School children and workers from the Soufriere, Scottshead, Gallion area were left stranded on Wednesday morning, after bus drivers embarked on protest action.
The drivers have parked their vehicles on the side of the road at the entrance to the village of Soufriere and elsewhere in the community.
They are demanding immediate action to repair roads they claim are becoming more and more difficult to drive on.
Some of the protesting drivers told Dominica News Online that their plight was being ignored even after they had made repeated attempts to have the Parliamentary Representative Sam Martin address what they regard as a crucial matter.
“We are fed up and need action now…we pay taxes and we demand that the road be repaired,” was how one spokesman summed up their case.
“We are moving from (pot)hole to (pot) hole, we may get into accidents and don’t want that, we need the road fixed and now,” they said.
The protesting drivers have vowed to continue their action until their demands are met.
Speaking on local radio unofficially about the matter, Dominica Labour Party spokesman Dr Philbert Aaron said as far as he was aware, road works on the affected portions of road that the drivers are complaining about was due to begin on Wednesday.
dominica passengers should be the one protesting demand that bus drivers drive safely and concern about there life and well being when traveling on there vehicles.These bus drivers just want good road to kill.Road will fix when u guys stare paying taxes for road>fresh
All u have good roads now all u cannot understand alluself…. never happy get good roads all u complaining about owing the chinese leave it to rotten all u on strike.. Like my grand ma all ways said you can never please a black man
to much nice road make us want more pfffffffffff,once u give and inch i will take a mile
“Still they love de PM!!” -Checko 2012
sure is our pm
Not all you that was shouting “LABOUR” nuh in all you …!! Well all that comes with the Next Level!!
I wish tete morne buses did that too!!!!
You call that 18-3…..!!!!
We are going down slowly! Some of you all deserve what you all are getting.You call that Next Level.
Why is it that Dominican policemen like wearing
camouflage uniform when there isn’t a war.You dont find such in foreign developed countries – the riot squad is sent in wearing riot gear. Camouflage is for the army – is this a secret defence force within the police force?
Many of those people are foreign troops training in DA. Beware.
Because the Rapid Reaction Force is a sub-group of the SSU (special Services Unit) that wears army attire due to the nature of their work. Cant run in the jungle with blue of white shirt and expect to take proper cover from incoming fire if the situation gets out of control. Consider yourself properly briefed!
the people need to vote another party. when they vote another party there will get what they want, if they want them back
doe matter who we vote everybody will be the same.so far the leader of the dominica labour party is doing something. give the man a break, rome wasnt build in a day
next time bus driver inform me so i can come and run allu route and make some money while allu protesting.
The villagers don’t patronize outside buses thank you
donkey all you like is that i see mark on soufriere buses
Dominicans these things will take time, u all thinking is 25 cents to build roads man, take it easy, good things comes to those who wait, so wait geezzzz………
why would i have to pay 2% of my salary for medical emergencies when i already pay insurance for that purpose? and besides the funds will have no transparency anyway, maybe to be treated like some sort of ReD Clinic .!
The Govt should look into incorporating some sort of real cheap insurance scheme for the people that is only to be used for surgical procedures that cannot be undertaken here ,due to complexity or the lack of the said surgical equipment.
Example $10 per person per month @ 22000 persons ($220,000) employed the rest of the funds should come from the crazy tax scheme called VAT which was estimated to rack in 30 million but takes 80 million annually.The excess 50 million instead of creating Jobs for the Boys and Girls , Red Clinic, party and colour favours, and much more should aid to pay the portion from the non working populus .
It is taxation sin to TAX an already ailing economy.
They spoke of Next Level and what we see is a next level of bad roads, corruption, high speed wealth accumulation among government officials; police corruption, judicial imprudence ; victimization; poverty; unemployment; dependency, Paros; religious dishonesty; lying cheating professionals, passport prostitution; invasion of aliens; the destruction of the local merchants; the destruction of Agriculture. In all of that and more we got a stadium, west coast road rehabilitation, two sea defense wall, a dismal Melleville Hall rehab, a useless presidential palace; state college which we had.
