Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is distancing his administration from a controversial Malaysia-based website, www.mydominicatradehouse.com, and company My Dominica Trade House, which have been the subjects of much discourse in some quarters in Dominica recently.
Speaking on the Next Level Program last weekend, the Prime Minister said the website and company have no formal agreements with the Government, are not agents of the island’s Economic Citizenship program, are not affiliated with any state entity or with him personally or the Dominica Labour Party (DLP).
Skerrit said the website and the company My Dominica Trade House came about as a result of a “gentleman” who became a Dominican citizen through the Citizenship by Investment Program and who feels passionate about the island.
“Because the guy feels so passionately about Dominica, he uses his own money to pay staff and to pay researchers to help promote Dominica,” he said. “All the guy is doing is to fetch economic opportunities for our country, to promote in a positive way our country, to seek to mobilize resources so we can invest in our country and create a better way of life for our citizens.”
The matter was first brought up by talk show host, Angelo Allen, after the website showed government officials in Malaysia but no reports were made to Dominicans about the trip.
“Why didn’t any of them say a word to us in Dominica?” he told DNO. “That is the question … it is not about how ungrateful we are, it’s about the responsibility of the Prime Minister and all those other government officials to tell the citizens of this country what it is they are doing supposedly on behalf of us the people of Dominica.”
The site was taken down when the matter was made public but is now back online.
Allen said there are many unanswered questions such as: who paid for the trip to Malaysia? Were these public servants paid an allowance for every day spent out of the country?
He would also like the air cleared on allegations of “five My Dominica Trade House Medical centers in Dominica.”
But Skerrit is of the view that Dominicans should follow the example of the Malaysian man, who name was not revealed, in promoting a positive image of Dominica via social media instead of giving negative comments, attacking and trying to black eye the island.
“Let us appreciate how we would all have in the world a positive image of Dominica,” he said, adding that instead of this, the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) is “seeking to create all sorts of dark clouds, all sorts of innuendoes, all sorts of unfair criticisms of this and giving it the impression that it is a holding company of Roosevelt Skerrit, it is a holding company of the Labour Party.”
He insisted that this is not the case.
“What holding company? Go on the website and see…” he said.
However, Allen is not satisfied with the explanation.
“What does that have to do with anything? We are not talking about that man at all,” he stated. “They have tried to move the conversation about an Iranian man and how ungrateful we are. It’s about why didn’t the Prime Minister tell us that he was doing all those great things with this great guy over there.”
He continued, “And if it is a man who is spending his money so badly, he loves Dominica, what is in it for him?”
According to www.mydominicatradehouse.com, My Dominica Trade House, is a company that is based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, with three local companies in Dominica.
These companies, the site says, provides limousine taxi services, aqua prawn farming facility and energy solution that they are completely based on green energy. They are also operating a spring water bottle plant, a business and consultancy management company that will assist the citizenship and passport applications for different countries including Dominica and managing valuable client’s assets.
The site further revealed that as they continue to expand, their upcoming projects and services in Dominica will be investing and managing a five-star hotel resort and a Students Exchange Program.
“MDTH is here to make opportunities for those who are bold enough to make to first move and profit from it,” the website stated.
The Opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has also been vocal on the matter and will be holding a public meeting at Weirs Flat in Marigot on Wednesday 10th June 2015 to discuss it.
It will be held under the theme: Connect the passport dots.
Dominica is a member of the Commonwealth. Malaysia is a member of the Commonwealth. Baron was High Commissioner in London which is where the Commonwealth is headquartered. Yet there was no picture showing her or Skerrit meeting the duly elected Malaysian government . They went to a shady character who placed a hospital in Dominica by remote control. Not one meeting with the Malaysia ministry of foreign affairs. Bunch of jokers hocking carl.
Hope you the guy read all the comments. And read the pm’s statment .
