The government of Dominica on Monday signed contracts for three hotel developments under the country’s Citizenship by Investment Program.
The contracts were signed with Alick Lawrence, developer for Silver Beach Resort and Spa, Sam Raphael, developer of Jungle Bay Resort and attorney Rose-Ann Charles, a representative of Bois Cotlette Estate, Inc, at the State House.
Addressing the ceremony, Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, said the government has confidence the developers will carry through on the terms and conditions of the agreements and is confident the projects will create employment for hundreds of Dominicans.
“We have Mr. Sam Raphael who has been very much involved in the development of that nature with regards to Jungle Bay,” he stated. “We have Bois Cotlette, for example, who is involved and has been involved in the tourism industry. And Mr. Alick Lawrence who is in my mind the most knowledgeable person in the country on matters related to the Economic Citizenship Program and who has had a very expansive infrastructure internationally for the last 25 years or so in respect to the Economic Citizenship Program.”
He said Lawrence has put together “a very experienced team” to oversee the project.
“So we are very confident that we have very serious citizens,” he stated.
Skerrit noted that the projects will generate hundreds of jobs, even for Dominicans living abroad.
“In regards to job creation, we understand and we heard from the developers themselves of the potential jobs that will be created,” he stated. “The artisans, the construction jobs. It has always been my desire, as Prime Minister, to set the country at a stage where who have had reasons to migrate to Antigua and to St. Maarten and to BVI … to come back home to work and to bring the expertise in construction, and also in the services, in particular, tourism to come back home and build the country.”
He said such process has already commenced where several citizens living abroad have returned, providing knowledge in the construction and hospitality sectors.
The Jungle Bay Resort, originally located in Delices, will be built in Soufriere.
The Silver Beach Resort and Spa will be located at Picard Beach and according to its website, will be a 200-room luxury, five-star resort.
Bois Cotlette is located in Soufriere.
Magwa Ca….Dominicans wicked man. You all crying down development,
Really people? Why soo much negativity? I am not a government supporter but sometimes we need to put politics on a side for the sake of the country. Isn’t it a good thing that we will finally see some economic activity in Dominica? There is finally have some hope for D/ca. Sam Raphael is one I have confidence in. He has set has track record and he will keep on doing things for Dca. Soo many idle unemployed people sitting in the various communities idle, don’t we all want them ti finally be productive citizens? Chill people…..think about the country for a change. Too much negativity man.
De it’s hard to be positive when we look at the big picture. The hotel’s on the island are struggling, why would u build more right now . Air access to the island is difficult and we have nothing new to offer tourists. The roads are a mess, and I could go on and on. It seems there is no foward thinking so that’s why people are skeptical
Well Dcans wanted layer so they getting layer left , right and center now
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Skerrit and the Northern boys are NOT stupid. They know their days are numbered so the focusing on their strong hold in the North that will make them even richer after loosing office. Throwing a bone to Sam was simply to pacify the people because no one in their right senses would be against Sam getting this opportunity. The hoteliers in Dca that can’t even pay their bills due to poor occupancy must unite and start the industrial movement to remove these guys out of office. We cannot sit and wait on the opposition. Shame on Alick for allowing himself to be used by El Supremo. Just remember that Maurice Bishop own people threw him out of office in Grenada. And some idiots still there shouting ” Laybar Ka Twavaye”.
Always Assertive!
IMHO Dominica needs a sea plane service. The sea plane can land in Roseau like was done before Melville Hall was constructed and Portsmouth bay, even Soufriere. Before Melville Hall airport was constructed in the 1940’s and 1950’s Dominica was serviced by sea planes. There are pictures of a sea plane called the goose parked in the bay at Cane Field. If these hotels are constructed guests can be flown straight to the hotels that are located on the west coast. It worked 60 years ago before a land airport was constructed why not today. This is just a suggestion.
Senior Counsel Alick Lawrence is looking at a broad spectrum of the economy: 200 room luxury hotel, 600 Dominicans will be fully employed and that is rooms only; several chefs will be required, and the maintenance of the property, farmers, tours and taxi operators will benefit, this is like the ace of harts in a deck of cards. Alick Lawrence is the man for that type of development.
