Peter Karam, Mayor of Roseau in verbal confrontation

This blue car is parked where the incident reportedly took place

Car dealer Peter Karam and Mayor of Roseau Cecil Joseph say they have both gone to the police about a verbal confrontation between these two known Dominica Labour Party supporters.

“I am preparing to go to court on this matter,” Mayor Joseph told Dominica News Online, while a police spokesman confirmed that businessman Karam had lodged a formal complaint about the incident on Friday (27th January).

According to the car dealer, the mayor engaged in threatening behavior towards him over a vehicle parking matter at the entrance of Karam’s business – Acme Garage.

Karam says the vehicle which apparently belongs to the Roseau City Council, was blocking the entrance and exit to the facility, obstructing the operations of his company.

“It was 3.00pm Friday afternoon the 27th, and again I Peter Karam saw this Mitsubishi bus had parked fourteen feet inside the boundary line, onto the private garage compound Premises of the Acme garage Karam Ltd. For years we have suffered from this phenomena, whereby a very small public sector have no respect for our garage operations, either parking arbitrarily in front the entry/exit compound of the garage operations thus bringing that section of the Garage to a standstill, locking the entry or exit of any vehicle which are already at the Workshop for Garage services,” Karam said in a letter he has made public.

“Our vehicles and our customers have to enter and exit the property for garage services. I therefore could take it no more and I blocked the said Mitsubishi Bus by blockading the said Mitsubishi by parking a vehicle immediately behind the bus, thus locking it from exit,” he explained further.

According to the businessman, that action resulted in Mayor Joseph confronting him and threatening his life.

He claims that Mayor Joseph approached him in “an enraged maniacal manner with the most vulgar and threatening language”.

The mayor when contacted by DNO, would only say that he was taking the matter to court, and would deal with it in that forum.

He said he was already making preparations to take legal action against car dealer Karam.

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92 Comments

  1. IZOE
    August 28, 2012

    Mr Pedro, DONT YOU EVER STOP LYING AND EXAGERATING? I NEVER cursed the police. You exagerte this because they told you that I was not at fault in my parking. I was not present on the scene of that confrontation between you and the mayor, but I bet my last dollar and breath that you are LYING and EXAGERATING again.
    Just to inform you I am NOT in EXILE and/or gone to OBLIVION. I left Dominica by choice.
    Please stop displaying your continued ignorance and uneducated speaking. Look up the meaning of EXILE.

    Izoe

  2. dollar fren
    January 31, 2012

    Peter Karam,
    Please make it clear where the Public Road ends, and your Property begins.
    Cork street is wide enough to allow parking on both sides of the road.
    It happens all along Cork street so why shouldn’t it happen near your property?
    I suggest that you choose a point as your designated access to the public road.
    I for one Will continue to park on the south side of Cork street, near your property as and when I want.

  3. Roseau Man
    January 31, 2012

    Peter Karam was bawling at me from his upstairs verandah a couple weeks ago because he said I had been obstructing his access for almost an hour.
    I was parked on the SIDE-WALK near his business place.
    I ignored him, got in my vehicle and drove off.
    There is NO indication that the area where I was parked was his property.
    Peter, if the sidewalk and part of the road belongs to you, then go ahead and FENCE it off!
    Otherwise People should constantly part along your side of Cork street until you do.

  4. Pedro
    January 31, 2012

    remember folks, we sservive all that we sell including all the rest as well.

  5. Pedro
    January 31, 2012

    to all of the very descent folks here who have supported me and shown your understanding of this predicament, I tell you I love you all and appreciate much your very kind support and love shown to me. I thank you so so very very much.

    pedro Peter karam, your humble Ford, Hyundai Tuscon, Daihatsu most friendly auto Car Dealer serving you and Dominica from 1960.

    • splendour
      February 1, 2012

      pedro you did right to block him he would have done the same if anyone had parked along the roseau city council office. Now you see how de man repaying you for strongly supporting him to be manager at dbs?
      Magwa sa pedro.

