Public Works Minister Rayburn Blackmoore wants individuals critical of the Roosevelt Skerrit administration to honor their obligations to local financial institutions.
Blackmoore said a group of Dominicans calling themselves ‘patriots,’ should pay their bank loans and overdue taxes.
“It cannot be a person who believes they have a right not to pay the people of Dominica million of dollars, not to pay banks and then they call themselves patriots,” he said.
Blackmoore said those criticizing government are the one ripping off the people of Dominica.
“You need to investigate that and see who the persons are saying these things,” he added.
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DNO,THANKS FOR NOT POSTING MY COMMENT.It’s not the first time this has happened.Seems my comment on the matter also affected you.
Bmoore, in a true democracy. Your carreer in politics would have ended with that statement. As u say it, you would just hear a big paaasshhhh and we would never hear u again.
on your own sword you shall fall oh evil men whose is full of poison . By the sweat of thy brow man shall eat bread.
I have worked, now pay my brother what you all owe him so that he will pay up
That should be fair.
If Blackmore believe by trying to get to those who are speaking out about what is going on in DOMINICA and what the Government is doing to Dominica and Dominicans is to insult them on a personal level regarding their financial debts is the lowest and it’s a personal attact what else will these guys do to stop the people from listening to the Talk Shows especially BETWEEN YOU AND ME and that’s why I do believe that the heat is on they are loosing the attention of the people they are thinking for themselves they do not have that hold on them any more so they have to try to discredit all those that are bringing truth to justice, I stand by the PATRIOTS and mayby it’s time that we should know all their is to know about the other ministers in the cabin not just Skeritt alone Blackmore just open the door so all journalist should feel fee to dig turn the spotlight on them.
Blackmore haven go any class he is a wicked fellow imargin asking him for help and later down the road he disclose the matter because you disagree with him and his party, the man is something else so many things the GOVT need to be doing and you have a minister dispensing bad attitude because he is loosing his grip on the masses.
Hats off the Lennox, Matt, Angelo and all the others that bring us the stories that are plaguing our Island and we the people are listening to it all so Blackmore shame on you that is not the way to silent your critics you can pay your LOANs because you a getting paid for just opening your mouth which is full of hot air what a job to have.
Mr. Blcakmore
That is what you ministers have come too? On the media giving every Dominican who oppose your administration maypwee ? i guess you’re taking your lead from the Pm and tony.
Dominicans are unable to pay their loans but I am sure the Chinese and Gadakan are able to pay all their bills.
is dat, better you say “pay me” hahahaha
MR BLACKMOORE I GIVE YOU WRONG, WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS CALL THERE NAMES SAY WHO THEY ARE AND DON’T CARE A DAM IF THEY DON’T VOTE FOR YOU ,ITS NOT AN EASY JOB , I JUST FIND THAT’S GOOD FOR GOVERNMENT THEY TOO EASY TOO MUCH IS BEING DONE AND THEY JUST TAKING IT LIGHT, WHO HAVE EARS LET THEM HEAR,WHO HAVE EYES LET THEM SEE WHO FEELS IT KNOWS IT.IS TOO MUCH TOO SAY WHAT I WOULD DO TO THEM DIRTY PEOPLE
Pure Crap: This government of which you are PART OF is sick,thin-skinned,dictatorial,
ruthless,despotic,infantile,etc..This is the modus oparandi of you all. Whenever there is dissent by a group or an individual,attempts are desperately made to ‘shut him up”..BUT THE GOOD PEOPLE MUST VOICE THEIR DISSENT,AND I KNOW IT IS TOUCHING SENSITIVE NERVES WITHIN YOU AND YOUR GOVERNMENTS CABAL.!!
all u think all you party will do better.blackmoore do right if it was Ron or eddison that say that you all would shout ass down . all i would do Dominican is kick all you ass. you all don’t now what is good and what is bad
Shame on you Blackmore!! Your behavior proves that you are not fit to hold public office. I can’t believe that people voted you into office, in fact, your type prey on the ignorant and stupid. You are an embarrassment to Dominica.
The people who are owing taxes and are behind on their loans are not fleecing the country; have their siblings in high positions in the Public Service while they are the minister in charge; are able to get undeserved duty free concessions, victimizing workers and are less than transparent in their positions!!
Blackmore you are riding for a fall! the higher the monkey climbs the more it exposes its behind. The same people you pass on your way up are the same people you will pass your way Down!! You have to embarrass yourself so badly that you yourself will have to take your bundle and go!!
