“God has given us something to think about” – Catholic priest on Vieille Case accident

Wreaths laid at the site of the accident. Photo: Facebook

Roman Catholic Priest, Father Herman Sharplis is of the view that the recent accident in Ambas Vieille Case, during which five men lost their lives, shows that God has given us something to think about and maybe it is “time to take stock.”

He spoke at a candle light vigil on Sunday in Penville to remember the impact that the men had on the lives of those around them.

“It is fete Penville, so this afternoon Penville would have been on fire and Penville would have been on fire from Friday and now would have been the culmination,” he noted. “And you know when you have a real fire and the fire catching, pay attention to this; this is the very same day that you should be feting, and in the midst of the storm of life, God has given us something to think about.”

He continued, “God has given us something to think about because maybe God is saying to us, ‘it’s time to take stock’.”

He said while it is perfect to have a good time, “don’t forget the Lord in the days of thy youth.”

“And to forget God in the day of the youth often times we think we will always have time, but time waits on no man,” Fr. Sharplis added.

He went on to say that life is full of storms and everyone at one point in their life has to face the storms of life.

“These young men, unfortunately, they have gone, but we are here and God is saying to us in all of this, we should not lose hope,” he stated.

Acting Prime Minister Reginald Austrie called on the people of Penville to use this incident to further unite as a family in that community.

“I feel that incident should probably change the life of everybody in Penville for a very long time, and what I have noticed by coming here and speaking to the family that we have seen that we never seen before, a binding unity and love among the people of Penville,” he said. “We have seen people holding hands, we have seen people crying on each other shoulders and we have seen what is it that a real community should be like, not only during times of tragedy but throughout.”

Austrie pointed out that maybe this incident is a wake-up call for the people of Penville, “that we need to continue to unite as a family and to keep on looking out for each other in good times and in bad times.”

He told the people of Penville that they have lost five “soldiers” but he is sure that there are 25 out there just waiting to blossom.

“And you here have an obligation to yourself to ensure that every young man and every young woman in Penville becomes a soldier for Penville and from Penville,” Austrie said.

Meantime, Deputy Leader of the Dominica Freedom Party (DFP) Dr. Sam Christian said the country is losing too many of its young sons.

“The third stanza of our national anthem begins by saying, Come ye Forward, Sons and Daughters- ladies and gentlemen today I have a problem that we are losing too many of our sons,” he said. “We are losing too many of our sons and this is the conversation that we as a nation need to have.”

He added, “We saw the bright and beautiful balloons as we celebrate the lives of these young men and in the coming days leading up to that climax of that funeral, we will continue to bear each other burdens and we will continue to make sure that every son and daughter in Dominica will be kept as safe as possible and to live full abundant lives,” he noted.

Dr. Christian took the opportunity to thank Consultant Psychiatrist at the Psychiatric Unit, Doctor Griffin Benjamin, the nurses at the Healthcare Centre and any other medical professionals who rendered their help to the bereaved.

The deceased are Mandela Ophar 21; Clement Leblanc 22; Cecil Jude Jean 21; Jean Louis Sango 25 and Chris Marcellin 29.

They died when a vehicle they were in plunged over a cliff at around 7:00 am on Sunday, August 6, 2017.

They will be laid to rest on Saturday, 19th August 2017.

(top) Mandela Ophar, Clement Leblanc; (bottom)Cecil Jude Jean, Sango, Chris Marcellin

 

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69 Comments

  1. Let The Truth Be Known - Original
    August 19, 2017

    Some words are better left unsaid. There was nothing with what Fr. Sharpliss stated. If you think in-depth you will comprehend that there are a few meanings to his words. Some of you as always twist and turn them and interpret them wrongly. This depends on your mentality. Some of you make others think that you have no common sense and are unable to think and beyond.
    “God gave us something to think about” in many ways, wherever we reside. Such a simple statement and those of you usual and chronic critics do not comprehend it or pretend you do not. Pray to God for his graces and enlightenment. He will reveal the meaning of the words to you.
    Some of us had no problem comprehending what Fr. Sharpliss stated.
    Your love for criticizing and your negativity are annoying. They are not educating or inspiring. When will you change? You should not go through life in this manner. You will age and and as you do your mannerism will become worst and miserable.