  6. say-sa
    January 31, 2012

    SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WHENEVER SOMEONE IN DOMINICA GETS IN THE MEDIA’S SPOTLIGHT THEIR POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS HAVE GOT TO BE EXPOSED AUTOMATICALLY.
    I HAVE KNOWN MR KARAM TO BE A COOL AND WELL MANNERED PERSON AND THE MAYOR, THE OPPOSITE. MR KARAM HAS SPOKEN HIS PIECE SO WHY CANT THE MAYOR? WAS THE REASON FOR HIS ALLEGED THREATS WERE MADE UNDER SOME KINDA INFLUENCE?

    • Anonymous
      January 31, 2012

      Cool and well mannered? U don’t know Peter

  7. Observer
    January 31, 2012

    Whaa papa. What trouble Peter creating now? Peter not that again. Cork Street is not allu own. Every week Peter having the same problem with other people. I guess this time he exagerate it more because is the mayor. Peter do like the other car dealerships and spend your money and buy some land some where better suited for that kind of business and tired occupy Roseau sidewalks and doing like it’s yours.

  8. Time will tell!!
    January 31, 2012

    They should have done that in an adult way. Winie should show some example due to his status in beautiful Dominica, his comportement does not permit him to be the Mayor of Roseau.

  9. BABSAL
    January 31, 2012

    There is no sidewalk in Roseau, every day I have to walk in the middle of the street to bring my kids to school either cars park on d sidewalk or when you ask people excuse they playing deaf so to avoid confrontation I must walk in the middle of Roseau street to get to school with my kids.

  10. Empire-State-Of-Mind
    January 31, 2012

    I DONT SEE THE POINT OF THE NEWS ARTICLE ENTAILING *TWO KNOWN LABOUR PARTY SUPPORTERS* WHAT’S THE POINT? POLITICS SUPPOSED TO UNITE THEM? BOY I TELLING YOU.CHANGE THE NEWS SITE TO RO-RO.COM PLEASE.

    • Trual
      January 31, 2012

      “Two known Labour Party Supporters”. That was the first piece of stupidness I saw in the article. What does that have to do with politics? or the Labour Party. I believe that media people should encourage a peaceful atmosphere by being more balanced in their reports. Basically do not add fuel to an already highly charged situation.

  11. stupes
    January 31, 2012

    I AM HAPPY THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOW GOING TO VISIT THE COURTS WE WILL NOW KNOW WHAT PORTION OF THE ROAD AND SIDEWALKS BELONG TO ACME KARAGE AND THE MAYOR NOW MUST ENFORCE CITY LAS ON ALLBUSINESSES USING THE PUBLIC ROAD FOR THEIR BUSINESSES. KARAM AND CECIL ARE TWO GROWN MEN AND THOUGH NOT PERFECT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE SO FAR AND KARAM SHOULD ALSO BEAR IN MIND THAT HE HAS BLOCKED SIDEWALKS FOR DECADES AND NO ONE HAS SAID ANYTHING. WHAT SPORTS CLUB DOES ACME KARAGE SPONSOR?? JUST ASKING. ANYWAYS THIS IS ABSOLUTE RUBBISH FOR TWO GROWN MEN TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN SUCH A MANNER. ONE HAND CANNOT CLAP SO I AM NOT GONNA TAKE ANY SIDES LET OSSIE LEWIS DEAL WITH THEM IF THEY BOTH DONT APOLOGIZE TO EACH OTHER BEFORE THAT.

  12. Yeah Right
    January 31, 2012

    Why does everything have to have political connotation or associations in this country. This is an incident between two INDIVIDUALS, what does their association to the DLP have to do with the story??? So I guess every story we run from now on we must indicate whether the persons concerned support the DLP, UWP, Pappy or Fountaine???

    Come on DNO, you can do better than that!!! Gosh!!!!

  13. thickness4so
    January 31, 2012

    cecil wouldnt like nothing to obstruct the entrance of his busines place if he had one!!! dat i say wi

  14. Anonymous
    January 31, 2012

    hmmmmmmmmm one question will Peter be taking the side walk with him when he die???????????????????? they wrong very wrong

  15. Sout' Rebel
    January 31, 2012

    This is not a surprise.There seem to be a total disregard for the laws of Dominica.
    The sad fact is those who should know better are the biggest culprits.
    There is too much anger in Dominica.This could have been prevented if both men exercised humility.

