directors of Marpin should be fired.
Where is Ron to come to their help.
De country sweet. De country nice. Everything proper. We ARE doing better than most!
This is what I look at to see if the country as sweet as some people make it out to be.
Whenever there is a photo of the day, everybody gushing about how nice Dominica is and how they want to return. If you look closely, most places have trees and beaches and mountains. These are things we had nothing to do with. It was there with or without us.
What separates the good places to live from the bad is the standard of living – the day to day experience. When we can turn this country around such that we can have a place where we don’t have to run from at the first opportunity and enjoy the beauty that has been bestowed upon it, then we can truly say “Dominics Nice”.
next level…….
anyone one worth his or her salt can tell you upfront that Dominica’s economy is “DEAD”
Cash flow is a Major factor, it would be wise for Marpin to do a restructure, maybe too many overheads they should try to lease the building in town out and operate from a low cost facility, reduce of the channels as many of them aren’t big on viewer’s choices, the internet age is at the finger tips now…thus reducing cost..so it would be wise that a independent review be done about Marpin.
That’s why i am not trying to be a broken record But my friend Ron’s idea was to have Marpin as a Media Centre for the caribbean selling traffic to World Wide Networks which would bring much needed Capital and exposure.
But again it’s the Today’s Dominica, the key hole mindset, timid, small minded approach which is like a leach to the island’s development..
If Dominica and Dominicans were Big thinkers the Island would not be a looked down island to many.
bommmmmmm!!!! woy i better get cable when i put my home cause i pay my bill before the 10th…Marpin to fleching up wda
Lol I agree with u ^
What goes up must come down. Wealth earned dishonestly will be stripped away from you, says the lord.
borjay de country really goin dong. all i know is wen dey cut my cable i cuttin der pwel
Economy in Dominica is doing very well…money is meeting money…thank God for the Dominica Labour Party…..it’s the best the citizens have embrace since independence….
The Government is part of Marpin 2KT4 LTD, but the bill will be settled soon as a Juvenile leader will have monies paid to them from the ALBA funds..
Don’t worry Dominicans…it’s how this upside down place called Dominica operates…
Certified as a (FOOLS PARADISE-DOMINICA)
Bon Diay!! Alas
Only tbhis week I paid my bill. Will I get a refund?
No, because we need whatever little money we get to pay our bills. You can pay for next month if you want….that will be helpful
lol
Little money you say? Marpin more expensive than SAT. Marpin used to have a scheme to give you discount when you pay months in advance but no, they stopped that. I guess that improved their cash flow then? Marpin’s head too big.
The evil that men do lives with them. Their are many people in Dominica that don’t believe in prayers, I am sure you, Mr. Ron Abraham, believes in prayers.
Mr. Abraham built Marpin from scratch, certain BODs undermined him and a few weeks later they too left the company…
Marpin will not do well under anyone else but Ron Abraham…
give Mr. Ron Abraham back his company and all will be well
Sad but some one has to do something one way or the other
Why? We can switch to SAT you know.