  2. concern citizen
    August 16, 2017

    Thank you for all the comments,
    All 5 of them were first born child of their parents and open the womb, the penneville people must look into that that is not a simple death,
    Just as the accident took place Tirrreks left the country, now watch and see if he is going to return before the larenuf service.
    Lucifer wants fresh first borne male BLOOD for a sacrifice, when they have POWER and authority they don’t care a DAM, all we want is get to the TOP of the ladder at other people’s sacrifice

  3. Music Producer
    August 16, 2017

    That priest don’t know what he’s talking about. god is an imaginary ghost that kills innocent people to make a point? 8-O

  4. TRUTH
    August 15, 2017

    It’s Not just about Penville it’s the Country. The Country need to Come together; the country is curse by our own people so the Devil has taken over. God is really sending his message and who for Christ will be with him… Ex: August 27th 2015 Appraoching 2Year’s but Dominica yet too rise. And you think Dominican’s can come as family!! I already say God have to change all what he have to do about the country and you will see the people and people that for Christ will make alot of soul’s be saved. We are trying.

  5. Ideal
    August 15, 2017

    ““God has given us something to think about” yes he is warning us about all the evil things happening on our dear island. This is trickling down from the Prime Minister and his cronies and from the blind clergies turning their heads. Our young people are being sacrificed, the devil is at work. Dominica needs to be purged from all this evil.

    • Me
      August 16, 2017

      How can you condemn a man who has just given you half a million dollars to fix your roof. Even silence has its price.

  6. The Prophet
    August 15, 2017

    These young men died on their return home from an adoration of the golden calf. I thnk that is what father Sharplis had in mind.

  7. viewsexpressed
    August 15, 2017

    Sharpliss is sharp to the point: “God has given us something to think about and maybe it is “time to take stock.”….
    Great it is time to take stock of this evil corrupt labour government and drive them out of government business. They operate a devilish system where they suck the salt of Dominicans with the blessings of religious leader sharp to the point in supporting a rogue government and questionable Prime Minister. Fr,. Sharpliss you recall the Bin Bobol. Sharpliss you need to use y9ur goo offices to pray for Dominica, your protected friend has failed us and crippled Dominica into poverty and begging. Pray for us.

  8. Point of Order
    August 15, 2017

    This is nothing to do with god. This is to do with an accident as a result of those five persons, particularly the driver’s, actions long before the accident occurred. This is what we should think about. Do not bring god or gods into it because these god or gods are mythical creatures created by man over the centuries to try to explain things that man did not understand thousands of years ago. We should be more mature now and not resort to myth. What we should question is cause and effect.

    • out of south city
      August 15, 2017

      Point of Order, I have been stating the same thing for some time now but some of our people are so caught up with religion that they refuse to do the research. Many of us do not believe in these myths and allegories anymore because we know that these different religions are “fragments of the periphery of our divine spirituality” (Professor James Smalls on Youtube). Religions came thousands of years after our spirituality, the symbols, written in stones, which our fore parents left us on the walls of the pyramids, called Medu Neter, which the Europeans called Heirogylps.
      We still listen to the priests, who continue to be like masters over slaves. Religions put fear in our hearts because many of us believe if we do not belong to some sort of religion that we will go to hell. None of us were born with a religion until our parents introduced them to us. Spirituality means having connection with nature and people. When we were civilised, there were no jails, guns, warefare, etc.,.
      HOTEP

    • Delicesinus
      August 15, 2017

      @ Point of Order whether your believe in God or not does not make him non existent. Just be careful that when your time comes you are prepared. One day you will meet your creator. Your opinion doesn’t change the existence or nonexistence of anything. Go see the movie ” a case for Christ” now in theater. The fool has said in his heart there is no God.

  9. My little take
    August 15, 2017

    @Galileo, I respect your twist but it does make sense. Are you confirming that PM is somewhere on state business? If so where? I was on the sight at around 7:05 am, and many of us who were there were told by a government minister on site, that Skerrit was on his way! The accident took place at 7 AM, the same day PM left the island. At that time he was maybe still on island or, was not far. I don’t know what moving statement he issued because all he said in a nutshell is that he knew all five young men and one of the even addressed his constituency young labor movement, the day before. He did not say what he addressed but since I attended I can tell you what it is the young man addressed. He was on the program to address a candle light vigil on Sunday night, and he did not come which means that he might not be in touch with the people as you suggested otherewise he wouldn’t be on the schedule. Concerning funeral planning is joke because he pays for almost all funerals in DA

    • Me
      August 16, 2017

      Skerrit was on his way….on his way out!