  16. bousselaire Michel
    January 31, 2012

    At the end of the month, a lot of young neww police officiers walk along the streets down town to give tickets for cars leaved less than 30 fts of a cross or on the side walk…I sugest they stand everyday, all the year, kork street, watching for cars in the side walk , in view to implement the Government cash flow .

    • rus
      January 31, 2012

      sweetie the word is left not leaved. :wink:

  17. Righteous!
    January 30, 2012

    Take what matter to court? These guys must stop wasting the courts time.

    Everybody Sue…Toutes moun Sue….Serious BS…Where they going? By Judge Judy?

  18. forreal
    January 30, 2012

    personally i think both of this men need to grow up,cecile being a government official and all,cecile need to conduct himself better than that being the mayor of roseau,i mean the man went to high school,high school is suppose to prepare one on how to conduct oneself within society,i am disapointed by this behavour,acme garage is legendary,peter need to conduct himself as prominent business man,and stop this pass jo jo karam badman thing,peter has known cecile from he being a little boy growing up,this is their neighbourhood.

  19. Anonymous
    January 30, 2012

    ok, enough is enough, I was there, not that I condone Cecil, but trust me, Cecil did not park near anywhere that would block Peter. Cecil parked close to the step towards the east, a thing will always take Peter when anyone parks on Cork Street.

  20. I am Dominica
    January 30, 2012

    Cecil, Cecil boy, doh interfere with dem people dere. They not your friend; you are not a Karam, you not a Nassief, you not an Astaphan, you doh even know who you are….but you are just Cecil Joseph; you just tired embarass yourself…. a few weeks a go it was wine and beer; now you want to park infront those people garrage; dem fellas doh want you for friend. You not learning boy. Stay away from those fellas dere, Pirate would never do you dat.

  21. January 30, 2012

    Peter, it would appear that the car is parked on your property, there is no excuse for that, if that is an entrance to your business, that car was surly causing an obstruction, as a result you can claim against the city of Roseau for damages, because it may have caused you to loose some business.

    They may feel that because the car belongs to the city counsel, they have a right to park it on your property, the person who parked the car on your property can be charged for trespassing also.

    And who do not believe that, all they have to do is review your own experience, when they charged you for trespassing I believe also.

    Something sick is always happening in the country, I do not know how a country so small can be so controversial, every single day of the year, if it is not one set of crap, it is another here we have an controversial Mayor, who it is alleged stole beer, rum, and wine from the nation’s presidents party, making terrorist threats against a citizen of the country!

    Where do we find these type of low life people we have in all phases of our nation affair?

    The so called Mayor of Roseau, the dirtiest little city on the planet should be ask to leave the Mayor’s office immediately, since he is another in the country who is unfit to serve in public office!

    Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

    • splendour
      February 1, 2012

      I support you 100% in any other country the mayor would have left office long time after taking the president wine and beers.
      But anything goes in this country…dat is de next level sir.

  22. Country massive
    January 30, 2012

    Since I was a child in Roseau that portion of Cock St was always owned and is still own by the Karams you can hardley get a spot to walk the son grew up with his father doing the same thing the apple dont fall far from the tree. On the other hand conflict big or small the next word is court. I think we should change our name Ameridomi because we are to Americanize if this is a word. What happen to through 2 coff burst some lips and somebody share those days are gone well Im tired of this court court business.

    • Trual
      January 31, 2012

      Throw to cuff, burst two lips where do you end up? Well this is stupid advise to me. You still end up in court anyway and with pain too. Let them go to court if they have to. STUPES!

  23. January 30, 2012

    ANYWAY DOMINICAN, YOU GUYS NOT EASY,i doe see why this pettyness should be news or receive attention.

    • FACEUP
      January 31, 2012

      BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO DO, SMALL COUNTRY SMALL MIND !!

  24. January 30, 2012

    Any passing of judgement is premature because a man’s test is in his conversation and this was a very insolent behaviour by both men who are being seen as people of dignity.Don’t praise a man before he speaks.Now thumbs up or down can be a paradox of impartiality.I hope our people will not fall in a similar deception.WEneed to be more amicable and intelligent when we are under thse impulsive circumstances.

  25. .
    January 30, 2012

    Peter give him two left jabs, put him on the canvas for him to WINE!
    WINE CECIL WINE PAPA! THAT’S WHAT YOU CAN DO BEST!

