Francisca Joseph, a former Adult Education Officer from the community of Delices, is the United Workers Party’s (UWP) candidate for the La Plaine constituency in the next general.
The UWP recently confirmed Joseph’s candidacy.
Speaking during an interview recently, she described herself as a well-rounded individual.
“I worked as a primary school teacher for over 12 years in the Delices area teaching young people skills,” she said. “I have worked in a number of institutions around the island. I worked from the north to the south of Dominica all over and people all over the island know me as not preferencing anybody but ensuring that everybody had access to education – those who wanted it.”
She continued, “That’s the person I am; that is the person I am coming out as. That’s the representative that you are looking for, somebody who will not say that ‘you are red, you are blue, you are green I am not going to help you’.”
According to Joseph, as Dominicans, one has a right to share in the bounties of the land and she is here to ensure that this is done.
“And to reflect on some of the successes of Mr. Green [Ron Green] and to continue the work he had done while he was in government as a minister,” she noted.
Meantime, she stressed that her involvement in politics will not be about “mepwi”.
“I was counselled that I shouldn’t get involved in maypwi,” Joseph stated. “I try not to respond too much to this for other reasons, but as I said we are not going to take “maypwi” and denigrate people. It hurts as well.”
Joseph added, “If we want to show people that it can be different, this is what we have to do, that nobody goes on that platform and hurt somebody else.”
She said at the end of the day there are too many issues to deal with.
“All of us have issues; all of us have problems but for the Grace of God, if it wasn’t for God we would not be what we are, so we have to ensure that we help people,” Joseph stated.
A sure winner. Welcome Ms. Joseph ..good bye Petter!
You’ve got our FULL support….😍😍😍😍😍
This is a lady of no mapuis, no reproach, she is a hardworking lady who served our nation with pride. This lady deserves a medal for those of us adults who where raised and cannot read. She has taught skills etc. With or without the fair position and remuneration.
No more tying man in basement and beating them. Enough is enough …Fear no more
Change is a must, not an option.
Kid on th Block, wake up, look at the bigger picture. Domininca is in a state of disrepair, poverty. There is no development taking place and rather than you failed incompetent so called Prime (Odd) Mininister managed our resources he run about the place, talk rubbish and our island goes deeper into poverty. Mr. Kid, dont be childish of these events and please tell me and Dominicans where is, or has the development , if nay took lace in Dominica after 19 long waste years. That is what happens when yo take a little boy and out to run big man business, it will fail and get into poverty.. That is where ur Skerrit has failed us. He is not a developer, knows nothing, or has shown he knows noting of soci-economic Develpoment , and we in he Ministry have to wok our heads out what the hell is Skerrit about as he waste states resources and reduces our poor mothers to beggars coming to the Financial Centre for handouts. I cry when I pass through to work upstairs. Disgusting. Shame on Skerrit. Go
KID ON THE BLOCK this kid on the block and his failed corrupt Labour government with its failed PM Skerrit, the first failed PM Domininca has witnessed, are all scared. Everytime the UWP Team under decent Hon Lennox Linton announces a new credible candidate, Francisca Joseph, to help restore and rebuild the corruption and lack of any development in Domininca over 19 years they are scared. This blind Labour clowns, lead by their immature, incompetent failed Skerrit must Go.
Labour days are numbered, they must go, we mean get Lost and take your failed, incompetent, questionable so called PM with you. Skerrit is a failure, he must Go. We need mature, competent, experienced dedicated people to manage and restore our ailing Dominica. We are looking at The decent, mature, professional of the United Workers Party under hon Lennox Linton. We need change, after 19 years Skerrit and hi corrupt Labour party has failed. Therefore failed immature Skerrit must Go. They have ruined our island. Go…
Congratulations Sica. Congratulations on your willingness to take up the mantle of leadership and making yourself available to serve your people. We worked together so I know from experience that you have what it takes to move your community forward. All the best on your new venture!
I must say again – Ouality over quantity! UWP attracting candidates of superlative background, well articulate and have the requisite life experiences to move the country forward.Great choice!
what are your qualifications, what are the names of some of these insttutions u worked with and at what position . are there any communuty projected u assisted..
Please go back to sleep. Please please!
Can UWP only get retired people to run for them
Where is the young blood?
Is the young blood that have Dominica in the mess it is in now. Go read a book . !
These candidates are young at heart, mature, trusted, loyal to Dominica and good governance, no bool, no corruption, no taking advantage of families, poor mothers etc, like your failed Skerrit and his corrupt dirty labour government. These candidates of UWP up and coming are decency sincere people wh have served the people of Dominica exceedingly well. They need to be recognised and congratulated for their service within the government system, having to cope with the failed and incompetent Prime (ODD) Minister who have questions to answer about the abuse of our states funds through the Red Clinic with poor starving people quing up at the entrance, foyer of the Financial centre as a clinic waiting on Skerrit to call them up and then given cash. Who ahs withdrawn this cash from states funds and how much was withdrawn and are their receipts for the misuse of these bobol abusive funds.