  10. Primrosette
    August 15, 2017

    Bitterness will kill all you and the people you bitter about will flourish

    • Me
      August 15, 2017

      No my dear, bitterness will not kill you but intoxication either by alcohol or drugs can.

  11. no face no case
    August 15, 2017

    them man make their evil song, saying “no matter where we from you have to die young”. life and death is in the power of the tongue becareful

    • ALmighty God help
      August 15, 2017

      who made this song?

  12. Brotherhood
    August 15, 2017

    Wait wait wait wait a minute, what this priest is saying is total utter nonscense. My question is this:
    1. Did god give them alcohol – no
    2. Did he force them to go into a vechile drunk – no
    3. Is he the one responsible for their action – no

    Many of our problems and situations are as a result of our choices in life and not the fault of god’s. It like cheating on a test and blaming god when you failed at it.

    These priest well know that the bible that they claim to be preaching from well says that god is no responsible for these things many times over in many pages; yet they do thesw things,say these things because this is what the people love to hear to get their ears tickled with flase lies which hurts everyone in the process.
    This is a said event, and I do hope that once more everyone young and old will learn do not drink and drive,do not be the passenger of someone who csnt drive,remove the keys say NO they may hate yoy but you will be not only saving your life but their…

    • ALmighty God help
      August 17, 2017

      how do you know they were drunk?do u have evidence?

    • Music Producer
      August 17, 2017

      The priest just gave confirmation that god is a very evil being. All god does is punish (his) people. 8-O No one has seen god, but attaches a gender to god! :-? Allu asleep way too long, papa mete, temp pour leve!

  13. Truth Be Told
    August 15, 2017

    This reminds me of a time when human beings were so ignorant that they either blamed God for everything or murdered their loved ones to please God for rain and sunshine for the crops! For goodness sake man, teach poor Black people to be responsible, from leadership to man in the street, take responsibility for your actions and how you affect the natural and social environment and leave God out of your nonsense! This is why Black poor people remain ignorant. Karl Marx did say that, “Religion is the opium of the people”, but I say look how God has become the excuses of the fools!

  14. Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
    August 14, 2017

    Herman stop talking bull crap, people do not die in order, one of my grand child died at two years old; he got ran over by a speeding car in East Los Angeles. One of my sons died at 51 years old from natural causes. Two of my brothers got killed; my brother Police Inspector Almoor Robin got murdered on the island of Antigua in his fortieth year: Shortly after a younger brother Joel, got ran over on his motorcycle on the island of Guadeloupe; did God cause that to happen so that people should take stock?

    Of my mother’s five children; only my 83 year sister and I are alive,so did God cause the rest of my siblings by mother to die so that my older sister and I should take stock?

    Last July while I was on my to Louisiana, driving a high profile Corvette, top speed is 220 miles per hour, I was on I-20 doing a little above seventy miles per hour when someone deliberately ran me off the Freeway. My car air-borne, and dropped in a gully on the side of the Freeway, bounced from side…

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      August 14, 2017

      Continue:

      My car air-borne, and dropped in a gully on the side of the Freeway, bounced from side to side, while I looked into my passenger face.

      All that lady could say is ” Jesus.” When the car landed and bounced from side to side, each time I saw death, and wondered how soon we would die; the car sat on its four wheals and ran about five feet and stopped. I immediately got angry and was about to use some profanities (the “F”) words when I heard a voice said to me “But you are alive!”

      Why Rendy and I are alive today is a mystery, and miracle to me; God did not allow us to die that day.

      If God were you or some Roman Catholic pope, maybe he would kill people in order to make others take stock!

      Take stock of what?

      It is appointed unto man once to die, and after that is the judgment. Anybody can die at anytime, I can die before the day is over, you can die by the time I am through writing this.

      God gives everyone a choice, you either accept Jesus Christ…

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      August 14, 2017

      Finally:

      God gives everyone a choice, you either accept Jesus Christ or you do not. God allows things to happen including death. There are millions of children (babies) which were born dead. Did God cause that to happen so that people could take stock?