  26. eee
    January 30, 2012

    Common guys eat each other… TOO MUCH WINE. START THE RED ANTS WAR NOW! NEXT LEVEL! 18-3!

  27. pedro
    January 30, 2012

    January 29, 2012,

    Mayor of Roseau Cecil Joseph charged for threats, intimidation and assault on the life of Car dealer Peter Karam.

    It was 3.00pm Friday afternoon the 27th, and again I peter karam saw this Mitsubishi bus had parked fourteen feet inside the boundary line, onto the private garage compound Premises of the Acme garage Karam Ltd. For years we have suffered from this phenomena, whereby a very small public sector have no respect for our garage operations , either parking arbitrarily infront the entry/exit compound of the garage operations thus bringing that section of the Garage to a standstill, locking the entry or exit of any vehicle which are already at the Workshop for Garage services. Our vehicles and our customers have to enter and exit the property for garage services. I therefore could take it no more and I blocked the said Mitsubishi Bus by blockading the said Mitsubishi by parking a vehicle immediately behind the bus, thus locking it from exit. I wanted the owner to feel what exactly he had done to the garage operations. This was the most disrespect again at it’s highest. The bus was not a customer of ours.

    Acme garage Karam ltd has been established at 68 cork street from 1960. We are an automobile vehicle dealership operation representing ford, Daihatsu and Hyundai motor company. We pay land and house tax to the Roseau city council. We have a tax business license and a Dealer’s vehicle tax license to operate at that location from 1960. Customers and our vehicles have to enter and exit the garage compound all day and after hours for emergency customer breakdowns. The customs of Govt allow us to have our bond location of our new and used vehicles at the 68 cork street location also. WE pay millions in duties annually and we pay hundreds of thousands in tax annually. We have had this disrespect from a small public sector who simply refuse to understand when they park NOT as a customer on our private property or INFRONT our property, that they infact bring our garage operations to a standstill thus embarrassing our operations of entry and exit of our vehicles and the customer”s vehicles. For years The Police and traffic have had to intervene to have the small public who disrespect our operations to have them removed over and over and over again and again. This time I refused to call the traffic again as they are fedup with the disrespect of the Public who arbitrarily imprison and put a blockade on our operations nite and day by parking on our private property or infront our property. Paying our due taxes to all sectors and running a motor vehicle car dealership operation at our 68 cork street location mandates us to enjoyment of the frontage of our property for the free entry and exit of our motor vehicles. The customers all day who visit us to do business with us are frustrated when we just cannot go out with the customer for a test drive if we are blockaded or deliver any customer vehicles when they arrive for their vehicles. The frontage of our property has been for the use of our customers doing business with The Acme Garage karam ltd from 1960. We cannot allow the public to imprison us arbitrarily and park infront or on our private property, thus bringing our operations to a standstill. We suffered with that phenomenom for years from a very small section of the surveys staff until they moved recently.

    So upon return that evening about 5.30 and parking on our private property, I exited my vehicle and this individual whom I recognized as the mayor of Roseau cecil joseph approached me with such a rage and put his face a millimeter away from my nose shouting at me in an enraged maniacal mannar with the most vulgar and threatening language, the most insultive language cursing my mother and myself in the most intimidating mannar. Mr joseph cursed me from my mother to my generation, called me every imaginable insultive nasty expletives in my face, whilst his spittle flew all onto my face. Mr Joseph was frothing spittle from his mouth. His eyes were glazed like someone on some Cocaine drug like zombie mannar. Mr Joseph threatened to knock me out and he made four attempts to knock me out as his fist came millimeters from my jaw. He threatened to smash my vehicle shouting at the top of his voice with the most insultive nasty language I have ever heard in my life. All this time I kept backing away from this maniac, he kept coming up in my face again and again threatening me, insulting me and saying today he killing me and mashing my face up in pieces.