In the UK the English man would always say every dog has its day, this page here tells me why, but having said that reading this articles something tells me this people came out of a dope factory.
Mr Prime Minister and Mr Minister of Health, I am awaiting the announcement and ground breaking ceremony for the New Marigot Hospital with a burnt unit. You all say it’s coming and Linton will put his tail between his legs . Show the Dominican people you are apolitical as you have said. Remember it’s about Dominica plain and simple.
Island empress above prime minister Skerrit said that there will be a new Hospital in Marigot sometimes things take time labour administration is doing well to build Dominica their’s no silver bullet to get things done all at once, most of you all your life been asking God please help me please help me! Mr Skerrit is doing the right job for you guys, but some scumbags and lowest of the low trying to destroy Dominica just to spite Pm Skerrit, next day that same lots would be asking him for help, bloody hypocrite ungrateful lots.
Just want to big up Sam Raphael for Building back bigger and better Jungle Bay in Dominica. Something I have advocated for after TS Erica is hopefully going to happen. This man could Invest somewhere else. And he chooses Dominica. Blessings On The Construction. God will see you through!!! Build Back Dominica!!!! ONE LOVE! ONE NATION!!!
Mr Skerrit, I believe this money would be better spent in the rehabilitation of Roseau and Portsmouth. Give us a town and city we can be proud of: proper sidewalks, upgraded buildings, parking, good roadways, proper drainage, covered drains, plants, proper garbage disposal and so on. It can be done and it will give us a much needed boost because we will confidently visitors into the city.
We will get to the big hotels eventually, but please, let’s lay the groundwork first – clean the back yard. Rehabilitate Roseau and Portsmouth.
Standing from a far laughing at how gullible our people are. I am frankly embarrassed to say am from Dominica. We use to be an intelligent people a proud people – now we are fools hanging at Skerritt feet . Not one hotel has been buiilt in the past 16 years!!! – am staying away papa!!!
Sad,You are welcome to piss off to the USA and don’t come back if you like i can also buy you a ticket to get a fast plane.
Recently Skerritt said that money was no problem.Well how much money is there in the consolidated fund,and how much money has been raised so far under this passport selling scheme.Since this money belongs to Dominicans we have a right to know and a right to decide how that money is spent.This over emphasis on hotel development,putting all our eggs in one basket cannot be a good idea.The existing hotel rooms on island are not being fully utilized and here are more being constructed.It’s like the hotel room business is feeding on itself instead of growing.Skerritt we want to know the facts of the total amount of money generated by the CBI program
Jonathan, are you stupid or just having a laugh Please tell me why should the Pm tells you how much money their’s in the egg nest, would you asked the UK or the USA that stupid question they would tell go take a jump.
In the USA,under the freedom of information Act anyone and everyone has access to public information unless it is declared classified.You must be uneducated
It is crazy in this country…Corruption is now at such a HIGH level that it appears like normal behavior..IT HAS BEEN LEGITIMIZED…..What is going on in Dominica…SHEER GREED AND LUST FOR MONEY….
Am trying to get your point and how it is conected to this hotel debate
Talking about hotel country falling apart when are u going to help the people of checkhall we paying taxes to we all are working people
Skerro is brilliant at what he does – taking Dominicans to be the biggest suckers on the face of the earth!
A nice paycheck to his mates for hotels that will never be built. Again, WHAT IS THE POINT OF BUILDING HOTELS WHEN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES ARE IMPOSING EFFECTIVE TRAVEL BANS TO OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE OF ZIKA (and Yellow Fever, Dengue and all the other diseases soon to be inflicted upon us by the CDC)!!!!!
USA
CANADA
UK???
All all you worth is to post comment after comment. Barking dogs without teeth. All you and all you chiren gonna suffer. Too much malice in de place and obeah. The Devil is fanning Scare-it boom boom and no stopping him now. Keep posting comment after comment; Mr. fat head is not worried, nor is he concerned.