      Anything God wants us to take stock about is written in his words, even in the Roman Catholic Bible, as well as the Protestants Bible. The question is this: since you call yourself priests are you capable of teaching the word of God to your congregation.

      Or are you one of those who preach the philosophy of some man full of sin who you all call pope “papa” or father which is the definition of the word pope! Herman, God do not kill people, they die whenever their appointed date with death comes along.

      Perhaps it would be more appropriate to take driving conditions in the country into consideration; think about speeding, driving inebriated, and speeding showing off, that might be the problem than God killing people you that…

      • zandoli
        August 15, 2017

        Why in heaven’s name would you want to drive a Corvette at your age? Both my wife and I drive cars, but we have decided, on the next round we will replace them with SUVs.

        Do you get help getting in and out of the Corvette?

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        August 16, 2017

        Zandoli, I like the power; I have more than one high profile sport cars. When I leave Los Angeles going across country, and into Canada, I must be able to do it in less than three days.

        Hence, I need the power, and the speed to accomplish that. I usually make it to Canada in two and a half days, an Eighteen wheeler takes about five, under normal circumstances it takes about three and a half to four days.

        Have you ever heard the song about the little old lady from Pasadena, well she was older than I am when she drove around in a Corvette wrecking havoc in the city of Pasadena.

        Anyway, I am one of those crazy people you know, I have lived dangerously all of my life!

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        August 16, 2017

        Zandolie, you humor me:

        Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha!

        I did not see previously where you ask if I get help getting in and out! My friend, let me tell you something.

        I was on Ca-110 doing over a 100 in the Car Pool lane, I motorcycle officer was monitor traffic, in the shade. I waved to him, he took off after me and pull me over.

        He asks for my driver license, when he looked into it, he asks me “whose driver license is this?

        I said mine; he iterates, I mean which one of you relatives does this belongs, I said mine, coming to find out my appearance and my age do not come close, if you see me as everyone else you might think I am in my early fifty’s.

        I am a young old man you see, my younger daughter told me I do age: I am ever-green, praise be to God. Boy sometimes I am driving somewhere, young girls would get into conversation with me about fast cars, by the time the conversation is over they would hand me their number. All I say to them is: You know I…

    • I Hear You
      August 16, 2017

      You should divorce yourself from that family. Sounds like you are related to the Kennedy’s

  15. Tatiana Green
    August 14, 2017

    My question – are these feast spiritual or are they just a partying thing. Cause I bet you that drinking and being under the influence sure ain’t part of God’s plan. Let’s say you change this to bring all spiritual and developing a closer walk with the Lord, do you think that there will be that pull of all these people.

    These feasts are indeed fetes, fetes that defeat the spiritual aspect and growth of an individual. We need to recognize the real meaning of these feasts. Would Christ be part of all that drinking and gyrating that goes on. Ask ourselves that question.

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      August 15, 2017

      Green, the feast the Roman Catholics are pushing has nothing to do with God Jehovah, or his Son Jesus Christ. Those so called feasts are part of the pagan ideology!

      Even the well celebrated holiday Christmas does not have anything to do with God, and the birth day of Jesus Christ. That is a pagan manufactured holiday: no so called priest pope, or reverend, can go into the Bible and say on this day or date Jesus Christ was born.

      They are all liars; finding a way to make money. If you study the word of God, you will find Jesus Command that believers in him observe, the Passover, where he broke Bread, and Drank Wine, and eat with his disciples; and commanded that we do that in remembrance of him!

      And the date we do that is very clear in the ins words. All the so called feast, of the so called saints are nonsense. When the bible speaks of saints it is talking about ordinary people like you and I!

      • Is dat
        August 19, 2017

        Yes. Good point. You are ordinary.

    • ye yep
      August 15, 2017

      Good point. This is the stock Sharplis should take. Once I raised that very point you are making about those Feasts and Sharplis shut me down. So take the point now Sharplis!!!

  16. Tj
    August 14, 2017

    You are so correct Fa Sharplis!! Ana prayer might be the answer so that the village concept can be practices again.

  17. Tj
    August 14, 2017

    You are so correct Fa Sharplis!!

  18. Yampen
    August 14, 2017

    That was a satanic sacrifice!