Where is the Pal Rep in all this? What has he said to the people who voted for him?
These problems first have to be addressed on the local front before it go national.
The People of D/ca still have a few things to learn about holding elected representatives responsible for their living conditions. Is this the 18 to 3 seats they are boosting about?
so long they need to fire blackmoore and his ps brother blackmoore from the ministry of public works… !!
i think they should use the state house yard as road. it is more important to be built than anything thing else in this country , so take the buses and park them there instead.And then again we get what we deserve, is labor power they want they get it. Remember we love our prime minister. get the picture ?
I agree with my bus drivers, Skerrit main focus is on developing his area and the North of the island and care less about us the people of Soufriere Scottshead and Gallion how much more can our bus drivers take enough is enough, this is not only for the bus drivers of the area, but for all drivers and pedestrians using that road, and to all those condemning the bus drivers, who in the kitchen feeling the heat and who feels it knows it
Time for the people to take action. They know that this is coming. That is why they have these troops.
people from dubique to grand fond should get up
and protest as well.we are now in the hurricane/rainny season so we will be hearing the same song from blackmoore all over again.Everytime zandoli see rain coming he says he going to build house..has zandolie ever built a house?????everytime a shower is looming dont you hear him saying/repeating the same ting!
Dont even ask about Wotten Waven. Bath Estate to Screw Spa – almost half an hour . YOur front tire in a hole, your back tire in another one. Is so the road is.
Try driving to Tete Morne
EH BEH LOOK EEET! Minister of Communications highly UPSET and discombabulated on DBS news! this man is so out of place but TAKE DAT! is all you dat will keep voting them. Right now ministers forget they are SERVANTS of the people!
electric trams?
From La plaine to Pond Casse next. Been driving on that road for 23 years, and not a single pot hole has been filled. Shame!!!! 23 years, and more maybe.
23 years??? I have been driving it for a couple years and I can’t take more. This is probably the area the most rain falls in DA and man trying to block pot hole with sand, now they dump a load of tarish coming down by Cheyenne on the side of de road so I guess we have to drive with out shovels and start patching pot holes for ourselves
If I were the passangers I wouldn’t travel on dem, I know they’re trying to prove a point but how they expect people to get to work and school..nonsense, there should be a better way to prove there point..think about the school kids..
the passengers are also feeling it.
only grand fond people that will stay and take that nonsense. sakway sort ki yo yea.
Morne Prosper ppl too, the road is in a horrible mess.
More power to the bus drivers for standing up for what they believe in and doing whatever that need to be done to be heard.The pictures above alone validates the argument that the roads are in deplorable and deteriorating condition.
delices next trust me
Let me reming Dominicans that, Rome wasnt built in a day. The Government is trying its best to get the road network in Dominica professionally done, it is just not Soufriere’s turn, remember they have to finish Pointe Mitchell road and sea defense.
Everybody want their road to resurface now, the village councils should come and provide materials to patch those holes temporarily until the government is ready to resurface the roads in a professional manner.
BUS DRIVERS NEED TO PAY THEIR TAXES AND THE GOVERNMENT NEED TO OWN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
Are the people done “PLANTING FLOWERS”. Dont forget it is three years worth. Get back to planting.
The “One at a time” work – the Chinese are busy not able to come to be all over working.
ah true dat.cause lucia done that
@for/against get out of your sleeping or dreaming mood what the hell you think you talking about, you think you making sense the bus drivers pay taxes, they buy gas, licence, insurance, vat on everything thing they buy so what nonesence you talking about paying the gov’t because you eating red, you think they have that luxury too, it doesn’t work like that, you all must stop that nonesense the road needs to be fixed and it needs to be done now, Soufriere people never act that way, by taking action you should say, since they do it, it means it’s bad, because for years we never demand anything from gov’ts.
Shall we all laugh at this idiot and then pray for him or her.
government doing their best, yet the want to build this milliomS $ mansion, why not spend the money on the people who voted for them, more protest people enough is enough
We are not asking for Rome. Leave that to the pope! All we want is the holes to be fixed in that road, not with tarrish that will wash out when the first rain falls but properly with asphalt and/or cement. Is that too much to ask? Not fixing these roads is false economy and we’re sure the PM. does not even travel economy but we shall be happy with that. No more lame excuses.
