Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has appealed to public servants to support the Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica (CREAD) which was formed after the passage of Hurricane Maria in September.
The agency was formed to coordinate all reconstruction work after the hurricane and to ensure all reconstruction activities are focused on Climate Resilient Recovery Plan developed by Dominica.
A number of senior civil servants have been seconded to the CREAD but the Prime Minister assured it will not replace the public service.
Speaking at a special strategic session of the Committee of Permanent Secretaries at the Office of Disaster Management, he said the support of civil servants is important.
“It is important to have the support from you because if we as a country fail on this attempt, we will not have another opportunity,” the Prime Minister stated.
He said in addition to CREAD, the government will be setting up a trust fund.
“And one donor in particular at the donor’s conference met me privately and said we to put in $5-million into the CREAD to advance it because as I said to you there is exceptional buy-in by the donor community,” he said.
He noted that Dominica has become relevant because of its clearly articulated policy to become the first climate resilient country in the world.
“And it is about ensuring that if we are visited by another storm, another hurricane and the science is showing that these storms are becoming more ferocious and more frequent then we will be able to bounce back quicker…” Skerrit said.
He explained that the new agency will be housed in the office of the Prime Minister.
“I will have portfolio oversight of the CREAD and the CREAD will report to the Prime Minister and of course the cabinet,” the Prime Minister remarked.
Lenox you need to step up and throw out this joke of a PM..
We second this motion strongly. Skerrit must Go….his corrupt government must go. Let us get decent government operating in Dominica. Too may questions for this corrupt Labour government and its leaders and blind followers have to answer to us the people.
“……………Roosevelt Skerrit, has appealed to public servants to support the Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica (CREAD)”. This man must be a joker you know in a pack of cards. I wonder if Skerrit (joker in the pack) really understands what he talking about and what is it he asking Dominicans to embrace?
On a Monday he picks a card…throws it down….on Wednesday he picks another, throws it a yonder….and the beat goes on….As it comes so he flashes. For Dominica to move forward, Skerrit and his rouge government must Go.
Readers, please tell us of any meaningful development you see taking place or has taken place in Dominica that employs our people, the youth? Its just talk,…talk…talk. When will we wake to realised that Dominica is going nowhere with this corrupt labour regime in office.
Skerrit must Go Now.
skerrit always fooling the ppl we need to know who the secret donors are. Now the disaster hit strock Da so now he trying to pull hidden money from every hidden whole under mattress pillowcase where ever they were hiding passport money we need to know the source documentation is key. Loreen Barnis please disclose you source stop fooling the Dominican
TRAITS OF AN UNTRUSTWORTHY PM…
His emotional state is volatile, and he has a pattern of inconsistency and fickleness in his decisions. He shows a lack of empathy, breaches confidentiality, projects behaviours on you that are clearly not ones you are exhibiting and lies to himself.
Now everyone gets side track so easy in Dominica it’s crazy. One person started to vent and everyone went there direction. The PM is asking for the public servant to support (Cread) and is paying attention to that. My question to each and everyone of you is, did you guys hear about that “Cread” before the donors conference ? This guy is doing what ever he wants and then he is asking for support that is crazy!!!
Who are the members of cread , what are their plans. How can people support something they know nothing about
Man bites dog,stop biting dogs and find yourself a job. If what this bunch of criminals is doing considered ” running a country” ,I prefer walk everyday.
You see the level of incompetence , ineptitude,can do nothing government and this MORON is talking about running a government.
Almost twenty years these fools have been ” running the government ” ,what have they accomplished? More misery,more sucking, and reduced you in particular to begging. Look at you ,poor thing!
@ Dowad, I have got a job full time here in Dominica,I also have lots of workers supporters very good friends and family in Granada ,UK ,Europe and ocho rios Jamaica my beautiful wife country I just wanted some of you Rats scumbags to know I am no beggar like your opposition leader my wife and I have work very hard for what we got, not like some of you moaning and jealousy syndrome at prime minister Skerrit, you idiots are all cowards looking for soft target…
You have the guts to bring your wife and family into this nonsense,. what kind of man is that who goes about biting dogs?”. You not ashamed to bring your wife and family intro the corrupt circle of discussion of Skerrit and his rogue corrupt Labour government? Shame on you. .Does that term “you Rats scumbags” breads from your own house, is that where it breads? Please be careful what you write and think, it will come right back into your face. Shame on you , nuff respect. Now stay decent on the subject matter, stop making a woof woof od yourself.