I want mr Blackmoore to send that message out to all Dominicans who are owing taxes, aspecially those that are owing millions and refuse to pay. making bad matters worst putting injunction against I.R.D yet still getting millions in duty free concessions…
MR Blackmoore please elaborate on that!!!!
my small taxes are up to date till march..
Alas, when you melay with dogs you getting pice. The counctry will always be dragging because when you have 3/4 idiots that suddenly get rich overnight. Do not know how to work hard and just selling our souvernity and stealing our hard earned tax money. What do you expect. But all that good for us Dominicans we have to take what we
f….k…ng get. Never thought they would reach that level so yoh ka by koo. Enjoy it Mr. Blackmore, when you big you large. sak way coe pawazon. sans wayzon.
All those in agreement, I would like the police, hospital and fire station to go on strike for u’ll to appreciate the taxes!! It is needed to pay for these services and so far Customs are the ones paying for it! Not allu tax dollars. Pay ur Bills!!! Set a good example for your kids!!
I have a very important question; how does a minister of government have access to information such as who owes financial institutions and are not paying? Is that an admission of people not honouring their ‘Oath of Secrecy’ when working at a financial institution? I can understand if he knows who owes the government, but how does he know who is in default at a bank? I can only imagine that nothing in this country is safe.
On the flip side of this, Mr. Blackmoore isn’t it nice to be able to pay your loans every month? A lot of us cannot say the same thing.
Raybun Blackman, that is just shit talk; the kind you have become famous for. It is so shameful for you to resort to begging people to pay up their debts instead of just going after them for the State’s money. The State is filled with legal and intellectual resources, so why not take these people to Court?
By-the-way, I understand that you have a travelling advance since you were a cop and it has not yet been retired. Dont throw stones, boy!
WHAT
HAPPENED
TO
THE
DOMINICA CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION
WEN WAS ITS LAST MEETING
WEN WAS ITS LAST AUDITED ACCOUNTS SINCE IT WON A MAJOR AWARD FOR CONSERVATION
MAYBE THEY COULD WELL PROVIDE ME WITH SECURITY TO PAY BACK MY LOANS BEFOTRE BLACKEE EXPOSES ME
EH BEH LOOK RORO
IS NOT ME DAT DRIVE DADDY TO USA FROM LA POINTE NUH
………..MINE ME TONY IS NOT MY NENEN
CHUPES
CHUPES
CHUPES
I NEED MY LAND IN GWENVILLE SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO PAY MY LOAN
D HOUSING REVOLUTION IN ROSO SOUTH BEGINS CONTINUES AND ENDS ONLY IN KINGSHILL
Blackplenty is an A$$$$$$$
Mr. Blackmore is right. If u live in glass house dont throw stones. A number of people hide in a radio stations and criticize the government. There are those who call themselves patriots, but yet cant show anything for it. The government, through tax payers money provide them with assistance to develop their enterprise, some refuse to pay back, yet criticize the government and complain about everything. So what stay mute? Those guys should be exposed. “IF YOU LIVE IN GLAS HOUSE DONT THROW STONES”
ahh some Dominicans are real dummies to put a man in power, have him live on our taxes, build his big house and turn around and ask for more taxes to pay his bills and to give those women he takes to restaurants. 99 days to do all ur shit Blackmore, along with ur other members but one day for the ballot.
By the same standards he should publish the names of companies owing taxes.
Tell it to them AGAIN!!! Let them get BLUE (and GREEN)VEX!! These evil, double-standard,wicked idiots who are bent on getting in power at all costs NEED to stop robbing the treasury of Dominica. It MUST stop NOW!!!Let them run their mouths all they want. this nonsense MUSt stop!! DEAL WITH THEM!!!!!
I agree with Mr. Blackmoore. Too many excuses when the shoe is on the other foot.
MY GOd ! ! MR BLACKMORE, THIS STATEMENT IS DISTASTEFUL, ITS DISGUSTING, ITS LOW-DOWM, ITS DISHEARTENING, ITS OUTRAGEOUS, ITS FRIGHTENING ! ! YOU ARE THE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS-
DNO , where is the balance of my comment ? There is nothing rude about what i said.
Before I really make an observations /comment I would like to ask DNO is that all minister Blackmoore said and in what context was he speaking?Because I’m not going to get hot as of yet until I understand where Blackmoore getting off being so low down garden variety copawazon avec indiscreet. Does he not see the news reports?If the big and rich USA have people in default, DA have no comparison.
Where is the investment opportunities your Government has provided to enable Dominicans to pay their bills. Under UWP MONEY was meeting MONEY.Put the country to work and stop begging.
