Seventeen (17) homes are currently being constructed in Canefield East as part of the government’s housing initiative.
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made the announcement during a site visit in Canefield East on Wednesday.
“We are in Canefield East; we are building some 17 homes,” he said. “The intention there is to certainly increase the numbers in a dramatic way.”
Skerrit continued, “As we [go] along, we will be having some internal discussions with the Ministry for Housing and the Parl Rep [Parliamentary Representative] for Canefield.’
He said further that there will be a playing field, basketball court, and a community centre.
“If you are going to have so many people here you must have the supporting services,” Skerrit stated.
He indicated that there is a massive demand for housing in the Mahaut constituency.
“We are looking at several locations, we are looking to acquire some lands in Checkhall, government has lands in Warner that we will also be building homes for Campbell and residents of Mahaut in particular and we will see commencement of this very soon,” Skerrit noted.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister revealed that his government is building 44 homes for the residents of Dubique and 62 for Grandbay residents.
“They are all resilient homes. All the electrical lines and telephone lines will be underground as part of the government’s resilient building,” he said.
Other areas earmarked for housing development include Scottshead, Paix bouche, Woodfordhill, Portsmouth, Vieille Case, Penville, Canefield East, and Trafalgar, among others.
“We have seen quite a number of housing interventions across Dominica and this is just part of our partnership with Montreal Management Consultants Est. (MMCE),” Skerrrit noted. “As we speak, about 162 homes are under construction under this component, “on top of the homes that we have already handed over to residents.”
Guy you are a wast of time; if you call what you read an English class, you exposed yourself to the fact you perhaps only finished elementary school. I challenge boy, to refute anything you read in that brief ethology.
You do not have a clue of anything I conveyed?
You spoke some crap about I living in a claustrophobic, situation, using words you don’t even know the meaning; you claim your daughter have a degree in psychology, so suppose the words you are printing drive from some book!
Nevertheless, if you consider what you read above to be an English class anybody who have psychology as a first year psychology major know that you don’t understand squat of what you read.
You keep talking fart about ED “Erectile dysfunction” that is your problem, not mine I am still very functional, I sure you have Viagra sticking out of your ear.
What comes out of the mouth is in the heart.
Play smart, but I am sure I am not the only one who knows you did not have plenty of scholastic’s.
The more you talk ds, is the more I am discovering that you are shallow, if you live in America, be informed that people have the opportunity to go to school at any age!
If you did not finish elementary, you can still take elementary class, the same as secondary, and then major in something in college.
As dunce as I discover you are, start in a community two year college, if you graduate in two years you should have enough credits to move to a four year college, and perhaps university depending on how ambitious you are.
But coming on DNO talking fart thinking you are insulting me; while supporting thievery and corruption in Dominica will not help you one bit!
You are wasting your time kissing Roosevelt Butt; groveling like a yard foul at his feet, while he has billions of dollars in banks.
Are you in a right frame of mind guy?
How many “dozens of dollars” you have in a bank ds, compared to the billions a certain thief corrupted crook a damn thief has?
You are sick!
I am trying to get this to the top ds, so you can see it!
Devils son (ds) don’t temp fate, because there is no question in my mind that I know more about psychology than you: I’ve even had abnormal psychology, so ask your daughter what I mean by that. In any event here is a brief ethology, on the subject!
Social anxiety disorder is a DSM-V psychiatric condition characterized by an intense fear of social situations and scrutiny—patients suffering from claustrophobia display a great fear and anxiety of closed spaces. The belief with a social anxiety disorder is that the frontal regions of the brain are unable to downregulate amygdalar hyper-activation. The same disruptions in the amygdala-frontal network in social anxiety disorder is attributable to claustrophobia.
A meta-analysis of functional brain imaging in specific phobias showed the activated regions of the brain to phobic stimuli were globus pallidus, amygdala, and left insula.
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ds, you are the one who open yourself when you suggest I claustrophobic; whenyou do not know what you are talking about!
Now: there are two phenomena associated with innate pathological fear, fear sensitization and failure of fear habituation.
The amygdala has a decreased threshold activity and decreased potentiation of activity in fear sensitization. Research suggests a dysfunction in the learning-independent fear circuit, which drives defensive behavior without prior learning, in nonexperiential phobias.
Habituation is the reduced emotional reaction of a person to repeated stimuli. In fear habituation, the amygdala has decreased habituation. Now since you say your daughter have a degree in psychology, tell her I say if she understands anything in my brief ethology explain it to you because I know you are dumb to such level of education.
I had to take a series of psychological subjects before I could be accepted in medical school; got more medical knowledge your kid.
Nobody attending your English class, so, shut up, Mr. Claustrophobic. That is what happens when you get old. You lose all your faculties and become claustrophobic. Cannot fly. Even a bird can fly and you cannot, old man.
