Government to hold press conferences to inform about ongoing projects

Scene from the first in the series of press conferences

Beginning this week, the Government of Dominica will launch a series of press conferences to provide updates on ongoing Government projects.

“The first press conference in the series will be held on Monday, January 13 2025 at 11:00 AM and will provide updates on the Dominica Emergency Agricultural Livelihoods and the Climate Resilience Project, and the Disaster vulnerability Reduction Project (DVRP) specifically the east coast road project and the progress on lot 2, which is the section of road stretching from Castle Bruce to Hatton Garden, through the Kalinago Territory,” Government’s Press Secretary Dionne Durand-Smith said.

According to her, these projects are among several current interventions designed to enhance Dominica’s resilience to climate change, improve infrastructure, and strengthen agricultural livelihoods.

Addresses are expected to come from Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy, Roland Royer, Minister for Public Works, Public Utilities and the Digital Economy Fidel Grant, Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy Jullan Defoe, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Blue and Green Economy Ryan Anselm and Consultant Engineer, East Coast Road Project Kendall Johnson.

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11 Comments

  1. We the People
    January 15, 2025

    Ah boy, the election campaign is on

  2. RastarMarn
    January 14, 2025

    That’s what needs to happen to Skerrit!!!

    But then again we need a Defense Force to do those kinds of operations,,,

    https://www.aol.com/south-korean-authorities-launch-second-202919320.html

  3. Labour power
    January 14, 2025

    All you UWP supporters really dumb.For years all you belching bubbles about missing billions and Skerrit keep winning election BIGGER everytime it’s called.The people know that missing billions bs is just bs,the people do not believe all you bs.When all you going to see people doe worry with all you bs.You telling 6,000 plus people that get $200,000,$300,000 and $400,000 houses FREE,billions missing.So the money that build all those houses where it comes out?Dominicans not stupid.The 5,000 people that working in the NEP and the 300 that working in yes we care where the money coming out to pay them?I have people that working NEP for 11 years,they save their money,build house and buy car.All you so wicked,all you think Dominicans stupid,as if they doe remember hurricane Maria daycallay the country and UWP ites was dancing,rejoicing and partying.They say Skerrit can never build Dominica,everything in Dominica today is because of Skerrit and Labour.Lazy do nothing demonic,TORMENTED UWP…

  4. Labour power
    January 14, 2025

    The government is not having press conference for blind blue idiots.

  5. Ibo France
    January 14, 2025

    Dominica not only has the absolute WORST government but equally the WORST journalists. It is even painful to relate to them as journalists.

    Information and data for public consumption is withheld from the people. None of the ‘journalists’ dear not to ask the congenital Liar (Roosevelt) these questions that the public has a right to know.

    *How much public funds have been spent on Roosevelt’s overseas travel: 1) for 2024 2)for his combined twenty years as leader
    *How much has it cost the tax payers for tenancy in the $64K rental palatial mansion?
    *When are you going to give a full account of the missing CBI $billions you promised?
    *Why should the people believe the government about all these wonderful projects but there is no finished product to show? All are just ghosts.

    No serious news reporter should attend your ghost conferences. Attending these ‘press conferences’ gives Roosevelt and his disciples a false sense of significance.

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  6. RastarMarn
    January 13, 2025

    DNO go over dere and start asking mistadem some serious questions yeah!!!

    1) What about the Moroccan Hotel project and why is it taking a lifetime to complete,,,

    A Hotel project which broke ground in the Late 1980s!!!

    2) what’s going on with all those construction equipment abandoned on that property located at https://maps.app.goo.gl/TwSpJYNqpFpHSKBN6,,,

    3) Is the marina going to facilitate a BoatYard to facilitate a service sector jobs in boat repair and servicing ,,

    4) Why is the current administration not trying to rebuild the Public Works department with all that funding they are transferring to Private contractors and ChinaMan Companies,,,

    These are some of the questions that need to be answered when they come talking about press conference!!!

  7. Ibo France
    January 13, 2025

    The spin (propaganda) room looks very sparse. Journalists have come to the realisation that this carefully staged activity by the autocracy is a waste of time and human resources.

    At these government controlled events, every minister offers some sort of ghost projects that should be commencing ‘yesterday’. The toothsome rhetoric and the reality on the ground are as far as the east is from the west.

    Some of the local media houses seem to be in bed with this fraudulent enterprise. They just publish the blatant lies of the administration without any critical analysis. Look out for an abundance of articles and news items from this fraud news conference.

  8. Labour power
    January 13, 2025

    The people are depressed and they not voting out DLP? Are you a Jacka? If the people were depressed,poor and suffering the same way the kicked out the WICKED party,they would have kicked out DLP.If Skerrit was controlling the court Lennox Linton,Thompson Fontaine,Matt Peltier,Tyrone Blessings Anthony,Loftus Durand and Brian Linton would be in jail.Q95 would be no more.Labour have the numbers,ways and means to see that happen.This country was built by Labourites after Maria,with the blood,sweat and tears.Who do not like what Labourites are doing,GET OUT of Dominica.Lazy do nothing ID10TS.Get out.

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  9. Shaka Zulu
    January 13, 2025

    Funny enough banana grows in a year, dasheen 6 months, so to are all thr root tubers and short term crops we plant. So 7 years after Maria we still have effects on these crops? This is laughable. a normal tree crop takes 2 to 5 years to start bearing based on type of tree crop. yet 7 years later we still using Maria and pandemic. I guess we wait for next issue to hide our incompetence. we are also only now working on our data collection.
    The puppets are busy having thier strings pulled.

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  10. Red boy
    January 13, 2025

    The so called press conference should be about how evil our government is and why the people of Dominica are so depressed because of their evil regime , according to proverbs 29:2
    ….” when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn”.

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  11. OneLove
    January 13, 2025

    What heck projects. How important are so called projects we don’t own and we don’t know anything about the ownership and the MOU behind these projects? Furthermore, it is a press conference designed to keep the nation in the dark while the government is trying to get bail for one of their passport seller that allegedly killed 2 people . Stupes tan

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