    Were it not for the crowd who had gathered and especially one my friend John pascal who intervened and two out off uniform Police officers and my neighbors, all who came to my rescue, when I removed the vehicle that I had blocked the City council with for him to come out. Infront the sergeant of Traffic he kept insulting me, threatening me and kept shouting in a mad maniacal mannar. All this time I was trembling and feared for my life. Infact Mr Joseph wanted right there and then to hurt and destroy John Pascal who had intervened and saved my life from this mad man. He continued with John like a raving lunatic, what I suffered from Joseph for about fifteen minutes. All this time I kept telling Joseph and trying to calm him down telling him, he had blockaded the acme garage, brought our operations to a standstill, he kept shouting that the fourteen feet the length of the Mitsubishi bus on our private property was the city council”s sidewalk property. I kept shouting back to him ok suppose it is your sidewalk which I refused to accept, you still cannot park on the sidewalk. I have never in my life felt more fear for my life and have never in my life ever been confronted by such a maniac in such a crazy mannar threatening to kill me and fight with me and destroy my face with his fist all up under my jawline a millimeter from my eyes. This man was not able to reason , not able to be calmned down. Infact he went into our office premises earlier and behaved like the most craziest individual cursing out all my staff at the top of his voice using every expletive nasty abusive insultive language to my staff like he had done to me after my arrival. Joseph approached me with the mannar of an insane person depicting that of a psychiatrict individual. He was so enraged like an individual on a cocain high, his eyes were glazed, seeing his eyes so close in my face.

    This man is in need of serious anger management and serious conselling.

    I brought and reported the matter to the Police who took my statement and told me he will be brought before the court for Threats, assault and intimidation.

    I am also talking to my lawyer to have this man pay heavily for his attempt on my life, assault on my life Friday afternoon. This man should be censured at the city council and his position must and ought to be rescinded and he has no moral right to remain and continue to be the mayor of the city who treated and threatened the life of a city citizen, that of an ex councillor and the child of the ex Mayor George karam and business car dealer of the city of Roseau. Infact Joseph again insulted the generation of my family and myself with his explosive threats telling me if I think this is the days of JoJo karam, like this man showed no respect for the memory of the ex mayor of the city of Roseau. Joseph must not remain as mayor of the city at all.

    Joseph must be seriously reprimanded and made to pay for this explosive maniacal mannar he displaced on Friday bringing the mayoral position into serious embarrassment and disrepute. He will be made to pay for this attack on my life. Joseph again called Mr Irish Police officer on the DBS police programmne maligning and defaming my name and the name of my company publicly the very Friday evening. Joseph finally left Friday threatening me that Come Monday morning I will see what the city council will do to Acme Garage for parking our vehicles for 55 years on our private property compound. Again our next door neighbor Rhoda St John who is a councillor also, whom I understand has a child for the same Mayor Joseph is another individual whom I have stopped from blocking our property non stop with her white Toyota car for some time now. She had tabled in the council minutes, I read in the gazette the other day, where she tabled to have Acme garage remove our vehicles from the private compound of acme garage, for her to park her vehicle.

    This situation has reached cabinet in the past, Superintendant George has been involved with us against a mad neighbor one Izoe Antoine who made us see the four seasons of the year in one day who blocked us arbitrarily daily. The same Izoe use to curse out the inspectors of traffic non stop whenever we use to call upon traffic for protection from this mad man. It is all over with this mad man Izoe who has gone into oblivion and into exile.

    For ten years as Director of the DBS radio station, I have never ever known of or experienced this dark crazy maniacal murderous side of Joseph an employee of the DBS Radio station also. This man is excess baggage to the labour party and an embarrassment to the executive of the labour party. He is an embarrassment as the mayor of Roseau. Just a few weeks ago he was made to pay for wine he took unauthorised from The President’s independence party. This man is a runaway train and needs to be stopped or he will kill someone surely. He must be suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure making him behave like dog with rabies, as he seemed to be weiging about 100 lbs down from 200lbs recently.

    Signed

    Peter karam

    Acme Garage Karam Ltd

    68 cork street, Roseau

    Automobile Dealer Ford, Daihats

    • Eagle Eye
      January 31, 2012

      Pedro, the next time you write, take a minute to go over the text before you publish it. You are too repetitious. You could have reduced the story by a third and still got your point across.

      All the samem, I support you 100%. I am tired of these public servants who think they own the damn place and that we are merely there to serve them. I wish they would keep their egos in check.

    • ann
      January 31, 2012

      What is this long story? Is this History class? You for Real? STUPES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • hmm
      January 31, 2012

      lmao…ehben predro ou pas aysay!

