Men on drug charges granted bail amidst carnival-like atmosphere

The accused from left: Garneth Jolly, Orlando Moise, Francis Moise, Clinton Harriette
The accused from left: Garneth Jolly, Orlando Moise, Francis Moise, Clinton Harriette

Four men, including three government workers, who are facing drug charges, were granted bail in the High Court on Friday afternoon.

The men, who have been charged with possession of 30,000 grams of cocaine and possession with intent to supply said cocaine, appeared in a Roseau Magistrate Court on Thursday morning but were denied bail.

The matter was taken to the High Court and bail was granted in the sum of $150,000 each.

The atmosphere outside the court was carnival-like and one observer said it appeared the entire community of Petite Savanne came out in support of the men.

Garneth Jolly, 46, of Loubiere an employee at the VAT Unit and Orlando Moise, 30, of Petit Savanne, an employee of the Ministry of Finance, were represented by attorney at law Wynante Adrien-Roberts.

Francis Moise, 26, of Petite Savanne, an employee of the Ministry of Education and Clinton Harriette, 32, a bus driver of Petite Savanne, were represented by Joshua Francis.

As condition of bail the men are to report to the Grand Bay police station every Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 5:00 and 7:30 am.

They are to surrender all travel documents and stay away from any port of exit on the island and have no contact with anyone associated with the matter.

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256 Comments

  1. PAPAT CHOU
    July 25, 2013

    hmmm bunch of hypocrites in this place. All those sleeping with other ppl wives and husbands, having abortions, Stealing from their employers (even if is a paperclip), dishonesty and the rest, ISN’T THOSE SINS ALSO?? Get away from the personal hatred against people who have done you no wrong in life. I am not condoning what happened but 90% of the comments here are just based on pure hatred and jealousy…GET OVER IT!

    • st joe
      July 26, 2013

      Yea man get over it. Them man are loved and dat making some pple pressure go up.they wish all bad things for them but our love wll prevail over envy and jealousy

    • UDOHREADYET
      July 29, 2013

      What envy and jealousy can free people have for criminals that about to go to jail?
      You do realize their is distinct difference between sin and crime. Sin is for religion and crime is for the law. What the 4 men committed was crime whether you love them or not doesn’t mean cac! yes the comments are generally negative because the people they’re talking about did a bad thing… what do you expect. Only an ignorant person would celebrate criminals. UDOHREADYET!

      • st joe
        July 31, 2013

        Search ur self because u were not caught dnt mean u are better. Hypocrite

      • st joe
        July 31, 2013

        I’m happy u knw d difFerence and knws dat both are wrong. So if their family choose to stand by them love them in good and bad ur heart hurting u. It is obvious 90% of d comments are and I say are envy and hater simple

  2. lime
    July 23, 2013

    Is it the first time drugs come to dominica? Sometime ago customs and police got a boat with drugs they arrested a grandbay guy he is on bail wats u all point. What hs these guys did to u all. Nothing u hv families who do d same but hs not been caught so they follow d laws got bail no problem. Stop asking for their heads all dat is hating and envy over nothing. U all knw fathers who hv babies with their kids ur mouth shut all dat is wrong let them b cause its really had on their families already stop d hating. 18-3lol

  3. Konet Vive
    July 22, 2013

    boy uu see us dominicans, we ignorant. i sure if it was allu family allu would want bail to. allu to so.. pple killl they getting bail so wat happen dey cannot get bail too??????? allu need to sit n think bout wat allu say wit allu mouths eh.. :-? . And DNO nw, allu see outside court was like carnival.. boy pple can say thing wii.. Boy my brodas n dem ome home nw.. is nw party start.. luv dem till death..

  4. repping
    July 22, 2013

    “stay away from any port of exit on the island”? dude are you for real? since when people travelling back door need any legal port of exit. all you full of it, and this has nothing to do with how good their lawyer is, its a matter of who they can possibly implicate if they did not get out. poor my little island.

  5. Stuppeesss
    July 22, 2013

    Smh last time I check getting bail does not mean that the person/people went free. Reading from all these comments alot of you people don’t know what bail is. It’s sad. Why would you keep someone in a cell until the case is called and over with? They did not kill anybody for them to be locked up in prison until their case is called.

    • Konet Vive
      July 23, 2013

      i agree with u …. thumbs up :)

  6. July 22, 2013

    30,000 GRAMS,.. 30 FREAKING KILOGRAMS of WHITE DEATH, and you let them out on bail!!! This court systems is INSANE. This sends a message out to everyone on the island,. that CRIME PAYS. 100% Pure Insanity.

    • Chupes
      July 22, 2013

      Toronto: Just a matter of time. The longest road has a bend and the longest rope has an end.

      • lime
        July 23, 2013

        Educate ur self is dat the first time u hear pple get bail come get them nah they a dominicans like everyone else ok stop the hating please

    • st joe
      July 26, 2013

      I think if u in toranto u should pass ur A back dwn here stop belching there u no noth sutt

  7. Anonymous
    July 22, 2013

    It seems that the mark of success of many Lawyers rests on their ability to get bail for their clients. Even when the crime is horrendous and there are people out there to be harmed if the alledged criminal is granted bail, these Lawyers are not swayed and will go to the Privy Council or CCJ to get their client out on the road. And the Judge on the bench is obviously more concerned with the text of the law rather than the spirit and the safety of society at large. True, a man is considered innocent until proven guilty according to natural justice, but he does not have to be granted bail to prove this cardinal point. Where society stands to be negatively affected by the release of an alledged criminal, the Judge should take this into account when a bail application is made. The magnitude of the drug bust and the known effects of drug on our society should dictate that the Judge act more responsible. Every criminal act committeed here is watered down to putting the criminal back on the streets to frustrate the Police effort in making the State safe. I heard the PM say some time ago that he was contemplating new legislation to control the use and abuse of firearms in the State and, to that extent, the new law would cause an offender to go straight to jail……….go Court case, no bail! It’s kind of revolutionary, that the current situation with crime calls for revolutionary action. So, please Mr. Magistrate, Mr. Judge and Mr. Lawyer, it is not all about the letter of the law; it is also about making society safe.

    • July 22, 2013

      While you are right about the things you said, you also have to remember that the public does not have full access to the details of the case. Gone were the days when people were sent to jail even when they were innocent. Today you have to be so careful that although one may be guilty he still has his rights and any mistake made can cost the government a major lawsuit. Dominicans are too quick to make their own judgements on things without having any idea what the evidence is.