CCP,Skerrit does not have to implement electoral reform.The election observers tasked with monitoring the 2019 election said it was free and fair,according to Dominica election laws and reflected the will of the people.You,IBO,Bwa,and others election reform would be to get off their lazy butt and become foot soldiers for UWP.Do like DLP footsoldiers,go on the highways and byways,go in the rum shops,go in the boat house and win votes for your party.Electoral reform my A.
You are right….election reform will and MUST go right up your ahhse* like it or not. And you can take it to the bank this time around, hell is more likely to freeze over than you will see another election in Dca without reform
. Please advise your god Skerrit but also tell him this is not a threat so dont go hiding under Molly DE Boowick dress put a good old promise by the said Very-Hard-Wood (Bwa-Banday)
Clown, why are all you opposed to electoral reform? That simple fact tells me all I need to know. Only a few weeks ago you told us that your master was on track to win all seats in the coming election. If that’s the case surely electoral reform couldn’t stop that from happening.
A depiction of Napoleon of Animal Farm fame? Of course, the real Napoleon died in exile at the age of 51, most likely from stomach cancer.
Bwa-Banday,leave Henry MAL Esprit alone.You know nothing about the man.MAL’s father was a white Frenchman,and Mal only sin was cultivating weed.In those days one had to protect his weed with guns.I thought you said the goverent was doing nothing.After hurricane it was DS,Man bites dog,Liz,Eagle,Gary,Putin and the clown who stayed to build Dominica,together with DLP and supporters.If UWP and supporters do not like what is going on in the country that DLP built,GET OUT.Parasites,prodigal sons and Vultures,looking for the opportunity to live of the blood,sweat and tears of others.Go to the hundreds of houses DLP built for Dominicans,campaign and don’t expect HOT WATER…..
Do you actually believe the s..t you are writing? You are one sick clown with a red nose and a bright red baboon rear end. No go away!
My dear Dcan Bro. Lin Clown, you do not deserve my attention farl ess for a response. …but let me slap ur little clueless brain..
I am not a teenager nor a derelect old fart but just FYI, I grew up around Mal and man like Michael and Peltier Esprit his cousins. You might be too young to know Peltier but when you run into man like Tinko, Jim, Solo, Rulah (aka. Short Breed) or even Malcolm Reid ask them about Mal and Wes Esprit. Also ask about their cousin Boeboe and then come join the decent conversation. But I will leave that for another day. Now , mash! Go sit your little clown-a** down and let intelligent people debate Dcan affairs. You are not ready to run with the big dogs so find a seat on the porch as a content clueless spectator.
Typical Labour supporters, they love to p..s with the big dogs but unfortunately they can’t cog their leg high enough.
These houses are just temporary shelters for the occupants’ robust patronage to depraved Roosevelt and his indecent cohorts.
These houses cannot be used by the temporary dwellers as collateral to obtain a loan from any financial institution.
These supposedly free apartments and houses are not free. In fact, this ‘free’ housing scheme is intended to restrict your freedom of choice. Here is how.
If you vote your conscience and refuse to support the incumbent party, more than likely, you would be kicked out as you have no legal entitlement to these houses.
These houses and apartments are built exclusively for vote catching not to satisfy a growing need of the people.
Ibo, I have said before and will say it again you guys are a bunch of disgusting idlers and cowards from Ugly Lenny,
So-called party and his blue -monkeys not one of you is worth two black cents lazy bunch of Jack abats mouth rollers you lots liers good at the same goes to Ugly Lenny.
If we Knew Better,you are deliberate LIAR.In 1975 the Labour party had a total of 16 seats.Note well JAH KASS,in 1980 after the overthrow of Patrick John in 1979,4 years after the Labour party got 16 seats,they were reduced to 0.So in
1980 Labour 0 seats
1985 Labour 5 seats
1990 Labour 4 seats
1995 Labour 5 seats
2000 Labour 10 seats
2005 Labour 12 seats
2009 Labour 18 seats
With Linton as leader of UWP.
2014 Labour 15 seats.
In 2019 with Linton again as leader.
Labour 18 seats.
It is plain for any JAH KASS to see,without the support of Labourites who voted Labour in 1975 DFP would never win an election.The people who kept DFP in power were supporters of DLP.Now that the Labour supporters have returned to Labour no political party stands a chance.Mr Knew Better Dominica is and has always been Labour country.With the corruption,victimization and greed imposed on Dominicans between 1995 and 2000 UWP is a dead political party.It is dead and buried with Linton as leader.
What’s your point? Everybody can win rigged elections, that’s my point. Why are you with every breath you take, try to defend the indefensible. You are defending a gangster, and that’s all there is to it. Are you yourself one? You have to be.
Hey clown, you leave out the most important, your latrine seat but maybe you prefer potchamb or bush and smooth stone.
One could always tell Dr Skerrit administration is doing great things for Dominicans, the reason for saying that
those blue monkeys going mad 😠 like bats out of hell ha ha ha take that salt-suckers Dr Skerrit,has the perfect medications for you guys without saying a single word.
