The construction of an international airport in Dominica and the expansion of the Ferry Terminal in Roseau are on the books for the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP), if elected to office.
UWP hopeful for the Roseau South constituency Attorney-at-Law, Joshua Francis, said at a press conference on Monday that an international airport will kick start the island’s “sluggish economy.”
“Team Dominica is committed to ensure that we build an international airport,” he stated. “Furthermore we intend to upgrade the Ferry Terminal and the Cruise Ship Berth.”
He argued that an improvement of such physical infrastructures will assist in the development and expansion of the hotel and tourism industries in Dominica.
“Team Dominica also wants to ensure that they purchase a ferry to facilitate the export of our agricultural produce within the region,” he also stated.
Francis pointed out that the party is committed to improve inter-island tourism.
“We believe that if we do more in the facilitation of tourism for Martinique and Guadeloupe,” he said, “we in fact would be opening a door of opportunity as far as the Euro zone is concerned. We understand that a lot of tourists come from Europe through Martinique and Guadeloupe and if we improve our position between Martinique and Guadeloupe as far as tourism is concerned, we would be able to generate more revenue, more foreign exchange from the EURO zone.”
The UWP election candidate went on to say that in terms of the economy, Dominica “has not gotten to a point where we can say we are at optimal level.”
“Dominica’s economy has by far been lagging behind the OECS territories except probably St Vincent and Grenada,” he noted. “The reality is that Dominica’s economy is at a state which needs repair and the UWP Team Dominica is a much more efficient, much more prepared team to take care of that,” he asserted.
Francis also revealed that a significant number of young persons on island are unemployed and are wasting away.
“Clearly we would see the results on the streets of Dominica,” he said. “As we talk we can walk through the villages of the Commonwealth of Dominica and will note that a significant number of young people are wasting on the wayside.”
BossMan doh make no false promises!!!
Dominica Don’t need an International Airport!!!
Imagine how much Money could be saved once allyou watch these links allyou will see DOMINICA does not need and international Airport!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E858ja856Cw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_Be-200
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJ-Iw_6tW40
Freedom party supporters said the same to the Mike and ROSIE during their government time in power. I went back home after 10 yrs and im seeing these same ppl now want to kill others for the now DLP government.
My point is, once you get into government you make contact with world leaders where your plans are put before them for ASSISTANCE.
Skerrett, didn’t know where he was going to finance his plans but at the end he did.
So ppl, please stop behaving like ignorant and uneducated bunch of fools, we all know there will be assistance for whoever is in government for world leaders.
Ian that cant be right for one the PM did not just come out and wanted to be PM like Linton, there were people in place before him and they died so he had no cause to say where he was going to get his finances from. Now he didn’t have to tell us he showed us cause he broke ties with Taiwan and went with China, so you see he had an idea where his finances would come from, Unlike, Linton there’s no friends he can speak off that’s willing to back him not even Taiwan, the only one that will come to his aid is Chastanet and is his daddies money he uses so I don’t see how he going to help DA. Now next lie you said, do you ever see laborites fight or curse anyone on here or in public? look at the people on here that call people names and see who or what party they follow am sure you will come up with UWP. Why would Laborites fight anyone when their party is the one in power? and trust me with all the mishaps UWP has made there is no threat, what you are saying is so not true but hey if that’s what fly’s your kite well fly your kite bro.