If Dominicans allow Skerrit to get away with this; then the more intelligent of our people can consider Dominicans the dumbest the most ignorant people under the sun!
Sam Raphael, Rose-Ann Charles, Alex Lawrence and et al., are Dominicans by natural birth, so how can they be building hotels under Roosevelt Skerrit economic citizenship program? I thought the economic citizenship program entitled foreigners desiring to do business in the country by investing in some sort of business, specifically industries; be done under the shade of economic by citizenship program.
Assuming a foreigner wanted to invest in a Hotel, that is spending their personal money they bring into the country, on condition that citizenship must be granted, that would be the right thing to do.
It would appear that Skerrit is about to give free money to his colleagues, and supporters and then come here talking crap about singing contract to build hotel under economic citizenship program.
You know there…
You know it would be better if he came out and tell people Dominicans are going to try and develop the country, hence he is using taxpayers money to build these so called hotels that will never materialize.
How can a Dominican be building hotels under the economic citizenship program? Has Skerrit sold any of the three a Dominica Passport, since that is the reason for the sale of our national document. I year for the day when Dominicans will come to their senses, and kick Skerrit and his circus to the curb, where a duly elect honest government can become effective, and investigate all of such dealings in the country, and put away all involve in such cynical conduct in the penitentiary for the rest of their life.
Amen ah Dat…..
I have said you over and over again LET ME LEN MATT WORDS AGAIN. “IT IS HETEEEBTO BE THOUGHT OF AS A TOOL AND TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT”. U have been complaining about our passports being giving to foreigners for (development project) by the way project you all always criticise yea. Now our own is involved you still have criticism. What you really want? It’s simple conclusion logically thinking you hate dominica and you don’t want it to develop. In Portsmouth the kinski hotel going on. Are they not foreigners? It’s sad. But I don’t blame you to much. There is none so blind as those who cannot see. But we the people of this country speak wen we have to. And that is wen the date is called. Stop hating Dominica and give credit where it is due so u can b respected.
Your level of ignorance is as painful as a broken leg. Firstly any and i repeat ANY Dominican can access CBI money to construct anything in any sector in Dominica. As long their proposal and business plan is sound they can access funding.
The CBI program works by allowing Dominicans and foreigners to send proposals to govt to invest in any sector. Once the proposals are approved, the people are allowed to setup or hire an agent to attract investors into their project. The agents collect their fees, the govt gets its fees and the rest of the funds are put into an account where the FS or budget controller on the govt behalf and the business person are signatory to the account. As the proposed project continues the business person is allowed to draw down funds from the account.
Well the proof is in the pudding. Not any Dominican can access CBI funds. People who are well connected to labour power can. And notice there is no imagination all are building hotels. Like some survey showed that we have a high demand for rooms we cannot meet. On the contrary, ask garraway, fort young, anchorage, what their occupancy rate is.
“Once the proposals are approved, the people are allowed to setup or hire an agent to attract investors into their project. The agents collect their fees, the govt gets its fees and the rest of the funds are put into an account where the FS or b”
That is a whole pile of baloney you are spewing, first of all you are here talking about CBI when you should ask, are Raphael, Lawrence and that woman, foreigners to Dominica? If they Dominican by birth, they are born citizens of Dominica, so how can Skerrit make the claim they are going to build hotels under the economic citizenship program?
Do you know the meaning of Economic Citizenship Program? Research the program in Ireland, where the program started, and the Economic Citizenship program of the United States, compare them to what Skerrit is putting in your heads, and see if you can convince yourself Skerrit is mentality, and psychologically corrupt, and should be living in jail!
