Dominica has been ranked among the top five global alcohol consuming countries by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a report released earlier this year.
The global study took a look at alcohol consumption, which is measured in terms of pure ethyl alcohol to compensate for the varying strengths of beer, wine and spirits. A liter bottle of wine with 10 percent alcohol, for example, would be only 0.1 liter of pure alcohol.
According to the report Dominica ranked fifth per capita in the consumption of spirits downing some 7.20 liters per year, while Caribbean neighbour St. Lucia ranked fourth. A spirit is described as a ‘distilled alcohol.’ The alcoholic content of a ‘distilled spirit’ is higher than that of beer or wine.
Interestingly Dominica did not appear on the radar of the other categories in the study, namely beer and wine consumption.
The other countries making the top five in the spirit consumption category are Republic of Moldova (number one), Reunion (number two) and the Russian Federation (number three).
Worldwide, some 2.5 million people die each year from the harmful use of alcohol, accounting for about 3.8 percent of all deaths, according to previous WHO data.
Steps to curb alcohol use also feature three times in WHO’s top 10 “best buys” for public health policies to reduce the burden of chronic diseases, which kill 36 million people a year worldwide.
thats bull cuz im in vincy now and there ppl drink 100 times more than dominicans or lucians
they might drink more in total but per capita we drink more. remember we have less than 70 thousand dominicans on island, and if we drink even half of what some large countries drink that is a lot for our small population size, vincy and dem places have more residents n stuff so it doesn’t look like much. is like having 3 blue marbles in 10 red ones as opposed to 3 blue marbles in 100. you will see it better in 10. they not checkin total consumption
This is pure nonsense ! How did they figure that ?
what is the sample ? How did they do this survey ? For what period ? did they survey the entire world ? I can think of some other WI territories that consume more. Take this with a grain of salt.
You see, Marijuana is not the problem!
People who want marijuana use the damage being done by alcohol for an excuse to overlook the harm done by marijuana.
It seems these folks have lost the ability to be objective.
They want to ignore a harmful product or practice because here are other products or practices that are even more harmful.
They would have us believe that the police should not arrest a man who robs a grocery store because some men rob banks.
It is like they think a doctor should not treat a child with small pox because there are children with cancer who need care.
Tobacco, alcohol, marijuana should all be illegal. People need to be warned about the dangers of every harmful substance, and offered help in overcoming any of these addictions. The fact that a person’s drug of choice is not he only dangerous drug in society does not mean it should be ignored.
Sincerely, Rev. Donald Hill. International Evangelist.
Per capita, Yes it is high according to the report. As to how they get their data, I cannot help all you or say it is true.
But stop pretending dominicans. All you know jolly well all you like the rum.
A little rum never hurt nobody. It will help to get our minds off the economic crisis that is affecting the world. Let us just rally with Labour party and our little rum and show some damn gratitude to our honorable leaders for making the booze so cheap and accessable!
Labour POWER!!
of all thing in d world to get top in ……….DRINKING RUM THAT IS D ONE WE TAKING
blame it on the aaalcoohoool
I swear to drunk I am not God.
haha!
dominica is rank no.3 take a look
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption
this is the report. http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/publications/global_alcohol_report/msbgsruprofiles.pdf
wong ping say that this is utter nonesense.check out the neighbouring french countries and you will know.the WHO report is not bible truth.tell them to look around them and their backyard.don’t try to give us that talk.after all!!!we want the details of this report.ministers do your research.
Yes rasta, DA making real progress, great development new, keep it up
It is true about Dominica being number 5, I am so surprised it wasn’t higher, everywhere you turn is an old wooden rum shops, no toilet facilities the place smelling of urine.
What does the government and people in authority expect people to do especially the younger ones, no one thinks of opening a Caribbean Movie House, no recreation park for the youngsters to free up, nowhere to go except a “sewo” all the time, is not everyone that likes to go to listen and dance to that “ole” kind of music all the time.
Open a movie house and BAN ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTES.
Put a ban on people drinking and driving, the policemen drink by the court house so what is expected.DUMMY-IN-CA IS A BIG JOKE. THE WORST IN THE CARIBBEAN.