Ok, so you have a job, but one way or another you are depending on YOUR PM. Otherwise you would not be blindly supporting somebody that clearly is corrupt. Or is that perhaps the reason that you defend him so vigorously? Getting crumbs of his table?
You workers supporters are all mules not one of you lots has any idea how a country is run, and having said that empty barrels always make the most noise. Most of you guys cannot even run a simple thing like your own homes because you lots are stupid and also that so-called apposition party they are all lunatics running their party on a radio station, My prime minister Skerrit is the best man for Dominica and his administration Skerrit is a leader he is focused on his work very intelligent, intellectual and apply knowledge and skills in brainpower, That is why we will never again have any looneys messing up our Country Dominica like they did before.
Workers supporters are mules? Lol classic
You idiot, your mad rankings and ravings as a Skeritt supporter only help the opposition and do nothing for your hero, who must be embarrassed by supporters like you.
Me idiot??? Hahaha!!
Buddy and gyal whatever you are…I’m here with a front row seat just laughing at all these comments…am I 100% skeritt supporter?? Hell no .am I supporting Linton?? Hell no.
I just call it as I see. Skeritt has been doing a decent job so far, anyone has a problem with it they know what to do
This is what the typical Dominican does: complain, talk rubbish about parties they don’t like and repeat over and over. No action taken, so y’all can complain all you want, while u complain here Mr.skeritt is somewhere flying in a jet and having wine and getting help for Dominica. mr.linton somewhere trying something.. Mr.Linton I’m looking forward to your action this year. Will you be a clown once again or will you change. In my opinion the government is very shady but has done a decent job..linton is another story..for those of u who here, stop complaining like kids form your party and throw out the red and blue but no one is brave to challenge the red except my boy…
@Anonymous, gracias al Sr.Mula only time will tell bloody idiotic
There goes this dog biting woof woof clownish behaviour again. Tel us woof woof, show us where is the development taking place in Dominica? Who is benefiting and how? Within your own home…you guys cannot even run a simple thing like your own homes because you lots are stupid. You see doggie, you debate is just mepuis and barking woof woof….all you do is call people names …you have no idea of what development is, but hail and talk of your failed inept Pm and your corrupt labour party. “Go to Hell…Go to Hell…Go to Hell..” Guess you know the author of these words. A great man you would say, right?
Man, you’re full of …… P.M. And you deserve each other.
Lol ?,looks like ,the ? bite you?
PM – Where’s the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica ( CREED)?
The most valuable commercial activity or business commodity is TRUST. To achieve this it requires a unique character trait, around honesty, ambition, hard work and attention to detail. These unique traits are the PM’s worst enemies… so how then will he be able to instil a level of TRUST that will enable him to move forward.
INTEGRITY impacts all aspects of commercial activity. It is the barometer by which we D/can nationals (home and abroad), lenders (i.e. donors etc) and potential business partners evaluate the PM and our country Political and Economic track record. TRUST in a PM speaks volumes on how a Country services and communicates with its nationals and the World.
“The Times” front page head line of today reads :” Trump’s mental health questioned by top aide”. I do believe that the same observation may well apply to our own P.M., and I’m not being facetious. Ironically the two know one another, having been introduced by Paolo Sampolli, a known self-promoter and megalomaniac, appointed to our U.N. mission with a diplomatic post by Roosevelt Skerrit and for whom Trump’s present wife used to work as a model.
@ UK Dominican, I believe you are a mad dog and UK Dominican to mention Trump mental health and prime ministers Skerrit in the same breath, Take a look at Linton records he is the one with mental health illness along with you.Nothing personal play nasty expect nasties, I have said before to you smelling scumbags If Mr Skerrit was a white man none of you rat bags would be sending insults at the man like that day after day its makes me sick to Dominican a once proud nation till that guy Linton turned up.
Poor dog. Somebody stepped on your tail? That’s the problem with you red lot, you can’t stand the truth.
Poor doggy, that bad man is insulting your master.
How many portfolios and responsibilities can be squeezed into the Office of the Prime Minister before this office becomes burdened, inundated, inefficient and counter-productive? You know Mr PM that diminishing economies of scale begin to set in after an optimum position is reached? Please ask your economic advisers! Are we there yet? Can you imagine a company being run by a CEO who also wants to be the Accountant, Legal Adviser, Buyer, Sales Person, Cashier, Marketing Manager, Customer Service Manager, Logistics Manager, et cetera, et cetera? You would not run your own personal business in this way, so why are you running my country in this way?
what if skerrit is the Devil in disguise?