Well mr.Skerrit , how is he going to promote Dominica? By selling passports? Or will he promote us on the travel channel? hahaha. Stop trying to fool the people of Dominica. And by the way, you talk about selling of passports and tax. How much tax is collected on the sales of passports? Mr. Guy since you are so passionate about Dominica I hope you read Dominica news online to see what the people are writing.
the guy the guy the guy I feeling sick to listen to sherritt the guy
Mr. PM you can fool some people sometimes, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Mr.Pm, how you address him the guy? The gentleman? A big businessike that this is how you address him? You don’t even have respect for the him. But you expect the people to acept some body they don’t even know. Eben skerritt you not easy. Look like the guy feels more passionate about Dominica than you man? you are distancing your administration , and you are defending mr. Guy Gentleman. That’s how the pm called him. ( the guy the gentleman. ) his first name is Guy his second name Is gentleman. He has no other name. Well well well.
Mr. Pm, you say neither you or your government have no formal agreement with as you call him the guy. Then let him know that using the flag of the commonwealth of dominica is illegal, and he must immediately remove the flag on his logo. If you are not affiliated with him, then how could he on his own choose to use the flag of the commonwealth of Dominica? You say he is so passionate about the island , then tell us how many times has he visited the island, and what did he see that to make him so passionate about the island. We would like to know how is he promoting the island if he’s never visited. You and your government are not affiliated with him or his business and he is using our flag for free to make money for himself? Who gave him permission to use the flag? Please we want to know. This state property.
de man take out de parrot on the flag and put his face… so dominica is his give rise to MY DOMINICA TRADE HOUSE… se mon dominique zor sort, en beh waytez sort.
Do I have to call in the FBI and Interpol like FIFA.. please let me know…
Sell my PM sell, and sell Dominicans and the whole damn island of Dominica too, ‘pasque say sort yo sort’!
Does this administration really intend to provide for Dominica’s budgetary needs by selling passports? How many do they plan to sell annually? Oh Dominica is so lost, completely adrift!!
My comment was removed, but the fact remains true that these pimps are bankrupt of ideas, imagination, creativity, on developing Dominica.
It’s just too much nonsense going on in this island and most of the people are very blind they are not allowed to demonstrate and they remain silent really this government should go
this could not happen without the help of the civil servants in the treasury. . right now they have no money to pay salaries for june.open your eyes c/bean natl bank.
That good for Dominicans
” ‘Because the guy feels so passionately about Dominica, he uses his own money to pay staff and to pay researchers to help promote Dominica,’ he said.” ….and you know there are some DIMWIT LABOURITES who will believe that you know.
A bunch of FOOLISH PEOPLE!!!!!
Our blessed redeemer, Dominica’s political saviour, the wise and honourable, Prime Minister, Dr. Roosevelt M. Skerrit’s conscience is clear. Dr. Skerrit is not in any way, shape or form affiliated with My Dominica Trade House. This company is, however, a friend of Dominica and the Dominican People and is prepared to inject a vast sum of money into the Nation’s economy. My Dominica Trade House is prepared to make a massive investment with regards to infrastructural development. In cooperation with the blessed Dominica Labour Party Government, My Dominica Trade House will dramatically transform Dominica into a “playground for the wealthy”. This venture will create a massive influx of foreign exchange monies benefiting ALL DOMINICANS. The opposition and their lapdogs are blowing smoke and attempting to stifle the magnificent progress that is about to reach our shores because its success will definitely translate to 40 more years of LABOUR POWER! LABOUR IS HERE TO STAY!!!
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i hope you will donate your testicles when the frying begins.
I just cant believe my PM would say such thing… DNO must be making up that story… I have over 75 pictures so he would never say that at all…
Why the logo have Malaysia above Dominica, Venezuela above Dominica, China above Dominica, best mister kept his French passport and left us alone, he bringing us to the gutters.
Our beautiful Dominica, thanks to the Skeriitt Cabal, has been, and is being sold, by Skerritt’s DLP Gov’t, which after 15 Years boasts that selling Dominicans passports is their pillar for development.