How many business ideas you have for Dominica?
I don’t mean big business-Small business that could employ about 1-5 people.
The way I see it, I have three small businesses in my mind to open in Dominica. They are simple ideas that I think will generate a small profit and employ about 15 people.
There currently are none of these businesses on the island so it will not infringe on an existing local business.
We talk about the Government this and that and they should create jobs, but pardon me when I say some of us, not all, but some of us are too DAMN Lazy. Too Damn Lazy!
A man can leave all the way from Haiti and come to Dominica start planting and take his produce to Market to sell to feed his family. The Government did not create the Job for him; he did it on his own. He filled a void and now that same man now has the Market Open all days of the week.
If I am wrong then I apologize, but I doubt it.
We should all pay our loans too…he is right. Too many big boys on Radio disparaging the Prime Minister and others and getting personal, yet when he sends out a salvo…we crying….Election comes in 2 years.
That is a new low. That is what i call gutter politics. Mr. Blackmoore is intellectually bankrupt.
What services Govt providing for people too pay so much taxes?
Sickening… no class… doh know how Dominicans vote these people in power.
I think it is high time that our esteem Ministers and other people who hold offices of importance in Dominica start acting like professuonal and educated people. I am fed up with Ministers embarrassing me and the people they represnt with their lack of education and gutter politics. It is high time you all get out off that nonsense. It is not everything the opposition say you have to reply too. Blackmore you have been in politics too long to be speaking like a 4th grader. I would advise you all to go and educate yourselfs in the art of public speaking, get an advicer and someone to write your speeches before opening your mouth. Frankly I am ashamed to read some of the comments of some Ministers and oppisiton members. Please Ministers of Government take politics in Dominica to another level please. Let it start with you all. Think before you open your mouth. Write it first, then read it out loud to yourself before you take it to the public and the WORLD WIDE WEB.
The Government and the Banks need to deal with everyone or every organisation that owe them be it tax or loan but DNO is not the forum for this matter. When I say deal not deal with those that do not support you only but everyone one of them be it your brother, best friend or enemy. You all must be partial when dealing with this matter. Let Dominicans and others see that the Labour Government stand for something, intergrity, honesty and fairness.
poor skerrit
What a burning shame eh! How on earth that these guys got elected? They lack the basic decency to deal with the everyday issues that confront them. Instead, they resort to gutter politics and the destruction of those who don’t dance to their music. How long will they last, my fellow Dominicans?
Blackmoore should ask the lord to forgive u . because we are all dominicans and we are in it together.so why should u trash your people .it is time to be one people not divided in other for our country to grow.do u think that enyone would willfully not paying there loan if they can.we dominicans are proud peopleso dont try to degrade us any more than we are aleady.you should be a shame for what u said.any way we will pray for u.
aye! boy dominicans not easy eh…look at how di man givin people maypwee dere…so direct and in your face…whooosh! mr. bold eh! looooooooool! what a laugh! good times!
I’ll make a couple of observations here.
1. If these individuals or companies are owing the government, then it behoved the necessary government department(s) to try to collect said monies owning. If they do not have the ability to pay, it remains a liability that the government can claim at any time those funds become available.
2. If he is referring to companies, again the government has the means to collect that money, privided the companies are profitable. If they are not, then he may want to question why they aren’t. It could be the result of poor management, but it could also be because of a poor economy, which by the way, the government has some control over.
Either way, he is better off to keep his mouth shut because these statements are very unbecoming of a minister of government. These guys are too petty for the positions that they hold. Typical banana republic mentality.
More power to that!!!!!
Oh so true. Each and everyone of them act like petty school boys. Their mouths are in gear, but their brains are sleeping.
If they are having problems in collecting unpaid taxes/loans, I suggest they employ qualified Credit Controllers to do the collecting for them. I’m sure there are many on the island (me for one).
By the way how and where did Blackmoore get the information of the patriots who are not paying their loans? Have the financial institutions been providing government officals with these people’s information?
Minister pay Public Works Cooperation, so they can pay me and I can pay my loan.
indeed!
DOMINICANNNNNNNNNSSSS I HOPE ALLU LIKE WHAT ALLU GETTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU KNOW I AGREE WITH MR BLACKMORE TELL THEM BIG WINGS TO GO PAY THEIR TAXES.I JUST DONT UNDERSTAND DOMINICANS ON A WHOLE THEY ARE TOO WICKED FOR NOT PAYING THEIR TAXEX,IF IT WAS IN AMERICA THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEIR RASS PART WOULD DEFINTELY GO GAIL FOR HOW LONG.DOMINICANS ARE A SET OF WICKED AND SELFISH PEOPLE THATS WHY WHERE THEY ARE THATS WHERE THEY WILL STAY BRAYING LIKE DONKIES IN A BARN.
