CEO of Dominica Air & Sea Port Authority (DASPA), Mr. Benoit Bardouille briefed the press today on the general conditions of the Ports on island, as well the progress of shipping activity at each port.
Indicating that the Ports operate under the directives of the government, seemingly in response to PM Roosevelt Skerrit’s discussion of the previous issue of taxing of relief goods upon entry into the country, Bardouille stated that the charges which are normally applicable will be waived for any relief cargo consigned to the government or charitable organizations.
Additionally, he confirmed that there will be no fees for personal boxes and barrels. In the case of the commercial cargo, there will be no change and all charges are applicable.
Bardouille gave a brief summary of the headway at the airports (both of which are open) and cruise ship berths before concluding his speech.
Full video below:
Give people there stuff to many containers line up on port empty them cover up a place do something to much politics and nothing happening im sick of all little boys and girls talk and country not moving
u too like to do what u want u that badwill there,some of allu must go.
I gave a thumbs up but you are not correct. Badwill and others follow instructions of their boss. If their boss didn’t like what he and others are saying and doing someone would have been fired long time
I listened to the PM’s press briefing today and he encouraged us to be POSITIVE, no matter our situation. Well I have taken his advise and promise to be positive; so I do hope the PM himself is positive with us. With this in mind I wish to encourage all Dominicans to read this beautiful article produced by Joshua Berlinger and CNN:
byhttp://www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/asia/hong-kong-north-korea/index.html
To really enjoy this article you have to read it in its entirety because believe you me, the name of our beautiful “Garden of Eden”- Dominica is there and not because of Maria. Well let me tease you a little by quoting an interesting paragraph: Please scroll down until you see this sub title:
A SECRETARY AND A DIRECTOR
“When Unaforte’s company particulars show up in Hong Kong’s publicly available corporate records, the name of just one individual appears. He holds a passport from the small Caribbean island of Dominica. A passport number is there, but not a phone…
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/16/asia/hong-kong-north-korea/index.html
So Mr. Skerrit since you want us to be positive I would be grateful if you would tell us if you know of any North Korean that holds a passport from Dominica. If so, can you please tell us his name, how he / she got our passport and when did he / she get our passport? LETS BE POSITIVE!!
How the h*ll do they expect to handle cruise ships with facilities destroyed and/or chaotic? What are these cruise visitors going to see anyway? I don’t want to sound pessimistic but realistic. Would you want to spend your hard earned money to visit a place like we are right now? Please, do not give people false hope just to make them feel better because that is worse then telling them the truth.
If on normal days (days when there are no storms) it is with great difficulty for people to remove the parcels from customs; what do we expect after a serious storm? I know that there are very few good roads at the moment; nonetheless, the gov’t could employ people to deliver parcels to every village and town. Parcels for the whole country cannot be kept at the same depot and expect a good outcome for the deliveries. This isn’t acceptable.
So tell me about the issue on the port. I understood the port is filled up with containers and people barrel and they can’t get their food. If such is the case, I think you all need to have a form of organization and start distributing the food to people in a manner that is satisfactory to all. Select days for distribution example; Roseau and surrounding areas two days a week 8am to 4pm and so on.. Use the canefield airport and melville hall as a distribution center. Have people line up orderly and give them their food. If there is no form of order nothing will get done, and everyone will be overwhelmed. Prime minister put your people to work and have them run the food operation smoothly, no force or fight. EVERYONE HAS TO EAT IN DOMINICA. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEGLECTING THE POOR PEOPLE. REMEMBER THERE IS A GOD ABOVE… Please come together and help each other and stop being selfish… and work with the pm. I am not political, but I am just saying..