Earlier this week Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, announced changes to his Cabinet of Ministers.
The changes show that there are now 19 ministers in the cabinet.
The Prime Minister said he found it necessary “to make a few adjustments to ministerial portfolios, in the hope of fostering greater synergy, and efficiency and to position ourselves to better respond to the needs of our citizens.”
Among the changes were the introduction of a Deputy Prime Minister, Reginald Austrie and the inclusion of MP for Roseau Central, Joseph Isaac, who recently left the opposition United Workers Party.
Below are the changes.
-Roosevelt Skerrit:
Was Prime Minister, and Minister for Finance, and Public Service
Now Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Investments, Housing and Lands
-Reginald Austrie:
Was Minister for Housing, Lands and Water Resource Management
Now Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture Food and Fisheries
-Levi A. Peter
Was Attorney General
Now Attorney General
-Dr. John Collin McIntyre:
Was Minister for Planning, Economic Development and Investment
Now Minister for Public Works, Water Resource Management and Ports
-Joseph Isaac
Was United Workers Party MP for Roseau Central
Now ‘Independent’ MP for Roseau Central and Minister for the Environment, Climate Resilience, Disaster Management and Urban Renewal
-Dr. Kenneth Darroux:
Was Minister for Health and Environment
Now Minister for Health and Social Services
-Senator Miriam Blanchard:
Was Minister for Public Works and Ports
Now Minister for Planning and Economic Development
-Senator Robert Tonge:
Was Minister for Tourism and Urban Renewal
Now Minister for Tourism and Culture
-Catherine Lady Daniel:
Was Minister for Social Services, Family and Gender Affairs
Now Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs, Family and Gender Affairs
-Justina Charles:
Was Minister for Youth, Sports, Culture and Constituency Empowerment
Now Minister for Youth, Sports, and Constituency Empowerment
-Rayburn Blackmoore:
Was Minister for Justice, Immigration and National Security
Remains Minister for Justice, Immigration and National Security
-Senator Francine Baron:
Was Foreign and CARICOM Affairs
Remains Minister for Foreign and CARICOM Affairs
-Ian Douglas:
Was Minister for Trade, Energy and Employment
Remains Minister for Trade, Energy and Employment
-Petter Saint-Jean:
Was Minister for Education and Human Resource Development
Remains Minister for Education and Human Resource Development
-Roselyn Paul:
Was Minister for Commerce, Enterprise and Small Business Development
Remains Minister for Commerce, Enterprise and Small Business Development
-Kelver Darroux:
Was Minister for Information, Science, Telecommunication and Technology
Remains Minister for Information, Science, Telecommunications and Technology
-Casius Darroux:
Was Minister for Kalinago Affairs
Remains Minister for Kalinago Affairs
-Johnson Drigo:
Was Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries
Now Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Lands
-Ivor Stephenson:
Was Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Environment with specific responsibility for the Environment
Now Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Social Services
I see only corrupted puppets crooks led by the Mountain Chicken Carpaud (crapo) Mentality Sir Knight Dr. Punjab Me Almost Nearly Cousin Ali Baba Indian doctor of nothing the …. ….. Roosevelt Skerrit!
Fill in the blanks, I know but I doh talking; I doh want to call him the name missing in de blank nuh!
I wonder if the two missing words are ” Dr. Skerrit” or something nuh?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah
The new look crooked Cabinet with stained and broken glasses…….with the same old Broom. I wish this corrupt Labour government will think before they run at labels that many seem attractive to them. Actually it is really self-inflicted wounds.
This is a very dangerous and immature Labour government. They know not of development, they have crippled our island Dominica and they look rick.
I still seeing the same set of retards and one confused soul.
Boy, boy, boy… Johno Drigo seems to be on the replacement agenda…. Truth be told…. That’s a suitcase not a cabinet.
This government so don’t have a clue about building back Dominica, they playing small goal football.
They missing some ministers.
Minister of no light affairs
Minister of bad road affairs
Minister of kwoneyy n boboll affairs
Minister responsible for tapolin n old roofs
Ministers of nurses who are migrating affairs
Minister for hurricane affairs n ration distribution.
Minister of crossing the floor and independent pal reps affairs…..
But pm why u not pm and security someone else should be finance but look daba all I see is all man looking for there pocket and not for the well being of Dominica
So what does Austrie do when Skerrit is there. Twiddlehis thumbs and get plaid for it?
Talking rubbish that’s what he has been paid for all along. The only reason Skerrit has to hold on to him is because Austrie knows to much about the Petro Caribe affair and the unaccounted $100 million written of by Venezuela.