      • Frank Talker
        July 22, 2013

        I hear you, but I will side with the first Anonymous because he is making a case about bail, not about the guilt or otherwise of the accused. A perspn is granted bail, not based on his guilt or not, but whether the offence is bailable and whether the defence lawyer can convince the Magistrate or Judge that bail should not be denied. Almost never do they consider the effects on the innocent public and the trauma to be undergone by victims of the crime. Even where initial evidence clearly point to guilt on the part of the alledged criminal, the law still provides that bail can be granted. This is my concern with the law and the practice.

  8. yes I
    July 22, 2013

    It makes no sense anyone on here talk, that case done, dey get bail see if u ever gonna hear bout that again or if anything gonna happen to them. I feeling sorry for my little island, the criminals rome free while the innocent citizens are held captive in their own homes and with their own fears. sigh smh.

    • Still
      July 22, 2013

      It appears as though you know the facts of the case. I don’t know the facts either. You would think you saw the person commit the offence based on the way you are speaking.

      • yes I
        July 23, 2013

        What u talking about nuh??? u read what i said?? anyone who knows how the system operates here knows that nothing is gonna come from this. In a few days u and everyone else gonna forget and that case just gonna disappear.

  9. wow
    July 22, 2013

    Everyone talks about the lawyers who defend them.

    i say what about the lawyers for the prosecution? It says alot about their ability if everytime the defense is gettign their clients off, or on bail.

    you can’t blame a man for being great as his job and not blame the other for perhaps not beign as good

  10. July 22, 2013

    I am sorry but wrong is wrong..this is the reason why crime will continue to prevail in our society.
    Don’t celebrate when a brother does wrong, he needs to face the consequences that he can learn the error of his ways and possible change…
    It really got me that the villagers came down to support these guys ……bopeh or not my brother u did the crime, u’ve got to face the time..don’t look for me outside courthouse

    • lime
      July 23, 2013

      Dat is ur buisness if u are heartless but their families are not. They dnt turn on their love one u must try loving ur families more

  11. straight
    July 22, 2013

    CRIME PAYS!!!!!!!!!

  12. Observer
    July 22, 2013

    Most of you all are so based on defaming the characters of these guys..no one knows what transpired except them..but you all are already calling the case and finding them guilty..the world is a cycle and I hope none of you find yourselves in a situation like that of of any sought.. just like the police said the guys from grand Bay were arrested at Stowe which is so untrue..the guys turned in themselves voluntarily with their lawyer on Monday 15th..the Police need to report the truth.

  13. Hmmmmm
    July 22, 2013

    I don’t understand why people happy they got bail. Why? Because you believe in their innocense. Please!!!!! They that so unlucky. Boy in DA police don’t arrest you until they sure. If you get off is not because you innocent is most likley because of a technicality.
    They don’t care about the future of the country or the youth they are poisoning. They find they have to work too hard for a little money. Well join the line. Most of us have to but we have a moral compass that will not allow us to do such evil.

    • st joe
      July 23, 2013

      Moral wat kinda moral search ur life

    • st joe
      July 26, 2013

      I am sooooooooo happy they got bait stay unhappy sutt

  14. Roseau
    July 22, 2013

    I have yet to hear the minister of security, the Police commissioner nor the P.M come out to condemn the prevalence of drugs and drug trafficking in Dominica.
    These guys are Gov’t workers and the head of the Gov’t needs to come out and say some thing.
    It seems like Da is a trans shipment point , but still there have to be other people involved.

  15. TeeSavanne
    July 22, 2013

    Clinton my cousin!! I know your dad raised you better than that. Praying you will evaluate your life and choose a better path.

  16. issues
    July 21, 2013

    i think that we dominicans need salary increase urgently or we will all be jail birds. first time in my life i have seen so much crime happening in our country. its time for government to start giving support to people with kids and elderly. they say they giving school books but without money u still cant get any. we need money or food stamps. helppppppppppppppppppppppppppp.

    • Lisan
      July 21, 2013

      Rubbish….Salary increase? My broda like ou not seeing is greedy pple dat there????? :-? Hm! And look at that, bailed out at 150Gs each….DOMINICANS have MONEY!!!!!! We just need help

      • st joe
        July 23, 2013

        It seems the 150,000.grand hurting u stop hating shut up if u dnt lknw the guys ok

    • TeeSavanne
      July 22, 2013

      No Dominicans need to stop copying on the lifestyle of America and satisfy with the little they have. Live within your means!

      • February 4, 2021

        The first one Jolly found out his child mother and I were tight he called my phn saying he is the bread man,today she in America married to another man ,he is a damn jack… today not the bread now karval

  17. www
    July 21, 2013

    this is not a good trend at all. guys going free for any wrong that they do here as long as someone influencial is on their side. hmmph. clinty, orlando, francis and the other guy are nice ppl. i see them, i say hi, i dont have a reason not to like them until now. but they were about to supply cocaine that could destroy the lives of my family and yours. thats some thing to think about. if i can give a fellow human being something to kill themselves and take away their sanity, i can do anything. they should be in jail still. what is wrong with our system? this is so sad. and the amount? hmmmppphh

    • just saying
      July 22, 2013

      so wat u saying, selling cigarette, alcohol, medicine, toxic products, and crapy package/processed food is not gonna affect our health,eventually it does,, they all contribute to it, one of leading cause of death cancer, cause it packaged nicely, slap on a label with mis information its good for you, bro that system corrupt from the core.open your eyes and look at half the legal drugs out there, nothing but slow killers only difference is government taxes it. a word from the wise….

      • www
        July 23, 2013

        wow, u r so smart. please have some cocaine. not so much. use it in moderation

    • st joe
      July 27, 2013

      U not making much sense. Stay in gail still hmm are u mad or crazy. Let go d envy and hate. Tell me y honstly u think they should b in jail. Stupes get over ur heavy heart

  18. fredey
    July 21, 2013

    Whey boy dem man get bail to go and do the same crimes to our children they are bad examples

    • st joe
      July 23, 2013

      Its seems its hurting ur booboo dat they got bail ur kids are supose to take example on u not others u take care of ur kids stop looking to others to b ur kids role model

  19. Anonymous
    July 21, 2013

    god will juge

  20. Messy!!!
    July 21, 2013

    If as the article says three of the persons are employed with the Government of Dominica and were unable to report to work from July 15 to July 19, 2013 what happens to their jobs?

    If for some strange coincidence they were all on vacation what happens to their jobs in that that case?

    The other matters I would like to have DNO investigate is to seek statements from the head of the Public Service Commission, the Head of the Public Service Union, the Chief Personnel Officer, and the Minister of the Public Service about the employment status of any Public Officer detained and charged for drug possession and intent to supply. What is understood as a good and proper person fit to be employed with the Public Service? Does someone with a police record qualify? Does someone who served time in jail qualify?