Woman you told and outright lie. Dominicas’s worst enemies are the likes of you. Where do you see policemen drinking outside courthouse? You need to see a therapist for that pent up anger. Open the movie theatre apparently you haven’t seen the end results of your big city lifestyle. damnass
People like u probably never left dominica in ur life… Everything u see in on t.v.
This is the most rediculous report ever to come from the World Health Organization. Against what population was the survey conducted? When you consider the population of Russia, England and the other alcohol consuming countries (with millions of people), against Dominica, St. Lucia, with such a small population, what do you expect the survey to reveal? It’s obvious, we will be ranked very high.
that is why the survey was done per capita not in total. learn to read na and understand what they saying
That is totally impossible that Dominica among top five in world alcohol consuming countries. That is Bull!
Well maybe they measure it “Per Capita” but its still Big Bull!
We are continuously in denial and that’s a big part of the problem.
That’s only because we drink stronger stuff! What I see happening in the UK with alcohol consumption, Dominica can never beat that! Of course they would put it in categories so that the UK would never come up. There is a major problem with alcohol in London, pubs everywhere filled with beer drinkers who down pint after pint after pint. Women are a disgrace to themselves – drunk, loose, vomiting in the streets every weekend after weekend. Statistics can be turned any how to suit! We do drink strong stuff but at least don’t have the effects of what my eyes seeing in England, except for the few womiel that we know off
How exactly do they go about doing these so called statistics? Because I have not seen Trinidad in there and Dominica can’t come close to the amount of alcohol consumed in Trinidad.
I noticed that when I was there in 04/2012. Christians and all. Hapipness and joy.
WINE CECIL WINE!
Remember this song?
We dring last night
We dring the night before
We are members of the rum family
And here’s the reason why
The rumiel cannot die
because the young ones are born before the ole ones die..
What Else is there to do? No jobs, messed up Govt out for only their own gain. Dominica is a lost country at this time. How many generations will it take to repair it. It was amazing in 1999.
Dominicans like to party and have a good time that’s all…its better we consume alcohol than we consume more Ecstasy, cocaine and myth….
They are all negatives. We should not do none. This is very poor for us Dominicans.
There is no diference bro, you could still have a good time with just drinking water !!!
can never have too much rum in your glass wow mama no work in DA so is rum we have to drink
NONESENSE
O lord!!! For how Russians can drink and we going head to head with them..lord help us. But i’ll still drink to dat oleeeee
Must be doing its magic, because we have a very high number of centurions. My aunt lived 105 and she had to drink her brandy, soca, you name it, every given day.. Go figure! Statistics is left for interpretations….
Centurion ?? She must have been a real battle axe! (Surely you meant to say “centenarian”.
I am not surprised,when the American delegate came to Dominica to deliver two boats as gifts,what did we offer them for their generosity,Rum.
proud to be a dominican…we are members of the rum family…and dats the reason why…the rum will never die…!!!!
For the young ones are born before the old ones die ……………….
More propaganda, by the WHO. to bring down our government, and they know black people will fall for that nonsense. The opposition will jump on the bandwagon, well England did not make the list and the y drink every night at the pub, Germany did not make the list, America did not make the list. lttle Dominica where everybody going to church, and is a fw men that drinking is number five way papa.
So because Russia is no. 1 they must be black people too? Why we’re so bloody sensitive and defensive. If we have a problem, its for us to recognise and fix it. Tired of hearing it’ s somebody else’s fault or a conspiracy.
I am not surprised at all. They should even be #1. Dominicans can’t do without alcohol , no matter what country they reside. Come and see them at a party
and i know that not are problem for the ones at the top the more your people that is on the rum thing are the lest people in there way of business thats why we have all this people coming to dominica and taking away all the stores in dominica but its up to dopminicans i think thats what thay want when you go to domincans to start are business thay are the ones to tell you dominica is not ready yet to do business when thay are just taking part in just liming and taking all this rum i know i have lot of talking to do to my children and that ill be doing lots of bars but no work .now we about to get lest calls from the boats whats next to do but to run away from dominica as i say thats what dominicans want
The folks are depressed and there’s nothing much to do.
if we was exporting red cap like how we drinking it then we would be in the top 10 and not top 5. the people we export it to would be in the top 5. red cap gud unno. sometimes.