wait a bit..you seem to have something against locals man….man take a hike with your BS..if skerrit decide to go with our locals,,i am for that big time,,you doh see Donald trump want to ship allu back…give the people a break..if they want to keep their country that is the way to go…I am with skerrit on that move
and further more the objective is to create jobs for locals by locals
You couldn’t have said it better. They keep saying nothing is happening but listen to then well yea and what they making noise about. Have to b some development the government is DOING hahahahha. Boy them people dam a*s yea boy. All they have is maypwi no alternative. Only noise like empty barrels. In 2002 there was a meeting in marigot and a particular members of Paliament told the supporters to ” YOU ALL NEED TO CRY THIS AUSTERITY PROGRAM DOWN BECAUSE IF THIS PROGRAM WORKS THATS IT FO US”. And one attendant to that meeting was soooooo upset he stood up and confronted that MP and left the party and move to the other side. So their moods operandi is to cry down every thing that make dominica look good. But w know them and keeping dem just where they belong. Let me say good day to mr Edmond Henderson. Of marigot my good friend.
Francisco, If you don’t like it, well why are you not doing something about it uncle sam and don’t forget to bring the KKK with you rat bag.
This is just a sham ! This is gross corruption! T
Some body please tell me, is this only form of investment Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit can find?
Boy boy look some educated fools in this country
Move over Bora-Bora, Hawaii, Croatia, Italy and all top destinations. Look Dominica on a fast track to having more hotels than population. We have no way of getting people in or out. existing hotels are triple booked
but we must build.. sas pou faire nah, … What an island! Crapaud population must be on the rise plus maboya, zandolee and poopoole will get place to stay, with penaise and rat as chamber maids.
We have no roads, no airport, the hotels on the island are struggling yet more of the same BS. Give me a break.
Dominicans must be the dumbest people on the planet to put up with this nonsense!!!
ONE DAY WE WILL GET IT RIGHT.. ONE DAY
What about simple things like sewage disposal? Portsmouth has a serious problem as it is already and you can smell it. What about fresh water supply when most of the the island comes to a standstill because of lack of water after, only a few days of rain? Suppose these hotels don’t have water to flush their toilets or launder their dirty linen and clients’ clothes? Don’t forget people not obliged to come to Dominica, there is plenty of competition already from places easier to get to and where things are working properly. What is happening with that Hilton hotel development at Grand Savane by that Dominican from Anguila? Is that already under construction? We hear nothing about that.
But but but, are we really fools here in dominica/ Dominicans, if you havnt read the octopus, you wouldnt understand,
These moneys are being hidden under hotels name ,but most of it is to be used for the next election, that is ,putting things in place for the next election, They will be using 100 million next election, mark my words they just cannot afford to lose, There will be no voter ID implemented, Chinese will vote in large numbers , and over 10 thousand people will be imported, This is just a small hint, remember , im from portsmouth ,but there is a time for everything,
Next, Who owns coconut beach land? Is it alic?Dominicans, if you dont know ,find out because ,we know , Dno , im giving the story as it happens, For the people needs to know, Few years aback ,some chineys came to survey the land in coconut beach, ao completion they went to the guy who owned the boats on the beach to get a boat to sail with no money, Guess what they told him/
all the millions frozen in panama with Fonseca, s no more money, but sell more passports again an doh pay no VAT No taxes again
Keep going Scare-it. You still have some rope left on your spool. When you get to the end, hold tight.
have u noticed no new hotel can ever be built ten miles close to Fort young… Try nuh if u bad for de super-pac to pull der money out de campaign
I had predicted since early last year when the real estate aspect of the economic citizenship program was introduced that it will result in more corruption. Today that is glaring. Are Dominicans aware that those interested in acquiring our citizenship will be the ones financing those luxury resorts at US$220,000.00 per room and they won’t even have full ownership. The developer without putting a penny down stands to become a multi multi millionaire at the end of the project. This is not about job creation but creation of more wealth for a select few ……. Any thought given to conflict of interest? Shame, shame, shame!
Complete and utter BULLSH*T!!!!! For one the investment is not sold by room. If someone is interested in investing in a particular development they invest EC$220,000. They then have the opportunity to apply for citizenship. The developers DO INVEST THEIR OWN MONEY. They must spend to 1st acquire the land where their development is going to be. They also MUST SPEND THEIR OWN MONEY to develop their business plan, marketing plan, operation plan and construction drawings. Which aren’t cheap. So your comment is complete false.