    Finally , I need DNO to find out if there is a whistle Blowing Act that Public Officers can invoke to report suspicious activities of all categories of Public Officers and politicians and if there is one how many matters have been reported annually for the last ten years and the matters that are currently under investigation.

    • Justice and Truth
      July 22, 2013

      What about Crime Stoppers Dominica?

  21. fil
    July 21, 2013

    The lawyers yes they have to make money but all of them are in with the drug dealers, because they are quick to represent them. Dominica is no the only island plague with drug. In today’s world you don’t know who to trust because every body wants to get rich overnight.

  22. Toure
    July 21, 2013

    Dominicans we must petition for the laws to be revised and brought up to date with the current crime.We have a dolly house judicial system that was hurriedly put together when this country was innocent,we are no longer innocent

    We are too show ,too flam,chicken brains we purport to have because we don’t stick with the issues and bring about change.On this medium we vent but what about standing together and challenging the relevant authorities on the future of the country .

    Our country is in deep do do and we are hearing nothing,it is a known fact that we are the transhipment point.At a major case hearing in a Caribbean island our name was mentioned ,those of us that’s in the know almost shit on ourselves because persons were describing an island we know but they have never been to?

    For as long as I can remember we keep saying (DA so poor) that’s why so many of us are all over the place taking comess from people.So those in DA decide to put DA on the map and they are doing it by any means necessary.

    There is an underbelly in DA that is serious the lawmen can’t handle that,there is a lot of fronting in the shitty.As a people at home and abroad ,if we don’t’ come together collectively and decisively make quick and sweeping changes,we in for a tough road.

    So fellow bloggers and D/cans to the bone,for the love of country decide on whose side you are,it’s not about political alliances,it’s not about bourgeoisie and malaway, it’s not about country and town,it is about the future of the country ,what are we leaving for our children.

    I don’t vent anymore, I’m at the stage where my two (2) shoulders seem broken (deux Zepol mwen karsay) but for the love of my country I must stand and be counted.It’s bad you all.

    • Justice and Truth
      July 22, 2013

      Some people will say that the system stinks; not properly functioning and with fairness.
      Times do change and the situation in Dominica has drastically changed for the worse. A lot of lawlessness prevail in Dominica.
      The Judicial System must change with the times; likewise the Police Force. Serious-minded people who take their positions seriously and are concerned about the safety of nationals are badly needed.
      Hard-core and consistent offenders are released on bail. Murderers are released on bail, a day after committing a murder.
      Masked men who rob businesses with guns and steal thousands of dollars in the $30,000 bracket; money not found and they are released on bail.
      Those who are caught in drug trafficking with a certain amount of drugs worth hundreds of dollars or a million dollar are soon released on bail. Those cases are not heard for years.
      They copycat big countries and give them time off from full sentencing because they were incarcerated. And the list goes on…
      Having stated that, all it takes is for the current government to do something about it. Something could be done if bloggers concerns are taken seriously. This could, hopefully, decrease crimes in Dominica.

  23. Anonymous
    July 21, 2013

    these officers of the drug sqad must be feeling hurt. they risk their lives to find n bring to justice the drug men, while the court send them right back in society. #onlyidominica

    • Justice and Truth
      July 22, 2013

      You now know why drug trafficking and other crimes flourish in Dominica. Their lawyers are instrumental in their successful release on bail.

      • repping
        July 22, 2013

        No for your information their lawyers are not responsible, they could have any drunk of the street represent them and the final decision would be the same, its made long before they even make their arguments, our entire country is corrupt.

  24. woy woy
    July 20, 2013

    Dem Lawyers causing all that madness in DA. Lawyer is a cursed profession. The word of God says “you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free” Every man should be able to stand for themselves and defend themselves with the truth. In that way we would have a much better society. Young people,’ Do not choose law as a profession or you will end up in the eternity of HELL!!!! He or she who has an ear, let him hear….

    • Justice and Truth
      July 22, 2013

      “Dem lawyers causing all that madness in DA…” You made laugh. :lol:
      Some years ago, I think it is a Bajan calypsonian who sang this song, “Lawyers are liars.” Nevertheless, they must defend their clients. The sad part of it is having them released on bail. They are paid exorbitantly and must earn those dollars and in order to earn additional business. The criminals commit the crimes and want their freedom. This is what is not fair
      I would not discourage them from this profession. Granted, it does not appear to be an honest one but a country needs lawyers.

    • st joe
      July 25, 2013

      Wat crap I’m reading there nah?find ur self in the slightess trouble u sleeping outside d lawyer ofice. Go to d court house and ask about d cases there for burgert on little boys fathers with their girls,men with elderly murder,etc is dat they only case u here they gv bail jack A. It is their rites so stomach it allu to jealousey and malicious to whom allu want. Wat them guys do allu aa we love our guys no matter wat and genuin love at that try loving ur family so monkies

  25. DOMINICA MIGRATE
    July 20, 2013

    :roll: :evil:

  26. DOMINICA MIGRATE
    July 20, 2013

    I don’t understand why anyone would get upset. Lawyers that is what they do. Go to school and learn how to tweak the truth. If you ask me and you may not be, most of the lawyers should go to jail. The problem is that when you have one or two people that go away and they get a little education they think they could come back and run the country. When they don’t get what they want, then they start making all kind of mischief and blacklist people. Well these people need to make a living. You find lawyers that are have committed serious offense, but because they are lawyers no one take a serious look at their actions. I know lawyers who leave this country and go away with the same bad habits. There are many of them in the America and always on the radio talking about corruption, and they are the most corrupt. There is one lawyer he was lying and had family on the paying staff and they was not working with the office.

  27. how comes!!
    July 20, 2013

    Look face my God!!!

    • Justice and Truth
      July 22, 2013

      :lol: Since they are out on bail, they will be reading the comments.

  28. Bwaden
    July 20, 2013

    Started from the bottom now we here!!! Now we know the main product of t savanne is no longer bay-leaf.

    • July 22, 2013

      Yes it is ….not because one set of ppl in drugs for it to be the whole of Petite Savanne get your facts right !Ppl do mek misteks at list they kno their product but yu dk yrz !! pfft !

  29. USA
    July 20, 2013

    Started from the bottom now we here!! Now we know the real product of t savanne is no longer bayleaf..

    • Nestyy
      July 22, 2013

      Nous bien merci en t Savanne so gardez zar faire zor!