Two things that seems to be eluding alot of the readers is that this report is a result of a “PER CAPITA” analysis. For it’s population Dominica is amongst the top five alcohol consuming countries in the world. I for one do not find that hard to believe.
Secondly there is no mention made of alcoholics. Dominica still remains one of the most functional countries in terms of job retention. I am not saying that there are no alcoholics in Dominica, but at the same time Dominicans generally do not let their alcohol consumption take away from their other, more important responsibilities.
Take some time and read through the article. It also states that Dominicans particularly do not consume wine and beer. This is another fact. There is nothing wrong or degrading about the article.
how else can we ignore whats going on,,,,,drink and forget you worries
Nothing eluded me!
I read it the first time and commented, and concluded that unless they are talking per capita, Dominica does not fit into their findings, someone responded to my comments and suggest I read before I comment, because they are talking per capita.
However, in the original disclosure written by DNO, the word ” per capita ” is not mentioned, not written; so why would one suggest they are talking per capita?
And even if they are talking pert capita, let me show you the bunk in it.
They rated your country number five, we are talking per capita now, in this case the population of the countries mentioned must be taken into consideration, so how came that St Lucia, ranks fourth; and what they term the Russian Federation first or third wherever they place it.
When you look at the Russian Federation if there was one, I would expect the United States and Canada would be involved also.
That is why it makes no sense whatsoever, except to those who wrote the report.
By the way if you take a trip to Las Vegas right now, you will find more people than all of Dominica’s population on the Strip right now, this very day: some with long tall glasses of beer wine, and all different type of hard alcohol in hand drinking and getting drunken, and that goes on day and night!
For Dominica to fit into any category here, all of us Dominicans would have to be involve in the consumption of rum, and surly we all do not indulge in alcohol beverages.
Unfortunately I do!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
FETe
You have a very strong objected here!
I am not encouraging my fellow Dominican to go ahead and indulge in alcoholic intake, but per capita or no per capita research cannot compare us with those mega countries of the world.
Correction
I meant to type: a very strong objection
This is so true, the amount of alcohol people consume, in New York that is unbelievable i asked my self that question, do these people live too drink?.
its how you drink. drink but dont abuse it. simple as that
Everything that oganizations such WHO, IMf and WTO say about thurd world countries shiuld be taken with a grain of salt. These organised criminals are all about propaganga and control. Funny how no developed country is on that list. Alcohol / spirits are so widely abused in those countries that laws and taxes are implemented every year just to curb the use …. But to no avail..
So…..you don’t know what per capita means huh? That’s alright, maybe you can look it up at the same time that you check how to properly spell “thurd”.
Forgive the man. He meant “turd”. Blame the rum!
THAT’S THE MOST INTELLIGENT COMMENT EVER…SO SO TRUE!!!
I believe it…Per Capita…o yeah…All likkel chilren drinking hard spice rum and green bag…we does drink some hard liquor eh allu, all woman in Dca can drink any man in america under a table…but as for alcoholics , either they very functional or we dont have that many. but every step u take all store and restaurant selling hard bush rum. what u expect!
We can’t be among the top 5 in the world…impossible….i’m not saying we not in it but not among the top 5 not at all…they just want to pin that on us.
Give me de Rum fast before de Band past and doe care what WHO say we taking waters till ass Wednesday. Wat a life.
where are places like jamaica and cuba in this survey. im sure most of us kno that they are the entertainment capitals in the caribbean because of their everyday activities. for example (hot mondays, cool tuesdays, passa passa wednesdays, up-town thursdays and jiggy fridays. dominica only has activities on weekends and in very few places. keep in mind we are a population of roughly 75000 and those mentioned above have millions. i tink those who published that statement should have it withdrawn and apologise to the dominican public
Hah.An accomplishment I can drink too!!I’m proud of you DOMINICA!
DA4LYFE
“De rum dat do me dat…” Luv dis song!
“Guest” you must be a lucian!! lol
They counted the paros among the alcoholics. This is such a false report!