CarltyMas: I am quite familiar with the program. By the way it was copied from a neighboring territory except this one chose to make sales of those rooms exclusive to agents of passports and not real estate agents on island. And I call it rooms as the entire property is referred to as a hotel by gov’t, not me. Should I call it a house. The economic citizens investment as you called it is what is used to finance construction of the project, so what is your point about my comment being false.. Let’s call it exactly what it is – I am 100% accurate in my statements. What is the cost of the business plan, operation plan and construction drawings? This is peanuts when compared to the mint that the so called developers will be making from the project. A corrupt gov’t and the corrupt cabal will continue to exploit this country and everyone will remain silent. One of those days, God must free us from this madness. Dominicans wake up from your deep slumber.
I notice you ignored the part about the purchase of the land but thats cool. Also a local business plan in Dominica runs $5000. So i’m pretty much sure, big projects like this with millions to spend would cost significantly more.
You should call it a hotel investment, that is exactly what it is. Someone can write a project tomorrow to construct a factory funded by CBI, would they still be rooms then?
A great fanfare about nothing.Jungle Bay and Bois Cotlette we’re Announced months ago,and another pretty picture of a Proposed Resort to join the other majestic schemes.Pipe dreams for the gullible.
Excuse me please,
where are the access for those hotels
What has happen to the layou river hotel? this matter will never go away Mr. Skerrit please answer this question.
The same builders from Trickidad that pull out of Layou because of faulty concrete are the one building the Empinski. Go figure! Once bitten twice shy they say, but no not in Dominica with Halleluja Skerrit.
Is so Dominica come? Alick Lawrence, is on the ELECTORAL COMMISSION, as Skerritt’s DLP Gov’t representative.
Alick lawrence is telling and showing us that he could be selling our passports, making millions, now “INVESTOR” hoping to build million $$$$$$$ hotel, but he refuses to reform the electoral process. Alick Lawrence and his ilk has stubbornly, and only in their interest, refused to ensure our elections in Dominica are FREE and FAIR. Years upon Years now, Dominicans have been pleading for changes for free and fair elections. But the Cabal have other plans for staying in power, by all means possible But.he and his friends could become MILLIONAIRES, in quick time, selling our passports. A few wealthy, taking advantage of the majority. They have forced a culture of “SELLING our SOVEREIGNTY, SELLING our PASSPORTS, willy, nilly.”
Such behaviour is EVIL. How do those, who have acquire higher education, enforce their new kind of slavery on a struggling…
Sounds good…..however, what airline, in what season and when at any one time will these hotels be fully occupied? Are these going to be another white elephant? Hon. P. M. Skerrit, Stop putting bricks in mid-air.
In the Portsmouth area where we see true evidence of tourism, thanks to Ross, we have many apartment rooms that are practically empty or investors were forced to charge far less to get students. In fact many say they are competing with government ministers who owns villas and that’s why their business falling. It is a fact that a deceased minister left apartments for a current minister and that too crashed. Yet Skerrit and his gang building hotels all over. You talk about corruption and deception. In Layou we see hotels were building but were never finished. In Possie they did a little better because they built Morrocan hotel but the doors are stock in the sand and it cannot open. Less than a mile away they gave 15 acres of our land plus over 800 of our passports to build their Kampuski hotel, yet less than two miles away they have their villas that they lied about. These corrupt government needs to go out ASAP and the sooner, the better for Dominica
This is total nonsense. The only form of investment Dominica and the government know, it to build hotels?
Shame shame shame.
Most of the apartments at Picard are empty now; te banks are repossessing most of them.
In a few years, if this gov a ment is still in powa, we will end up with many abandoned buildings looking like they have ghosts haunting them.
I’m SAD
And their guests will all be coming by canoe.