WHERE YOU EVER HEAR PEOPLE DONT PAY THEIR TAXES? ONLY IN DOMINICA ALL YOU WILL STAY AND BASH ALL YOU MOUTH.BRAINLESS SET OF IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND THATS WHAT I SAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would agree with Blackmore if he would be willing to say the same thing to ALL Dominicans not just those he vex with. Some how this handful of people will always cause an 18-3 government to sweat blood and tears always crying foul…alas labor alas…..bunch of wimps. 18-3 and all you making to little people make all you cry and call people name?
By the way there are people in the party that have had their brushes with the law…..i know u dont want to see them in jail…
Show some balls blackmore…next year the Chinese Railway Company will be doing everything Public Works should be doing. Its highway MADNESS FOR A NATION STATE TO LEAVE ITS INFRASTRUCTURAL, CIVIL, PUBLIC SECTORS TO BE CONTROLLED BY A FOREIGN STATE…….CHINA?????/ Blackmore boy……..
Oh sUT UP you IDIOT!!!
ohhh my god! he DIDNT JUST SAY THAT????? LOLOLOL what a slap in the face….Is a good thing i dont have ANY LOAN in ANY INSTITUTION IN DOMINICA. meanwhile, someone very close to me is STRUGGLING TO PAY A STUDY LOAN, AND IS ALWAYS PAYING LATE FEES DUE TO GOVERNMENT INABILITY TO PAY PUBLIC WORKS!!! SALARY ALWAYS LATE, SO LATE FEES ALWAYS ON THE PERSON ACCOUNT. QUESTION: DO YOU ALL PAY ALLU WORKERS LATE FEES ON THEIR LOANS??????? RIGHT NOW PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES CANNOT GET CREDIT NOWHERE, there is the trickling down effect u politicians like to talk about!!!!!! government is bad paymaster to their employees so public works employees are bad paymasters to their creditors, MR B STOP TALK RUBBISH, BECAUSE YOU ALL ARE THE CULPRITS THAT PUTTING PEOPLE BACKS AGAINST THE WALL. BY THE WAYYYYYYYYYY WHERE MY TAX RETURN MONEY ALLU OWING ME SO DAMN LONG!
What a fool…
sir,
well persons will become deliquent of their finicial obligation to the banks and inland revenue beacuse your adminstration has failed to provide an enabling envrionment for the growth of the domestic economy.ministers have formed companies and havethe privalge in obtaining government contracts eg, heavy equpitment. also every major capital project is contracted to a forgien company.the public works department has an asphalts plant which remains domant opposed to the french man providing asphalt to the 100,000,000 project. so please Mr,Minister in such a hostile envrionment which is embeded in inside trading how persons having a legitimate business compete?.just look around and all Dominicans will observe the individulas who prosper.
THANK YOU SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BARBQUE WE GOING AND BARBQUE THEM FRENCH MAN AND ALL THE WICKED PEOPLE THAT ENABLING THEM TO DEPRIVE DOMINICANS!!1
IF BLACKMORE IS TALKING TO ALL THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE TAKEN LOANS IN DOMINICA TO STUDY OVERSEAS AND HAVE REMAINED OVERSEAS AND ARE WORKING AND HAVE NOT PAID BACK THEIR LOANS , WELL THEN I AGREE WITH HIM.
BUT HERE IN DOMINICA, THE DLP HAVE TO CREATE THE JOBS SO THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY BACK LOANS.
RAYBURN YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY YOU HAVE A JOB,BUT IF YOU REMAIN WITH DLP , YOU WILL NOT HAVE ONE IN DUE TIME, WHERE WILL YOU GET MONEY THEN TO PAY YOUR LOANS??
called there name and who they owing .Next level a tooth for a tooth
things so hard in the country the fellas cannot pay and the red clinic on wednesday closed till the next election.today wednesday i pass there and there closed
I hope this was said at a political meeting. Any other forum would make it distasteful.
Bunch of thin-skinned ministers of government; just like to maypweezay people. For your information Blackmoore citizens have the right to ask hard questions of their government officials and yes, even to criticize them. Whether or not these patriots are paying their loans is left for the financial borrowers to deal with them.