Man i lived in Cuba for 6 years and if Dominica is infront Cuba well that study lacks credibility.
vey interesting. I better stop blaiming the United states too muc for drunkenness. The U.S. did not even make the top. What a shame. shame on Dominica. Shame on “Drunkinica”
What a shame, Sad shame
a feast every weekend what do you expect
I myself don’t trust camels…or anyone else who can a week without a drink
wen u stupid, is stupid u stupid,and u’ll remain dam stupid.everyting has politics in it.dominicans has become so dam poor under this regime they cannot aford beer/wine they turned on the old hard distill rum.wen they can’t aford they have to make their rum with fig and mangoe. by that time dimple boy and his boys will be gone laughing.is stupid we stupid.
If Trinidad is not in the top five then this is crap. Everyone that talks about rum kills, yes is true but it all depends on how you use it like everything else in the world. Rum can be helpfull at times. Rum don’t kill people. People kill themselves. Stop talking bad about the waters. I like my waters myself but I don’t abuse it. I know my limits. Does this mean I am an alcoholic and rum is going to kill me?
yeah, my grampa used to say that, even now as he has a rotted liver he still sings that same calypso u singing there. good luck.
and u know the funny thing, some of his sons love it just like him. they even give it to him, KNOWING DAMN WELL he should not have it, but like I said, GOOD LUCK!
Stupes, Rum Shop talk that.. what these people sit in some rum shop in Geneva or talk to a few stupid people and they come up with that. When you see all you drink all you mount gay don’t attack Dominica and it’s citizens. Matter of fact I have already told the US and WHO I will not be responding to rumshop gossip. Hold a Bois Banday for your activities in the meantime and ease up on my people
Not that alone when i going Ck jam i seeing children 6 and 7 years old with there glass or redcap in there hand and passing cigarette for each other… Nothing new
i think that report is sooo wrong. you hardly see drunks on the road like before. on a weekend, you will see people freeing up after a hard week of work. u seeing more paro than drunk on the road nowadays. not even many people i am seeing smoking cigarette again.
I agree with you all the way. Not sure how these people going around their survey.
I,m not sure if that report is wrong, because in every domino match in the island catoons of rum are distributed and consume.
How often are thtse matches?
That report is sooo wrong! How did they determine that? Did they come to DA and count our alcoholics? Who compiled the report? Of all the places on earth DA is #5 in world consuming alcohol countries? Don’t believe everything that is printed.
my boy please read the article again. it sats PER CAPITA which means numers relative to size DUMB.
Per capita or not, this report is false. Stop calling anyone DUMB because you are DUMBER for being so gullible!
C’est Moi:if one wants to know how Dominicans feel about a particular paint from Harris Paints, one does not have to ask EVERY citizen. Scientifically, in research and statistics this is refered to as SAMPLING, ok?
Where was the sampling done? In a rum shop I guess. Facts cannot be based on sampling. This report is simply anecdotal
No wonder we cannot rationally understand the poor political/leadership state we are in, we are all confused by the amount of alcohol we consume.
Signal de Bartendar…
Cuz ah ready to put down me order
Rum rum rum rum
that’s no surprise…..it is one of the poorest countries in the world…..that is expected……………..nothing else to do
Some people are proud of this report, continue to abuse your bodies drinkers, drink my friends, drink.
In the long run if one does not have a change of heart, one will reap the seeds that has been sown.
smfh, LIFE in this animal farm is too much for some. so they drown in a bottle… others think youth will last forever so for them it’s all about FUNNNNNNNNN
but don’t worry, we will sleep in the bed that we make…WET, DRY or SHIFONEH…
Dominicans will get everything they deserve, for being LAZY, for not LOVING THEIR NEIGHBOURS AS THEIRSELF, they will learn the hard way that INACTION at times is just as much a sin….
so let us all “eat our cake and enjoy” while we have it.. IF we have it.
so called Independent. so called Christians….
just look at the bars that LITTER our river banks, and every friday just look at the vulgarity and careless attitude of our people, fathers, mother, uncle sister nenen….. tell me WHO OUR THERE CARES?????