  19. My father, my father
    August 14, 2017

    My father I thank you for preaching the bible and quoting what the bible says. We sure need more of that. For example, one scripture you quoted is: Ecclesiastes 12:1, which says to Remember the creator in the days of thy youth.
    Here is another scripture in the bible that pastors, priests, bishops seem to avoid:
    Matt. 5:32 But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

    So my father, Jesus is clear that it is WRONG for a man to marry a divorced woman because that makes him an adulterer. So my father, what about the priest or pastor that performs such marriage? Isn’t he doing what God says is wrong?

    My father when we do what god does not like, such as performing secret marriage because person involved is divorced and they have money to buy us, are we not just as bad?

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      August 15, 2017

      ” For example, one scripture you quoted is: Ecclesiastes 12:1, which says to Remember the creator in the days of thy youth.”

      Now, you see how we could be ignorant of the fact? Yes, the scripture is correct, but in what context did Solomon mean that should be applied.

      If in your youth, your parent took you to the Roman Catholic Church where all the idiots who should be preaching the word of God, all they did is talk about the Virgin Mary, and the doctrine that follow, such as rolling rosary, even to convincing you of a holy rosary, and teach you nothing about the Creator who is Jesus Christ, how can anyone who did not find God for themselves know the creator in the youth?

      God never told anybody to worship and pray to his mother, and there is no such thing as a holy rosary, not in scriptures anyway and “holy” simply means “set apart.”

      • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
        August 15, 2017

        When Jesus walked this earth he was called by his name Jesus; all of the disciples were called by their human name. The apostle Paul was Saul before his name change to Paul; he brought the word of God to us gentiles, If you find where he was called father Paul in the Bible, priest or pope Paul let me know!

        Be careful if you do not hear that same Herman say Paul was the first pope; they made that claim you know.

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      August 15, 2017

      “My father I thank you for preaching the bible and quoting what the bible says”

      How can he be your father? Is he your earthly biological father?

      If not you should not call him father, because by doing so you are trying to make him God; so in order to get you to refrain from such nonsense; let me introduce to what God said.

      If you have a Bible, even a Roman Catholic Bible: turn to the Book of Matthew 23:9-11:

      ” And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father which is in heaven.

      10. Neither be ye called master: for one is your Master, even Christ.

      11. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

      The bottom line theses sinful people refuse to be identified as servants of God, if they are truly doing his work preaching and teaching his words. Chose to be father, and reverent because that has prestige, it seems prestigious to them

      When Jesus walked this earth his was called by his name Jesus; all of their disciples were called by…

  20. August 14, 2017

    Really? Couldn’t this mythological being have found a nicer way to send a message ant to make the meaning plain?

    • Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
      August 15, 2017

      You can be assured that God Jehovah, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Sprit (The Trinity) three in one: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost is not a myth, God is not mythical, he is real!

      And the quicker you understand that, and stop being pompous stock up on yourself its the better off you will be.

      Rather than writing crap, perhaps this is the time you should go on a quest reading the Bible, not from your personal intellectualism, but humble yourself, and hope you will find out he is not a myth, and without him, you are nothing, absolutely nothing, except you are a pile of dirt, just like the dirt you we walk on from which we all derived!

      I do not wish to insult you, but I think you are a very stupid person, because what you done in that stupid line is deny that God exists! Mythological means ” lacking factual basis or historical validity.”

      Are you a god?

    • Delicesinus
      August 15, 2017

      @ Daniel- when you have never had a relationship with someone how do you know he or she exist? Does that make that person nonexistent just because you don’t know him/her or have seen him or her. Think on this one.

    • Delicesinus
      August 15, 2017

      @ Daniel. If I say and believe someone is non existent because I have never met him or her does it mean he or does not exist? You cannot know if that person exist unless you have a relationship with that person.

  21. FORKIT
    August 14, 2017

    what sharplis have to talk about is all those catholic feast that is depicting everything god spoke negative about like, gluttony, drunkenness, sexual immorality and reveling just to name a few….
    these are the real features of a catholic fet….

    one question and answer honestly people, do you see those kind of recklessness happening at a crusade, a revival or even a catholic retreat?

    • ALmighty God help
      August 15, 2017

      I think that is what he was trying to say in parables

    • Me
      August 15, 2017

      Or fake weddings?