Well done dog, keep on lying to yourself. You and Dr. Dr. Skerrit are well suited.
How about the deplorable secondary roads in the Canefield East/RBC Housing Scheme Areas? Mr.Prime Minister, Rayburn Blackmore refuses to repair these roads. Anyways to you these government officials who are victimizing people because of Colour Propaganda just remember every dog has its day and nothing last forever.
Exactly. in the days of Freedom Labour party was like how UWP is now. Only 2 seats they could win in the 80’s up to the min 90’s. and only reason why DLP is in power now is because of the Freedom Party.
I am very happy you have reminded them that every “mal-chien” has its day.
Good example is the recent passing of Mal Esprit one of Dca’ most notorious terrorist in his prime. He terrorized Dcans for years while claiming he could NEVER DIE. Sadly or some may say happily he passed recently and even the Belles River which he claimed he had control over and seemed to have crossed effortlessly over the years almost washed his coffin away.
One cannot be of sane mind building susidised housing in places like Canefield East, Wallhouse, Jimmit or even Morne Daniel knowing the impact it can have on the appraised values of houses in the area. Can some educate the PM and his stooges on how the housing markets globally works? But again I repeat, Every dog has its day and so every politician will soon have theirs. Political power is usually given by the people who can also take it away overnight.
You that damn big-belly balled-head cockatoo Dominica Mountain Chicken Carpaud crapo Mentality Sir Knight triple doctor Punjab HiFu Roosevelt Chichi Royer Roosevelt Skerrit!
All of the above is his name I bestowed on him eh!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
For the rest of your natural political live you shall continue to sell Dominica passports to continue making yourself a ridiculous clown building giveaways to keep you in power.
Even when you cross over into the satanic world of oblivion to burn forever in the pit of fire, you will be grabbing for corrupted money, to give to the red devils you will take along with you into the pit of hell!
If that boy next to you is your son, then you are a very bad example of a father; because what you are presenting to him is going to cause him to be like you, a no ambitious corrupted crook!
If you were capable of presenting him with a method you used to attract investors to the country that would be good, but not this crap!
Anyway, the recipients of Roosevelt packages and gifts for their votes need to remember that they are not the legitimate owners of the house or apartments they occupy, and especially the apartments.
Dominicans need to know that “Montreal Management” is Roosevelt Skerrit, and anything that is built and supposedly owned by this shell company belongs to the sir knight the doctor of fart!
When he is taken out of this earth, his children and Melissa shall be the Benefactors. It might take years; corrupted politicians don’t win forever, not even dictators, so eventually some government is going to came along and investigate this so called Montreal Management (Roosevelt Skerrit); truth will be found.
We will discover who is the individual owner called Montreal Management.
Somehow I think there is an individual thief stealing Dominica for their family!
Anyway, if my father stole something and give it to me as an inheritance I would be an accomplices subject to go to jail eh!
Francisco, you called yourself intelligent and there you are behaving and writing crap along with a bunch of ” i****s what does that say about you.
Man Dog, I know you are the smartest; whereas I am a dumb idiot; nevertheless; I think I can consider myself an authority where it pertains to Apartment buildings. Whereas I own, and rent apartments to people in the city of Los Angeles, and elsewhere!
I can tell you in an apartment building, all of the toilet lines from every unit, from one to a hundred or more are tied and empty into the main sewer line which goes into the main sewer system under the streets, and disposed.
So, my question to you is this; if I dispose residue, trash into my toilet which causes a blockage in the main line, blocking every other unit from flushing, who will be responsible for the clearing of the system?
In my buildings if a situation like that arise, I the owner is compelled to have the lines snaked out, and cleared.
So, that should tell you some individual “Montreal Management” is forever the owner of the giveaway apartments!
Simple commonsense; only a fool would not know that; think about…
Makak-Dods, here we go again, major owner of real estate in LA and elsewhere. The only real estate you own is a tent in the slums of LA and another one with holes in the slums of Frisco which you rent out for a dollar a night. You just can’t help yourself. You are and always will be a shyster. Mash Rex!
You that damn Maggie rotting dog, are you not tired of getting insulted by me?
Anything that I rent in America, is better than the pithole you lived in all of your nasty dilapidated life.
Hahahahahha.
You dam dilapidated dog.
I f you are a woman and you want me I don’t you, cause you are a nasty stinking dog.
If you are a man go and hang yourself, because I don’t bull-poop, I am straight as they com.
Plenty bugger-man in Dominica, and where live get one. You are an old degenerative, dilapidated Maggie dog.
Makak-Dods, who is insulting who? Who is jumping up and down like a mad dog? Who is bursting a blood vessel? I’m perfectly calm, I just expose you for what you really are: a shyster and a lonely, disgruntled, wrinkly old man. YOU could never insult ME. Now mash Rex!