Signs that tourism is booming and more hotel rooms are needed would include the following:
1. Increase in visitor arrival. In Dominica is the opposite.
2. Improved air or sea access. In Dominica under Skerrit we all se the opposite
3. An increase in reputable car rental. In DA private owners renting cars that not even insured.
4. Increase in sale of agriculture. Here we have the land but we have to import
5. Increase in sale of local products such as craft work. In DA we see the opposite
6. Increase of employment to serve tourists. Here not even NEP workers are attached into tourism
7. Increase in hotel occupants. It’s the opposite here
8. When increase in all of the above become visible, the PRIVATE SECTOR take it as a sign to build hotels /guess houses as seen at Ross from the late 80’s. NEVER the government!
9. In the absence of all of the above and when the government becomes the investor, it is a STRONG sign of DECEPTION and CORRUPTION!
1. Actually there was an increase in arrivals from 2013 to 2014. There was also projected to be another increased in 2015 had Erika not hit us. These statistics can be found on the Tourism website.
2. Air access post Erika is the best it has ever been in Dominica. The ferry have recently started increased calls to Dominica.
3. I’m 100% sure you can’t prove that statement about insured. And even too the “reputable” car rentals seldom have a full lot of vehicles parked. IE their vehicles are always rented.
4. There is an increase in agriculture production for export that’s for sure. However wouldn’t the opening of these hotels increase local sales which would be a good thing?
5. It’s ridiculous for you to think the further development of the tourism industry should hinge on the sale of craft. That is just laughable. (The govt should think…. booyyy them crafts not selling nuh, we cannot invest in new hotels)
6. We have more trained tour guides than ever before. I’m sure they’re not being trained to go sit down at their home. Rather they will be engaged during the season. In fact just yesterday the representative for Bois Cotlette indicated they’ve in just 4 years hosted over 5000 cruise visitors, and are now directly contracted with 9 cruise companies
7. Hotel occupancy will increase as a result of these new hotels due to spill over. Further gov’t has gone ahead and offered to existing hoteliers a special loan facility to improve on their hotels.
@CarltyMas, let’s please put partisan politics a side just for one minute and please answer this simple question as honest as you possibly can.
Carlty, based on the reality on ground in Dominica and all the points you pointed, would you sign off on a loan to build a hotel anywhere in Dominica at this time? I mean before the 2000 elections we see many Dominicans both DLP, DFP and UWP supporters take huge loans to buy heavy equipment for the International Airport UWP bought land for and had studies conducted. That was a positive and tangible sign that there was a true vision for an airport, and therefore many invested in that vision.
Carlty can you see any sign of a vision that would prompt you to invest in a hotel or any meaningful projects in Dominica today? It is time that we STOP DECIEVING our people man.
Man, this is old news. Why Roosevelt Skerrit re hatching that? What about the Moroccan fiasco and the Layou river debacle? More to the point, how are all these hotel guests going to come to Dominica and leaving on time again? Yesterday , they even cancel the ferries between Gaudeloupe and Martinique but nobody in Dominica said anything. Yes I am very pessimistic but that is because of past experience. My boy, seeing is believing.
Air access is needed Mr.Tonge, Mr. Piper your thoughts!
There response “We will be meeting with the stakeholders”. This country has more stakeholders than any other.
No air access, but more hotel, Air Dominica flying to nowhere
Get Larry Love from Soufriere with one of his grandiose schemes to fix that. Just give him your money and he will produce all that out of thin air. Just like polticians that build castles of sand on promises.
We are here in Dominica and cannot find favor with your operatives due diligence to figure which side of the fence we belong to; is it blue/red/green, as if we are asking for something we have no rights to; then in a complete freak show you ask Dominicans possible able to get favors from a foreign government to come home, where we are being marginalized for employment. Your litmus test to get a job=red because of the paranoia in your government to starve anyone who does not support you. Please Dominicans where ever you are take it from someone who is on the ground, you are better off being where you are, as the saying goes a prophet is never honored in his land. If you are a foreigner, sure you are welcome because they are the ones working the big projects and have a supporting cast of token position as security and a few truckers. More needs to be done to effect your call for us to come home. Action speaks louder than words, so stop the talking and criticism of your people to bld D/ca
The citizenship program should be renamed, the citizenship hotel development program. In recent times, the only international projects that appear to be associated with the program are the constructions on hotels. We are not hearing nothing significant in terms of the improvement of air and sea transportation to accommodate the many hotels coming to Dominica. With all these hotels being constructed , it will be interesting to see what effect the many hotels are going to have on the established hotels like Fort Young and Garraway. Knowing Skeritt, with all those hotels being built, expect something big in the next two or three years. Remember de ole talk about ten thousand Chinese settling in the Portsmouth area, keep your eyes and ears open Dominicans.