Some of you people don’t cease to amaze me at your level of ignorance, and deceitfulness. Do you really believe that Dominica get money from those countries because is Skerrit that running the country? These larger countries are just doing what they normally do. You align yourself in the right position with them, and you will receive. Those countries budget for that. And mind you, they also have their reasons, not just for being benevolent. They have their rewards, including protecting their own national interest. USA for instance donate large amount of money to Israel irrespective of who is in power. And don’t think China don’t look out for their interest to when they give to Dominica. In fact, in the long-run, China is going to benefit more from that relationship with Dominica- just look at their colonization in Dominica, and they growing dominance in the private business enterprise. So this is not about Skerrit.
it was prime minister skerrit who went out and got the support from china Venezuela and many other countries to fund various projects. he received criticism from the UWP and the UWP also criticized those countries. skerrit gained that support and we cannot give up on him now. the uwp did not have support from those countries when they were in power. skerrit has promised that an international airport would be constructed soon and has already negotiated deals with a Chinese company to give us 80% of the money to build it as a grant. we cannot take a chance with uwp who are just full of fake promises. COME ON DOMINICANS …THINK RIGHT AND MAKE THE BETTER CHOICE
A Ferry to carry Agricultural produce? Come on man wake up from your slumber,you dreaming.All these pipe dreams cannot fool us,I was promised one dollar a pound for bananas in 1995,I planted so much and had to waste the produce,talk is cheap my man.Dream on my brother!!
Could it have been that your crop was not fit for purpose?.
International airport? Total waste. What is needed is casino gambling and a redlight district.
Winston, you are behind the times.
On 19 Jan. 2011 DNO published an article under the heading”Prostitution rife in Dominica” with the Director of Generation of Opportunity, Rhoda St. John claiming that there is a lesbian- and prostitution ring operating in Dominica. I never heard any protestations to the contrary.
With regard to casino type gambling. The first licenses for such activity were issued by the Govt. to the operators of the Reigate Mountain Top- and Reigate -by-the Sea hotels in May 2003. Followed subsequently by the Mapau organisation operationg out of the Krazy Kokonuts premises in Citronier.
So you see Winston, we have joined the real world., preachers and pastors notwithstanding. It is Mammon and “filthy luchre” that rule. Malgraysa!
Red light district? what type of visitors you want coming to our shores? and like I said before take a look at the Virgin Islands Airports they can handle any size plane and any kind of traffic and they still closes at 11PM, I think we need a bigger and more up to date airport than we have with the intention of expanding over the years like PR did with theirs. I would hate to see we end up like the countries that pay for empty plane seats.
What is an international airport? I was reading up a few things, and it appears that any airport that accommodate international flights, and has custom facilities, can be classified as an international airport. So Melvillehall with respect to that definitional is an international airport, but I would think it is a limited one, since we can’t accommodate all type of aircrafts. So it seems like what we really need is an airport is a bigger international airport that can accommodate direct flights by commercial jets. Anyway, will someone that know about airport inform us on the facility requirements for an international airport without restricted access? What are the basics that we need? We only need the basics – to land safely with a large commercial jet.
I suspect people like Joe like to suck salt. You guys need to see beyond your’ll nose and have faith in a better tomorrow. How you mean when all these gonna happen? YOU NEED to trust yourself more than trusting Skerrit first.
For a group of highly educated persons that are part of the leadership of the UWP you guys are dreaming big time.
It is almost laughable that every week the UWP holds a press conference because of the panic state and psychological pressure that Skerrit is putting you guys under.
Let us face it the current leader of the UWP has to seek deep tissue massages almost weekly to cope with the stresses he has been putting upon himself. This man has to be doing transcendental meditation (TM) just to be at peace with himself.
First of all anybody who has been following politics in Dominica will know this hurried press conference of Monday 15th September 2014 was an attempt by the UWP shepherded by Mr. Edison James and Mr. Norris Prevost to bounce back from the allegations of plagiarism by its current leader , Mr. Linton.
So to ensure they get back on the front foot (hopefully) a bag of promises was opened wide with no sense of reason, no realism, no time frames, no time lines, no financial resource identification, no loan repayment schedules, the projected debt to GDP ratios, the projected quantum of annual budgets for the five years , what cuts that will have to be made, what state assets that will have to be sold, the amount of Social Security monies that will be loaned; the projected price of government of Dominica bonds under a UWP administration, the annual increases of salary for public officers, the amount of revenue that will be forgone with a reduction of VAT, reduction of duties and the number of hotel rooms that will need constructing and the plans for a hospital that will be close enough to their proposed International airport since there were no original plans for a hospital in their first International Airport designs of 2000.