Well our President was plenty vex and created a national furor because the Mayor he said stole his bottle of wine and the PM offered the US Ambassador bottles of Bois Bande Rum as a gift from Dominica to drink before he makes love. The hypocrites will rush to say he never said what activity he was talking about but what activity is Bois Bande famous for? We feature well in the liquor thing like a bunch of idiots. People we offend smile whilst here and reek revenge elsewhere.
love this reasoning!
While I am skeptical about the accuracies of these reports, I know a lot of alchohol is consumed by Dominicans. And a per capita basis they might well be reasobly close. The report is talking about pure alcohol NOT volume of alchoholic beverages. I grew up next to a rum shop and I know these men drink hard liquor like water, but again these hard drinkers only made up a small portion of the community. I live in the US now and I think the most common businesses are churches and liquor stores (and yes I believe churches are businesses in USA), but I hardly see people drunk on the streets, but I have seen many in the clubs, which is typically periodic social drinkers. The strong persistent drinkers could have been doing it at their homes, and were not recorded in WHO statistics.
@Observer
I agree with your line of reasoning. I too, am skeptical about the details of this news article, and I see your point, pertaining to when and where people partake of alcoholic drinks, in countries like the USA and Canada for example
I live in Toronto,Canada–not that I am involve in that kind of social habit at all. But it is quite clear that those who drink heavily, they do so at home, because those people are alcoholics, who believe that the drink can soothe their mental pain.
I know for a fact that most men in our Dominica would rather go out to drink, instead of staying at home to drink until they pass out on their sofar or somewhere in the house–because most of them are not alcoholics–but they love to socialize.
My father and my brothers, uncles and nephews, and most men that I knew in Giraudel when I was growing up there are my witnesses. The women of my people do not partake of alcoholic drinks to that extent.
In the first place, most people who drink outside of their homes, in places like Toronto for sure, they do so at a night club or a social get together; those people would have to drive home–for places like Toronto is or are huge place; nobody can walk home from a drinking party, as most people can do in Dominica.
Nut the police are on guard, in search for drunk drivers–and they do not tolerate those drivers who are caught with alcohol on their breathe, for many people are killed because of drunk driving.
And so people are very careful about their alcohol intake at social gatherings unless they decide to take a taxi home.
Still for all countries like Canada maintain a home for alcoholics all over the country–that is how research should decide what countries have the higher level of alcohol intake than another.
Even if Dominicans can buy alcholic drinks from most shopping places there, I still cannot see how we belong to the top five among countries of alcohol intake of the “world” Say what!
That is a serious health problem in the making and the entire society going to pay for it. No wonder we are not producing anything. How can the workers be productive when they are recovering from hang overs 24/7. Long time I suspect the country running on Western Union/Money Gram – remittance. A large % of our young men are living in a daze and growing a gut
Well well what can I say? did they observe every single womyel, or just made this up by watching chembi go in and out of the same shop? or was it Participant Observation and failure to hold their liquor they decided Dominicans drinking too many spirits?
Alarming, but not surprising. If you look on Face book pics of young Dominicans, say, between 17 and 28, most of them have a drink in their hand or mouth.
“Worldwide, some 2.5 million people die each year from the harmful use of alcohol, accounting for about 3.8 percent of all deaths, according to previous WHO data.” Time to ease up on the weed! If they study weed as well (and I believe they have but won’t release the results), they won’t find one related death. We rank really high, man. Rastafari has been preaching about this legal drug for many decades now and it fell on deaf ears. Who is WHO?
Congratulations to Domininca, take note Mr. PM
Is it the PM’s fault that the country consumes too much alcohol? WTF
Dominica??? Really??? The USA not even in the running? I think whoever conducted that survey was under the influence of alcohol him/herself. STUPES! That’s pure BS
so of all the big businesses that sells rum how is the lab especially that getting rich. What happen to Whitchurch Astaphans and the rest. The lab is a small entity and a gun is not held to anybody’s head to consume alcohol its a choice by individuals.
instead a war on alcohol they have a war on marijuana found on king solomon grave,alcohol so destructive to the body while marijuana has no negative effect on the body ,
Why dont you smoke all the other bush and grass which were found on King Solomon’s grave? Because marijuana was found on his grave (still not sure about that), that makes it ok to smoke it? Stop making people think for you.
too much mountain dew and galbanzo all you brewing in the hills…pure and unadulterated! how W.H.O know about that boy?