  22. Dominican
    August 14, 2017

    Never mind what God gives us, that is not in our control and I can not pretend to read His mind. But I do hope the police give us a toxology report as well as one on the physical condition of the car. Was it roadworthy, did the driver fall asleep? That is more important right now so we may learn something that could help us prevent a recurrence of tragedies like that if the cause is found to a human/technical factor. Don’t worry about God , he can look after Himself, trust me.

  23. Just asking
    August 14, 2017

    Father Sharplis should have explained Exodus 11:1-15 to the people since it deals with the death of First born as it relates to the plague here http://biblehub.com/kjv/exodus/11.htm. I understood all five young men were also firstborn, is that so DNO? Boy those priests and pastors must preach the entire bible instead of making vague statements like Shaplis did. By the way, where is Roosevelt Skerrit? I understood he went out of town the same day they died, is that true DNO?

  24. Ehbeh look bowdell
    August 14, 2017

    Mr Priest who is not tought the scriptures but told to perform rituals like the old roman priest of pagan days, go study your bible and read where it says that God who’s name you all refuse to even speak out loud in your own churches (Yahweh ,Jehovah, Jah all names written in the bible that you all refuse to speak out loud because you know it is not he true god that you do your idol worship to with candels and statues of white men and women ) here is the truth to it ◄ James 1:13 ►
    Verse (Click for Chapter)
    New International Version
    When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone;

    New Living Translation
    And remember, when you are being tempted, do not say, “God is tempting me.” God is never tempted to do wrong, and he never tempts anyone else.

    English Standard Version
    Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one…

  25. ALmighty God help
    August 14, 2017

    Good word Father Sharplis. the bodies will be laid to rest on the 19th which is this saturday,DNO please correct.

  26. Knowledgeable.
    August 14, 2017

    Where is Carbon the commissioner of police who is from the Ville Case community. Has he made a statement on this Incident? I have not heard him.I heard Pelame doing the first reading therefore I am expecting Carbon to do the second reading.

  27. ALmighty God help
    August 14, 2017

    Good word Father Sharplis.

  28. August 14, 2017

    In my adult life, i’ve read vast volumes of religious books the world over, and to this day, i haven’t come across any religion sanctioned by GOD. As a matter of fact all the books carry the very same message, Man’ sole purpose in creation is to try his/her utmost best in worshiping and being able to articulate and respect GOD’ creation. i haven’t read of any priest or reverend advocating the banning or limiting the use of ALCOHOL, poisons created by man to destroy his fellow man, what about the rights of passage, where young men will learn live long principles of how and not to act? who is teaching him to respect the MACHINES created by man for the mameing and death of man? these are lessons that need to be taught, teach them that DEATH is the beginning of a new life and that no one should be afraid to die, it doesn’t matter how young or in what capacity death comes along, it should be accepted as a gift of being born. Dominicans need to get over their self-righteousness ,and…

  29. August 14, 2017

    Oh my god even in the mist of tragedy you people of domi nica have to put politics. When are you all can just say condolences and move on? I thought the article said acting prime minister so, which means he is not available. Politics will put all you in all you grave early.

  30. August 14, 2017

    That me a say how comes people na turn this tragedy into something political yet. Smh, sick dummy. Nicans. Mentally we are the worst off in the Caribbean.

  31. zandoli
    August 14, 2017

    What we should be thinking about is the use of proper guard rails to keep the car from falling over a precipice. That would have saved 5 lives. Instead we have a few pieces of steel that are not properly supported and I am sure nothing will be done with the other fake guard rails all over the island.

    • Anonymous
      August 15, 2017

      You say nothing about the driver. Was he fit to drive that vehicle at that time? Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t but nobody wants to talk about that, go figure.

  32. My little Take
    August 14, 2017

    But DNO we did not hear from Prime Minister Skerrit! In fact he was a no damn show! Didn’t you say yesterday that PM Skerrit was supposed to give a special address? But I did not see him let alone to hear his address. In fact to be blunt Skerrit has not been seen in Dominica since the day the 5 young men of Penville, in his own constituency perished? Did he disappear with them but to a different world? Neither DBS, GIS, Kairie, Q95, Voice of Life, Vibes, Marpin or anyone is saying nothing about his whereabouts. In fact not even Acting Prime Minister Reginald Austrie, told us where he is during such a difficult time for the Penville people. Father Sharplis, where is your boy Skerrit? can you contact his wife to find out where our PM is since you were the one that joined them together? We need answers man

    • KiD ON THE BLOCK
      August 14, 2017

      You really out of place. Skerrit is your little boy,man!