No mention was made as to when the International Airport will get started and how long it will take to get constructed.
But there is also one major rabbit that has not been pulled out from UWP hat as yet. For all the confidence UWP has in the world of forming the next government no mention has been made of the composition of the Cabinet of ministers to date!!!!
That we all can guess is for another press conference!!!!
UWP will not be elected. Most of the team members are full of themselves. They are constantly preaching truth, righteousness, credentials etc., however, their actions are contradictory. Keep dreaming! The DLP will be voted back into office to continue the path of development. We stand firm with our PM!
Apparently the DLP is not full of themselves and they do not contradict themselves at ALL.
1 Tim. 3:5 For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? The point I am trying to make is, if Skerrit cannot take care of his own village how do we expect him to solve the problems of Dominica that he own policies have inflicted? Let me paint a picture here of the Vieille-case on 2000, when Skerrit became the parlrep and the vieille-case of August 2014.
1. It is a fact that when Skerrit was elected in 2000, he did not own a bicycle, let alone a car. 14 years later he owns a mansion, villas, land all over, the richest politician in the entire Caribbean.
2. In 2000, the Village of Vieille case was the top village of the constituency. 14 years later my beloved village has taken last place in almost every aspect.
3. In 2000, vieille-case had 8 shops opened everyday to serve villagers. Today, we only have one real shop that is opened on a daily basis. In contrast I can think of 5 in Penville and 6 in Thibaud. If you doubt these facts, ask those whole sale truck drivers. In 2000 to carry the constituency, winning in Vieille case was a must! Today, any party can win without Vieille case because our population has decreased by at list 45% from 2000. In fact I am not convinced we still have 600 people in Vieille case today. No wonder Skerrit had to go back to villages like Thibaud and Penville, villages he ignored for 12 yrs because he knows he badly needs them to win this year. In 2000 we had 63 children at the school. 14 years later we are down to 33 just two ahead of Thibaud. You talk about unemployment, migration, drugs, paros. If the man CANNOT help a small village like his home town how do expect him to help Dominica? Stop being fooled by Skerrit and his cabal. I invite you to come to Vieille case for one week and you will understand why Dominica has so badly fallen under Skerrit.
1: You state a ‘fact’ that in 2000 Skerrit did not have a mode of transportation and 14 almost 15 years later, he has had the sense to use his money from his employment to build a life and home for his family as all politicians throughtout the world do , you did not get a house eh??
2; You are trying to lay the blame of one village that has its own town people on the Prime Minister who is responsible for an entire country . Where is the self advocacy of the residents of vieille Case where is their drive to want to improve?where are you and what are you doing to help your home town shame on you .
3.You are once again blaming a Prime Minister for the decisions of people within a village where else in the world or in any other west indian island will yu find a Prime Minister who focusses on One village Only someone who is uneducated or frustrated with his or her short comings can blame a Prime Minister for the birthrate of a town . The quote it takes a village to raise a child can easily be used as an anology to your close minded perspective, If you want vieille case to thrive it will take the people who live there to do so begining with you, I do not think there are many people in vieille Case who will agree with any of your comments ‘
so shut the front door.’
Those who live oversea are the ones who say things are expensive and tough in Dominica when they return on vacation, yet they want to return to vote for DLP to make things harder yet, may God have mercy on us. Please do not put Dominicans in misery.
I hope this time it will be better than the disaster of the last time. An airport with a crooked runway which could not facillitate night landing but only visual landing.
Everyone promises the same thing but never say how they are going to accomplish this. We are going to build an international airport woohoo. Where the hell the funds are coming from????
Will say and promise anything to get in but Lord you who is best for Dominica do what is best for the Island your children need you.