Its an addiction,they need help, they are becoming dependant on that.Anything that ulters your brain is a drug,its the same for cocaine,weed,pills,heroine,LSD, crack, ETC,users are powerless, its like a snowball efect,witch will drag you to the gutters. To the still surfuring addicts out there i will pray for you to have wisdom to know the diffrence…
You know I believe something is wrong with that report: how did they determine that; are they thinking in terms of per capita?
We need to remember that we have a very small population in comparisons to places such as Europe; there are places in Europe where on any single day or night of any week if one adds up the total number of people found in Clubs drinking and consuming alcohol, one will find they total more than seventy thousand people.
By the way those are people who goes out to drink, do we know how many remain at home passed out in a drunken state?
The situation in Germany is so bad, that they have special hospitals, which treats alcoholics only, perhaps the WHO is not aware of that.
Perhaps they should review what is happening in England also, what about Denmark, those who do not know may believe that crap, but this is a very narrow world, and there is nothing one need to find out on their own they can’t find out. False information usually comes from organized religion , and other organizations too!
Because WHO made that claim does not make what they say true; nor factual
Someone should ask them to prove their theory, tell us how long their research took, and the method they use in gathering their information prior to coming to their conclusion!
It is my opinion that the report is flawed ( defective in a sense ) in every sense of the word, and I render it a very week report.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
My friend read before you comment nor. The report clearly stated “per capita”. You that is the only way Dominica could rank so high.
Even at that my friend that report is still flawed, because you see, them are concentrating on hard alcohol, fact is beer is brewed in Dominica, I do not know what the volume rum been distilled on the island these days, less than in the 1950’s I assume.
So it might be reasonable to think that we would be drinking more beer in the country which to me would be more economical than imported whiskey, and wine.
If you have the ability to analyze it do so on your own reason it out before you accept the crap people talk about your country!
Let the WHO present to you the scientific method they use in collecting the facts on that which allowed them to derive at their theory.
You cannot form a theory by simply noticing people partying at a dance, or people on a family and friends picnic, drinking some white rum.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaahhahaha!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
At observer, I used a point that you made after this one, to express my opinion of this news article.
But now, I am not sure about what you were saying above; because of your objection to Francisco’s, opinion here.
Per capita or not, I do not see how Dominicans can have a heavier intake of alcohol than those countries in the world with almost half a billion, not to mention those with more than that– people in population. Dominican are not even a 100,000 people.
How does the comparison from one to one, or each to each, become effective through a world survey, with Dominica being part of this world survey?
As I mentioned above, and so did Francisco, did the people of that research check with the number of places maintained for rehabilitation of alcoholics in the certain countries of the world compared to Dominica?
That is why I agree with Fransisco! This research is fallible; it is indeed a flawed survey.
Not that I am not encouraging my fellow Dominicans to continue with their heavy intake of alcoholic drinks–those of us who do so.
You echoed my thoughts Mr. Telemacque. Thousands of countries world-wide, all of them have more stress than we do, and WHO trying to tell us we #5????
Wheel and come again, WHO.
A reader. I agree 101 percent. What about the Netherlands where the hightest highlife is going on everyday with drugs,and prostitutes,do they go without alcohol? would like to know.
I tend to agree with you totally. This report is misleading at best and even if it was reported by WHO, does not make it credible. With a little more details as to their research methods, I will be more convinced but for now I view this as propaganda and poor handling of research.
Francisco, As usual you are taking cheap shots from the cheap sits. Have you read the actual report from which this news item was obtained? Where is your evidence that the WHO study is flawed? You have not even taken the time to carefully read this news item. So while you are certainly entitled to your opinion, you should at the very least offer an informed opinion.
@Farner’s son
I read the article with full understanding. And so I do not see what is cheap about Francisco’s report–he has a good point of objection.
Dominica cannot be compared and rated above all of those mega countries of the “world” in regards to population and functions–of whatever. The report is about a conclusion of research done in countries of “the world”. Please consider that!
