Prime Minister, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit recently presented a cheque in the amount of EC$25,000 to Mr. Ronald Green, the Manager of the South East Football Club, to fund the team’s travel to Puerto Rico to participate in the CONCACAF Caribbean Club Shield.
The tournament runs from April 15-24, 2022 and features the top teams from the participating territories. South East Football Club are the back to back champions of the Dominica Football Association Premier League (2019, 2020).
At the presentation on Friday, Prime Minister Skerrit said the Government of Dominica was pleased to support the team’s bid to lift the Caribbean Club Championship.
He congratulated the members of the South East Football Club and wished them success in the upcoming tournament.
The Minister with responsibility for Sports, Hon. Roselyn Paul, Parliamentary Representative for the Morne Jaune-Riviere Cyrique Constituency, Hon. Gretta Roberts and Parliamentary Representative for the Laplaine Constituency, Hon. Kent Edwards were also in attendance.
After the recent Syria diplomatic debacle, all of a sudden, Mr. Skerrit has turned Santa Claus in March.
He is feeding the hungry, like Ron Green. I cannot fathom how that guy was an Education Minister. I can understand Rupert Sorhaindo but not the lazy, feeble Ron Green. Ron Green has no choice but to bow to his Master, Roosevelt Skerrit. They all coming back home to roost.
Mr Green nice seeing you. What did skerrit give you in that envelope you will hear about it very soon that what you call desperation. Just enough to start cleaning the playing field in Laplain .Total bs.
Skerrit çabinet is so weak he has to pretend to be Sports minister to?…..or mister looking for relevance?
Dissident i support you a 100% this guy is such a trip, he is minister of everything. We have Windsor park in Roseau we have Pottsville savannah Gardens Brooklyn in Soufriere sport was played in the entire west coast right down to Portsmouth . We have Jolly john in the Territory Liyo park in Marigot Castle Bruce and La plain this so call government kill all sports in Dominica what a bunch of u know what. Cricket and football was played everywhere and this guys destroy that right now cricket being played in the entire Caribbean and not one game in Dominica. And young people supporting this guys what a shame.
Skerrit is a master of all trades. How about you? A master of none. He is feeding the emaciated Ron Green.
I have no problem in donations to such causes being given out from tax payers money. What I have a problem with is the Prime Minister unilaterally giving it out like Santa Claus.
There needs to be some government structure, beyond the executive branch, by which such donations are publicized, reviewed, vetted, and approved. If there is ever a need for some degree of ‘red tape’ is this.
I mean in what kind of country does a Prime Minister gets a carte blanche to just give out money at his/her whims and fancies? That’s just ripe for corruption.
This guy Skerrit is suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder. He wants to be front and center of and in everything. He makes a presentation to the SE club and is his picture that shows up on the press release.
Where is the Sports minster- she was in the audience – This is sad you’all, real sad. He is also the Foreign minister as well- the Agricultural minister- He run tings in Dominica when they are going his way otherwise its some body else- I can wait for this guy to go.
You are correct. He hogs all the positive headlines for himself. His cabinet ministers and ambassadors are but his foot stools. Look at Mrs Bannis-Roberts. Instead of exposing him to the whole world, instead, she has taken a bullet for him. He uses the national checkbook to quiet and bribe people. Ask Mrs. Annette Stanford, $120 000k was [allegedly] offered to her to endorse the DLP candidates for the last election.
Mister is under massive pressure. His reaction, as usual, open the kitty and give away money that doesn’t even belong to him.