IF I HAD MONEY I WOULD:
1. Travel throughout Dominica and air lift all those that are true lovers of Dominica, lovers of righteous governance, loves of honesty and truth and all true patriots and I would carry them to a free country like the USA, so they could enjoy life and put an embargo to make sure no money, no barrels leave the US to Dominica.
2. If I had money and power, I would gather all those haters of Dominica, haters of righteousness, truth, honesty and justice and make sure they stay in Dominica to take their blows under Skerrit.
3.If I had power, I would seek for all those Dominicans that are leaving abroad and keep supporting the evils of Skerrit, and ship them back to Dominica to enjoy life with Skerrit and the DLP. I would only do this for one year because after a year I am quite sure the majority of you would pray to die instead.
Oh, but by the way, Skerrit has prepared a better future for his son whom he chose not to give birth to in China, Venezuella, Cuba, Libia or Dominica. He chose the USA while he is PM. zore toe sort!
thank God you don’t have money or power.
I agree with you on that on regard Mr.Skerit already prepared a future for his son refused his son born in Dominica that alone gave me some concerns,
Ignorance is like deodorant those who need it most use it less
I challenge anyone to go to Vieille case and tell me if there is any village in Dominica that has fallen, impoverished and young people are just wasting away like Vieille-case, the home village of Skerrit. Not only that, but in the past 14 years under Skerrit, if you run into any group of at list 10 young men, you will find that 8 of them are paros that have literally given up on life. The sad thing about that is 9 out the 10, if not all, are high school graduates. If the man’s prescription cannot work in his own village how in the world should we expect it to work anywhere! Folks, this is not politicking but the FACTS on the ground. I challenge anyone to prove me wrong! I dare you to! The only thing that is keeping Skerrit alive in the Vieille-case constituency is the handout. He gives large sums of money that cannot be accounted for to individuals to do just about anything. It’s pure madness and change is a MUST! Otherwise Dominica is gone for good
Ko=ki-yo-ko!
Good observation Itassi too. Just want to remind you that Grand Bay if not worst, must be neck and neck with Vielle case. Your point made, point taken. Hope they all will see the light.
This is a sad fact
These guys are lazy, they just want things to come to them so dont blame Skerrit. You are a hater because he is from the village he has to just give give and give.
yes ,they are lazy untill you loose that job God blessed you with and you join them by the road side ,Then you will understandwhat they are going through
@Itassi too shame shame shame on you. You said 9out of ten young men in Vieille Case are paros that means almost all young men in the village are paros that’s a huge lie. Itassi Too may the lord bless you.
@ Anonymous, I also challenged anyone to go to Vieille -case and prove me wrong. I feel very bad to reveal that but it’s a fact we just cannot deny. I dare you or anyone to conduct an honest survey and reveal the fact to the nation.
@Anonymous, If DNO would give me the liberty to mention the names of all of our young men between ages of 22-50 and put a label by each of them maybe you would conclude that I was very generous when I said 9 out of 10 are paros. Some are paro because of crack, some because of rum and others because of rum, crack and marijuana. You could also contact the police station for info. The point I am trying to make is, while Skerrit is the beloved PM that sure has amass a fortune for himself, under his watch the village has declined significantly. In comparison, when EO was the primier, we were the shinning light of Dominica, although he was not our parlrep. Most Dominicans wanted a spouse from Itassi. Such has not been the case in the last 15 years. In fact it is the direct opposite.