Makak-Dods got so upset that he forgot how to spell his own name. Look it, Etinne… Hahahahaha…
At least I have something to rent from which I gain an honest living; but you are a nasty dog, man or woman prostituting your nasty stinking sweaty body!
Be you a man or woman prostitute, that is an indication that you are lower than a dog! because dogs do not prostitute themselves except when it is their mating time they mate with thousands of mail dogs eh!
Hahahahahahahahahahah!
Mash you ole magga flee infested dog!
After this insult here if you return for more that will tell me you have no concept of the word shame eh!
That’s what happens when they have these laughable triple barrel names… sometimes they forget. In particular him being a senile old fool already.
Etinne-Dods Makak, you seem to know rather a lot about prostitutes, whether male or female. I all long knew that you had a secret life. Shysters always have! We got you! Now, mash Rex, back in that little leaking dog house of yours. Real Estate for sure. Who is the one with no shame? You or me?
You insulting old Goat!! You know last time I drove down your area your house isn’t all that. A question for you old Goat.. Are you living on Section 8….Govt subsidies houses. YOU BETTER off in Wesley.. Stay there and collect your little monthly Medicare…SSI check. WE DONT WANT YOU IN WESLEY. I am number two queen of Wesley……
Guess what Makak..Son.. with all these false he still looks better than you. Your knowledge is pale compare to him. Stop hating leave his son out of your trash. You are waste of space….Mal Kabwit……
Yes Roosevelt, keep the boy out of the picture before you contaminate him and spoil his childhood.
He cannot afford a baby sitter, so, he keeps his son with him wherever he goes. Got a problem?
I know he can’t but he is shameless enough to charge his child care to the state. What about the designer clothes for him and his better halves? Sorry, ment to say half.
Ministers own multiple homes on the public servant salary. Are you trying to appease the minds of the people who asking questions as to why inland revenue refuse to investigate?
17 homes?
Who is the CTO?
chief technical officer……can you explain what this project is about?
Anytime you hear Skerrit talking dem talk outside of the ministry officials is a boboll. House for a vote? You can easily pull and carefully handpick 17 supporters from the constituency and give dem a house. This is not immune from your political interference especially when is your big mouth that mentioning it……. and it doesn’t really connect with de community genuinely. What positive impact will this have on the community?
That is all you can do?
You run out of ideas for development? Big building going up in de middle of the city and de public can’t know de owner……. you call that development?
foreign News media will let us know what we need to know.
Dominicans with all those building these guy puting up anywhere, and everywhere , do we have a sewage system or a recycle plant in Dominica ? if not in a few years the grains and ravine will be contaminated . Roseau have a stench that just not going away, those in charge not thinking of tommorow, the people don’t care about their kids that gonnar be play around those places . People expose to sewage comes with uncurable diseases we already have them in dominica . Maria destroyed the houses but it brought the after effect, which is things we never had in Dominica like funny animals all different plants that’s killing our vegetation who is takeing care of that am just asking .
And ask yourself if these BS was not BS coming from IBO,why is his party in the dog house since 2000?.if there are 10 comments on any one subject 9 is from IBO.Yet he is so blind,he cannot see he is a jacka to the majority of Dominicans.IBO Dominicans are not listening to you.They will never listen to you.You having been trying for 22 years.You are one of those who rejoiced after hurricane Maria destroyed Dominica.You are like an Ostrich,your head is buried in misinformation,propaganda,fake news and lies.
You are much aware of the answer, Lie Clown. Three things are responsible for this: 1. CORRUPTION! 2. CORRUPTION! 3. CORRUPTION!
If the Electoral System was not CORRUPT why did Roosevelt shelled out $500 000 for reforms to this system immediately following the last general election? He fully well knows it as well as all honest Dominicans and observers.
There was no corruption or corrupted machine. RUDY GUILLUANE. You are pulling a Trump on us. . Concede the election was fair. If your party was brilliant they would show the proof. NO FRAUD. . LET us assume there was fraud. LABOR PARTY us stronger and wiser than your leaders. You mean you all continue to allow this for 2 decades….Wow
You that “Lin clown” is such a JACK AS.! Politicising every garbage uttered by you is not, and will never be, a LOVE for DOMINICA and it’s wellness.
You have to build homes eh cause the population can’t afford it on their own. Dominicans built houses, were starting businesses, went to school and came back. Now only place hiring is government smh. The man has killed this nation. Keep building houses.
Them houses can never be a substitute for election reform.
Khadafy, Hugo, and many others did the same, and the result was a need for people to feel free and be able to take care of themselves, so the people in these countries revolted against the givers of hand me down.
Remember the Chines proverb. Do not feed me, teach me to fend for myself and I will learn how to feed myself. Just imagine, Dominicans had such pride and work ethics that when they went to America, they criticized Back Americans and refused to accept welfare.