When we talk about Per Capita, we are talking about “one” to “one” or each to each; head to head–according to my understanding–I don’t think that I am wrong, and we are talking about people’s behaviour or function.
I have calculated our “Dominicans” as one person–through her population of 70,000– to the USA, being 4100 persons–through her population of 300,000,000. Divide 300,000,000 by 70,000 you will see that I am right.
How do we compare what one person–like Dominica–can do with what 4100 persons–like the USA can do? There will always be no comparison! Those kinds of research are always fallible, I will not accept their conclusion for my Dominica–no matter what the stature of this conclusion is.
that is why there are so many labourites in dominica.. just go for the red clinic money and spend it in mahaut by de lab and st joe in every bar..
how can a nation focus on the serious issues which are affecting us when the parl. reps just continue to throw money in the rum offices around dominica.
i agree they too like freeness rum k chwee yo
you a real IDIOT……….comment u made don’t make no sense
I am here wondering what a site like me is doing on a guy like BMO.
What am I saying? Yeah…heading back to the bokkle.
Skerrit to hear all you wi for him to send all you and drink a zhaid or bois banday. I love my PM!
On a serious note when did the WHO change that report? Months ago they had Luxembourg in 1st place, Ireland 2, Hungary, Moldova, Czech Rep, Germany, Britan etc in that order, nowhere in that report was any caribbean island much less Dominica featured. So unless they are now ranking Dominica against other Caribbean islands,as part of the Caribbean Basin, or using population for a further ranking I want to know how they came up with this? This is the kind of stuff that can drive me to drink!
WE DIE NUH TOJOUR SAV??? LOL!!! ALWAYS NICCCCCEEEE!!!
Another source of tax revenue for the Treasury.
Pure crap. We are a social drinking country, I very much dought the accuracy of this report.
Well, we really do not need a report to show us that we are massive consumers of alcoholic drinks. A very recent worrying trend is the number of young persons who gather «on the block» Sunday to Sunday to drink their lives away.
In the end, every Dominican pays for the bad habits of the heavy drinkers when our taxes go to paying the costs associated with heavy drinking. So, i say…make the drinkers pay for their habits: Tax them!
Garcon, leave us alone eh….our stress level up. Budget just pass, nothing in it for us, just more and more tax. So leave us alone let us fire our waters.
Flood Gates open in DA.
HUNTER said it Best, “We are the members of the RUM Famalayyyyyyyyyy”.. Jah Knows!!!
I won’t question the result of the report. PRESIDENT and PRIESTS all consume it like water.
School children ask you to use the washroom, just to go and consume it. Policemen/ Women on bus talking rubbish and you have to turn your facethe other way in order for you not to get drunk too,teachers,doctors, nurses, office employees,private organisation employees… All in it.
This is terrible for the country.
THIS IS BAD FOR THE COUNTRY.
With 365 rivers all u doh expect us to drink!!!
I laugh so much recently watching a movie: student prince; one of the songs titled: DRINK
If one has ever been to a pub in London then you will enjoy the bloody joke
Let the waters flow. Eat good and drink and do not drive. I like my little rum too
street vibes rum kill out the pain fast!
GAZA,RUM kill out the pain and will kill you after…
who die must bury
i knew it i was there recently and lord young ppl drinking to much rum
for real
Hmmmm…it’ll be interesting to see how many people are actually PROUD of this fact.
Yes Dominicans, the Lab is getting rich or it’s already rich on your health.
This is not in the least bit surprising. Last weekend I was apprising a young lady of the qualities of Dominican men. They work hard, take care of their families, bring their checks home to take care of their responsibilities, are respectful, honor their parents, but if there is one drawback (if it can be called that, they love their waters. Especially on a weekend after a long week of work.
One thing I will add is that for the most part, Dominicans are responsible drinkers for the most part. I do not drink and have not done so for years, but when I do hang out with my compatriots here in the U.S, they rarely cause any ruckus. They like their liquor and that’s about it.
I’ll drink to that.
lmao…i’ll drink to that too:-)
please which dominica man you have?
are we living in the same dominica?