You did not get any of his hand outs ,I see you at his office on thursdays” when the fox could not get the grapes he said it was sour”
While Pm Skerrit and his DLP cabal is trying to build a campaign on Lennox is a bastard, war on pit toilet, and the usual handout, the UWP on the other hand is focused on building an international airport, upgrade the Ferry Terminal and the Cruise Ship Berth, revive the murdered agricultural sector, the purchase of a ferry to facilitate the export of our agricultural produce within the region, create employment for our young people, which no doubt will help our economy. I expect Skerrit and his cabal will try to make similar offers, but we the people know very well that they had 15 years to work on any of the above mentioned goals and all they did was kill and bury every single one of the. My village is a prime example of unemployed and are wasting away. I challenge anyone to go to Vieille case and tell me if there is any village in Dominica that has fallen, impoverished and young people are just wasting away like Vieille-case, the home village of Skerrit. Not only that but in the past 14 years under Skerrit if you run into any group of at list 10 young men, you will find that 8 of them are paros that have literally given up. The sad thing about that is 9 out the 10, if not all are high school graduates. If the man’s prescription cannot work in his own village how in the world should we expect it to work anywhere! Folks, this is not politicking but the FACTS on the ground.
my brother jos u n me go way back wake and smell the brew can’t u smell the coffee…you sleepin still man….sshhhh
Josh boy, you have to come better than that we, read that:
““Team Dominica is committed to ensure that we build an international airport,” he stated. “Furthermore we intend to upgrade the Ferry Terminal and the Cruise Ship Berth.”
He argued that an improvement of such physical infrastructures will assist in the development and expansion of the hotel and tourism industries in Dominica.”
Tell us in what year will those project be completed if we take the chance and vote you in??
With the removal of VAT and to use you all word, the high debt to GDP ratio, that exists how are you all intending to finance these 2 infrastructure that will bring economic success that you all yearn for?
I suspect you all will ask us to keep you for 20 years to accomplish that dream……
We will stick with Skerrit still man, sorry, but good try though!!!!!!
A big amen to that joe, I love it.
Joe and Danziger you both convince me that the English language is one of the most difficult to understand and I concluded it’s because of lack of education because if you truly listen to Team Dominica UWP explain time and time again how they will be implementing their policy and where the funds will come from and to ask such a foolish question especially knowing that the DLP party that you supported years gone by is not what you have today ask yourself would the likes .. PJ , DOUGLAS. LEBLANC,PEIRE RO, and all the others at home and in the diaspora will all tell you DLP today is nothing like those days or years gone by and that’s why change is a must.. no more hand out.
you forget too quick , uwp had already started on the international airpot ,by now ,it would be finished,
o think before you ask questions ,or make foolish statements
If we really serious about that Int Airport then we will have to go back to the drawing boards in terms of site location. Have we given Crompton Point due consideration (Mamo’s drawings seem to have suggested) or will we go back to Londonderry.. And any political party who is talking Int Airport without a transformational plan for Melville Hall nah ready yet!!!
This is the kind of vision Dominica has been crying out for.I dont support any party,i jus got love for Dominica x x x.
You mean empty promises?
Mr. Francis can you please tell us where the UWP is going to get the money to build the airport?
DLP has a plan, and the people of Dominica already
know where the funds to build the international airport will come from.
Dominica…The same way St.vincent and St.lucia launch creative financial initiatives to raise capital to built their INTL airport.
Which plan!!!!!…they made a promise that the money was coming from China and we are yet to hear anything….Political gimmick to win votes!!!!!
@ Dominica the same way the DLP got millions of money when they got into power. When a government comes into power they make friends with other countries, and if there is money in the treasury after the DLP get out they will use it.
God is our provider and he will make a way for the new government he put in place. Who God bless no man curse……when the DLP government leaves it is not the end of the world.
sorry ,but you are a fool,
uwp had already spent 48 million dollare on the airport preperation,
where is labour plans? skeritt lies?
Who will finance this airport and how much will it cost?
Francis is correct. Dominica will not move forward without an international airport. We need to be able to move large numbers of people in and out of the island efficiently. Until that fateful day, we will continue to lag behind our neighbors.
DNO please correct this “The construction of an international airport in Dominica and the expansion of the Ferry Terminal in Roseau are on the books for the Opposition United Workers Party (UWP), if elected to office.” CHANGE “IF ” TO “WHEN”
IF
IF 
. They lost already. I know when I use the term “IF”, I have already given up
What’s new that we haven’t heard before??? More from the bagfull of promises. You guys are only fooling your fanatical blue base (and a few other opportunists on the side) that’s all!!!!!