LOL @ Dr. Philbert Aaron. I feel sorry for the guy. He reminds me of the fairy-tale I read as a child about the leak in the dike. Talk about plugging holes for the DLP administration. SMH.
and somehow he thinks he is so convincing.it is unbelievable.where is he from?the land of ozz,or better yet bougernania?oh please please!
He is not in touch with reality. He wasn’t hired to be in touch with reality.
He reminds me of the “comic relief” information minister of the Saddam Hussein regime who when the military forces were capturing major strongholds and pounding Iraq, was telling the public that Saddams troops had the coalition forces trapped. How funny on the day of the protest he informs the public that the roads were scheduled to be repaired the very same day
You know that is how they think they can fool people
leave my government alone do not worry with them my government
enjoy your retirement and the ‘back door’ goodies that come with it.not all of us lack conscience and lucky enough to be in your shoes.NOT THAT I WANT TO BE IN YOUR SHOES ANYWAY!my heart is not burdened.
BUT WHAT IGNORANCE IS DIS 4 ME NUH!
The idea is good. But when Moses “the Pm” just came and spread out his rod of correction that too will pass. Soon DLP, will hold an event there and all the bus drivers will get hires, they will go mute.
That is an issue to bring up, ofcourse they will be happy, the money hefty, you all don’t seem to understand that the people traveling that route on a daily basis their lives are in danger, DNO self where the pics of the road nah, allu does have people running their mouth and they not seeing about what, Roseau people were happy for the road when the cricketers were coming, we want to be happy to for nothing*Being sarcastic here*. The pot holes are in what we call corners, when you sway a pothole in a corner, and another vehicle coming what you think going to happen? Lord thank you our drivers are good ones, they can DRIVE, and even if they racing, they still know what they doing.
you got that right. memoir poul
I support those bus drivers. People from Cabrits junction to Capauchin should do the same thing too. one piece of road alone that good is Morne a Louis to Toucarie and after that all the rest is ditches as though other people should not drive on good road.
What about the road between Geneva to Delices and Delices to Pond Case?
well well well
this event{protest}is unheard of in this area.The people there have been taking a lot of nonsence from politicians for a long time.it should have been done a long time ago.some time ago a vehicle entered a pot with water.the vehicle was not moving quickly.it plashed water onto the windscreen of the passenger bus.luckily nobody’s clothes got wet.so all the negative comments have no place here.the bush drivers’ action is justified, plain and simple.i travel that road. please leave commenting for people like me who use the road everyday and face the dangers.if you do not use that road please hold your comments.
YES!!The road need to be Repair!!!!!
But Please tell me How many of this Bus Drivers actually file their Income Tax Return at the end of March 31,2012!!They make all this money and give back the Country nothing!! Help increase the REVENUE of the Country so the ROADS can be Repaired!!
Dominica is the sweetest place to live!!!I guess the tax they r paying is VAT that is compulsory for the entire Country!!
let inland revenue deal with income tax.the issue here is the poor road condition.do not forget that the drivers pay their liscences or they suffer the penalties.
LOL…. U sound like a Tyrant. Whether u r using the road every day or occasionally the road is for all to used!! But for the Bus Driver the Bus is his office and the road is his route for a better life!!
I’m suggesting for every bus driver who don’t pay income tax and keep all the money to them self and don’t give the State a dime should be charge a dollar for every trip that they make whether u r from Scott Head or Capuchin to help Repair the ROADS of Dominica!! The further the distance the more they pay!!
PS: (Once u r a Driver u pay licensing Fees or suffer the Penalties)
That is a very poor excuse after these drivers have been paying taxes high loan fees and maintaining their families what else do they have but their pride if you beleive that your GOVT is not to blame why dont you go out on a tour around the ISLAND and see for yourself those in glass houses should not throw stones because it tend to fall back on them.