What if Mr.Linton, is the demon trying to take the devil’s post?
What we have is the Satan vs The Demon…lots of people here are comlaining..but again that’s the typical Dominican attitude
Complain, sit back and do nothing, more complaining and do nothing.
Why do you take action form a party and throw out the red and the blue? Who is brave enough? No one…
Since no one is brave enough, let Satan run things or let the demon try to take over.
the guy lies dry, he never gives a name. a donor gives 5 million and u will not let your citizens know who the donor is. the same way he had some Americans doing a study on an international airport and he first told that to the kids in londondery.
“Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has appealed to public servants to support the Climate Resilience Execution Agency of Dominica (CREAD) which was formed after the passage of Hurricane Maria in September. ”
This man’s mind is so full of garbage, that his every spoken thoughts are nothing more than garbage! Prior to Maria the word resilient, or “resilience” was not synonymous in Dominica.
The minute someone mentioned Dominicans as a resilient people, Roosevelt jumped on the bandwagon with this hogwash talk, prior him classified Dominicans as invisible, when someone told him that people are not invincible; nevertheless, are indeed expendable; he shifted, and every second stupid word he spews now is resilient!
I challenge Roosevelt to give me and the world another definition of the words what make them so special and important to support an agency with no absolute purpose. This might simply be an agency by name instituted to collect a pay cheque at the expense of the…
This might simply be an agency by name instituted to collect a pay cheque at the expense of the poor taxpayers of the country; this is another opportunity for the cabal to grow, spreading its long jellyfish tentacles in all direction, stinging and feeding on the blood of the poor.
You know the tentacles of the big dangerous jellyfish can stretch for miles, but for sure hundreds of feet!
@Dominican January 4, 20 “It would also appear that any funds generated by this CREAD, therefore, are under the direct control of the P.M. also. I find this very worrying”
You are sounding as if you do not know what is the role of the “Minister of Finance”, but that is also the role of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit; that is why the things concerning finances of this Creed initiative, must be reported to his office, that is why he holds the office of Minister of Finance.
You people need to think thoroughly or know exactly what you all are about to write, instead of making a great fool of yourselves.
It is a total waste of time and money to set this up. This is not affordable for a country like Dominica. That man comes back from his travels where he picked up some clever phrases and he is now trying to sell it to us. I seem to remember vaguely a project that Skerrit was hell bend on and 35 Million Dollars later it’s sitting there unfinished: GEOTHERMAL. Why are we incapable of stopping this man and hold him accountable? Why?
Why oh why in quite Trump- esque fashion must some person, agency, table or another be talking to you in private. Things that happen in private are often, he/she saids. Nobody to authenticate the veracity of what was said. Thats just so childlike and the orange man in the oval office like. Talk to people with others around, so should the private talker renege you know u have support.
Meanwhile, once Cread starts producing results maybe you can ask for support. You’re jumping the gun!
I wonder what it is like to be filled with hot air like a balloon.
I thought there was an Environmental coordinating unit, aren’t this unit already responsible for for issues of climate change/ resilient, too much duplication.
It appears Skerrit finally returned from New York. This Cread business is a nonstarter if I have ever seen one. Millions will be wasted in setting it up in the first place only to find out after a period of time that is too expensive to implement. You all mark my words, this a waste of precious time and another one of Skerrits non-runners.
Poor civil servants. Of course they will have no other opportunity, unlike the P.M., who altready has made his stash and can retire in comfort. He will leave you high and dry and blame you for not cooperating when the money runs out to pay your salaries and he sails off in the sunset.
Can’t say I disagree with you
One man government again.The PM stated this would be an Independant committee under the supervision of an All party parliamentary delegation.Who are the members of this cread?What is the output?Were is this $5 million dollars to be spent.
Sounds like another PM scam.
Did mr Skeritt just put his foot into his mouth? is CREAD, of Skerrit, by Skerritt, for Skerritt? NEPOTISM is all written in CREAD.The continuance of not being open with the Dominican people, might be leading to the many precipice situated on the Island. You are wrong BIGTIME on this one. Is it wright that you should be MINISTER of everything in Domonica? are your ministers aware of the utmost disrespect that you have for them? their timidness, have made them COWARDS, wanting to speak out in some instances, but afraid to. INCORPORATE MAAT into your GOV’T deliberations, Dominica needs it at this time.The Resilience, that has become your MANTRA, may never make itself viable.