Every Dominican has a view on building an international airport here, and often times the sum of the views weigh even in the balance. I would like us to have an international airport, but I am uncertain whether we have sufficient people wanting to land here to make this feasible. The fact that I do not like to be in transit in Antigua may not conclude that we should build a third airport. Let’s use a figure of 300,000 visits and departure here in a year (of course, part of this figure will represent visitors and residents with multiple visits and departure in the year). If we were to move 200,000 to the new international airport (the remaining 100,000 would still use Melville Hall), would this generate sufficient income by DASPA to maintain the facility?
On the other hand, I think a case can be made that if we build an airport and provide more business services here which can attract additional visitors, then when added to the Ross students, we may just cut it. So basically, the debate should center on whether we have sufficient travellers now, to warrant an new airport. If yes, then we should begin the planning process. If not, then we should build the destination and products to attract more visitors which will then make the project possible.
The above view is a simplified version of what the planning process will involve, and is meant to move the debate from partisan politics to one of national interest. Unlike the stadium and the State palace, an international airport has to have business to utilize it most of the time.
I love your analysis. Let’s just say that we build the businesses and ventures first, to warrant the construction of an international airport, how do we attract people to these businesses and services in the first place? With merely 70,000 people in Dominica and a high unemployment rate, we do not have enough high income earners to support such ventures.
This is a classic chicken and egg question.
A more feasible plan would be to build a new airport, with enough space to expand over time, as the demand grows. Given our terrain, that place is still mythical after decades of talk and more talk.
Is it realigning Melville Hall? Is it Woodfordhill? No one knows.
Do’t worry brother,by the time UWPEE gets into power, the International Airport will have been in full swing;built by the DLP.
DA to JFK nonstop….
Labor Ka Twavay
You can make JFK to Melville Hall non-stop now brother. Just fill a 737 with passengers but that is the problem, not enough passengers…unless you are paying for them to come down of course!
dream on , but uwp have always done what they promissed
say what?
That’s what I’m talking about.
For goodness sake , the airport is not the answer he knows it and so do you , what major airlines is going to fly to dominica. Desperate for votes , both parties are making promises they cant keep.
Thats soooo true…Am excited and hope Dominicans at least give this team a chance with a hope of something better for us all…let us put DA first.
We already have an international airport. It is called the Melville Hall International Airport. No need to waste money to build a white elephant because there is nothing to do and see in Dominica.
People want sea, sun and fun. When you spend big money to go away on a vacation Dominica is perhaps last place on your list. A tourist can get a similar (but better experience) in Belize and the Dominican Republic.
It’s okay to dream fellas but that airport idea is just a pipe dream. It will never happen.
you labourites are showing the world how foolish and backward we are in dominica ,
an international airport thats so essential to every country;s economy ,you like fools dissing it online ,oh GOD alyou master skeritt really destroy alyou ,not even commonsense is remained
where you born in Dominica do you think befor you write ,how can you bring down your country like that politics or no you should be building up your country other visitors are praising Dominica and there you are saying we have nothing to show in Dominica idiot
An international airport will kick start the island’s “sluggish economy.”…Team Dominica please tell us how long does it takes to build an international airport.. 5 to 6 years….then would Dominicans have to wait that long to get the economy kick started?
“Team Dominica also wants to ensure that they purchase a ferry to facilitate the export of our agricultural produce within the region,” he also stated. Who are the “They” being referred to…is it members of the Team?
Team Dominica don’t you all know that fresh produces fetch a better price when refrigerated, so are you all referring to the purchase of a refrigerated ship or a ferry like the one anchored in Portsmouth still awaiting its maiden voyage.
Francis first……… UWP needs to find money to run their campaign dont put the cart before the horse the airport will come later you must win the elections before you can get into Government.
