Prime Minister Skerrit to return from Canada CARICOM Summit as Tropical Storm Watch is issued for Dominica

Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit will cut short his stay in Canada and return to Dominica on Thursday, October 19 as Tropical Storm Tammy approaches the Lesser Antilles.

Prime Minister Skerrit, who is the current CARICOM Chairman, travelled to Ottawa, Canada on Monday, October 16 to co-chair the first Canada-CARICOM Summit alongside Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

A tropical storm watch was issued for Dominica at 5pm on Wednesday, October 18, which means tropical storm conditions are possible within the watch area, generally within 48 hours.

The Meteorological Office has advised residents that wind speeds gusting to tropical storm force winds could begin to affect the island by Friday, October 20, with an increase in showers and thunderstorm activity, which could result in widespread flooding from up 2 to 4 inches of rainfall.

Possible impacts could include overflowing of waterways, landslides and rock falls from overhanging cliffs.

Residents are advised to continue to monitor the progress of Tropical Storm Tammy and finalize their preparedness plans.

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16 Comments

  1. Edge Man
    October 19, 2023

    He has more ministers in his cabinet but he’s the only one who could stop the hurricane. He ran back with poops in his pants. That shows the level of pressure this man is under. One day he won’t be allowed to leave. Or, they may allow him to board the plane with a detour to some other destination in the US. I like to see all the chances a cat gives to a roach 🪳 before it crushes it.

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    • BRidge
      October 22, 2023

      He also had time for plenty of photos to be taken. But he didn’t have time to answer questions, uncomfortable questions about his criminal dealings. I mean he travelled by private jet, so he wasn’t working on a tight line to catch a scheduled flight. On a slightly different note, imagine this, from now on he needs to use private aircraft because he can’t take flights that touch down on US soil anymore. The costs are prohibitive! Our country can’t afford this man anymore. He has to go!

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  2. Lin clown
    October 19, 2023

    Those UWP idiots have been talking about passport scandal.Same stupidness but a different day.Baboon breath Y u running and Baboon breath MEME the people of Dominica are not listening.After hurricane Maria, Dominica was wiped off the face of the map.It was Skerrit and the Labourites who built it,not lazy,recalcitrant DON KEYS like you.You blue rats should ashamed to talk about Dominica,seeing you celebrated,partied and rejoiced at the destruction,shameless lazy hypocrites.That is the best you all can do bray,bray and more bray.For 23 years you blues have been braying,it seem all you want to die braying.UWP will never win an election in Dominica.You people have organized hundreds of rallies and demonstrations,the turnout speaks for itself.The Dominican people have REJECTED you.

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  3. Skipp
    October 19, 2023

    Yeap Skerrit ran away from Canada where he knew that he would be facing tough questions on the golden passports vexing issue from the international media.
    There he would not be able to call anyone of the media personnel Terrorists and arsonists. And if he did, they would chew him up and have him for dinner He ran back to Dominica like a bully under the disguise that a hurricane is coming.”- Coward.

    Who you think you fooling Chi- Chi???? May be your NEP workers – that’s all.

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  4. October 19, 2023

    @Meme, Erica was a tropical storm……

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  5. Ibo France
    October 19, 2023

    Roosevelt’s presence at the Canada – CARICOM summit or the return of hiperson in Dominica is of no moment.

    Why do I believe this? His position at the top of the government of Dominica has only being both ruinous and perilous. Many years after Erika and Maria (weather systems) residents are still living under tarpaulin roofs and in dry weather houses. Despite being tens of millions of dollars in grants, gifts, debt forgiveness and special concessions, the country is in a deplorable state and the people have been reduced to beggary. Does this inspire confidence in Doctor, Doctor of Stupidity? He must by will or by force vacate the Office of Prime Minister along within opportunistic parasites.

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  6. Lin clown
    October 19, 2023

    MEME is enclosed in a cocoon of stupidity and jealousy in which he will never get out.It is because of those idiots UWP will remain in the 🐕 🏠.This country belong to Skerrit and Labourites,who built it with their blood,sweat and tears.MEME was probably sitting in a jail cell on Rikers island in NY.Jacka MEME did you know your kind were dancing,partying and rejoicing when hurricane Maria destroyed Dominica?Dominicans do not forget,with all your DON KEY talk and BABOON breath they are not listening to you.

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  7. Y U running?
    October 19, 2023

    But who Roosevelt thinks he fooling nou? Skerrit thinks people forget where he was in 2015, when Tropical storm Erika destroyed us and so many Dominicans perished? Let me remind him that he, NG Lap Seng and others were in Macau doing what Skerrit is best known for, and two weeks later NG lap Seng, John Ashe and others in the gang were arrested and charged in the US and the only reason Skerrit was speared is because he was head of state. Skerrrit back in 2015 knew we were in hurricane season and knew Erika was approaching Dominica but he didn’t cut his trip short and was blocked had it not been for helicopter.
    Now the liar and Starboy of Stupidity is in Canada and before he left there was already word that another storm was heading our way, but because of his own Tropical storm CBI passport scandal he left.Skerrit, you are not coming because of no damn storm but rather, because you can’t deal with the media pressure in Canada . But don’t worry because you can run but can’t hide

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  8. MEME
    October 19, 2023

    😄😄😄😄😄😄😄.Starboy of Stupidity LIES so much. In the past he used to leave Dominica when hurricane was threatening; now he is returning because of Tropical storm Tammy??????? Skerro fool those labourites who clap for you even when you are denigrating them. You are dead SCARED and AFRAID of something brother…Does it have to do with passport sales, or the recent exposure by the OCCRPA????
    It’s early still brother. Your greed has just started to haunt you!!

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    • October 19, 2023

      You seem to have a serious mental problem that should be ignored. That is all I can say. Find something better to do with your life. The march protest on the the streets of Roseau last Friday did not work. Come up with something better. I am sick of your refuse you keep trashing on DNO.

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      • MEME
        October 19, 2023

        @ds
        No wonder some call you stupid, a scatterbrain, a purveyor of tomfoolery and asinine comments. Why should i be ignored, and you are responding to me? I know just where to HIT you, and that’s what i am doing with my comments (which are my truncheon), because you are as corrupt as you lying, stealing and cheating false God!!

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      • Ibo France
        October 19, 2023

        Three things cannot be long hidden, the sun, the moon, and the TRUTH. The whole truth about the sale of Golden Passports is unraveling. Just today, the EU is ratcheting up the pressure on all those Caribbean countries with CBI schemes, Dominica in particular. Roosevelt’s goose is cooked.

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        • Putin
          October 20, 2023

          “Just today, the EU is ratcheting up the pressure on all those Caribbean countries with CBI schemes, Dominica in particular.”

          Oh really!? Show us evidence of this “ratcheted up” pressure.

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          • MEME
            October 20, 2023

            @Putin
            You have a very LAZY brain. Go do your research, read and learn! Stop depend on others doing work on your behalf. Earlier today i read just that.

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          • Ibo France
            October 20, 2023

            Go and read/investigate. Do you want me to do that for you?

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        • October 24, 2023

          You and Meme are two everyday election day losers. All your thumbs up come from lazy, powerless, boom boom clat UWP bums. Time to give it up. I would not waste my precious time arguing everyday with you and Meme. Those who think they are omniscient do not know that they are not.

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