This is just the begining other Villages will want to take the same actions to get the GOVT to move off their bots I support the action taken by the Drivers another thing vehicles could still move around if they wanted,Now it’s up to the GOVT to take notice because this is just the begining of things to come.
The people of DOMINICA must tell themselves that they have the POWER in their hands to beable hold the GOVT resposibly and to have them work for the development of their ISLAND.
The actions of the drivers were not to prevent children from attending school or for those who had to go to work but sometimes to take a stand some folks will be inconvenient and those are just small prizes to pay for the good of all the people
Thanks DNO for the pictures.
Somebody really need to invest in a fierry service,from Soufriere to Roseau and Roseau to Posse.
You are spot on re a ferry from Souferier to Roseau. They will need one, because they need to close the road for the work to be done. Its not just patching up the pot holes and laying tarmac. They need to cut out the rocks hanging over the road, put up barriers, lights etc. This is a huge task that should not be rushed.
The road should also be closed for safety reasons, not just for those doing the work, but for those travelling on it.
I can understand the bus drivers concerns, I dread driving to Souferier.
Apologies should read ‘Soufriere’
but give them good road they racing on d damn road like is freaking race track! I say live D road just how it is… allu will slow down and take allu time to drive. think of the pot holes as speed bumps….
foolish argument.What,u want accidents to happen first?sacray SORT.
Good road is for everyone and for development, I agree that some guys race on the road but that is worldwide, that is not a reason why the roads should not be repaired. The road between Pointe Mitchel and Soufriere is really really bad and should be repaired immediately. I think the Government should pay more attention to the immediate needs of the people all over Dominica. I give the guys thumbs up for the protest which was peaceful.
u r so retard
When the people lead the leaders will follow.
Haven’t you noticed that this is the trend. People have to protest for them to be heard.
I also hope at some point people will want to be employed and they will do the same.
what a shame.
look at yourself in the mirror.what do you see?
Dominica does need a gov owned transport system for sure. However we can still have our independent drivers. Any driver would have problems on those roads, whether it was gov drivers or regular drivers. That place is a tourist spot as well, with Scotts head so near and the hot water and all that. I support the drivers. Only thing I think they should do is take the kids to school. Run a few buses for school children only. Adults can fight their way, you canno deprive kids of school, exam or not
Lets make clear what u are saying is this, run a few buses to get school kids to school but deprive their parents who need to get to work on time, who need to provided lunch and supper for those same kids. good idea!!!! love it
that is the whole point of protest. someone has to suffer for the point to be made. strike action always leads to an unsatisfied party. that is just how it is
That my friend, is not seeing the big picture. If they roads are not passable, (or in that case drive-able) where would the buses drive? regardless of who owns them?
time the government do sumting bout them road,cuz we all shud know by now that is one of the main causes of accidents.
Good move guys. Stand up for your rights!
WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOUR NAME (I HATE MEDARD)SAYS ONE THING ABOUT YOU. ITS ALL ABOUT THE PM. FOR YOUR INFO SIR HATERS ARE USUALLY THE SICK ONES WITH PRESSURE AND DIABETES AND ALL SICKNESS BECAUSE ANGER CONSUMES YOU. AS MY NAME SAYS I LOOK AT THINGS OBJECTIVELY, BUT I AM AFRAID YOU MIGHT BE KILLING YOUR SELF SLOWLY. YES THE ROAD NEEDS REPAIRS, AND YES THE DRIVERS CAN PROTEST BUT YOUR OBJECTIVE SI SICKENING.
You are not so neutral after all. You are the persos neck for their name. The people should stand up for their rights. And I am not RED. If you can disrupt a work day to call a meeting becasue of an article written in the paper – I am not supporting you.
You ARE SO RED all FOR be being Neutral.