Selling our passports to whoever have de money is a priority development policy/ programme for Skerritt and his incompetent DLP Gov’t. A few are making millionssssssss,. Fooling the people, speaking untruths, trickery, dishonesty, secret deals, disrespect for the Dominican people, are the order of the day.
Is from one scandal, one secret deal to the next being unfolded, and revealed. The facts are damning. The truth is like a thorn in the sides of those involved in unscrupulous, no transparency, no accountability trade of selling our passports. Only a few, making the millions. Selling our passports benefit the depositor of $1.5 million in the bank, not farmers or nurses or…..
Their $multi-million selling-passport trade brings quick wealth.. Greed, not…
“Let us appreciate how we would all have in the world a positive image of Dominica…,”
There can never be a positive image of Dominica with Roosevelt Skerrit as Prime Minister!
Skerrit what is the Malaysian mans name?
My FRIEND neither you or your administration cannot distance yourselves from this one; it’s like your apron. These photos are worth one million words. You guys simply don’t get the picture; Dominica does not belong to you and the DLP (Deception;Lies; Propaganda). Let me remind you that you all are just the caretakers and any decisions that you take has to be with the full knowledge and consent of the people of Dominica not some (no name man); where the HELLLLLL he comes from. If your bunch of Dumb-in- cans do not wish to know so be it; but the rest of us Tax payers have a constitutional right to be informed. And this is a challenge to the rest of your dis-honorable Administration if they want to distance themselves now is the time to do so. And no one seems to be mentioning the ghetto Back Street PhD boy who is now rubbing shoulders with millionaires; Hummm! wonder what the wood-ants up to???? Just asking.
If Skerrit wants to disown MDTH I dare him to make a public statement and also an international case against Alareeza. If a man and his company is professing to have suthority to sell our citizenship and passports then the government must come out show their disapproval of the MDTH.
Maybe Dominicans should take on their own and file a case in the international court against MDTH.
Thanks to Angelo and the others. One day soon with the help of those with the expertise, the can of worms will be opened.Corrupt activities in 2015 cannot stay hidden for too long.Hope and pray that i live long enough to see some leaders explain why the country was plundered and pillaged in this vicious and wicked way.
Interesting design of the map. Heard of the flag of the island with the pm face on it.
What about this time for such article? This is about one day before the ‘a team’ ,(uwp) team dominica goes on the road with the information to the people across the Island..
Pleased to See the article.
There is no such thing as a free lunch. If he is so passionate about helping Dominica why can’t his name be published so that the citizens of Dominica and vet him and do their due diligence?
Why must it take Angelo Allen or Q95 or DNO to expose a serious situation in Dominica, in order to get Skeritt to react. If the trip to Malaysia was above board, if it was successful and honest, why didn’t he, in his usual manner, call a press conference on his arrival in the country. He still has an opportunity, to prove to Dominicans that the UWP is just trying to create all sorts of dark clouds and innuendoes, by calling the press to include, Angelo, DNO, DBS, Kairi, the Sun, the Chronicle , Matt, Carlyle, Da Vibes, where he can be questioned. We have heard on many occasions, Dominicans are calling Skeritt a man of untruths, some people would go as far as to say he has a degree in lying. He is the one responsible for bringing the disrespect to himself by his actions. The theme of the DLP during the general elections was, ” leadership is everything,” I wonder who was he referring to, it couldn’t be himself, maybe, he was referring to Mr…
he was referring to Mr. Linton.
The highest concentration of educated forward thinking people in Dominica are in or near Roseau. This is the reason the ruling party lost those seats. I am from the north for those of you wondering about what I am saying. The PM is from a small constituency which represents a very small fraction of the voting population in Dominica. To date the amount of drug addicts in ville case have grown, the educated folks don’t leave there anymore and many have migrated. Like many of the rural communities the balance of the population are mainly ignorant of their rights, lack a sound education, cannot reason, still believe in witchcraft, cannot read and write, and have no sense of what development is. Are we surprised, at the quality of a prime minister we get. This is the result of a brain dead society. If Dominica is to advance this madness has to be stopped. Six months after an election only taxes or selling citizenship to folks who never set foot in DA is the plan for development. Sickening.
yeah the crackheads of riverbank and montego bay.
we know the vast majority of the river bank crack heads are from the country
idiotic comment, go back to school
But what majjie I hearing there with mr and dem na! Time we start protesting more in that country for what we want! and we want ANSWERS cause is our D@mn business…
Skerrit must go by the hook or by the crook.