It is easy for Mr Blackmore to come out and say those things because he and his fellow cabinet members are the ones swimming in butter.It does not mean that because someone defaulted on a loan that this person is non patriotic. A true and honorable minister would assess the economic situation in Dominica first before making those comments. It is the constitutional right of every Dominican to freedom of speech and that does not exclude people who have defaulted on their loans.
Is that the mantra of this administration – to stifle free speech by any means necessary. We heard the same thing from the PM on the Tony Astaphan radio show-the humiliation of former PM Patrick John and other Dominicans who have received assistance from government established programs ( Not Skerrit or Labor party programs).This type of behavior is shameful and abhorrent.
i would shake your big togood writing up TRUTH
remember they were not the ones who started the name-calling . Also we should note the context in which the PM and Tony called names.they were actually addressing the insinuations that the assistance or waivers given to some people were corrupt practices and fleecing the the treasury,so the rhetorical question was whether that received by the former PM and others were also corruption and thievery.we need to address things in terms of the context in which they are said or occurred.
Skerrit should have been more professional. There was no need to call the name of the former PM and others in that conversation.
You are so right. I was so appalled when I heard Skerrit on Tony’s show talking about Former PM Patrick John and Dr. Severin and the assistance they were given. These men are just too immature to be governing Dominica.
agreed
black moore you should be the last person to speak.you are not an investor and donot know about job creation and also you are not creating an enabling environment for investors Shame on you.you should apologize to the dominican public and dominicans are hard working people and are willing to take the risk in a hard cash strap economy.you should provide the locals with the same incentives that you are providing the chinese and others,so they can be equally competitive.Skerrit must fire you for making a goatish statement.
Because I do not have the financial means to pay my debts in a depressed economy does not make me a criminal.
MR. BLACKMOORE! THE WHOLE OF DOMINICA IS NOT OWEING THE BANKS, ONLY SOME OF US ARE.
You guys have such double standards. There are big people and companies in Dominica that haven’t paid taxes for years and inland revenue can’t touch them because of they’re ties to government, yet you dere telling poor malaway dat struggling to pay their taxes…
wicked they wicked
What a bunch of CRAP you talking…I didnt hear de treasury asking for lennox, angelo, blessings or any others for that matter to pay their delinquent taxes. Talk about emptying treasury…..for the first time in Dominica we have a 15 member cabinet, with 4 senators and 8 advisors to de little boy Skerrit that makes a body of 27 add BJ makes 28….you know their salary?? talk about cleaning treasury???? you BLIND or what? Or u just plain RED IGNORANT?????
Mr. Blackmore sir…you DISGUST me sir….are any of the delinqent tax payers public works employees SIR?????DO U CARE SIRRR???????When you ready to talk to people like they are human beings then yuou will get a good nights sleep!!!! is not my fault SIR…. is YOU AND SKERRIT FAULT WE CAUSING YOU NOT TO SLEEP AT NIGHT SIR!!!!! NEXT TOPIC SIR!!!! YOU STILL WILL NOT SLEEP GOOD TINIGHT SIR!!!!!
fyi. the treasury said it had no money to pay what they owe to public works, and that they were waiting on port and inland revenue to get money. so re examine what u saying?? by the way u sound like u jealous of somebody,u want to live high too man??
i am never ever jealous of people…i am a person….I WOULD BE A HTER OF MEN. “the treasury said it had no money to pay what THEY OWE TO PUBLIC WORKS AND THAT THEY ARE WAITING ON PORT AND INLAND REVENUE TO GET MONEY”….DID U READ WHAT YOU JUST WROTE …..AGAIN DID U READ WHAT U JUST WROTE? Blackmore is telling people go pay taxes…is he the director of audit? So tell me does Skerrit advisors have to wait on the inland revenue or de port too???? in reference to what Blacmore said i was posing a question to him not you…….DOES HE KNOW IF ANY OF THE BAD TAX PAYERS HE TALKING ABOUT ARE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES. THEY HAVE LOANS TOO. IS NOT JUST TAX THEY HAVE TO PAY. THEY HAVE CHILDREN TO SEND TO SCHOOL NOT JUST TAX. go back and read your comment and come again…..i waiting
Ohhhh mesieur…… Sorrryyy I was so vexxx with bmoore I misread your post, now I cool headed I read back and pick it up properly, apologies fellow patriot. Big up
You guys have such double standards. There are big people and companies in Dominica that haven’t paid taxes for years and inland revenue can’t touch them because of they’re ties to government, yet you dere telling poor malaway dat struggling to pay their taxes…
Same Skerit Culture. You fellas need to grow, why drag people’s personal business into this.