Today, Dominicans are accepting welfare in Dominica. My God, what has happened to our people?
Wow! Skerrit building laundromats all over Dominica man? I never knew Dominica had so much dirty clothes that needed to be cleaned. Mervin Paul referred to them as “Cottage without a house “ but I will refer to these 17 as laundromat without dryer.
No man, someone needs to tell Skerrit to leave Canefield East alone. Is that not the same Canefield that is being built by the new middle class and where lending institutions can at least make some money? Look, in the hay day of the 60-70’s when St.Aroma was being developed by the middle class there were no subsidized housing built there.
Why would Skerrit put subsidized housing in a place that is thriving? Why don’t he put them Morne Daniel? But that good for some of the red red red people up there on the morne. Their property value will soon start creeping down leaving them with $0 equity. Go Skerro go!
The government’s housing initiative is a device that keeps those in receipt of – or in hope of – free housing bound to the person/party they perceive as the giver. If another party gains control they fear they would lose their concession.
I have heard this at firsthand from many of those who have “benefited” from the scheme.
In the meantime, Montreal Management is doing very nice, thankyou.
Roger, I just hope that the beneficiaries of this govt. housing will be able to feed themselves and their families, never mind access to public transport and light bills.
Not only Montreal Management but also Skerrit and some of his cronies. Stop pussyfooting around that so called PM. Who is afraid of the big bad wolf nowadays. Put hine in a cage!!
These UWP people with all their long words,big English and degrees.The majority of Dominicans know,since the housing revolution started there is more money flowing in the country.It is an uncontested fact that thousands of people who once paid rent are no longer paying.The $500,$800,$1,000 and$1,500 rent are now going into people’s pockets.Right now with DLP in power,there are over 37,000 registered vehicles in Dominica out of s population of 72,737.Go to Roseau small businesses on every corner.Our women is a sight to behold immaculately dressed,expensively dressed,shoe to match,dress to match,finger nails of the highest quality and hair out of this world.Go to the market,we cannot consume fruits, vegetables and meat we produce.Haitians are sending millions back to Haiti,made in Dominica.Hundreds of Dominicans are returning,reunion in every village.There are always a bunch of crooks,liars and traitor in every country.The good thing is the majority of Dominicans has been listening…
Let’s see if those houses that are to be built in Canefield East are as small as the ones built in communities in the country side. I doubt they will be but prove me wrong for once. Let it be equal, because what is good for the goose should also be good for the gander.
Seventeen homes for our red dressed supporters. Really these houses should be for the persons MOST in need but…
All these houses being built, and no certificate of titles are being issued to the residents. Who really owns these houses?
Don’t really matter, their live span is 20 years tops.
People, take a close look at the stomach of the greedy glutton in the forefront of the photo. From the look of it, the man appears to be eleven months expectant with child.
What is unsurprising is that most of the male members of the cabal walk around with protruding abdomens. Their snouts are deeply in the public trough.
I sometimes read your comments regarding Skerrit and they are usually negative. So, honestly, how do you explain his success at the ballot box when the elections come around?
As I spelt it out to Lie Clown, it’s quite conspicuous – Corrupt Electoral Practices.
Why do you think the perpetual LIAR recruited Dennis Byron to reform the electoral system?
What you should be asking is why this inordinate delay to the electoral reform report.
The electoral system is so riddled with loopholes for corruption that if Jesus were to contest an election against the DLP, with the current system in place, He would lose.
WOW IBO..now uou are putting Jesus kn the same level as man Here Ibo..You are in error and blasphemy for your knowing Jesus has never lost a battle. He is Omnipotent. HE CANT FAIL AND HE CANT LOOSE. Shame on you old man.
Do not confuse Jesus with God, please. He was his son and human too.
I should ask you why is the PM so afraid to implement electoral reform?
Where is the byron report? where is the clean voters list? where are the voter id cards?
How can you call the man a greedy glutton when the man has to eat to live and you Ibo lives to eat.
Good one, Lie Clown. You made me laugh even though I’ve heard that joke before. You should try comedy.
Sorry, I meant ds. Are you on the comedy circuit around NY?
Slowly that D ip S tick is establishing himself as the Chief Comedian. Another new Ministry for a Labour supporter that doesn’t live in our country but is going to get a salary of $50,000 p.a. and bonus payment from the ‘secret stash’ of around $250,000 p.a. for staying loyal to liar in chief.
“Seventeen (17) homes are currently being constructed in Canefield East as part of the government’s housing initiative.”
One is aware that all kinds of powers have been attributed to the Honourable PM, but constructing 17 homes? The old idiom, money can build a house but not a home, rings true. No amount of money, power, or politics can construct a home. And, one does not need a house to create a home. Just ask some of the people who still have their homes under the tarpaulins.
Why don’t shut your mouth for a while. It would do you a whole lot good. You just keep belching bubbles. Find some meaningful work to do and stop talking s…. Do you want him to build 17 houses in your backyard? When people like you have nothing good to say about anything then the alligator gets out of your jaw.