What are you all complaining about? You all had the chance and did not take the opportunity to liberate yourselves from the corruption, abuse and mental slavery. The Electorates of St.kitts, Guyana, St.Maarteen and Antigua sent a strong message to the politicans.
Dominicans are just words and no actions…..SO TAKE WHAT YOU ALL GET AND SLEEP WITH IT.
WE all knew of their corrupt practices before election, yet the majority voted in favour of these practices…..So why cry wolf now. TAKE YOU ALL BLOOZE for another 5 yrs.
When Skerrit realized he won the election, in his speech he said he was humbled……. Asked any political analyst to explained what this meant…….
He Skerrit had to himself thought that he would not be given another term in office…..but Dumbnicans swallow his lies …line, hook and sinker….. and showed him they like the misery, pain and suffering. So he was humbled
So he is giving you all EXACTLY what you all asked for.
Zor tout sort!!!
Just now is jim jones juice skerrit will give those wicked followers of his.
That headline and story is misleading, Angelo and the boys claimed that this man deals with everything under the sun all the PM did was point out that man or the company or site is not doing any work for the country to receive money in return. Angelo will never get it because as usual they jump the gun. All the man doing is promoting the country, but there’s always UFO’s roaming Dominica, you people sure run people away from this country with you all old politics, SMH.
Excuse me….how is the man promoting the country by advertising institutions that do not exist? SO if I create a website for the largest mental health clinic in the Caribbean, and include photos of the prime minister hanging with me signing docs…would that be “right” and legal?
The prime minister and his entourage that accompanied him on this trip all need to explain WHY it was so important to hang out with a man that is just promoting the country, when they can’t speak to not ONE of the projects he is currently promoting. Come on man!
Really you responding g to this donkey foolishness
@realpossie You need to sweep the white dust from your brain.Your asinine comment suggest that you need help.
hahhahhahhhhahhaaaa. boy you just cannot explain that one. you must be skerrit pum
ask skerrit ‘what about the international airport?
ask blackmore ‘what about the cruise terminal at canefield , when the one in roseau is going to be upgraded
ask blackmore and skerrit ” what happen to the kowait money for roseau development’
ask blackmore and skerit what happen to the hotel they promised at public works’
ask robby tongue what are they doing about entertaining the young people in roseau?
ask skerit ‘ why is the customs duty so high on a vehicle? why does someone have to buy back a vehicle from customs when they take it into dominica.
and the list goes on
Oh my God! Lord have mercy. Mister is a deadly fella!
I wonder why “labour of love” is not making any comments about this?
Lennox Linton, I hope the meeting is not only on MY DOMINICA TRADE HOUSE! It has to be about the Haitian visas, Public Works, Black Sigatoga, $1.5 million bank deposit, $2.0 million contract to Hartley Bajans in violation of the Procurement Act, the Tablets promised since January, the empty treasury, the coming budget, Salisbury, Lindo Park and the list can go on, on , on …
I’ll be listening
Boi dominicans stupidddddd! All you have a man and his boys making money and all u poooorrrrrrrr. Dumbest people in the world!!!
look at a tuesday in dominica, all businesses dead, people dont have money, nothing happening, skerrit and his boys rolling quarter million dollars range rover. ah what a sin ting
If I was father T or bishop M,evangelist A,mother Teresa Elizabeth Xavier, father Sharples I would prat to deliver this guy from the demons of lies,delusion and compulsive con artistic behaviors.