Team Dominican is ready for the elections !! A must win!Let’s be confident!
Here we go again more of the same air port talks. it must be an election year . every one of you ought to be shame of your self fooling the people of dominica its time the people wake up and realize that they are only being trick from one administration too the other,.
“Team Dominica also wants to ensure that they purchase a ferry to facilitate the export of our agricultural produce within the region,” he also stated.
I thought it was supposed to be a fast speed ferry. The expression “a fast speed ferry” denotes a luxury type boat moving passengers and a limited amount of cargo form one point to another. This one from “Sikiri” is for moving bulky cargo. Have awoken to the reality of doing busienss with Europe? Another UWP “boo boo”.
he is absolutely right about the young people going to waste. The economy needs to be revived ( all aspects ) – agriculture, aquaculture etc…Labour has to go – UWP and its A team will lead the way
When is the UWP going to start running on their resume of life accomplishment. Tell the Dominican electorate what have this men and women do to change a single life before they decided to run for politics.
Go back to their 4 years in office and you will find the answers , not one dollar tax raise ,free tex books ,duty free on building materials 99% on imported vehicles,under labour now is 150% uwp worked in every counstituency ,astaphans was not running dominica,the justice system was alive,and so much more ,
if you was;nt in dominics ,then ask sombody
Every where you go, you’ll find youths wasting on the road side because they have no ambition. There are programs in place to get involved in
Amen to that!
Is this some joke?
Its pawol pour rire show. ha ha ha he.
Team of purpose to take Dominica to growth and prosperity
“Dominica’s economy is by far been lagging behind the OECS territories except probably St Vincent and Grenada,” he noted. “The reality is that Dominica’s economy is at a state which needs repair and the UWP Team Dominica is a much more efficient, much more prepared team to take care of that.” (Joshua Francis).
At least “Sikiri” gave Dominica some breathing space. He was being argumentative. Nothing’s wrong with that. We can agree to disagree on this. But this statement is in direct contrast to what Thompson Fontaine, the great IMF Economist and the self confessed novice leader approve of Team Dominica have to say about Dominica. Thompson Fontaine is on the public record suggesting that Dominica’s economy is worst than many of the sub-Saharan countries he has visited whilst working with the IMF. Thompson claim that we have more poverty here in Dominica than those countries – Niger, Sahel etc. The novice leader has not found any economics report that would say something good about Dominica today. He constantly paints a [picture of doom and gloom repeating himself again and again that Dominica’s economy is worst than Haiti. At least “Sikiri” place us one before the last. Maybe he did not see a recent report which reports Dominica’s economy as having the best economic growth (on average) between 1999 and 2013 in the OECS countries. The UWP must sing form the same hymn sheet. Leader and operative Deputy saying one thing and another candidate saying something else.
When I read these guys comments (Sikiri & Fontaine) I remember that I recently saw a news report of Dominicans in boats trying to get into Haiti because their economy was so much better than ours and we had lost hope so we were going there to start a better life.
Thompson Fontaine is an Academic, someone who is very good in a classroom or on a class project where real world implications matter very little. In the real world he is having difficulty translating what he’s learned into reality. Putting theory into practice.
We see people like this all the time. They just come in different sizes and styles. They think that because they were affiliated with some well known organization or lived abroad that Dominicans are not as experienced as they are.
Well Dominica has been independent since 1978 and they are doing fine.
I have traveled around the Caribbean and Central America and what we have in Dominica is not poverty by any of these standards.
In Jamaica, Ecuador, Belize, Honduras there is abject poverty, begging on the beach and so on. In Dominica I can go to any beach and I don’t see this.
The houses or huts/shacks I saw is nothing compared to ours.
In Africa, they have wealth but it is not shared and is buried in the ground with the resources.
These guys are frauds peddling their hopelessness everywhere they go.