  30. bellerz
    July 20, 2013

    boy dem man not easy!!11..well fast money they want so……well they lucky they get bail i hope that wil not happen again…..jah boy look bowdel!!!!! :?:

  31. Neutral
    July 20, 2013

    Those lawyers , politicians and certain persons in the system that need to take jail first

  32. Annoyed
    July 20, 2013

    We always talk about politics in Dominica, the legal system is one thing that the politicians should be focusing on. Now the case is supposed to start October 10th, I will be watching, I do hope there are no delays. for goodness sake the men were caught with the cocaine in their possession. My only wish was that they were caught by the French authorities like shakes, then they will be remanded till their trial and then they will have some serious consequences. Dominica too lenient and if this is the way we want to stamp out drugs, we are not ready. Minister of Legal Affairs and Cabinet step up your game, fix the bail act, cases should not be taking years to get to trial, set some minimum sentencing guidelines for drugs. Cocaine is a very dangerous drug, 30 kilos is no joke. Let us make these 4 drug dealers, Clinton, Orlando, Francis and Garneth and any others examples so people can think twice about dealing drugs..Breaking my Heart for my country

  33. toma
    July 20, 2013

    I remember some years ago,on a search of the fire service headquarters for something that was stolen, the police came upon some drugs on an officer.
    He was arrested, jailed and fired. so what is this that is happening with this stupid-what-you-call-it-justice-system.
    I am of the belief that the magistrates and some elements of the police force is in on this system, and are probably getting a profit off these guys.
    The police force is no damn force that deserves respect, they beat up those they don’t like but get paid from their friends in the drug trade matter of fact I personally know three officers who are involved and am thinking of blowing their cover and corrupt practices.

    • sugar
      July 22, 2013

      chhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuppppps :lol:

  34. July 20, 2013

    is is not because they are needy people ,it’s just pure greed ,as we all know the more people or we have is the more we want more….
    none the less if there is a law in dominica the 3 gov’t workers should loose their job,,,make them an example ….

  35. Anonymous
    July 20, 2013

    It is a sad day. Just take note that they are free from prison but not from their fates. Someone has to pay for all that cocaine which was confiscated, their days are numbered, who lives by the sword will die by the sword, their own kind will take them down most brutally.

  36. Professor Dumbledore
    July 20, 2013

    all high crimes getting bail but when you steal a piece of cheese and go in front the judge to tell your tail, hmph trust me they go send you jail, no bail!!

  37. Grandbay
    July 20, 2013

    That’s what happens in little island nations where the possession of money gets you what ever you want.
    Lawyers meet and money exchange hands, then you have free men who will by no doubt affect the on going police investigations.
    Rise-up Dominicans and take back all you country.

  38. July 20, 2013

    domknican, I hope you all know that drug dealers are in all professions, they protect their donkeys

  39. lime
    July 20, 2013

    Did they kill or rape anybody. You seem to forget every good in theses guys. These are guys hv a good heart good families.they are loved dearly by d whole south yes its wrong but are they the first or the last no so ease up. Most of u who wish them bad its just envy and over what?officers stop lying if u see d guys holding d stuff y d same time u didn’t make d arrest. Remember wat weeks said about u all. U all foo for just one guy WHY he broke. Sutt allu sutt nah

    • unknown
      July 22, 2013

      hush ur mouth .. bad is bad .. so dey just happen to be right dos dane .. when i last check none of dem livin that way .. well go and do the next shipment and make dem catch u .. i hope u will say in the court u didnt kill nobody ..and u nice .. when i last check drugs kills societies
      it brings crime and other things so hush and go sell ur drugs or do ur shipment for u to get catch .. i will surely laugh u . laugh u while at my home in my chair relaxin while u on the hard jail cell floor with no windows

  40. ouch
    July 20, 2013

    It is indeed time the Govt pay attention to it’s laws and all the prejudice that is going on within the judicial system in dominica,,,, I see no difference with racism in the US and prejudice amoung the who’s and who’s of dominica

  41. July 20, 2013

    it’s not just the destruction of the youth happening here with these heavy drugs,it is also the attraction to the island of some bad and nefarious characters from all over.
    These guys are changing the culture of the island for the worse.

  42. pride and joy
    July 20, 2013

    where did dno get its info about carnival like celebration from? to set the records straight, i was by the court and never witnessed that kind of celebration at all!! it was such a sad moment of crying….wat is carnival like about that? ppl enjoy themselves and have fun during carnvial..so dno will and come again..get ur facts straight!! and whoever made the comment about the ppl who were in the carnival mood and our children…we do have children…and it could be any of our children….we were expressing our emotions and sympathizing with the families…so just shut up!!!

  43. petite savannian
    July 20, 2013

    we stand with our o even in their darkest hour. we dint cast them out because they mistakes. stop judging them and let them have their day in court.

  44. Rasta man
    July 20, 2013

    Smfh..d authorities sendin out a clear message dey fightin down weed but if u ave cocaine dey can work a business wit u..d sentence 4 weed is much much muuch higher dan dat of cocaine..omg help us

  45. behhh
    July 20, 2013

    No wonder Dominica have so many Paro’s. The hole justice system PARO.

  46. Labour Power
    July 20, 2013

    If your salary is $2,400.00 and you driving 2 expensive cars, and building big house, and have two boats, well you should be investigated.
    It cannot be wrong for the PM and right for the everyday citizen.
    If Tsavanne people supporting these wicked greedy tugs, then CID needs to take a closer look at that small village behind Gods back.

  47. no wes pay e may
    July 20, 2013

    the bad thing is not the drugs they were caught with. what is more sad is to come on DNO and see how dominicans are hating on each other with the comments. Calling each other names such as stupid, idiot etc. its a shame that we Dominicans make every situation tear us apart as a people. there are people from other countries who come on to DNO to catch the news in Dominica, especially as it is posted on facebook.

    and what u think they are saying about Dominicans? We can all comment on the story without having to be hating each others comment. eveybody is entitled to their opinion on DNO and it is very sad to read comments that are verbal attack on each other.

    Come on Dominicans, dont make our country fall. drugs are already creeping to destroy the lives of our people, dont make the last thing we have, our pride and dignity fall apart.

  48. Pussinka
    July 20, 2013

    So much land , Dominic has; Eh , Gov’t has to tell people to go and plant? Utter bull, See how things are expensive in Market! Haitians making fortune in Market! just ask Western Union. For educated fellas to go in drugs? One day God will do justice; He is just watching us to see how far we will degrade ourselves and country. Magwe sah! Drugs to kill and destroy. That is what we as human beings one to tell God we do with our lives when we come infront of that throne.

  49. Rereree
    July 20, 2013

    Do we need more evidence that this country of ours is coming apart? Do we need any more evidence that this country is heading in the direction of a failed state?
    The reality is everywhere I look I see young people trying desperately to get rich quickly, not by doing an honest day’s work but by doing everything possible to cut into the line, to get a jump on others, to accumulate wealth at a pace that bears no relation to their legal income.