How long will we keep allowing this maniac to take us for a ride
Can anyone just go to the internet and download pics of Dominica and say they setting up website. Is there not something in law which states State property to include the coat of arms, national flag, etc. etc. can only be used for official business. The website was down but up currently up and running again. Would like to see what legal implications are there for the non-approved use of state property.
Here is a real joke that actually happened. Every time I say Tim Tim, I want you to answer bois shesh ok. Let’s get started: Tim Tim….you answer….. Once upon a time a young Christian man was caught with his pants down having sex with a young Christian sister. The person that caught them passed right by them and pretended he did not see but went to tell everything he saw to their pastor. Tim Tim….
The pastor invited both to his office and told them what was reported to him without revealing his source. Both screamed it’s a lie! Tim Tim… So the pastor used diplomacy and told them how a gentleman passed close to them and took some pictures of them in the act. Tim Tim,,, When they heard that they frozed and with one looking at the other they said, “We kissed but never , ever had sex. A month later she was pregnant for 3 months for the same boy. So the pastor called them again and this time they said, “we forgot we had sex.” Sounds like a joke? That’s exactly how the PM…
PM don’t know about, not associated with or to, many things, local and/or regional/international. But the facts stubborn.
Susan Olde – US400,000.00 -DA diplomatic passport.
Rudolph king-DA diplomatic passport. He’s Now in US jail for fraudulent acts.
Francesco Corallo-DA diplomatic passport- DA Ambassador to FAO, based in Italy. Culprit wanted by Italian Police for corrupt activities and charged for fraud.
David Hsui-DA Ambassador to China ?-passport sales – in BVI case vs. Felix Chen – US$20 million gone – Layou river hotel saga.
Secret deals too numerous to mention. Agents selling passports. Businesses set up, here and abroad, just to sell our passports. A few making millions, like the last depositor of $1.5 million in a local bank. Boldly is passports he selling, so what..
Foreign Investors my foot. Dominicans loosing big time, while Skerritt and his DLP ilk continue to bathe in wealth and will never account or be transparent about passport…
Because the guy feels so passionately about Dominica, he uses his own money to pay staff and to pay researchers to help promote Dominica”
well my my my!!
Assertive, NOT Aggressive!
Here is a favorite quote from my mom “Show me a thief and I will show you a liar.” Just a quote DNO and not directed at any one.
Mr. Skerrit knows the seems to know the individual very well, knows his motive and seems to know everything one needs to know about their business partner. Sadly though,”the Prime Minister said the website and company have no formal agreements with the Government, are not agents of the island’s Economic Citizenship program, are not affiliated with any state entity or with him personally or the Dominica Labour Party (DLP).
It is unusual for a person to know so much about a person without being affiliated or associated with that person. How come you know so much about him Mr. PM? It just reminds me of the GON Emmanuel fiasco, in which an individual confessed to have done it, said who rove him there, told us how much he was paid, who paid him, but at the end of the wild chase, there was a no guilty verdict as case was dismissed.
When Weakly Blitz was publishing stuff about Dominica and the government Tony and Skerrit went into damage control now an ex Iranian agent under Amadin is lying about Dominica and Tony and Skerrit giving him praises. Dominica take your country back from these liars and tiiiiiives
It’s sad but true Dominicans are the DUMBEST bunch of people throughout the Caribbean.
And so far 15 out of 17 Dominicans like your comment.
You may be right. And those who like your comment are dumbest ones
LOL All those that ( like) that comment agree that they are the “dumbest bunch of people throughout the Caribbean. SMDH.
You know your self very well.
Don’t forget to include yourself!
That makes you a dumb one and dumbest for making that comment about yourself.
Starting on you
When I was 17 I ran away from home and everything D/can . I was sick & tired living in a country filled with narrow minds & heads. We are so frigging two faced for our own good. In 1979 old labour/authentic just like Neo DFP -Labour stupid yet greedy. PJ stupidly wanted to sell out part of DA to South African white dudes.
Neo -DFP/Labour et Al are selling Da once again. Old labour sold the actual land the Neo Labour Party is selling it in a different form selling our passports hence making the invasion of DA legal to some degree.
