The Dominica Labour Party held a rally in St. Joseph on Monday, a first mass gathering of the party in 2014.
Prime minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, said the crowd had been estimated to consist of at least 20,000 supporters.
See photos below of the rally.
More to follow.
All photos by Zaimis Olmos
we love LABOUR!!!!!
I should not have gone to St Jo but did go with a red friend ( my GF ) and am now a convert. You see she came with me londondery so she invited me to st Jo so I had to return the compliment. I am /was a blue. I walked all over the place to observe what was happening. When we entered the village it was 310 Pm and my goosh the crowd was massively large and thought that they had approached their maximum. My girl laughed at my comment. I was wandering what was the joke because I was serious. Would you imagine that within the next 45/70 minutes the crowd had nearly tripled. I could not believe what was happening. I proceeded to make a call to my boy who lived on the morne/hill in st Jo ( who is super blue ) he asked me where was I. I said st jo. he said “it appears that the whole of Dominica St Jo man” I asked him why. He said ” Since morning he monitoring and doing some tallying and he ran out of paper and he have zapoood because he has already estimated well over 17 thousand from the North alone and didn’t have any idea whats coming in from the Southern section and South West Communities and that was frightening “. I old him how shocked I was and how I think that labour will increase its popular support and might well get at least 20 seats. I didn’t sleep at all that night and I am of the view that UWP needs to re-strategise and maybe get a new leader because people are not into LL and Dr T has made things more sticky for us and a lot of us supporters are rather embarrassed over those allegations and we had hope when he promised court action but thus far the Next Level Team have not been served by his attorney.
One thing am certain is that I shall no longer listen to what people say about this government . Its better you come and see it for yourself. Theyre absolutely popular and seem very serious about their politics. The rally was mixed with the expected mepuis ( we have to be real because this is Caribbean Politics ) , there was laughter/comicry, brief system failure / technical probems earlier on and most importantly concrete projects for Dominica’s development. I don’t know how the UWP going to overcome St.jo slam down. I don’t think its possible either in terms of their plans and surely they don’t have the power and following and impact and organizational power as labour.
Dominicans aree genuinely into the DLP and TEam Dominca must re-tool and think of the election after the next.
You turn from what?????
Who you fooling??? Lol
That commentary is laughable at best.
It is CHRISTMAS TIME IN MARIGOT.
Well well welllllll Charlo used to say that facts are stubborn things,,,,,,you mean you are a blue and you were in d hot sun listening to labour power. My word well Its no wander that UWP supporters continue to drift away to labour. D last time it was 5 k and by the time the bell rings it wil be another 8k . Some people are in shock over Monday and I want d pm to allow his security people to count the St Jo village, Back Road, on d hill , in d village , layou and Mero when they doing their count. If they had done this then they would know that the crowd was nearing 30 k.
Labour kar twavai and we are the change Rally was d greatest and biggest ever in the History of Dominica. My St Lucian friend in attendance said she has never ever seen anything like that. She was in a state of utter shock at the tremendous popularity of the Pm Skerrit and the massive chaos that was created when he entered the arena.
sorry lenny but there is no way UWP/TEAMDOMINICA whatever u call urselves winning that election
you have another country pastport in your hand but you talking about oder people that getting pastport in dominica shot your mouth if you don’t no what you talking about your fool.
In all my mid-age life never have I seen so much people gathered at a function in Dominica. I have been at creole in the park, world creole music festival, opening parades for Val Val, calypso finals, cricket in stadium, and many entertainment, and political events but nothing can compare to what I saw yesterday. I had no plans to go but many of my friends called me and I listened on kairi FM and I felt the LABOUR POWER FEVER and hence I had to key up my car and get to St Joseph. What was obvious was the impact of the rally throughout Marigot and the north and north west and west coast. I looked at the crowd from the hill and it was simply unimaginable huge beyond human comprehension. The DLP will win the election with a greater majority of votes and seats I even will not be surprised if Marigot and Salisbury falls to labour power. PM come Marigot on d 25th please ?
your comment is laughable
1. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT under a BOT PLAN ( build operate and transfer plan by a Chinese company ).