Dominicans are a great resilient people and they will succeed anywhere and in anything.
Naysayers be gone!
Rubbish! Dominica is at the pinnacle of its greatness under the divine leadership of our Lord and Savior, our Great Prophet and Master Honorable Roosevelt Skerrit! Dominica is going places and the world has seen that! Our leader has foresight and vision above all others and he knows when we will be ready for an International Airport. The novices on the other side of the Isle are selling dreams they cannot fulfill…Our Great and Divine Leader and Master has the backing of China, Morocco and many other Communist Countries and he can get ANYTHING done but only when our Divine leader knows that it is right for his beloved subjects. Hail my PM, Praise my PM, and my PM will bestow all blessings upon you. His humble servant for life…
TA
Ou bai toute l’amour la, mais e meritèe apres toute. Best PM ever.
So are you classifying Skerrit as God now. He will soon be telling u when to eat, sleep and s. I do not support any party but is rubbish u speaking right there. After 15 years of governance this DLP govt has nothing to show. The only thing that happy are vehicles because is road they fixing. Stop the madness in Dca. This is a beautiful country that has a lot of potential we just need a GREAT government. Dominicans open ur eyes stop depend on Skerro for hand out because soon Dca will be a communist country and we would not be able to live with that. As for those abroad that only coming Dca to vote the wrong govt, allu wouldn’t last a year in this country. All the enjoyment allu have overseas its not happening in Dca. Skerrit is leader for far too long if DLP needs to remain in govt it should DEFINITELY not be under the leadership of ROOSEVELT SKERRIT. #borninalabourfamily
If there was such demand for a ferry, why is the private sector not filling that need?
If these guys want to go into areas where the private sector dare not tread, I am afraid we will be digging a pit to dump the little money that we have.
Infrastructure? Yes. A ferry? No.
That is becoming a big joke. All these projects cannot be initiated in 5 years. Just politricks.
Delighted.
Now Mr. Francis the two places you spoke off Dominica might be better than they both has international airports, so does that not tell you having international airports does not help in a sluggish world economy? look what St. Lucia has to do to keep these airlines coming to their land they have to pay for empty seats, so Sir. you see when i say you people have no understanding of what will really grow this economy. Now can you tell us, how much will it cost to build the airport? how much will be grants and how much will be loans? is it a you build it run it for thirty years then turn it over to us at fifty million at the said time? did you already speak to the financers of that project and are they willing to agree those terms? to sit there and tell us what we want to hear is one thing but to not tell us how it’s going to be financed is an other ball game my friend. At least with the PM’s plan we know most of that, so why should i drop the PM’s plan? as to where the finance is coming from we already have an idea, so on you all say so we should vote him out for what your pies in the sky’s?
Real possie, u killing me papa, doh kill me its too early, I want to vote Skerro and DLP first in the next election.
Skerro know where the money coming from but isn’t it too late for that now? He found the need of building a 20 million dollar state house but our hospital crying, high school and college graduates are unemployed. I totally agree that we needed a state house but did we need a state palace? In my opinion right now an international airport is not needed when we don’t have anything other than WCMF to attract visitors. But we do need jobs. So if adding a ferry to help with the export of agriculture then we can expect an increase in jobs. Let’s come together and build our country and stop fight because of politicians who always fight in public but break bread in private.
Now that UWP has given out their plans , soon you will hear DLP making the same case.
Plagerizing on the part of DLP
Ha! ha! ha! Do you know how you sound? Are you serious about what you said. The UWP came into being in 1988. The Labour Party has been around since the 1950s. Talk of an international airport for Dominica has been debated here for decades BEFORE the UWp came as the “third force”, the “opposition”, “government” and then perpetually in the “opposition” again since 2000. It took them seven years to get into government. They are already fourteen years in the opposition. Ha! ha! ha!
This is the way forward if Dominica wants to keep up with international development.
If you want to build links to the world you must have the means to do that, and an international airport is the best way.