    Sounds familiar? Isn’t this what they perceive to be happening at the leadership level in the country? What incentive do the young have to be honest and law abiding citizens when everywhere they look they see examples of “successful” people in high office driving expensive SUV’s and living in multi- million dollar homes whether from selling the country’s passports to criminals or other acts of official corruption.

    This arrest of public employees in a major drug bust lays bare the wound that is festering in this country: A major decline in the culture where money has become root of all evils from the political directorate on down. It’s all about getting rich as quickly as possible.

  50. One Love
    July 20, 2013

    We need a special court for these offenders similar to the gun court-

    these guys should have started serving a minimum of 15 years within 48 hours of being caught. Let them fight for their freedom from inside.

    or at least make drug offences NON-BAILABLE and let them use their own assets to maintain themselves while incarcerated

    • st joe
      July 27, 2013

      Are u serious nonbailable where are u frm under a rock? U wish eh if u had sai someth els I’d say ok but u are truly angry with no love haa

  51. One Love
    July 20, 2013

    These people are enemies of Dominica; Police should harass them – as soon as they are bailed arrest them again “on suspicion” “or for questioning” hold them for the max time allowed then release and arrest again – show the lawyers two can play at a game; these people plan and scheme ways to destroy our loved ones NO MERCY

  52. One Love
    July 20, 2013

    Who represents Dominica at a bail hearing in the high court? … Is it the same guys from the low court – or someone from the DPP’s office or from the AG’s office?

  53. One Love
    July 20, 2013

    who represents the state at a bail hearing in the high court?? is it the same chaps from the low court?

  54. Silverdred
    July 20, 2013

    My dominica finish . If man can walk from that then buju should have do his dealing in dominica he would be in his big house some where in dominica now .

  55. carbon dioxide
    July 19, 2013

    what are the people from petit savanne rejoicing over.. ignorance

  56. Justice and Truth
    July 19, 2013

    Rejoicing with people who are drug traffickers? This is not good at all. Some people have lost their sense of sin. They no longer know the difference between right from wrong. When their relatives die from drug abuse and overdose, only then will they feel how dangerous are illegal drugs.
    Some of you may have heard that an actor died of drug abuse and mixing alcohol. The previous night he attended a party. He is not the only one who died of drug abuse. There are too many of them.
    He was a Canadian. Last Sunday he was found dead in a Vancouver hotel. I believe I heard on TV that his body was cremated. Imagine there is nothing left of him but ashes.
    He was relatively successful. A TV broadcaster said, he had such a good life why would he resort to illegal drugs.
    In an interview he said he commenced taking drugs around the age of twelve. He was consistently in rehab. He stopped taking drugs for a while but he reverted to them; too weak of spirit. What a waste of a life. He was 31 years.
    The best thing to do is never touch drugs, none of them. Never allow yourself to be influenced for once you commence taking it, there will be no end to it. It will destroy those who ingest them. This is why those drugs must not never be legalized.

    • Justice and Truth
      July 19, 2013

      :oops: ‘not’ should eliminated.

    • I Die Nah
      July 22, 2013

      Justice & Truth have a bloody seat with your hypochrisy and self righteous stance. You can’t condemn the people of Ti-Savanne for supporting their own when you defended Alcapone and even made up a lie about the boys mother putting them up to lying to get Alcapones’house. You yet to comment on the priest debacle, so who are you to codemn anyone. Las blagay

  57. Zakolic
    July 19, 2013

    Children learn from good influence not bad influence

  58. dachica
    July 19, 2013

    To Orlando, Francis and Clinton, I’ve known you guys from childhood days and this was incredibly hard to believe. To all your wonderful fans, they’ll know what really transpired, cause I’m pretty sure this is not in you guys’ nature to partake of… let the negativity roll off your backs and Shake it off, walk with your heads higher than before…cause they know ya’lls story, you don’t know theirs… you have support and prayers… can’t ever go wrong with that!!!!!

  59. FED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    July 19, 2013

    I am fed up with this country, fed up….dammmit….@!#@!#!@#E!@#!#@^@!^!#……what is going on here… better they put my dog to be the high decision making person….he will bite and bite hard when is a voleh, so he will bite and leave a good mark on those animals who are being sent on bail…. all those being charged are a danger and shame to society, yet these holi grail judges just doing foolishness…… smh!@@!##&!!~!@*#&@^@^&@!

  60. UDOHREADYET
    July 19, 2013

    The real issue here isn’t money all these guys could feed themselves and their family. It’s not the Colombians, they just want a place to pass their cocaine. It’s not the government they doing what they can with what they got. The real problem is greed n envy, never come see people believing what they see on tv and what they hear through gossip thinking they can live a rocks tar lifestyle. Dominican culture has changed man cocayin man, people with jobs distributing drugs, young women making bomb for top up, young men raping grandmothers, Rastafarianism confused with fashion, crackheads gainfully employed tonsupport their habbit instead of rehabilitation, communities supporting criminals etc etc. the problem cannot be solved solely by police… Dominicans as a community have to stand up to establish the standards that keep us crime free 20 years ago and before, the real problem is you and me and our state of mind!

  61. t savanne massive
    July 19, 2013

    Them man will never take jail.once u on bail thats it dead case.free up them man they tryin make a living d/a so rough already nothing for them young people to do.the place just in a kinda way.

  62. July 19, 2013

    Thats not the Dominica, That one knew and grow up in. :cry:

  63. mee1
    July 19, 2013

    what message this is sending to the young ones who see some of these guys driving fancy rides. “Go to school and do good , after you’ve graduated, get a job with the government, if you find your pay is not enough for you to leave a high life, sell drugs, if you get caught you will get bail and you will be able to do it again to continue making money. Dont worry even if the catch you again, you will still get bail. You have a lot of people who will help you get free, people in high position”. Is that the message we are sending or was it sent already?

  64. Guombo
    July 19, 2013

    AA! I came in late for that piece of joke! you mean they set these guys free on bail? hehehehehe is Dominica really a country for true? I will not blame the legal system. All the blame should be placed squarely on the heads of every Dominicans for not rising up against these kind of madness! we and our children are the victims of these criminals and the system is refusing to protect us from these THUGS NO GOOD DIRT-BAGS. I still can’t believe what’s happening in this Dominica. The people who should be protecting us against these killers are in tern protecting these pieces of rubbish. Oh my God! I’m just wondering whether we are now receiving what we deserve, by putting an idiot in office. I had some hope for Dominica but I was wasting my time. This Dominica is no more but a ship without sail on an open sea. Sad to say, but CRAPOUD SMOKE OUR PIPE. I now wash my hands. All I will say is, God will hold these Magistrates and judges accountable, because they also are involved in that DRUG BUSINESS. It’s very obvious by their actions.