Let me tell it’s no joke driving to soufriere scottshead, my children love the hot water down there and is pray I praying going and coming back because the road already narrow and it’s extremely dangerous attempting to avoid pot holes …I go on Sundays when the road is less busy but I often wonder how the bus drivers do so please please somebody…anybody do something before lives are lost…
the government should start installing parking meters in Roseau. they want roads all over to be fixed but where is the money going to come from. so many countries charge to park in their cities so why cant dominican drivers do the same. for one that will help ease the traffic in roseau. the fees with help with the road maintenance in the city and where else. DOMINICANS WAKE UP. THE IDEA OF GETTING EVERYTHING FOR FREE IS BECOMING A THING OF THE PAST. WE DONT COMPAIN WHEN WE GO OVERSEAS BUT WE COMPLAIN AT HOME. THE WORLD IS CHANGING PEOPLE, WAKE UP…..
that has nothing to do with the bus drivers.they pay their licences.besides, roseau has no sidewalks much less for parking space to put parking meters.maybe u do not live in dominica.
It’s not free when you paying tax and until they put the parking meters this is what have to happen if the Gov don’t want to fix the roads.No situation should reach to the stage of protest.
The Idea of getting everything free is the example the government set the people so how you doh expect them to follow.I bet it will cost less than $27 mil to fix
@Mike
De money will come from the same place the state malace money came from.
mike y dont u shut d crap up wat u fink roseau is lowell massachsettes where to park u must use a meter?
We will pay the meters, when we have the roads to park on. Are you sitting where you should be seeing? Take a look around you? Where will the meters be erected? The roads are not, repeat not in good standing.
This is a great opportunity for the Govt to introduce a Govt Bus Transportation Service option, especially for the school students, so when situations like this arise they won’t be left stranded.
Stop being stupid. Private bus drivers and supporters can always block the roads through social disobedience even if Government has their own bus service. The bus drivers have a cause and the government have a responsibility to listen. The government is in office to serve the people and not the other way around.
I don’t think this is stupid when it has 21 likes. Now, bus drivers are # 1 cause to road conditions because they use these roads the most, but funny how most drivers don’t report or pay any income tax. Did u know it takes income tax money to fix the roads. How u want to protest when u are the problem all around.
Totally agree. No matter which company owns buses, the roads are an issue to be dealt with as early as yesterday.
The Buses are not the problem. Remember, it’s the roads? why is is so hard to understand this issue? I don’t care if there are electric cars in Dominica. What matters though, is the deteriorating condition of the roads. They are indeed in disarray. Is there an office or an agency which deals with such matters? Roads are an integral part of the infrastructure of any country. Come on people. WAKE UP.
I know all you selfish bus drivers that here on DNO thumbing down people comments of Government ran bus system. All you wicked set of people don’t know children have exams and school? You all are selfish and greedy self interested people! !! Wickedness!
sometimes sacrifices have to be made.when martinique and guadeluope were protesting about two years ago public transportation stopped.what is the point of protesting if it is not going to cause some inconveniences and get some attention?
I agree that the road is in a deplorable condition, i understand the bus drivers concerns but this could have been handled differently. Some of the drivers are fathers and so many school children were affected by this. Children were in uniform from six o’clock this morning, the drivers could have inform the school children who travels with them on a daily basis. On the other hand the bus drivers were offered material on several occassions and they refuse because they could not come together as a group to fix the rooad. Today when it is brought to their attention they say “you think me alone could come and fix the road”. God help those who help themselves drivers. Wicked and selfish bus drivers. Get off your butts to help yourselves.
excuse u?i live in this place and i do not believe u.u want the bus drivers to stop driving and go fix the road and there are unemployed young men who could be paid to do that job?we are in 2012.in the 80s and 90s there were maintainance gangs for the roads.maybe u are young and do not know. i forgive u.anyway if the road was maintained it would not have gotten to that state.people we put to represent us need to take their responsibility,stop selfishly looking out for themselves and do not try to leave their duties to bus drivers and others who have to make ends meet for their families.
You need work to do neutral or maybe some incentive for advance training. You got too much time on you hands
Roads or rather infrastructure of any country lies with the leaders. They are the servants. They took an oath to work for the PEOPLE. It’s not that easy after all. Is it? Patching cannot help the situation after s while. A complete road re-rehabilitation needs to be implemented. That my friend is the business of the people which were put into offices for these purposes.
Some people saying good move but wrong timing. Why? You have to take action when you believe it will make the most inpact and therefore you have a better chance of getting results. If they think thats now is that time, more power to them.