2. RE-development of Roseau City
3. Re-development of Possie Town
4. State of the Art indoor Sports facility at StockFarm with seating more than 3000 for Netball , Basketball and Volleyball.
5. 1500 new houses as part of an expanded Housing Revolution
6. Ultra Modern Five Star Hotel at the site of the Public Works department in Woodbridge bay Roseau
7 New modern Hotel at cruise Ship Berth in Portsmouth
8 Bulk Water and Bottle WaterExport
NB Source of funding have been secured and identified. And also the PM has assured us that at least 80% of the labour Force on these projects will be Dominicans
OK lets just say that these are promises. I accept this view as I did when the PM spoke in 2004 of the pillar grant aid/ loan projects and all other major promises which were made and delivered upon. These include some key projects which the opposition has said were not going to take place such as
1. The Windsor Park Stadium
2. The New Dominica State House Facility
3. The West Coast Road
4.Petro Carib
5. the Arbatoir
6 The Coffee Factory
7.Yes We Care
8.Housing Revolution
9.Red Clinic
10.Record number of students studying all over the world in tertiary institutions
11.Morocco Hotel in Possie
12.New Modern Hospital
13.Major modern equipment at PMH
14. CCJ
15. Growth in economy
16 reduction in poverty
17. Respect from regional and international community
18 Geothermal energy
19.Drop in crime
20.Restoration of pride in country
21.Diversification in Agricultural economy
PS The massive record breaking crowd estimated at above 22000 on the field and immediate surroundings plus another 2500 in the village and another 1500 along the E O Leblanc Highway ( St Jo end ) and countless who turned back. If you do the maths and counting by the PM security details ended 30 minutes after his mind boggling arrival. So the crowd was at least 26 000 persons. This is quite a serious show of force from a party which has been quiet while the opposition UWP has been all over the place. I have no idea whether any venue in Dominica will be able to accommodate such more numbers which is expected to even increase to the 30 k range by peak time.
Even as a former blue I was frightened and in a state of utter disbelief yesterday. I took the opportunity to speak to a few two cousins of mine from Mero ( Blues) and they told me they have never ever seen such a thing in all her life. They are in their 40’s and serious blues. They concluded that the UWP has to work hard even to save their 3 seats and the PM is powerful and loved by his people. She said she shivered when she saw the way the people reacted to the Pm when he came.
must be behind the chalkboard you was sitting when you went to school.. you sound like an alien.
first thing the st.joe playing field is small.
secondly. the playing field had workers, labourites, pappyites, cabralites, freedomites.. all the ‘ites”
You lie, you just jealous
I was there and I can tell you straight off I am no Laborite…..want to hear what they have to offer,,but I was disappointed only mapwe.
u lie wee I was there too
but you had on a RED SHIRT WE red red red red ready
Wooo look people
They should show the pics now of the streets and beach in St Joe cause as the pm finish speak the amount of St Joe and other peope on the west coast take out the red shirt and hat and throw it on the road and beach in St Joe.
Your liar, I live in st. joe and you are lying.
Its one thing i de masses tend to follow party in power!
Ebeh mi moun we already win that election…….i cant wait
Boy look a crowd of under age children looking for a sewo….look a crowd of people looking to full their gas tank and get some freeness.
Boss you can lie!! If you were there you would not have said that. You are just jealous
Did you ALL see the crowd?..People like sand…
Imagine those in the Diaspora haven’t even come down yet!..