    • splendour
      February 1, 2012

      Pedro thanks for the explanation and I know u not lying is one fing about you if you do something u say you did it and I know you kapon so is true you were trembling for you life.

  28. Nursery School
    January 30, 2012

    Now children play nicely or go to bed early

    • Anonymous
      January 30, 2012

      lol…

  29. Extreme Dominican
    January 30, 2012

    Mr. Karam and his company have taken full liberty to block the sidewalk for years, and Cecil blocked it for a minute and he is complaining. Come on, there is definitely more to it.

    • say-sa
      January 31, 2012

      WHEN SOMEONE HAS BEEN THREATENED THAT IS NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE LIGHTLY. SO PEDRO YOU ARE NOT AT FAULT. THESE GUYS NEED TO KNOW THEIR PLACE. WHETHER LABOURITES OR NEIGHBOURITES SIDEWALK OR DOCKWALK THE MAYOR TOO RUDE!!! WHAT HE THINK NUH….SHUCKS MAN!

  30. An American
    January 30, 2012

    So I came upon this website as I was perusing through the internet. Really? is this how a Mayor acts in an island county?

    Yes, it was wrong for the Mayor to NOT as permission to park on private property. That would have been the polite ADULT thing to do.

    Yes the Garage owner shouldn’t be blocking the sidewalks for pedestrians to walk.

    I mean, I have never been to this island, maybe parking is bad. There should be police officers who monitor the parking in the city. Maybe the island is really small and there isn’t many places to park.

    Its actually kind of funny to see the Mayor “run tell that” on a business owner to the courts. LOL. Really, its like uhhh 2012.

    Then again, I live in America. We have our own issues. If there were some laws in place with respect to parking and if everyone including the MAYOR followed the rules, everything would be ok.

    NOT EVEN OBAMA can just park anywhere in America, his “secretaries” would definitely ASK for permission before parking on private property. Im sure the garage owner pays taxes to the government.

    Oh well, on to the next story, let me see what yall got going on down here in this lil island of Dominica. #cute!

    • An American
      January 30, 2012

      My bad, there were alot of spelling errors on the previous post. Just read between, I was typing fast.

      • DOMINICA
        January 30, 2012

        Because you are trying to be too AMERICAN, just be your self.

    • traveller
      January 30, 2012

      you are a pure dominican

      • An American
        February 12, 2012

        I wish! Ive been to Aruba…isn’t that close by. Better yet, when did Dominica because a island. Never heard of it until last year.

    • Theatrics!
      January 30, 2012

      seeking attention? An American my …smh!

      • An American
        February 12, 2012

        LMAO. Like for real. I have cable. I am an American.

    • rose
      January 31, 2012

      hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah American? lololololololololololol even by writing this nonsense i as well as other readers can tell ya aint no american.hahahahahahahaha whoosh.

      • An American
        February 12, 2012

        Check my passport….LOL! Yeah, Im like totally gonna comment on more stuff. This website is funny. Follow me on Twitter

  31. No Name 2
    January 30, 2012

    Wow. Not saying the mayor right but this is the pot calling the kettle black….Karma been blocking the sidewalks for Yearsssss.

  32. Morihei Ueshiba
    January 30, 2012

    Cecil Again.. GarCon u love calypsoes. :lol:

  33. zuma
    January 30, 2012

    Please permit me to comment. As i am in no position to judge anyone i am hoping that i can make a constructive contribution to the above statement.

    Clearly there is a major parking situation in the City center. there should be more parking areas. just see what happens on a festive occassion all the streets in roseau are blocked with so many vehicles, and PEDESTRIANS ARE DENIED OF SAFELY WALKING THE STREETS.

    Iam suggesting that consideration be given to parking/ fascilities. all persons with private vehicles shold remain outside the city and take public transportation. only persons with business/ residents in roseau should be allowed to enter with thier vehicles. I am suggesting this thus to prevent further unnecessary congestion. eg Astaphans has done a wondeful thing by providing parking fascilities for shoppers..

