OECS Press: St. Lucia Mobilises to Help Dominica

 

Statement from Acting Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Honourable Lenard Montoute

The Cabinet of Ministers met Tuesday morning to discuss the preliminary situation in Dominica following the passage of Hurricane Maria on Monday September 19th and Saint Lucia’s immediate response to provide relief.

Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment, Honourable Lenard Montoute explained that plans were already underway to make Saint Lucia an operational base for the relief effort to Dominica.

Read more

Copyright 2012 Dominica News Online, DURAVISION INC. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or distributed.

Disclaimer: The comments posted do not necessarily reflect the views of DominicaNewsOnline.com and its parent company or any individual staff member. All comments are posted subject to approval by DominicaNewsOnline.com. We never censor based on political or ideological points of view, but we do try to maintain a sensible balance between free speech and responsible moderating.

We will delete comments that:

  • contain any material which violates or infringes the rights of any person, are defamatory or harassing or are purely ad hominem attacks
  • a reasonable person would consider abusive or profane
  • contain material which violates or encourages others to violate any applicable law
  • promote prejudice or prejudicial hatred of any kind
  • refer to people arrested or charged with a crime as though they had been found guilty
  • contain links to "chain letters", pornographic or obscene movies or graphic images
  • are off-topic and/or excessively long

See our full comment/user policy/agreement.

7 Comments

  1. September 23, 2017

    We have to give thanks to Mr Lionel Pinard for the sacrifice he is making on transporting medical students from Dominica to St.Lucia by boat for a few days now he haven’t seen the condition of his house nor see hos wife since the storm because he was in St Vincent I wish him the best of luck that what life is about help your fellow men when you can good job LIO.

  2. UDOHREADYET
    September 20, 2017

    WIFI service is now available in parts of Roseau near Digicel building (WIFI) we have confirmed reports from police. personally reports of personnel safety is good so far which is what’s important.

  3. Dominica
    September 20, 2017

    Hard right now. No electricity. Many dead in Point michel and Marigot.

  4. Let The Truth Be Known - Original
    September 20, 2017

    Thank you St. Lucia!

  5. September 20, 2017

    THANK YOU ST LUCIA

  6. Dianne Short
    September 20, 2017

    If you have friends in Dominica, how do you find out information about their safety? Their names are Wendy and Colin Smith.

Post a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

:) :-D :wink: :( 8-O :lol: :-| :cry: 8) :-? :-P :-x :?: :oops: :twisted: :mrgreen: more »

 characters available