Same plane, same pilot that never there, same crew, same passenger, except one ilegal passenger that didn’t go through immigration, makes them new? Very interesting
Why is the minister of trade not also the minister of ports? One cannot work without the other.
Just saying…
Description and Organisational Structure
The Ministry of Employment, Trade, Industry and Diaspora Affairs has responsibility for formulating and implementing Dominica’s domestic and external trade policies. This includes export development and promotion, regional integration in CARICOM and the OECS, external trade negotiations, industry development, investment promotion, consumer protection, standards management and meteorology and Diaspora relations.
The Ministry is primarily made up of a number of different functional units, namely:
Consumer Affairs Unit
Dominica Bureau of Standards
Dominica Export Import Agency (DEXIA)
Invest Dominica Authority
Trade Division
http://www.dominica.gov.dm/ministries/trade-energy-and-employment
Ha!ha!ha! But what makes them new nou? Not the same old characters shifted around nou! I guess because Joseph Isaac, who use to destroy their incompetent character, now becomes Pat of them all of a sudden they become new. It reminds me of a story I once heard about a powerful TV preacher with two wives and many concubines, who would service the ladies on his worship team sometimes just before service, and when he was caught he went on to burn his mattresses as a sign that he was unfaithful to his wife and replaced them with new mattresses, only to find out he never stopped servicing more girls although he had new mattresses. I think one of our calypsonians refers to them as hypocrites and the same with this so called new look cabinet. Is the same lazy, corrupt and incompetent government and they added someone who accused them several times of being lazy, corrupt and incompetent
The dysfunctional cabinet,that contines to take Dominica in the wrong direction,bunch of waste.
All they do is change their underwear but is meme bete meme pwel
Aye las Poor Drigo
Can a small, impoverish island like Dominica really afford to pay all these minister salaries? Do we really need all these ministers in the first place, or is the intent here really political engineering? I don’t know the answer but these, certainly, are important questions for all concern Dominicans to think upon.
Of course they can. Its very simple really, you just Don’t pay your port werkers and nurses a decent salary.
Nineteen Ministers of government for a tiny country like Dominica is outrageous. This is a beer-belly government. No wonder public servants are having a most difficult time procuring an increase in salary. For the country to progress, the leader must have INTEGRITY (truthfulness, always tell the truth, to all people, in every situation), VISION (see into the future), HUMILITY ( learn to listen and admit you don’t have all the answers). A good leader should exhibit courage, focus, get people to cooperate and should engage in strategic planning (anticipate trends , well in advance of your competitors). Does the present leader of the ruling regime have any of these essential qualities? There is no need for any response for it is quite conspicuous.
The Public Service Union was heavily criticized by Roosevellt Skeritt because the members were seeking an increase which should been given to them pre Maria. As far as Skeritt was concerned the timing wasn’t right. Approximately one month later he has increased his cabinet. Is it another case of no law, no constitution, can prevent him from doing whatever he wants.
The new look cabinet is like our Putting our Lubiere water in a new bottle. Is the same water which tastes the same. Is not the new bottle that makes the difference but the content or water itself. Same thing with the new look cabinet. Is the same old square heads in round holds that have destroyed Dominica for 17 years. Stealing Joseph Isaac and create a new position for him will make absolutely NO damn difference!
Wee mama, boy what a team captain Skerrit, know how to pick a good unbeatable team, Labour 5 wins Lennox Linton ,and the comedians zero, iman looking forward to that election campaign.
Unfortunately captain appears to have lost his rudder, and now compassie as well.
Just a bunch of failures. Square pegs in round holes. In 18 years you all have devalued the financial standings of Dominica in the Caribbean, so we the people of Dominica will take our country back in short time. We are not going to seat by and allow these incompetent money grabbers to destroy our country any longer.
Skerrit shake the bag but the same people are still in it. So I am not expecting things to change in Da.
Our main objective now is to get this corrupt people out of office and to give Dominica and its people a fresh start.
Sir how can u have an independent minister in the labor party we cannot be fool any more Judas have betrayed us say it as it is there is no sugar couting in that the kids in school know two partys in our parliament there no place for crooks, my people wake up.
The New look cabinet is just more proof that Skerrit’does not care a damn about Dominica. I mean if he cared there is no way he would have added another ministry on the backs of tax payers. Before Maria, or even before Maria 18 ministers we’re far too many for a small island of no more than sixty thousand people, and now that Maria destroyed Dominica and over 20,000 people had to run, instead of reducing the cabinet by at least 50% to show the world that you are serious the best thing you find to do is steal Judas Iscariot from the opposition and then create another ministry for him? Man you are not serious and I hope the world bank and donor countries are taking note