Aaron doe try dat, every time there is a demonstration that is the time your Government was going too…..
lol u kno is dat dat happening 4 true
but wait a minute bus driver striking who lost is that eh they without a pay for hte day did they seem to forget that is their source of income? oh i forget they dont need to run bus cause the bus fair is very high so they make two days pay in one day.
we dominicans will always remain how we are.(freedom ,uwp) was there nothing happen now that gorvernment have so much to do is when u all trying to block road wicked set of people (dominicans again)
that’s not a bus driver,except the most foolish one among.
well said my brother they like internet childreen they want it now like is on tree money growing eh
You see any road blocked? smh
@Shortboy, take a little drive up Soufriere nuh, and tell me how you like it. The government need to communicate. “unofficially” work supposed to start on that road on wednesday. Really?
U have proven your ignorance.u will remain foolish because you are not aware of your rights.people like u tolerate nonsence and have public servants {politicians} take u for a ride.
Everybody has proven their ignorance except you with zero suggestions. You comment how many times and all you do is utilize tha foul mouth just to rant and give not one way of improving the discussion. What a waste of space youre being at present. You can do better than that!
that has nothing to do with politics. Let an ambulance fall in a ditch with u and your story will change.
WHAT KIND OF STUPID STATEMENT IS THAT1?
THAT PERSON IS ACTUALLY SAYING FREEDOM ADN WORKERS DIDN’T DO ANYTHING.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO SAY “PERFORMANCE NOT ENOUGH!”
Sell that area to the Chinese. They will be happier.
sell your mam* and pap* first,then yourself.
nOW THAT IS A PLACE, DEMAND WHAT YOU WANT, DON’T BE LIKE THEM STUPID AND FOOLISH TETE MORNE DRIVERS WHO AFRAID TO DEMAND WHAT THEY WANT,INSTEAD THEY RATHER THIER BUSES FALL IN APART IN THEM THINGS NOT DESERVING TO BE CALLED ROADS.
UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT THE PEOPLE OF DOMINICA TAKE STRIKE OR PROTEST ACTIONS,THEY WILL NOT GET THE ATTENTION OF GOVERNMENT.MANY OF THE CRITICISM BEING THROWN AT GOVERNMENT COMES FROM Q95 AND THE PATRIOTS,THEREFORE, GOVERNMENT CONSIDERS THEIR CRITICISMS TO BE MERELY DISGRUNTLED SUPPORTERS AND WILL NEVER TAKE THEIR CRIES SERIOUSLY. IF YOU WANT THEM FELLARS TO LISTEN,THE PEOPLE OF DOMINICA MUST TAKE TO THE STREETS ALL OVER DOMINICA.
RUBBISH!!!!!! People like you are really sick!! Never in the history of Dominica has sooo much attention spent on road development/improvement YET the likes of you continue to speak and write CRAP because of your political biasness. Look government has announced a further 20 million to deal with those very same roads. What did the UWP you support do about these roads?? Tell me IDIOT!!! But don’t matter what you fools do or say this hardworking DLP government is here to stay. Like it or not!!!!!!
This is very selfish of the drivers and I’ve always said that the bus service needs to be taken over by the government.
Under such a condition
-Bus drivers would work for the people of dominica and be paid by them with a determined salary based on their skill and length of service in the industry. They would be paid a fixed wage.
-a consistent scheduled of routes and times can be done even at odd hours.
-There would be a set fee assessed for every passenger eg: If i want to possie to roseau I look on the schedule of fees and see tat it cost $10 and the bus driver wouldn’t be able to charge me extra at his own convenience.
-With a government regualted bus system they would encourage safety. So before every bus hits the road it would go through safety compliance meaning brakes, tires, seat belts etc
-the bus would only accommodate the number of persons that it suppose to legally and safely carry.
-The bus drivers who work for the government would have to under go background checks especially for those “aviol” perveterd men who prey on young girls so on the bus stop. They’d also be force to take safety and driving defense classes.
-All buses would be uniformly painted so passengers would clearly identify.