  65. betty
    July 19, 2013

    they a not helping the officers when they do this next time them officers will let them go free

  66. QUALIFIED
    July 19, 2013

    This is the beginning of the end for Dominica. This is going to raise so much controversy and war especially when others get charged for drug trafficking. Now there is no excuse to not give others bail when they commit a crime. This also discourages the police force because they witnessing their hard work is for nothing and the country still blast the police for not doing a good job. Foreign authorities need to get involved because Dominica is just a stopping point for the drugs and our authorities are not doing nothing to fight against the drug trafficking. They seem to be encouraging it from what was witnessed today in the high court. This incident is simply telling the young kids they can get involved in drugs once you have someone to put up bail for you… Its time for me to leave this country… I am ashamed of this place.

  67. father
    July 19, 2013

    I hear they going to re- arrest two inside source.

  68. July 19, 2013

    AGAIN! None of you know the full circumstances surrounding the arrest of these men. Dominicans stop being so self-righteous and judgmental PLEASE! All of us are sinners and all of us want mercy from GOD! Stop wash your mouths on other people’s troubles and misery because each and every one of us knows what is going on in the Island. We know drug money is keeping “nuff” businesses afloat and circulating in the community at bars and restaurants, car dealerships and so forth. Stop being hypocrite and be honest because when man spending big money we take it and treat them with BIG respect! Just cool! Hypocritical liars!

  69. Baffled
    July 19, 2013

    I think Matt needs to bring someone on Matt in the morning to explain the legal system. I don’t understand, why have a magistrate court ,to me they seem to be a waste of time cause everything that happens at magistrate court get dismissed at the high court, the very next day. Crazy, shouldn’t the high court be the last place of appeal after the case is called..Jah help Dominica legal system.

    • HNIC
      July 19, 2013

      you really need to be educated. this is the system throughout the region! also, in England and Ireland.
      in the us the same applies!

      • Vip
        July 22, 2013

        IT is the same system in us and the world but Gholda inside…and shakes still inside

    • Not Again
      July 19, 2013

      Because they are just the messenger for the big trafficking soon there are many more of them the government should keep an eye on because is greed that causes man to sin

    • Justice and Truth
      July 19, 2013

      You are correct. The case is not yet heard and they went to the High Court? It is strange. Something is wrong with them. They should explain this strange happening to Dominicans.

      • July 22, 2013

        Justice & Truth:

        The last time I got on your case you responded by saying I do not know your educational background; you see there are many ways to determine wether someone is academically educated, or if they simply attended primary, or elementary school only.

        And since you know everyone who started Church, and what year they started it, perhaps you are familiar with this: “what comes out of the mouth defiles the body.” So, you should realize when you make such comments as this one they certainly exposes your educational background.

        In the first place the way the legal system is set up in the Caribbean, when a lower court does not have the authority to deal with certain matters, the higher court is petitioned to deal with the matter. As in this case whereas the situation exceeds the limits of the lower court, in that the magistrate as usual in Dominica is a civil servant, with no legal training, not a JD, or any thing like that, it is appropriate for the magistrate to refer to a high court judge to grant or to deny the accuse bail!

        Note: careful how you define JD., because it abbreviate more than one word, in this case I mean Juris Doctor of law, one having a degree equivalent to bachelor of laws. we can also use that to abbreviate the word juries-prudence, in this case I would be talking about a system, or body of law, such as the courses of court decisions.

        “Playing smart does not make one smart.”

        We have to know what we are talking about before we give it plenty of lips, sometimes it is better to remain silent, and simply listen and learn!

        Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

    • shame
      July 20, 2013

      now all u want matt in the morning, after all u always crying down the show….

    • Cop
      July 20, 2013

      na you talking bout the appeals court or CCJ

  70. proud kalinago
    July 19, 2013

    Who is the editor of DNO? How do I send a letter correcting this injustice? There was no Carnival-like atmosphere, we were all in tears!!! How in heaven’s name can tears be compared to Carnival? My God!!
    After reading these comments I have to say Dominicans are just really ignorant! Just believe everything you see DNO! They need a damn suit!!!
    You just had to be there to actually see what went down!!!
    Only in Dominica, I tell you!!!

    • Too Nice
      July 19, 2013

      so what were you all doing there then? ALl you went to show support for all you drug dealers.

    • July 19, 2013

      Well; if the out-coming of a large crowed of people does not signify a carnival atmosphere, what does?

      You claimed that people cried; what caused the crowed to cry, is it because they appreciate, and revered the activities in which these criminals are involved?

      I can understand if the culprits were innocently arrested without committing a crime, and charged, and the entire Village went out in protest of their arrest!

      However, in a situation where they committed a crime; caught with a deadly substance, one, which sole purpose is to destroy the mind and life of those who sniffs cocaine, one cannot justify the reason for the support your Village people went out and gave to the criminals.

      So, unless you can explain the reason for your shedding of tears, one can only assume that the people of your Village may be all involved in peddling the deadly merchant of death which is cocaine; based on what you said it would appear to me that your entire village population, are involved in the up holding of some criminal activities.

      What happens to the pure days, when your villagers’ were king of the sea, fishing, and producing Bay-oil which was bought by L Rose & Company, and ship to England!

      What became of that simply life when your villagers would travel all the way to Londonderry Estate, near Wesley to work for an honest living; some of the men left children in the Village of Wesley, some made Wesley their home, that is how I came by my nephew McDonald Destouche, and cousins named Moise now residing in Florida, and New York!, they are originally from Marigot.

      There is money in the sale of cocaine, however while the criminal elements profit from it; the suckers who use the poison usually die a slow and punishing death!

      Did you cry because you condone the use and sale of cocaine?

      Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque

      • Justice and Truth
        July 22, 2013

        I believe they cried because they were released and not imprisoned. They would have missed their companionship if they were incarcerated. At the same time, it does appear that they condone these criminals and criminal activities.

    • One Love
      July 20, 2013

      TEARS for whom? is it for the victims? the living dead? the frustrated parents of drug addicts? were there tears as you all remembered the words of Ras Kelly’s papa its you?

      or were they tears of SHAME as those respected as good people were publicly exposed as nothing more that villians of the worst order;

      • Justice and Truth
        July 22, 2013

        They should warn them to avoid criminal activities.

    • i wuz dere
      July 20, 2013

      @proud kalinago, I was there, all you T’savanne people rejoiced when you hear they got bail, and DNO was right, the amount of people that were present at the court, you would swear it was carnival.
      Further DNO was commenting on what an Observer witnessed, and I witnessed the same.
      If you and Brown skin are shame because other readers are calling you Tsavanne people out for supporting drug dealers, well too bad.
      I just wanted you to know that the coke that your friends was caught with could have killed my children or my neighbors children. So as far as I am concerned, you too should be taking a jail.