This cread business is nothing but legalised corruption. Who is at the helm? A man who loves money more than helmself.
Quotes;
Bill Gates: “As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.”
Leadership stems from social influence, not authority or power.
Now that the PM has added yet another role to his burgeoning portfolio, I sometimes wonder if there are any competent Dominicans home or abroad, who could take on some of those responsibilities. I simply cannot understand how someone can be so domineering when they should actually be delegating.
As for the whole idea of CREAD, I think its it used as a pretext to have so called donors to finance his grip on power. It was only earlier this year that the PM was holding town hall meetings promising heaven and earth to every Dominican. Did building a more resilient Dominica ever cross his mind,I think not.
All of a sudden he has had a moment of epiphany and it finally dawned on him that Dominica needs to be the first climate resilient country in the world.
REALLY, NOW WHO BUYS THAT, DO YOU? What does that country…
I recollect that a similar committee was formed in the wake of Erica but I cannot recollect their findings.
Committees are the death knell to creative thought and hence creative solutions.
I missed news about a “donor’s conference”. Perhaps DNO could give a link to a relevant news item. Like committees, conferences are usually a waste of time but at $15 million a throw that one is worth repeating.
ADMIN: https://dominicanewsonline.com/news/homepage/news/general/dominica-to-get-an-estimated-1-billion-from-caricomun-donor-conference/
Thanks DNO for the link.
Which cread? Maybe the apostles c read. You have proven yourself to be too corrupt and evil for anyone with the right mind to follow you with this rubbish.
Cread?? What Cread? Its the Apostles Greed! No doubt about that.
“It is important to have the support from you because if we as a country fail on this attempt, we will not have another opportunity,” the Prime Minister stated. LOL,,LOL,, You under pressure and under the circumstances people are important to you. What happen to go to hell …Go to hell…none of our damn business?
Skerrit you are who you are….,, that behavior aint gonna change>
This man called Skerrit is practising an Oxymoron style of government. It must be a weak personality strait. Does he think before he spew out such erratic garbage?
You have left all the expertise in Dominica, that is qualified Dominicans in he field for years, studies hard for years overseas, came back to country of birth and some nimcompoof in government have just abandon our sons of the soils for overseas. Not even a split of 60%/40% in favour of our own Dominicans professionals?
Skerrit is a damn big joke and he Must Go. Skerrit Go, we do not want you . Go meet Tony Astaphan
@ Viewsexpressed, It’s not prime minister Skerrit, fault if the idiots you supporting cannot workout a six for nine! One more time with Linton must go to jail,Linton must go, Linton must go, i am just as stupid as you writing that rubbish.
Man Bites Dogs, answer us this question, who managed executed the bin Bobol and the Fertilizer Bobol. Voleur, we need to know who stole our money. All you scared of Hon Linton because he discovered all you Bobol and thievery, that is why you all do not want him in office. But Skerrit will Go.
You see, it will always come up when you bark woof woof rubbish. Dog bites Dogs and cats sing. Hold your breath, your bark too much rubbish and your barking on the wrong tree.
Cread ,Greed it sounds the same to me.
Totally agree with the PM on this. We all need to lend a hand and assist as best we can. Maria, a force to be reckoned with, shook us up so badly that we have no choice but to face global warming and reverse it in whatever way possible. Hurricanes are more frequent, they are stronger, the rise in sea levels are alarming, intense flash floods and environmental deterioration limits the natural environment’s services to us. What do we do to prevent that? How do we fix it?
I just hope soon, that more of us will become ‘change’ advocates. Learn so you can increase awareness, teach your kids, speak to your friends, go out in the villages and educate people on
“I just hope soon, that more of us will become ‘change’ advocates. Learn so you can increase awareness, teach your kids, speak to your friends, go out in the villages and educate people on..” Frances, I do not know where you are, but I am sorry to advise you that that for what you wish will not happen under this corrupt regime led by inept Skerrit. He and his corrupt government are failures and a waste of time.
The Change advocate is real, help us get rid of this waste of time government. they have made us poorer.
PM could you share some information on CREAD for the public ?
The best way to secure buy-in on a particular concept or branding or initiative is to bring everyone unto a platform of common knowledge – including the General Public. This platform of common knowledge ought to include:
1) Public document on the Structure and composition of CREAD; by composition I mean sectors and portfolios or expertise represented
2) Scope of its mandate: mission and vision
3) scope of stakeholder participation – in this case every citizen is a stakeholder and ought to be enlightened from the onset to mitigate against pushback and in ensuring people understand early the scope and ramification of every decision taken on their behalf. This makes for easy buy-in.