@crime stoppers….hotels before air access…you deemed your question interesting !!! but if you do not beds to sleep on..why are you air accessing…which comes first..the cart or the horse???
I say build the hotels first…then worry about air access after..who knows after all the emphasis that has been placed on an international airport…we might just see one very soon..i do not think skerrit is that DOM
But there are already hotels in the country whose rooms are mostly vacant..How many empty hotel rooms and failed hotels do you want to see
I d say fill the hotels we have – demonstrate increasing stay over tourist over a periid of 5 years. But it is very interesting the same Laborites were saying we dont need an international airport because we don’t have the traffic but now they are suggesting that we build 5 more hitels even if the existing hotels are operating at 30 % occupancy.
Don’t even talk of a horse my man, in Dominica is a donkey that always comes first.
Man i tired of hearing hotel sign, hotel being build. What happen to the one in purple turtle? Give me a break.Dominica have no air access, no good hospital don’t talk about roads these people by investment program cannot give Dominica one of these things? This is a pure gimmick
All this Money around & we can’t fix up the roads in Roseau.
Where is the dam airport to back up the hotels Mr pm? Am a taxi driver and I come in contact with visitors every time, you know what they saying to me, dominica need an airport because it’s to expensive to travel to Dominica that is much closer than Europe that’s is much further and they get there much faster than coming da, so please do some thing about that airport please Dr pm
There is no activity on the Boss doable to Deices road. The contractors employee sits in his vehicle on the job somewhere.
It appear that the contractor moved his equipment contracted for the job to the Melville hall airport where he has another job from the government.
Did the contractor breach his contract again?
I remember when he breached the pond case to marigot job.
De government was pumping it’s chest about penalties!
After over $1 billion EC of damage just 12 months ago.
1 year later de Chinese yet to put a pick axe in De ground.
5 star hotel cannot remedy the damage caused by Erica skerrit.
Even after the hotels were to be built petite ssavanne, coulibistrie and Boetica will still be behind god back.
No commercial jet aircraft will be landing at marigot. De high speed ferry service will still be a dream.
That money will burn like layou.
De area will be left as a disaster zone like layou hotel and de Moroccan hotel.
Easy money! !!
It’s happened…
Fort Young is struggling, Garraway is struggling to keep their invest afloat and keep salaries going for the small staff who all have a family to feed. Anchorage is here and there, Castaways s gone, Jungle Bay being replenish, hurricane washed away, understandable, but all these other big wigs of hotel, not mention or have forgotten the Morocco fiasco, are these Labour government clowns serious about development, or are attempting to say we have money we need to prove something whereas we do have the structure and institutions to sustain al these hotels, have we?
God help us from these satanic verses in government. Our people are blind
Fort Young struggling but yet still they have been expanding for the past 15 years and still continue to upgrade. What are they struggling with?
Are we serious or are we just fools…What are we doing with all those hotels. we can’t even get the few that we have half filled but we are building hundreds of more rooms. For who we are building these hotels, pigs and goats are ok where they are. Man those things tick me off, that is just pure nonsense. Roughly 500 new hotel and no one to put in them.
Now who really owns the area where coconut beach hotel was?…lol…lol..lol… man look donkey dung in Dominica.