Skerrit must go and his corrupt Labour Government must Go. They have failed Dominica people. Skerrit…
The young blood are up and coming and are engaged within their respective constituencies to se how these candidates are managing their campaign and have them deeply engaged to learn and be prepared for higher office one day. This is not the fake underage immature, childish Skerrit rushed into office with nothing to prove other than some fanfare and who loves dimples and funny smiling face, with states money sent to people,, mothers, families from the red Clinic. That has been an abuse of states funds not for development but for buying people and loyalty. Skerrit is a failure, a big disappointment and a big failure. Skerrit is good and loud talk, mepuis, ignorant of socio-economic development and operated and functions like this fast food process with the result being unhealthy. Our poor have been fooled by the Skerrit creating the Red Clinic and with scouts sending distributing states money for him with the response “We love our PM”, well this Bobol and treachery activities…
good luck. Peter St. Jean seems to be loved over there.
Good luck. I hope that you have better luck than Joseph Isaac I’m trying to reform your leader and others in the UWP who thrive on negativity and propagation of fake news!
Ras, stop your negativity, it will not work. Go clean up your dirty corrupt labour Government corrupt behaviour. They have failed us, so go after your failed incompetent Skerrit, get him reformed as he who has let us down and now after 19 years has done nothing, anything of soci-economic development for our suffering people he, Skerrit and his blind worthless 18 ministers has created. Domininca has been returned to the dark ages after 19 years of this clown Skerrit and his failed immature 18 blind ministers and so called loyalists and weird followers. We love our Skerrit my foot. This man is a failure, hopelessly failed and immature and ignorant of socio-economic development. That is why our Domininca is in a mess. So Ras stop your negativity rubbish talk and go after Skerrit and his corrupt Labour Government clowns who has failed us for 19 years. Skerrit and his failed negativity clowns must Go. You see, you all are scared of Hon Linton and his trusted professionals and cannot fit in.
Team Dominica is attracting the best brains in the country. This is an indictment to the Skerrit led cabal of boys and girls “playing” what we called “MAMA” in the old days. I applaud the lady for stepping forward and representing her constituency. The Laplaine constituency has scored a wining goal already by endorsing this remarkable candidate. Go Laplane go! Now let the PEPPER burn in his own pot. I really want to see if he has the “MANHOOD ORANGES” to run independent as he threatened to do WHEN he is replaced. Jah guidance Mrs. Joseph as you arm yourself for the battle of the South East. WORKERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! All aboard!!!
Well, I just had an interesting conversation with a Jamaican friend living in Atlanta, and he made a very interesting comment: If the West Indies Cricket team were to win, you Dominicans must remove Skerritt from his capacity to …….…… which is a confidential reason why many capable individuals are not getting involved with the West Indies Cricket Board. I will not give details of the conversation due to the potential for litigation, which could consequently provide reason to prevent DNO from publishing this input; but it was a very interesting perspective from a Jamaican who has not interest in Dominica’s politics, only in Windies Cricket as he told me. Politics is just loaded with corruption no matter which country, as he said.
Yes mam I like your style! Business first, and that is to bulldozer the Dominica Labar Party.
I will not be voting Petter again. Miss you have my vote, you was my favorite teacher.
Now people can say you are not serious since you talking about to reflect on some of the successes of Mr. Green(Ron Green) and to continue the work he had done while he was in government as a minister.
Mam, can you name some of the successes of Ron Green as a minister when he was in government?
Mam, do you know the UWP was the first to transport Dominicans from overseas to come to Dominica to vote?
Do you know while in opposition the UWP had a Diplomatic Passport Lay-Away-Plan?
Do you know that the plan allowed them to collect 6 million dollars to run their election campaign with the promise to deliver diplomatic passports when THEY win the elections?
Do you know is the first and only political party in Dominica to forge ties with an organisation linked to terrorists connected to ISIS?
Do you know last general election UWP put up a candidate who lives n works in Antigua to run the Paix Bouche constituency?
IF you DIDN’T KNOW WELL NOW YOU KNOW!
KID, you sounding like a town gossip. You remind me of a calypso entitled “Gossip For Sale”.
Kid on The Block, “Pais Bouche ou”, Allez twavay whed pou ou Dominique. Dominica needs help to develop so be a loyal Dominican, get away, run away from this corrupt band of hopeless Labour clowns you follow with failed leader Skerrit now crying and does not know where to turn for support, because the trusted Hon Lennox Linton and his UWP honest professional Team are ready to take our Domininca from the corruption and abyss your silly, hopless Skerrit have got us into. No development, no jobs, jut empty promises from a failed Skerrit and useless 18 ministers. Dominica needs honest, open committed, professional Government, and we have to get rid of this corrupt incompetent hopeless Labour Government under this failed useless Skerrit. They have hurt our island, crippled our economy, stopped agriculture: no more bananas, grapefruit, cocoa, limes etc, all we have producing is massive Bobol and from Craptain down to Hooligan travel all over the world looking for help, due to their Bobol…
This is a powerful statement by UWP , for having a lady with such high recommendation and quailification to represent the people of the La Plaine constituincy I fully support her and wish her good luck in our drive to make Dominica, a reputable islnad in the Caribbean.
Francisca I am so proud of you. “Foward we go!”
Workerssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
Skerrit Must Go
Skerrit Must Go
LAZY Skerrit Must Go Now
Classy lady
All small talk as usual one should never trust a blue they all have the same DNA mark my word!!!!! 🙊
I heard you speak . Absolutely brilliant!!!!.I mark hard,so I won’t give you A+,but an “A” for sure .What impressed me most is that you have a plan for your constituency,unlike DLP candidates who like lazy Skerrit, have absolutely no plan for even their constituencies .When a project is accomplished in their constituency,all of them declare praises to Skerrit.
Mr Petter, Pepper, Peter,should not allow Skerrit to play with him .Petter contest as an independent candidate,to teach lazy Skerrit a lesson!!!!!…
I liked the passion I sensed in your voice .It exuded love,care, concern for people and country,unlike the uncaring gang of MISLEADERS in the DLP.Oh how heartless they are!!
Excellent Choice .Pepper will vote for you!
Skerrit Must Go
Skerrit Must Go
LAZY Skerrit Must Go Now
Francisca Joseph is the new UWP candidate for the La Plaine constituency, and we welcome you our dearest committed candidate. That labour guy must go, he and his failed corrupt government must Go.
Francesca has been working tirelessly for Dominica all over Dominica not only in her Constituency, he is therefore a professional, a decent person, a hard working woman and friend of the people of the LaPlaine constituency. Good Luck Francesca, Gods guidance e and we need now decency inn the Laplaine constituency. Those Labour clowns are on their way put.
It is time that Skerrit and his Labour clowns exit the and make way for more decent, honest, open government. That is in the hands of Hon Linton, the UWP Team and committed followers, dedicated Dominicans.
Skerrit, Get out. go. Shame on you nd your corrupt Labour Government. You have failed us. get out, Get Lost, go recovery some place else.
UWP’s slate of candidates is far superior to that of kleptocracy that we have presently as a government. A government is as good as the people it is comprised of. I want to wish the goodly lady immeasurable success with her candidacy. UWP has quality while the other side has quantity (nineteen (19) incompetent ministers who suffer from intelligence deficiency).
Wish all the best because we need to bring back sanity to this constituency. To much malee. The big man dont want the present parl rep. Because he is a waste. We thank you and hope you win to help this constituency of laplaine.
Someone who brings a measure of objectivity, respect, and compassion where these characteristics have lacked in this current representative. Without the interference of overseas illegal voters, we will win this seat and bring back the unity we once had in Laplaine regardless of party affiliation. RED/BLUE let’s all come together put aside the strife and work towards the enhancement of our village.
A very good start , knock on every door in Delice ,Boetica, Larond and Laplaine , let them get to know who you are and what is your vision for the constituency and Dominica in general , the rest is left up to the people you hope to represent . As a Woman, it is very possible .
Are you kidding me? She can’t knock at here relatives home in Delices. Know you are from Delices yourself but you left too long to remember anything bout her. By the way, surely, you can’t point to one success story in the Constituency made by Ron Green hence he being voted out. Today as things stand Ron Green is still more popular than she is. Food for thought. Your compatriot.
Finish covering the house now, what on earth does yh name represent? Is it an idiotic guy who has not learn that if you live in a corrupt broken up corrupt glass house “You ust throe stones”. And also. are one of those rather than find a job, you out there expecting Skerrit to feed you? You see the difference between and your failed corrupt incompetent labour government and that of the decency of the UWP team, lead by professional Hon Lennox Linton and his professional TEAM. You and your corrupt Skerrit cannot and will not be able to rise that level of intellectual. You and people, your focus is on mepuis and old talk, while Domininca suffers under this Labour corrupt government and its failed Pm Odd Minister Skerrit. Our has become poor and our people suffering without jobs, no more agriculture. You think that your blind Skerrit is able to return Dominica to the days of Freedom under Mamo and UWP under Eddison James? Skerrit is a failure and he has killed our Nature isle talk…
More VOTES for Labor!
Hahahahaha..pas la!!..Labour getting vote out this year..justice for all the atrocities. Zor kwen Domnichen sot!!..20 years is enough, see the receding trend in development..all major foreign investors gone, Farmers disheartened, businessmen ousted and frustrated from an influx of Chinese competition..
Labour fini bat!!
This Kid on the Block is shocked and scared. …and he will remain on the Block with his corrupt hopeless failed corrupt Labour government and failed this so called Prime (Odd) Minister. Skerrit nd his corrupt Labour Government with 12 odd ministers following this failed leader and has taken our Dominica into an abyss of failure, corruption, lack of development, no production, high rising in poverty, and mush more. The only people benefiting out f this corruption is the government who are in office and g=has failed us big time.
This child Kid on the Block is more hypocrisy and no development. The same old talk and promises, while the skeleton of Domininca is clear for all of u to see. Skerrit and his clowns and failed labour has ripped Domininca of its beauty and splendour and it is just talk and hands out that is the game. After 18 years Skerrit and corrupt labour government are now trying to run quickly to make believe that they are doing something. That something is Bobol corrupt…
Really! Have you been paying attention? Or are you too broke?
I knda like her already