4) will there be community meetings to address CREAD’s mandate ? that way people will understand the scope and line of engagement in the exchange of suggestions, ideas and recommendations.
I pray SUCCESS & participation
Mr. Cadette i appreciate your sound contribution on this matter. Its you and people like you we need to chart the way forward for a better Dominica. Too many bright minds are sidelined, after hurricane David it was an interim government. We need to build back better and stronger and most importantly stronger institutions.
I don’t understand the objective of this committee.
You and many others, me included.
Nothing you guys do has been credible, hence at this point I have lost all faith in the government. Who is managing CREAD. Dominica has a problem in getting good management, too much favoritism. We are losing our best talents because of who the government keeps placing to manage key aspects of our country. Our progress has been slow over the years in comparison to the other Windward Islands. However, good luck to you and I hope there is some level of accountability and transparency, something this government has fall very short on.
Is Dominica Skerrit’s country? “I will have portfolio oversight of the CREAD and the CREAD will report to the Prime Minister.” This convinces me that narcissism and Mr. Skerrit are inseparable. A good leader does not stretch himself too thin, he delegates, but put measures in place to ensure efficiency and effectiveness. Dominica needs the collective effort, will power and brains of all its people to be resurrected better than before. Engaging in ‘one-manism’ won’t achieve much. Mr. Skerrit most definitely believes that he is indispensable, the cemetery is full of indispensable people. Engage the Opposition, they have ideas too.
Yes mr.IBO, or Madam IBO whatever you are…
You have given the Labour Party a great piece of advice
@ONE and only, Ebola do not have any advice for Labour party you don’t understand Dominican politice it’s not the same as the UK i could tell by the manner of your spelling, anyway lots of the crap Linton, and his supporters going on with could not have happened in the UK for a start Linton would have been in jail a long time ago for things he has been doing it all a joke to be honest.
I was very pleased when I first read about this a few months ago. If we say we want to build a climate resilient country, and the first one at that, we should turn words into action. And that is what Mr. Skerrit did; he mobilized the unit and they are working hard to make this a reality.
We are situated in the Caribbean, it is the most tourism dependent region on earth, and it is important to note that it is one of the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. There are 40 climate hot spots, and six caribbean islands have been named including our own. So taking on this task is not just for our betterment, but for that of our region and ultimately the world. We hope other countries can follow suit. In the mean time, ordinary citizens can research and do their part to help themselves, their neighbors, their communities. Hurricane Maria, and her predeccessor Erika showed us first hand what superstorms can do to us, ruin lives and habitats. Let’s work harder and do better!
Stupes!!!!!!!!!
Quite a while before I heard such utter nonsense. You have clever ideas, you want to do this and that… May I ask who is going to pay for your clever ideas? Dominica, the Caribbean region or the entire world? That man talks and all you repeat it like a parrot.
Sylvia where have you been residing. This is all about credibility and pass results. I will cite a couple examples re credibility or lack of. Do you remember the so called high powered task force that was assembled after Erica over 2 years ago? What became of that. What did it achieve? What did the esteemed Baroness who was appointed to spearhead our international work for pledges achieve. You remember the Morrowcan hotel, where are we with that. The housing revolution which had the supply of 300 homes from Venezuela as a cornerstone. Mercifully we only received 50 or so. Go to Bellevieu Chop in and see what Maria did to them. In fact it is reported that a young lady died in one of these homes in Stock Farm. I am so sick and tired of you DO supporters spewing such garbage. I am a supporter of Dominica
In all due respect honorable Prime Minister; CREAD should be an independent entity. There is no way this entity is going to be fair and balance, we are building resilience on the wrong footing without a proper foundation. So sorry to say.
Oh yes PM, the support of public servants to CREAD is of great importance. I believe they will see to it that the agency is successful. We all should as citizens of DA, lend support and even a hand to the agency. Climate change does not only affect public officers, it affects all of us, our homes and environments. Now is the time for us to show our support as local and global citizens and fight against climate change.
Who are the members/officials of this new body? It is already clear that they will report directly to the P.M., and as he stated the cabinet. This is confusing as it infers that the cabinet is the P.M. It would also appear that any funds generated by this CREAD therefore are under the direct control of the P.M. also. I find this very worrying.