There is certainly something that our dear friends in Canefield East may not be telling us, and that is these new houses may not be for everyone. In fact, the houses may already be earmarked for specific residents and future residents with the propensity for velvet clothing or good lungs to shout out the “L” word when the need arises.
The alleged current de-facto housing policy orientation seems to have at its heart, a conflict with the party’s motto: All Shall Eat. This should also translate to adequate housing access for All. Is there a house in the Canefield?
Gerrymandering in all but name.
America taught you a new political word, gerrymandering. God save America.
Let me start by quoting a frequent blogger on this site by the name of Elizabethixavier. Most times I don’t read her comments because she really doesn’t have anything to offer except to defend the evils of Skerrit no matter how bad they are. But here is what she wrote when Mervin Paul embarrassed Reggie Austrie and his own Skerrit party:
“ Idira, you have spoken my thoughts here. I just do not understand why people believe that the Government simply have to build houses to give to them and their family.
What is really the priority of the people in Dominica?”
Let’s not blame the people but blame Skerrit for this housing foolishness of his. Is Skerrit trying to say he building houses all aver?
Even if I voted UWP out in 2000, it is a fact that they were working all over and money was flowing. But Labor not working anywhere and people are much poorer.
Skerrit that money you wasting all over why not use it to put people in a job to help build the economy?
Your housing program doesn’t help the economy and instead it’s killing the country.
Why are you taking millions of dollars to build apartments for people free of charge? In most cases people that never had a house during Maria and some never planned to build a house where you building for them.
Skerrit, God’s concept is man should live by his sweat Gen 3:19. Furthermore a man should leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife Gen 2:24. The two should decide if they going to build and where. To have a government doing nothing except to handicap a nation is very troubling!
Furthermore, how could it be fair for me to pay over a thousand dollars every month for my mortgage and car while some are getting government houses flipping free?
Man I believe those of us that are paying a monthly mortgage should take a collective decision to stop paying the bank so if is a national crisis Skerrit is trying to create we would be able to save our money in a hole somewhere.
When you say the housing program doesn’t help the economy, and instead it’s killing the country, do you know how silly you are. The building materials to construct these houses, are bought locally isn’t that monies being put into the economy, are there not local tradesmen employed to build these houses. As to the rest of your comment, it is just utter nonsense and shallow. Wow, is it God concept that man should live by his sweat, really, lol so long
Gary, the occupants of these houses are still dispossessed as they have to legal documents of ownership to these public edifices.
By allowing his most monomaniacal supporters to temporarily occupy these houses, Roosevelt is making them feel eternally indebted to him. That’s all.
He, and his sheep-like disciples, should create an enabling, economic environment for most citizens to earn to own for themselves.
Are you an occupant of one of these houses, Gary?
Why don’t you think as well as you write, lol. Do you think that sitting behind your computer writing such comments, you are going to achieve anything, lol. You described the people who receive homes from the Government under the housing revolution as monomaniacal supporters. Take a look at your behavior on this forum, and you will see who is monomaniacal, isn’t your constant obsession and fanatical behavior to one cause or idea monomaniacal, why, it is your political partisan beliefs, you are hard-wired by it, that is why partisan politics is said to be hell, it is so sad what such partisan beliefs can do to a person behavior;
Yes, your behavior and your beliefs cannot and have no impact as to the direction the Country is going, so long.
I didn’t mean to thumbs up wish I could undo
Foolish you foolish . All materials government taking is purchase order and thise bills staying unpaid and the poor businessess suffering. We always have to call treasury for cheque and cheque never ready. So what you talking about. Is time those business places eejéct purchase order from govt let them come with their cheque. At the end if de mo th my boss have to say you will get pay later…nonsense. all becuz skerit killing de business and de country
Why do you make up imaginary nonsense to defend your partisan politics. I’m referring to your statement ”All materials government taking is purchase order and these bills staying unpaid and the poor businesses suffering. ” Is this a fact, are you a business owner. To suggest that businesses reject a purchase order LPO from govt, let them come with their check, says a lot about your ignorance regarding transactions done with Government as it regards auditing purposes, be satisfied with your silliness.
And who are the owners of these builders merchants?? Rudolph Thomas, Nassief and Astaphan. All major Skerrit supporters!
You need to shut-up Gary, how can money be spent to build houses and Apartments to be given away free to party supporters help the economy of a country?
There is no return in profits from the money spent, if you have a grocery store, stocked, and to each person who shop you give the goods to them free, how long would you remain in business unless you have an endless amount of money to restock?
Look at this: Have you ever heard of Gaston Brown ” five hundred new homes in five hundred days? Well his program is similar to that of corrupted Skerrit; nevertheless, the recipients have to pay for the house they get.