      • Nestyy
        July 22, 2013

        i rejoiced as well…and still rejoicing. if it was your brother, ur son, ur people you too would have been happy!

    • observer
      July 20, 2013

      Why were you in tears my dear? They were being incarcerated for something they did not do? They were being victimized? They were being framed?

    • young d/a guy
      July 20, 2013

      your so so so right when you use this word only in Dominica.Ill tell you Its only in Dominica people can get away from this tipe of drug and order charges in high court and its nice to see in Dominica when its you all friends and familys its ok for them to get bail,but life must go on this day when I think of how Dominica come I just laugh its all a big joke but in all this GOD is GOOD not only for the PM like how some Dominicans think. but is for all his people all over

    • Sue-ti-weh
      July 20, 2013

      Allu Sue-ti-weh want to vex with DNO? All they have done is to report.

    • Rabbi
      July 20, 2013

      By “carnival-like” I think they were referring to the amount of people in the area, not the emotions… Use your discretion

    • Nestyy
      July 20, 2013

      by now everyone should know what DNO represents

    • REALLY
      July 21, 2013

      Yes it can be compared to Carnival!!! Many persons attend carnival. Many persons attended the court . Many persons take part in different activities during carnival. At the court your activities were crying and speaking amongst yourself for the freedom of the men!! Same atmosphere!!You see the similarities!! Now what is wrong with the topic???

      • H
        July 21, 2013

        u don’t know what u talking about. your definition is laughable

    • JUDGE DREDD
      July 21, 2013

      in tears for people that poisoning our youth… you are the ignorant monkey

  71. wat
    July 19, 2013

    This is rubbish the justice system in DA is , , drugs will never stop coming to Dominica. y they did not grant bail to the boys from Grand bay . Me if I c no drug sen going on in DA running I running . I not calling no police cause the police in it to

  72. wonderland
    July 19, 2013

    Dem man have links in high office..it Should come as no suprise they are out on bail…

    • JUDGE DREDD
      July 19, 2013

      labar conncetion they have

    • Malatete
      July 20, 2013

      Very good observation. I would be very interested to know who stood surety for them? 4 x $150,000 = $600,000? Surely not in their own cognisance. I wonder if these 30kg. will somehow also turn mysteriously into an innocuous white substance??

    • young d/a guy
      July 20, 2013

      people don’t get mad in Dominica how it gos is I know people that know people lol lol just pray for you young kids that’s all I can say and GOD will do the rest

  73. concerned citizen
    July 19, 2013

    no employment, agriculture down, tourism down, no manufacturing, bad economy, and serious malpractise by our leaders, what can we expect to have in this country? the trend is set.

    • Dominican
      July 19, 2013

      And they were gainfully employed???????????????? :lol: :lol: :lol:

      dont u think before u write. think u should go n educate urself.

      • John Paul
        July 19, 2013

        While You say they were gainfully employed just remember the PSU’s plight trying to get a raise for their members.While the cost of living is spiraling upwards Skeritt said 1 percent .

      • young d/a guy
        July 20, 2013

        my friend open your eyes its not about education its about buying a boat and do your runings on the sea D/A is just a big joke lol

    • BB
      July 19, 2013

      three of these men were employed by the government and one was self employed as a bus driver….how can you still mention “no employment”……greed, lack of morals and callous attitudes is what got these men in this position…..the justice system is too slack.

      • Zakolic
        July 19, 2013

        What are saying now they should never find themselves in that mess but Mr. Money is roots of evil

    • me
      July 19, 2013

      did you read the article ? every single one of them employed you IDIOT

    • Justice and Truth
      July 19, 2013

      What nonsense is this? Who are you referring to? Three of the men had full-time jobs with the government. They were not unemployed. Why did they find themselves in that situation? The other one is a bus driver who must be making ample money driving his bus. They do not appear to be poor people. Think before you comment.

    • Not Again
      July 19, 2013

      Do not blame the government is what the eyes see on TV and elsewhere we want to live big and walk over the less fortunate greedy we become in DA always want to be steps higher so less will address them as MR. So and so come on remember the children coming set examples for them what can you teach them is what you are doing? wicked that is why the children refuse to respect teachers and others because they show no respect to the roots that are growing

    • BE FAIR!!!
      July 21, 2013

      Bloody idiot, they all have well paying jobs, can you even read!?? All you to damn fast to call out no jobs and that bull** dere!!!! :-x

  74. Jah Guide
    July 19, 2013

    Our system is so screwed up its sickening to the chore . This really proves that money talks and BS really works . At the end of the day , the lawyers and magistrate are all getting paid .

    This is how the system works , if it was the little ordinary guy caught on the street with just one blunt he would have been Sentenced immediately !!! You know why ??? Cause he does not have the Money and resources to make the matter go away .
    Do not be discourage my people every dog has its day sooner or later they evil that men do always catch up to them . A few days ago one of the biggest drug Lords in Mexico got caught , wanted for so many illegal doings and killings in Mexico and the US . Recently our very own so call Big Boss got caught , so again I will say its only a matter of time before the rest fall . Dominicans we need to pray more for a healing of our beloved nation.

    • Justice and Truth
      July 19, 2013

      A Toronto Mafia was murdered in cold blood last week. His funeral was yesterday. It was said that he murdered some people but managed to evade imprisonment. After a party he and a friend were gunned down. Their bodies were found in a car near where the party took place. Sooner or later their turn comes. Those who live by the sword die by the sword. What goes around comes around in time. It is only a matter of time.

    • Distured
      July 21, 2013

      It is not a “our system” its more of a “the system”.

      It is a failed set of rules that we follow. We need to write laws against the prime minister and the president. Then let the lead under a certain set of rules. That is the only way to avoid future corruption. Of course, them going against that set law would be treason, punishable by execution.

      Stem in from there and we can clean up D/ca… maybe the world. Just a thought.

      As for these twits… keep doing all drug thing and see where it leads u in life.

      Most people only learn the hard way.

  75. t savanne massive
    July 19, 2013

    Free my boy clinty and give him back his bus.that case is dead.

    • Anonymous
      July 20, 2013

      free clinty my a** he did not think of the consequences before he act? what happens in dark always comes to light

    • Cop
      July 20, 2013

      real sin

    • Nestyy
      July 20, 2013

      lol…thumbs up!

    • yess fadda
      July 20, 2013

      free clinty eh. you must be one of those ignorant internet children. clinty should know better. but then again is dey so that like to play big. ORIGINAL HOLD DEM

  76. Pro
    July 19, 2013

    Ma Dominique crying. This is a sad day for our country.