    • bousselaire Michel
      January 31, 2012

      That’s common sense, but difficult to find parking places less that half a mile from Roseau center town, and everybody, inclued countrymen, forget he have feet when coming downtown. There is a biga area free in the middle of some steeps build by chinee, so called white elephant. Sometimes peopole playing krickett use it. I suggest for those sportmen to play their game in Botanics Garden (wich is a beautyfull and tourists related place), and live free the area to make a parking place for Honourable Mayor, French Kharam cars, and other visitors, leaving free acces of sidewalk for pedestrians ! :lol:

    • just me
      January 31, 2012

      i agree. and with all that congestion all businesses want to have infront their door a “parking for loading and offloading only” sign.my brother how often do you load and offload?in my opinion on the day before you know that you will be loading or offloading you should go get that sign and place it wherever u will be using.you cannot tell me every single day you have that sign infront your business.
      dont even get me started on the days when it has cruise ships when we the nationals get blocked off OUR bayfront for the entire day.i dont mind that its blocked off in the morning time when the buses are loading their passangers but in the afternoon they are only dropping them off.why cant we get access to the bayfront for parking in the afternoons?there are other businesses on the bayfront you know like the bank.i m just saying……………………

  34. Letmetellyou!
    January 30, 2012

    Peter is at Fault. He provoked the mayor. In not a fan of the mayor, but all the same.

  35. Live
    January 30, 2012

    These two folks who back the Regime in office
    Seems like the caught the virus “Asphalt”

    Its its amazing virus which causes many different reactions of the human mind,soul and body as being tested over the years!!

  36. Malatete
    January 30, 2012

    Cecil lost his rag, and it wasn’t a red one! He showed his true colours (…and red was not amongst them!) but he made the other fellow see red! About time that garage is relocated from the centre of town and let them take Cecil along whilst they’re at it. About time we had a clean city!

  37. voyer
    January 30, 2012

    Does the Mayor of Roseau think?

    would highly recommend him having some wine or a few beer to mellow him out…

  38. Hot Shot
    January 30, 2012

    There had to be some bad blood in them guys even before the incident. Peter Karam has been hitting at the Skerritites for some time now and I know Cecil has gotten his share of blows from Peter. But on the matter of parking, there has to be a change in the Cork Street car dealer’s parking regime. He has taken up the whole sidewalk along the length of his business place, leaving no room for vehicle owners to park and pedestrians to walk. Why does Acme Garage have this liberty? Is he paying the City Council for wholly occupying the sidewalk? I believe this incident should awaken the authorities interest in visiting the sidewalk problem in Roseau with a view to fix it.

  39. site
    January 30, 2012

    and these are two deeply red folks…

    so you see the calibre of guys that are our so call policy makers…what a joke…

  40. MIB
    January 30, 2012

    Make a calypso on them. LOL

  41. Marian Jno-Finn
    January 30, 2012

    I think the Mayor should behave in a professional manner. He is representing a high office and representing that should always be done with pride and dignity. When there is any confrontation he should abase the situation not enrage it.

    WHether he is wrong or right – he must act in a manner that speak of leadership and authority. To engage in a street brawl with someone else does not edify the position he holds as “MAYOR”. He behave is not setting an example to our youth. We (as adults) are always quick to critcize our children/youth yet we fail them everyday (BAD EXAMPLES)…………..

    • ..........
      January 30, 2012

      is not the mayor alone. d business man should uphold his self as well….

    • January 31, 2012

      Your surname says it all.

  42. ICEMILK
    January 30, 2012

    fellars, fellars, fellars,all u must pray more to prevent too much anger. just throw water over these situations. trust me, it works. take it easy…

  43. January 30, 2012

    OK! Tell me who is the adult in this situation. The Mayor had no right to block the man garage entrance, however two wrongs don’t make a right.

    You complaining the mayor blocked you, you turn around and do the samething to him.

    Dominicans are not easy, always trying to take the law into our hands.

    Dominica slowly going down a lawless society.

    • Trual
      January 31, 2012

      That situation does not make us a lawless country. Be careful what you call upon yourself. This and similar situations have occurred several times in the past. How long does it take to become a lawless country?

  44. ron rainbow
    January 30, 2012

    for years karam engangered our lives by blocking the sidewalks and causing us to walk on the street. the mayor block him for one minute he crying foul.

    • snowie
      January 30, 2012

      lmfao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the sidewalk to the karam garage is the city sidewalk or is it on his property? lol funny comment thou it could well be true!!