And here this; Gaston loan the recipients the money for purchase, nevertheless the interest they pay on the loan is much higher than the local banks in Antigua charge their mortgage holders.
So, you see even if Gaston is a corrupted crook he is not as stupid as the Dominica corrupted crook!
Anyway I was told he and Roosevelt attended the same university!
Hahahahahah!
Roosevelt knows he would readily get favourable publicity with this sort of visit and announcement from DNO and the usual suspects ( GIS, Kairi, DBS). He relishes this sort of publicity.
Here are some concerns that I’m most Dominicans would like Roosevelt to announce:
*the long overdue Electoral Reforms Report by Dennis Byron
*the replacement university for ROSS
*release of the tax payers from that monthly financial burden for his opulent lifestyle
*why not advise the DPP to pull those bogus cases against Dr. Fontaine, Linton, etc.
If you are not careful, the media will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing. This is happening in Dominica.
Lovely! Laybah ka twavai!! (Easy now, haters, doh touffay; just get on the development train.)
@Counterfeit Putin
I will be on the development train when feeder roads; livable wages; job opportunities; equitable distribution of public resources; a just justice system; transparency; accountability, an incorruptible electoral system; a new network of roads throughout the country to facilitate more commerce; an end to fierce, partisan, tribal, political disunity.
Once people witness real development, are treated justly and with respect, can eek out a comfortable living, the support will be forth coming.
Okay, imitation Putin?
Definitely Putin, couldn’t be anyone else for sure.
Look it, him and the cabal are totally amassed with what they are seeing! It’s just concrete, Roosevelt. Or do you see something else, we might not see.
Me be a few gold nuggets and rough diamonds they spotted in the concrete.
Why would a Government build homes in Canefield East? Are there housing market failure in Canefield East? The last time that I checked, Canefield East was one of the most thriving land and housing markets for the banks and the private sector in Dominica, so why interfer with that? Are there any economists advising this Government?
Go and build houses for poor villagers who are still living under tarpaulin since hurricanes in 2015 and 2017! Oh I forget, they are not in Labour constituencies, they are not Red so they dead! We are all equally Dominicans with an equal constitutional right to Good Governence and the resources of our country and its Government whoever and whatever political party that may be!
There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that this man isn’t right in his head. Houses for DLP that’s all he can come up with. He loves building the houses because there is a certain formula applied which he loves: a dollar for Hayden, a dollar for the construction company and a dollar for the account in the caymans. But there is even more propaganda: there will be a playing field, basketball court and a community centre. Didn’t we recently hear the same nonsense from Madame Gucci. Every promise that lot makes is nowadays ‘recycled’ by each of them. One problems though none of these promises come ever true.
Canefield already has a playing field (which houses debris, container, old light poles, trucks and heavy machinery) and a community center and a basketball court. You want to still put another community center in all the way up on that hill? Absolute rubbish. What is the Canefield Urban Council saying or doing about this? Or is it just Yes PM No PM. Margaret Doctrove and the rest what is going on in Canefield? Doesnt community councils and village councils have a say in advising their parl reps? to let them know what is needed and what isnt? If not what is their bloody use?
There is a severe shortage of houses in Dominica. It should be a good thing that the government is trying to fill this void.
However, the most needy among us should be allowed these houses and not just boisterous and fanatical supporters of the DLP. These houses are built using money from the sale of our patrimony, so any citizen who satisfies the criterior set, regardless of your political persuasion, should be entitled.
Secondly, no minister should handpick anyone for any of these houses. A non-partisan Board of Directors should decide this.
Lastly, the occupants should receive legal titles to these houses and pay to own. The monthly mortgage can be discounted/inexpensive. Without that legal document of ownership, the occupants will remain dispossessed.
Beware of corrupt politicians giving gifts. Nothing is ever straightforward with them. They always have ulterior motives.
Not a shortage but a dearth of houses in this country. Ibo, you are nothing but an instrument of destruction and animosity.
The truth may caused you severe discomfort, but it’s not a sin. The Butcher of Veille Case is ‘slaughtering’ all the once revered institutions in Dominica, and insulting the people’s intelligence.
I do not want to teach my granny how to suck eggs but dearth has the same meaning as shortage.
Stupid, I am just teasing Ibo, causing him to laugh once again. He needs some comedy in his life. He watches too much soap opera.
Keep[ building, Mr. PM. You have all of my support. Make Dominica greater again under the build back better programme.
Here is Roosevelt’s stewardship. He and his minions are on a HIGH.
*Highest unemployment in the history of the country
*Highest level of poverty
*Highest number of vagrants
*Highest level of corruption
*Highest murder and crime rates
*Highest level of malnutrition
*Highest number of business closures
*Highest youth joblessness
*Highest cost of living/inflation
*Highest cases of police brutality
*Highest rate of utility disconnections
*Highest number of infirm citizens
*Highest cases of child sexual abuse
*Highest numbers of ministers in a government (all worthless esp. Melissa with her miniscule brain)
All fourteen of these are the hard, cold, inconvenient facts. I dare any one of you Roosevelt’s doormat to dispute these with your alternative facts.