      • Me
        August 16, 2017

        Kid, so telling you concluded your comments with an exclamation mark. However you forgot to use a hyphen, instead of a comma between boy and man, like boy-man!

    • truth
      August 14, 2017

      Captain never there, Shame shame shame, You are the leader, And most importantly , the pal rep of penville, ,which other leader would have done this to their people? But still the people cannot see it, What was so important to you that you couldn’t cancel this trip? ,up to now ,you never told the country what you went to do, or where you went, Everytime a disaster happens, captain not there, Is like he knows what is going to happen, before it happen, Skeritt” ? what have you done? The penville people need to ask you some questions, Is freeness really worriness ?

    • Bouche Carbwit
      August 14, 2017

      My little Take check my BIG take:De man is well stressed ,the dominos are falling one by one .He and his cabal have not addressed the requests by our neighbors up north. De man pressure up sky high ,Reggie Austrie alias peepip too. He can see on TV & hear by way of the wireless what’s happening to Maduro, El Chapo is in already. The dragnet is on bro! Next time you see Medard watch his hand or give him a sheet of paper to hold outwards. The pressure needs to be released boy! Medard running away from the heat. Passport sales are down. Buyers surfing the net hearing about arrest of Diplomatic passport holders U would invest in D/can passport ?Skerrit will soon vanish like a pilot we heard about. Speculation would have it , the plane he was on went down shot down, some will say the Chinese roped him in b4 the US. Others will say Maduro took him 4 Venezuela money owed SOS and he is ungrateful. Father Shablis must have drank a few Chablis Blanc or rose wine, would have been direct.

    • Sm passee
      August 14, 2017

      start with your home first clean your back yard before you talk about your neighbors!

    • Me
      August 14, 2017

      @My little Take….Maybe if you were keeping abreast to what is going on around you, then you would know whether the PM Skerritt was there or not. Don’t be too quick to type what your mind says without getting the right information. Take time to listen before moving your fingers on your keyboard.

    • ATKINSON
      August 15, 2017

      Maybe the “Evil Dr Supremo” is somewhere giving a deposition, or selling passports :mrgreen: Ah well maybe it might be better that he is not there, anyway because everywhere he goes, there always is a dark cloud, bad karma, bad luck, bad vibes, etc etc

    • August 15, 2017

      The death of these young men, some of whom I knew personally, is difficult for us all as Dominicans, whether we live on the island or not. However, to think that the business of state should come to halt as a result of this incident is ludicrous and frankly, absolutely ridiculous. The Primeminister on the day of the unfortunate situation issued a very moving statement and as I understood from people close to the situation has spoken to all the families concern and is actively involved in the planning of the funeral. What more do you need? He is the Prime minister of Dominica and most continue his work.

    • Tjebe fort
      August 15, 2017

      Garcon, I heard that apologist Parry saying on Matt this morning that Skerrit is not bound to tell us because of security. What a load of baloney. Does Skerrit have enemies, and if so more even than the President of the U.S.A.? And even if he goes on vacation he can tell us that is what he is doin g. He does not have to tell us every time he goes to toilet but he does not stop being our P.M. when he goes on vacation.
      Parry, I don’t care what you say but this P.M,. we have is disrespectful of his own people and has no manners. Let’s see if he claims his per-diem when he gets back and we will know if his absence was private or official.

  33. Boisdiab Militia
    August 14, 2017

    Wow!! Now out comes the charlatan…Herman I suppose you kno the mind of god,you know what God is thinking & what he wants. Only in the name of religion could any person get away with such an evil statement. If a politician made such a wicked statement all of you on this sight would be very upset but I guess in the name of claiming to speak for god one can utter that kind of foolishness & get away with it. Go tell that to the 3 year old child who lost her father & has to grow up without him that this is part of gods devine plan.

  34. jihan
    August 14, 2017

    Father Sharplis great words,but it all starts with the leader of the country,who seems to believe he is the supreme leader and our once loving country has been sold to the devil.

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