  45. snowie
    January 30, 2012

    lol Its not only in Dominica paps! I suffer this same BS mostly every weekend here in La. Ppl just think they can do what they want no matter who it is

  46. mindme
    January 30, 2012

    Mee bon temps en Domnik!

  47. Fairplay
    January 30, 2012

    Acme Garage car showroom is on the public sidewalk,obstructing pedestrians and preventing any other person from parking on that side of the street.

  48. Eagle Eye
    January 30, 2012

    If the money was coming out of the mayon’s pocket, do you think he would be so eager to sue?

    If what Mr. Karam says is correct, the mayor ought to have done everything in his power to correct what must be a very frustrating situation for him.

    That mayor seems to be very confrontational.

  49. true
    January 30, 2012

    Ok what time is recess?, send them outside to play. Dominica boy, I feel sorry for this place, a mayor?
    I really think it is too late for DA.

  50. January 30, 2012

    parking laws should be enforced dam it!

  51. Doc. Love
    January 30, 2012

    WAY,WAY,WAY,MAMA,MAYBE THE MAYOR HAD TO MUCH WINE.WHEN THE MAYOR SAID THAT THE WINE INCIDENT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED,ARE WE TO BELIEVE THAT THIS FRACAS IS ALSO POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. WHEN THIS CASE REACHES THE COURT,I HOPE MR.OSSIE LEWIS WILL BE THE PRESIDING MAGISTRATE BECAUSE RESENTLY HE SENT A MAN TO JAIL FOR ONE YEAR SIMPLY BECAUSE HE THREATENED SOMEONE’S LIFE.

  52. tetsi
    January 30, 2012

    at the punch party when the prez secretary
    confront him he said”is us self” well i am saying is cecil is peter…mem bet mem pwell.. not all shall eat nuh but some shall eat each other!!!!

    • DOMINICA
      January 30, 2012

      Is not the same PETER KARAM that was defending the major when he took the president drinks? Remember peter called matt saying, ” long time ago we are accustom of going home with our doggie bags whn we are leaving a party.” What happen, somebody take too much from the doggie bag?

  53. Toodles
    January 30, 2012

    CECILE WINE, CECILE WINE, WINE, WINE, WINE…

  54. worker
    January 30, 2012

    sue and counter sue .one more line for ALEX PAWOL BRONU>CARNIVAL SEASON.

  55. President
    January 30, 2012

    Childish Behavoir displayed by the core of society, Hmmmm. Basic rules apply. If you are obstructing someones entrance or exit, just refrain from doing it. by doing so, we can all live in peace and harmony. Try it , it works.

  56. bambi
    January 30, 2012

    The mayor again….

    They make a song on him and he still not keeping himself quiet

    Wine on a carib…..this song is hilarious

    • Toodles
      January 30, 2012

      hahahahaha… This is so hilarious.

  57. tiny
    January 30, 2012

    So what’s new here… thats a every day thing in Dominica…I said it before..even parents threaten their kids life and call it dicipline..thretening to do away with a child race…using those words is ver frightening to a child

  58. Reader
    January 30, 2012

    Some Dominicans idle, eh! I think these two individuals have way to much time on their hands. smh

    • Sugar Sugar
      January 30, 2012

      so you are telling me if you have your private parking anyone can come and park? How can that be, and they well know that Karam has been doing business there for so many years, why park at the front of the man business and go away…come one…I am not taking for anyone but if it was any of you, you would not like some vehicle to come and park in your drive way especially Government vehicle… they think they can do whatever they want because it is government… HELL NO

      • me
        January 30, 2012

        I totally agree..

      • wiser than
        January 30, 2012

        thought u said u not taking for anyone. the sidewalk not peter own. who so never like so. so many years of doing business wrong is what u should say cause when people passing is on the street they have to walk because peter took the side walk for his business. so cecile have a right to park there however he has no right to block the business entrance/exit if he did that

      • hellooooo
        January 31, 2012

        i’m not saying the mayor is right.infact those days i think that mayor getting himself in tooooooooooo much roro but all i’m saying this business should not be there in the first place and that car rental that taking up the whole street by the grandbay bus top shouldnt be there either.they have a major part to play in the parking congestion in Roseau.

  59. AmazingFace
    January 30, 2012

    HMM…two male crabs in a hole. Meme bet mem pwell.

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