Yes! you all are fools and beggars. One man is causing a whirlwind of disaster, and no one; not one Dominican can stand up and say enough is enough. Suck de SALT, man. Just suck it.
the Title is in my Draw MY OWN, cum see what brain damaged retarded Moronz did to vandalise the karam family place, destroyed it in pieces, 15 years we cannot get a buyer, no buyers 15 years, no Investors, because of the dog eat dog country I was born in , with hate jealousy envy grudge and pure hate,,
Karam…you are the number one spewer of hate in Dominica. What else do you expect to sow? No one will do business with you because you show no professionalism and cannot separate business from politics. Do some introspection then you will see understand that you are dealing with your own karma.
Sour grapes Pedro. Keep blowing your exhaust pipe and maybe some day we will hear a real tune.
So let me understand this. We have a sub par product, we should seek to promote and sell this sub par product and not seek to improve our product to attract a segment of the market we dont reach?
More reason to put the airport in cabrits.. Let China cut this peaks down and put the airport
no do what Grenada did, they backfilled the sea at Point Salines and built the airport, do the same to Canefield airport and just extend it
Extend it to where?
On an island where leadership is imperative, where an Economy needs Revival, where Education is the key to success; here comes Mr, Roosevelt Skerrit the Redeemer, a grate man for an island like ours the Commonwealth of Dominica.
Why are you people so dumb! Have you asked yourself qho is going to fill up these hotels????? There is no marina.. There is no international airport… Nothing to attract foreigners… Are you people sick or what?
Jeffrey is just being sarcastic, see the humor in it.
Your words of praise excel you.Learn to sell GREAT.
Sorry,SPELL
after 16 years you still hoping for revival, when the leader and his friends are showing of their millions that cannot be linked to their salary.
you are a fool and your comfort is a PROMISE.
That man Alick Lawrence. That passport selling mogul. The man deeply involved in the selling of our sovereignty, selling our passports, especially in the Middle East, now is “Investor” in big hotel project, Skerritt? How many millions has Alick Lawrence amassed over those Years of selling our passport?
Only construction of hotels? The geothermal project, which would bring the cost of doing business, would make Dominica energy efficient, would blah, blah, blah, after all those millions spent, what about geothermal energy? Whose Fools are Dominicans, nuh?
Dominicans, up till now, have not learnt any lessons from that trickery, daylight robbery, fooling an entire nation regrading that failed LAYOU RIVER HOTEL saga. History has shown that it is in construction projects more bobol, fraud, kick-backs happen, especially where there is no accountability or transparency
AL passport selling organiser/seller now “INVESTOR?” Modern Day MASSA? MILLIONAIRE? masses enslaved?
i am a bit lost is Mr. Alick Lawrence represent someone who has participated in the economic citizen program or is mr lawrence the developer because if he is the developer then my next question is is he Mr. Alick Lawrence a born dominican and if so how can he then participate in such a program
So “‘dominican’ always” you expect every big project in Dominica to be done by a foreigner? What sense you making? That not sounding very “Dominican” to me!
We are sick and tired of being Kempskid up the Aye double ess. My focus now is on trying to prove that this government has at least an ounce of decency, by laying the first slab towards construction of the new hospital.
Wait a min..why all these millions are around and the economy is so bad..
we all know many dominicans are foolish and not interested in their upward movement.
the public servants should ask for at least 20% increase…..
look how wicked and evil the regime is..the marigot hospital is dead,,nothing the saying to the people, that’s why i pray daily for dominica to get another TS Ericka as only wicked people deserve that type of disasters on them..
to hell with wicked dominicans………..them off..
You are aware the passports have to be sold and then that money is used to build the hotels? That the money not sitting in a bank account just waiting to be used? You do understand that upon construction and operationalization of the hotels there will be more money being spent in the country, ie. more tax revenue? More taxes means the easier for govt to pay increased salaries etc. Are you saying the govt should take these funds from passport and put it into salaries that won’t generate any income? That’s like owning a business, winning the lotto and using that money to pay workers instead of expanding the business.
Are you also aware of the extensive work done in terms of housing temporarily and constructing a new hospital for Marigot?
hotels before air access… interesting
time will tell