Almost every Haitian in Portsmouth have passport 1 year after they land they getting passport
It have a haitian man in Pottersville his office is the immigration department. He delivering Dominican passports there to Haitians coming into to Dominica like peas so they can vote at the next general elecftions. Dominicans we have been embracing the Haitians, feeling sorry for their plight, they running away from their hardships and this is the same darn thing they coming to Dominica to do to put us in har
dship so we will be worse than them. Dominicans, Dominicans, Dominicans open our eyes, Haitians coming to Dominica to put us in misery. Find out from the entry Ports how many Haitians coming in like droles. Please Dominicans, magway sa
Bramble. My boy. Show me proof
Its true!!!!!!!! I went to the immigration’s office on Friday to get a passport form and i saw five haitians sit down both outside and inside fulling out their passport form. Allu just like to put allu salt for skerrit and allu don’t know.
so where is that announcement that was to be made at this rally? Again the PM just fooling around to get support
That was a rally 20,000 and more we always turn out in numbers to support our PM UWP run their rally on FB and DNO but it cannot win elections Labourites turn out in that is the difference……. I’m looking out for the two dozen people that will be at the UWPEEEEE rally. LABOURRRRRRRRRR Ka Twavay.
boyyyy allu look at hatians wye at woyee woyeee,woyeeeee
Sea of red labourrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
real talk about the plane not being there yet. After all people always get the government they deserve
people like peas
so do birds
Sewo if you want, but whose gonna suffer later?
I wonder… Do we really sit and listen? Do we analyze what we hear? Come on Dominicans as a young voter I am not impressed with that regime of politics in Dominica. The Prime Minister is looking for votes by giving maypwee. Is that what he’s telling us to do? Disappointed.
“Roosevelt Skerrit, said the crowd had been estimated to consist of at least 20,000 supporters.”
HAAAAAAHAAAAAHAAAAAAHAAAAAA. Mr. may need a new estimator.
Hater
massive crowd. i’m somewhere in the crowd but I know where my X going.
I hope dno will plaster and color up their page with pictures of upcoming uwp conventions and meetings.After 14 years in power skerrit is now saying they have work to do,its plain to see that this sleeping government will be given the boot.Change is a must,my first vote goes to team Dominica.
you sound so bitter.. alas, what did you not get? Why would you think that 14 years is enough to restructure a bankrupt economy received by the UWP? Labour ca twavai!!!!POWER AND MORE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So know all you been stealing the election by importing voters skertit well your blood will be on Dominican shoulders implanting a government on the people back all crimanls have our passport all can of deals going on well I am american citizen I love Dominica and I am adominican by birth if this country can get stabilized when already to come back home I will chose another Caribbean island too go to.
Stay overseas you have no idea what is going on in DA we are on the ground let us speak all of you all in your world overseas and want to control what happening in DA keep your mouth shut.
good one I like that you have another country pastport in your hand but you talking about Haitians that have Dominican pasport
bot labour reeallly red strong alas U so right ( full) so many planes landed at Melville hall yesterday that is why the crowd was so big and also a lot od Spanish and Haitians also. I so happy am no longer a blue. Labour with xmass
What have you done for senjoseph what is the plan are you going to send senior people to live in the your filled in savvanne paille. What was the motive of the convention what was the announcement any civilised country this government would be living office if it was the precedent of the united state saying this lies all media all over the world especially in america would give him a poor rating and his rating would go down. Only in Dominica and senjoseph that could happen now Dominicans all the rice all you eating that giving all you hi blood sugar and giving the people brain damage that why skeit talking those nonsense to u all
a concern voter you not eating rice………. rice save your life many times and you did not even have meat to put with it if you have nothing to say keep quite I love rice as a Dominican it is one of our main dish keep eating rice Dominicans
haters smile u all faces hard alll the time linton, eddie teach ur people to smile
like this
woay ebeh look haitians
the difference Between Labour and workers…workers chat online and on DNO…..labourites chat in reality! Deal with it…see you at the polls
Yah that was a strong crowd, and just imagine they doh even send de plane for us to come down yet.
Well that is going to be tough to beat.
WE RED RED RED RED READDDDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYY. LABOUR!!!!!!!!!!!!