-With a consistent bus system there would be less need for so many cars in roseau because the service would be consistent. So anyone found driving inside the city without special permit should be fined and charged. This would definitely ease the burden of overcrowding on the road and parking on side walks!
-If bus drivers fail to join this way of providing service they would be forced to undergo rigorous tests, assessed a huge fee to be independent drivers and also have their bus scrutinized accordingly for safety. ANyone who puts the paasenger at risks would be sent to jail for a minimum of 6 months and assessed a fee.
-With a government or union run bus system everybody would win because there would constant supervision of the services provided and safety could be monitored!
These bus drivers are too greedy and selfish!
Also would then add parking meters in Roseau to assess a fee to motorist in the city with or without parking permits. So you would pay for a permit to get a lower rate at the meter which could be computerized. Swipe your card that will provide for the discount. But everyone should have to pay to drive in Roseau. The operative words being “access fee”!
robin your comments were not well thought of,to say it in a nice way.wheel and come back again.you are clueless.take a back seat.
To call the people selfish and greedy for standing for themselves makes you ignorant. Do you know how much bus drivers pay for shocks and tires, and bearings and all the other things that the bad roads cause to detiorate faster on their vehicles? I am not a bus driver but as a vehicle owner you can see how much quicker the wear and tear is on your vehicle in bad roads. And they have to constantly drive up and down these roads not twice a day like most people. And there is no increase in bus fare because we say that the people cant afford it. So what are they supposed to do. Watch the bus they paid $90,000.00 for fall apart in no time or demand that the roads be fixed so that there investment can last a reasonable period of time?
Exactly. Shocks and tires are their main concerns! Not their passengers. This whole thing is about the bus drivers not safety of the general public! If they drove like they’re are suppose to they would t be getting issues with their shocks. Tey want to run over potholes like they’re maniacs! They see nice road on the upper east coast they feel left out. Well sorry one village at a time and they can continue to affect the people of their community by being totally selfish!
Thats called communism sir, and it did not work. Your idea is to kill the free enterprise where a guy can take a loan buy a bus and run it to make a living, to where govt. is owning buses, giving the jobs to their supporters, and when the government does not have the money for the repairs, you have a more dire situation. Make up your minds, do you want to live in a communist state where everything is dictated by the govt? or do you want free enterprise that is regulated by the govt? If there are laws against molesting children, why do you have to be a government worker for it to be enforced? Calm down, fix the roads and let every body carve out a bread the best way they know how
Nope it’s called regulation something black people hate! All over the world there are regulated bus services. This ensures safety most of the time and fair prices for services. Stop trying to spread your fear of rules and detest for things you all can’t turn into an illegal trade. It have other roads in DA that need fixing. Plus didn’t that area get road work. Sometime ago withy he new waterfrOnt area? Please next village please. Dem bus drivers just want to drive fast and overtake illegally. Been on their buses and they the worst drivers after mahaut taxis. Slow and steady. If is one time I supporting this government backed system is this time. So people can get to where they need at anytime plus if buses were to run later that would help DA businesses that suffer because people can’t get ride to go out etc
robin u looking for attention go on the jerry springer show your dumb
OK. So what is your point? or do you even have one? Are you Dominican? Dominica could not produce such a lack of comprehension. We were always known to be an intelligent people.
@robin why don’t u shut the hell up, what damn bus service u want to talk about? the damn situation is bad, it is Bad, stop playing damn politics, the bus drivers in our area are filling the pinch an to hell with who is in power it is bad just fix it up, what the hell is wrong with you and your selfishness you talk about. damn it man.
Whilst you there calling others dumb haven’t you notice at least that person has ideas? Where are yours? On yeah it stuck on in your brain that feeds you foul mouth. Dominica gave a set people just like you no ideas and always support things that Create problems for other people. In Africa Uganda there’s a taxi driver who go out of his way to ensure the kids go school even through genocide. All the money he makes he put towards keeping up his bus so he could ensure that the children get an education and their schooling isn’t interrupted. The children are the future an those bus drivers are being selfish! I’m sure their kids got to school on their father bus! You’re a complete moron for coming on here being rude. You must be one of those selfish bus drivers. It will have a government who will do just that just you wait!