Man what ashame , the worse of them all was the selling of Ross University after 40 years, and Ian , Austrie ,Darroux, sat there and listen to skerrit and did not say a word, the two of them on the right of skerrit representing the portsmouth constituency .
just wanted to throw that one i support you a hundred percent.
It seems that you ran out of “highest,”Ibo.
The hardest, coldest, most inconvenient fact for you and your ilk is that the development of Dominica will continue under the DLP and the majority will continue to elect Roosevelt Skerrit, or his replacement, as the preferred leader of this country. You and the UWPWee must figure out why we will always choose the DLP and Skerrit over anything that this current UWPwee has to offer, even in spite of an infinite list of “highests” from your keypad..
The sooner you come to grips with this reality, the better.
Focus on the message and stop attacking the messenger. Is my list of Roosevelt’s savagery to Dominica valid? Of course, it is!
That can read the other way also. PM is delivering the message that his administration has agreed on. He is delivering a message also dose’nt that make him the messenger? why fo you place so much attack on him. You act Like PUTIN against some of his own people in UKRAINE. Why are you trying to kill the messenger?….You said it well. Your words not mine.
These guys are empty vessels. Just as they say, empty vessels make the most noise. That is all they do everyday on this medium platform, making noises and cannot contribute anything tangible and significant to the development of their own country. A bunch of old, useless, recalcitrant, obstreperous, do-nothing UWP bums. Isn’t that an anachronism to have a high school drop-out of the 1950s and 1960s be the leader of a country among PMs of other islands who are university alumni and alumnae graduated in Economics, medicine, law, mathematics, Chartered Public Accountants, Phds. Dem days of Leblance and Baron and Robert Bradshaw, and Paul Southwell and Milton Cato, Eric Gary, and Alexander Bustamante and Vere Bird and Ebenezer Joshua, are long, long over. Get a grip on life and cling to the development train today or else you might get stuck on the tracks or derailed, not for Beta but for worse.
How long did it take you to get all those clever words netted together in sentences and an entire comment? Several days I suspect. Thanks god for Google, D ip S tick.
I doubt that you work in the housing recovery program……..find out about building houses back better HONESTLY AND GENUINELY
Mr. ds, don’t you know that ” Make Dominica greater again” are the words of Donald Trump?
All one need to do is this remove Dominica replace it with America; hence your quote will become “Make America greater again;” don’t you know even in Dominica people heard Donald Trump sang that same song; which after four years of his tenure, he instigate an insurrection to overthrow the now legitimate elected government of the united states?
ds, if you are not residing in Dominica, asks someone in Dominica to send you a photograph of the Roseau river, what you see will make you asks yourself is it worth you disgracing yourself in the support of Roosevelt Skerrit?
With all Roosevelt building, Dominica has the appearance of an aging human; Portsmouth is a ghost town, so too is Roseau, everybody is leaving ds, ask the corrupted crook Roosevelt Chichi Royer Skerrit why?
Roosevelt must be paying you to write such pile of fart!
Building resilience, see what happen in Mississippi flooding?
Why are you so bent on derailing the development train? Get a life, Telemakak and rest your old bones and try to overcome your claustrophobia so you can head back home one day. Dominicans are happy. They are living better off than you are in the mexican crime-infested Los Angeles.
Guy, what sort of development are you talking about: (in Dominica?)
What happens when the sale of passports come to an end?
In any developing country, jobs are the number one priority! If people are able to work and earn a living from good paying jobs, they can fend for themselves, as the generation prior to ours did.
ds, the sale of passports on the island of Antigua has come to an almost stop, since the advent of the abduction of Indian crook that Roosevelt was involved into, with Gaston.
Roosevelt build houses and give to his red devils, how many of the other political party supporters you know got one?
Name the one ds!
I am not claustrophobic ds, I simply will not return to Dominica as long as Roosevelt is prime minster of Dominica.
Again who owns Montreal Management; is it you ds, or Roosevelt Skerrit?
Who is the owner and benefactor of the houses and apartments since the occupants do not own them?
Get smart ds!
Hahahahahahahahahahah!
I know you waiting on the modern airport to be built so you can say to your friends that jet will take me right into my backyard in Wesley. Thanks be to Skerrit. I guess we can expect you home in in 2025. Right?
Not the development train, the corruption train you mean!
Who will be chosen for these homes? Does the government even know how many people thee are in Dominica to know how many homes need to be built? Or are they just building as they feel with no real thought as to the need. Now what kind of buildings are you putting there to put what kind of people. How will this new development affect those who have worked hard and invested in purchasing and developing their properties? Hopefully the Canefield East doesnt turn into bath estate with a bunch of characters moving in to turn the place into a ghetto area.