Over the yrs we have sen dictators in many shapes and forms.
As a kid I recall reading in the print media and on TV Pol Pot and Idi Amin weeding out interlectuals.
30yrs after, I understand why not that I agree but understand. because we have so many pseudo ones here in DA who are part of the problem on one side and others who are jokers on the other side.
Useless together in Parliament.
May 29th 1979 was very critical for us as a nation and the…
If DA is to be saved something extremely radical is necessary. D/cans lack cojones they better start growing some men like women. There is Viagra for women now so we may need some hormone to grow cojones don’t know if only the male hormone would help. Maybe we can begin by DNO producing this. This media in many instances have initiated movements and change. DNO Cojones do U have yes ,no don’t know ? let’s see. LMAO at/with this challenge.
man up act neg or pos-ly. little to no awaiting moderation.
moderation is what’s keeping us where we are in 2015.
Cheers !
N.B No offense just tired of the BS on island.Time to rise and make the change. NOW!
Stating that everyone has narrow minds and heads but yourself means that, you were the one who had a problem then up to today, and you have not yet realized it. It also means you have not yet grown up and matured.
“No need to say anything! The photos say it all, so please save the lies and deception for the next round on the continued corruption saga.” These were the words of those who believe in “TRUTH to POWER,” as they condemn the blatant selling and prostituting of the beloved Nature Isle, DOMINICA.
We still waiting to see the one china MOU ?
Now this !
What’s next we Ask ?
This is looking like a trend now where the people of dominica have to act as spies once our PM leaves Island without telling us for what and where he is going .
This is a Democrasy sir not a dictatorship you were voted by the people for the people .
skershitt have you have no dam shame? you’re a total embarrassment to dominicans…..you’ve sold dominica to the devil…..can you please do us a favor and pack your dam bag and get the hell out of dominica…..we are dam fed-up…
Finally a response. A very predictable too.
Eh all those documents skerrit sign he playing dotish now boy
mista have guts
“Minister said the website and company have no formal agreements with the Government, are not agents of the island’s Economic Citizenship program, are not affiliated with any state entity or with him personally or the Dominica Labour Party (DLP).” (Roosevelt Skerrit).
Well, he can pretend he knows nothing about it, but someone should ask him if that is part of his and his high powered delegation which involved all his Ph.D’s which including Peters accomplishment on their trip to Malaysia, China, and Singapore.
Who want to be fooled can swallow what he said, (but he doh can fool I) him involve, him is in de center of it all oui!
That smells and has scandal marked all over it. In one side of the PM mouth he is disassociating himself from this website and all that goes with it and on the other side of his mouth he is encouraging the people of Dominica to be like the gentleman!! but that is crazy ! Anywhere else in the world this would be more than enough to have an entire government to resign. The AG trained in England knows that could never happen in England; Baron knows that also – the speaker knows that as well and who knows that better but the biz prez seating in the white house the Chinese’s built.
Skerrit needs to step down immediately after this statement…… I don’t believe a word he said.
But if it is the case that the man want to promote Dominica on his own………….what are all these documents the GOVT officials including Mr. Skerrit and Mr. Peter’s are signing in Malaysia.
If this signing is on the Dominica behalf or if is on their personal behalf how can Skerrit distant himself or his GOVT from what is going on MyDominicaTradehouse.com?
Please explain….
Skerrit is prostituting Dominica.
Me i Give up….
you distancing your self and your administration but yet in the same breath you saying should follow the example of the Malaysian man..
Their is so much more to this but Dominicans will just seat back as always…
This country will never go anywhere because people don’t demand accountability.. they just take any crap they are told..
The BEGGARITES had a chance to change things in December, but they thought only about themselves and their fleeting selfish wants instead.
where where are the 5 medical centers located?
*sighs*
Skerritt and his government even making me tired, stressed and depressed.
I’m out.
@Dollface , i feel the same way you do, and worst the foolish people that is defending him.