A private company can also own buses. Why does it have to be the government? What the government has to do, is to constantly monitor the roads and repair them before it gets to such a deplorable condition.
Time to offer the Chinese another piece of our Island. Make more deals. But, are any of the heads of state living in that area, so who needs road? choops….stay with all you pot holes filled roads eh…..is that all you ask for
Send a coaster for the children who have exams. Wrong timing bus drivers- more all you get more all you want. What for all you to strike for all you not striking for. Shame –
there are no exams ongoing. We are still in May.
if u don’t know best u don’t comment!!! college students have exams!
Umm…. Yes there is…
Kudos, one’s got to do what one’s got to do,there are several ways to get people’s attention!
u too ignorant
it is u who is ignorant.no smart person will call herself/himself ghetto girl or ghetto whatever.jennyass!!!!
Well done bus drivers thats has been long over due our road need to fix not patch for the rain to dig up each time please do it in a good manner no violence sorry for the school children,workers and villagers who are affected in one way or the other.
Don’t get me wrong I support them but I jus think its wrong timing
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it’s wrong timing because college students have exams and 5th formers might b goin to town to the library to study…..
Skerritt will let them do their exam do fraid
because he cares
Opposition politician known !!
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WE did it ,WE have power “
The day Road-works starts.
—- Opposition make use of that info.
——for set up protest.—————————– Road-work done
“blue” say;
—“You SEE
well good.if the officials are concerned they will do something quickly and properly.
Wrong time them bus drivers going on strike ,don’t they use their brains or is it gone because of the rum drinking ,what bout the students dat got exams going on ,just saying ,time to wisen up
The gov will have to make concession for those students because this protest is no secret,it’s no fault of the students,you all are too coward these bus drivers took a brave and daring stand for the good of the community!
Sounds like the perfect time to get attention. Why would you strike when no one needs the bus?
PRECISELY
Just for argument sake. Supposing that there was a landslide, and nothing was passable, what would happen? Tests can always be taken. There is no way that an educator would punish a student for not being in class today for a test. Exams will and should be administered to all persons concerned. We need their brains and their input to get DOMINICA moving in the right direction. If students were impacted by this disruption, PLEASE let them have a makeup exam.
If your driving license and vehicle licence expire today you still getting a ticket for not going to renew on time and for what that kind of road condition. Up Copthall way residents have to buy cement to block up those craters of potholes…if you miss one you are certain to land in another. And then they pass in their huge black SUV’s as if the potholes aren’t there. Why because they are not the ones paying to service those vehicles it’s the taxpayer dollar. Right now I need four new tyres and two front shocks who’s going to pay for it? ME
u too jealousy buy yourself a SUV sakway gass man
ghetto girl or whatever u are.please do not comment.u are unreasonable.
We need more protests for many other things in Dominica. Let’s hope others are encouraged.
Public Servants please observe how soon they gonna come and give the road attention this week!
Learn to stand up together to achieve great results.
———-ROAD-PROTEST-STRATEGIE
The road is terrible for real. Something must be done. Everywhere else getting road so why not us too. Our pal rep self is a waste of time.
so true. West Coast have some like him too. six in one half a dozen of the other. Guess next election they will come for vote again
Well what can I say? Actions needs to be taken so that these roads can be fixed. So bus drivers do what u must. Sorry for inconvenience caused to the travelling public!
It was about time and i hope GOVERNMENT get the message, is either they fix the road or iether people loss their lives
What ignorance is this, fix the roads or people lost their lives?
Ignorance of the LAW
yeah sounds like he/she gonna start killing people for roads that is what I am picking up eh
if the road is not fixed, people will lose their lives through accidents. that is what she means.ur comprehension is poor.
The people disliking that comment, allu serious man, loss of life wasn’t meant that people going to kill one another, but the HUGE potholes and buses swaying back and forth going to cause ACCIDENTS, small minded people
you too the words right out of my mouth. they need to think before they comment.
Ignorance At its Best *round of applause*