    • dachica
      July 19, 2013

      Oh shush… it’s a sad day when a Murderer walks away scott free after ending someone’s life… that’s why the country will never progress, cause our very own can’t wait to see the other fall!

  77. %
    July 19, 2013

    This business of rejoicing over BAD as opposed to GOOD will bring a curse upon this country.
    We have seen it in government where those who know better accepts corruption and bobol by our leaders.They stay MOO MOO, now it is rampant in the DRUG TRADE. When you are caught trafficking drugs people are in Carnival spirit when you are released.
    Once we cannot stop something evil from the bud, this is what we must expect.
    GOD HELP US AND THE EVIL THAT THE COUNTRY IS DESCENDING INTO. It’s they young ones looking at us that will be the victims.
    I hate everything I perceived to be evil, particularly in GOVERNMENT AND IN DRUG TRAFFICKING!

    • Yes Fada!
      July 19, 2013

      Our nation is at the mercy of a kleptocratic regime, so what do you expect?

    • Justice and Truth
      July 19, 2013

      Those who rejoiced, the curse is upon them.

    • Not Again
      July 19, 2013

      Shame on those guys especially they who was in the education sector

    • Mojo 1
      July 20, 2013

      So only in Dominica curse does “come upon”. You guys make Dominica sound so primitive and superstitious. Allu always doing like God will judge Dominica the harshest in the world. By world standards Dominica is a rather innocent country.

      When you compare the wars, genocide, and all other manners of atrocities committed by other nations, yet these very places are more prosperous than Dominica. So are you all saying God has one rule for them and a harsher rule for Dominica?

  78. SAmmy
    July 19, 2013

    so how comes those from grandbay didnot get bail

    • Anonymous
      July 19, 2013

      Because they don’t deserve it . JAIL THEM. These are destroying our young ones.

      • poko poko
        July 19, 2013

        What is more harmful, Cocaine or weed? RETARDED!!! I would keep the cocaine guys locked up and bail the weed guys in a heart beat.

      • silent
        July 19, 2013

        but u doh hear de boat ketch fire. dey want to know do it

      • Jay
        July 20, 2013

        A “ketch” is indeed a type of boat but I guess you meant to say “catch”. (…even the education system in Dominica appears flawed these days!).

      • a man
        July 20, 2013

        wat rubbish i hearing dre na. so for a natural plant they don’t deserve bail and not gettin it but for a modified and more dangerous substance bail is granted… wat are the real dangers of a natural plant compared to processed substances such as alcohol and morphine… compare to some over the counter drugs marijuana has much less side effects and much more positives. do some real research on cannabis and do not believe all u hear. same america dat hav us bannin cannabis is de same one dat said coconut oil was bad for the body

      • Distured
        July 21, 2013

        =_=”. Weed is the closest to being non-terminal in all ur “illegal” drug listings. Cocaine manufactures your “paros”.

        That said, i wonder, which one seems more offensive?

        Oh and a child who inhales weed, will get hungry, tired, and high.

        Cocaine, child get permanent damage with each dose.

        You decide.

      • JUDGE DREDD
        July 21, 2013

        @pokopoko
        they also deal cocaine too.. so stop being a jack @$$

    • Anonymous
      July 19, 2013

      @ poko poko JAIL THEM! Your Dotish. The question there is not about which is more harmful. It is about criminals destroying young people. JAIL THEIR BOTTOM!

    • Anonymous
      July 20, 2013

      They might have something against Grandbarians.

  79. A
    July 19, 2013

    Dem laws in DA write by Micky mouse all dem drug men gonna walk free

  80. Papso
    July 19, 2013

    Welcome to Dominica.

    Every criminal is feted and lauded., so why allu want to press de poor man.

    What an analogy to build a country on.

    • ?
      July 19, 2013

      A failed country.

  81. July 19, 2013

    After hard police work and risking of their life this is the result eh. No bail today and bail tomorrow that is a lovely week.

    • Cyrique
      July 20, 2013

      What a sad day for our beautiful Island. I’m ever so disappointed to learn that these perpetrators are on bail. I commented when the DNO broke the story and I did voice concerns about the time fitting the crime after such hard work by our Police. I feel terribly let down. I wonder whether the drugs is from Venezuela !! I hope that the powers that be realise that as my parents always said “what you frequent is what you are” remember the devil will always demand his pay and the price is always very high. I sincerely hope that we don’t end up on the radar as Columbia, Venezuela or such likes. I appeal to our Government to please protect our beautiful Island. Some of us want to come home!!!!!

    • Observer
      July 20, 2013

      Justic system such a joke.

  82. Anonymous
    July 19, 2013

    DA gone to the dogs. Glorifying drug delears? Smdh.

  83. Jack
    July 19, 2013

    and the plot thickens. I know none of these guys r going to spend time locked up and this is y I always say drugs is the best way out in this sh…. country

  84. da chick in uk
    July 19, 2013

    rubbish utter rubbish..smdh at tht justice system..

  85. Looking in
    July 19, 2013

    I guess the whole community are involved in their drugs. I mean why would one rejoice when the drugs are destroying their own kids? sot yo sot

    • jahyout
      July 19, 2013

      Not me Sir..

    • Straight up
      July 19, 2013

      Excuse me looking in!!! Know ur place!!!! RITE… These r 4 ppl. We didn’t rejoice for them… We r sympathizing with the families!!! Because these young men were faised up in God fearing, great morals and respectable families…AA… Some of allu to out of place!!! Strupes!!

  86. Faith
    July 19, 2013

    Greed,3 of you guys have good jobs.

    • July 19, 2013

      It is not only GREED, they know they will get away because they are “GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES”. They are just like LIAT.

      • JUDGE DREDD
        July 21, 2013

        so you say all government employee can break the law and get aquitted, think again, the comment you showed make is they have political backing..

  87. proud kalinago
    July 19, 2013

    we support our families in good time and bad times. We all have sinned and come short of the glory of God!! He is the ultimate judge!! Let who is without sin cast the first stone!!

    • Incredible
      July 19, 2013

      It is people like you who drag this country to the gutter. You should be ashamed of yourself.

    • July 19, 2013

      Do not blame UNEMPLOYMENT for trafficking DRUGS. When your children will be DECAPITATED DO NOT COMPLAIN ‘it is the DRUGS’.

    • Anonymous
      July 19, 2013

      We are supposed to let our families know when they are wrong… that’s the best thing to do. Are you glorifying nonsense? They all knew better. I sorry for the future generation. SMDH DA in a mess!!

    • sweetness
      July 19, 2013

      bull u talking!!!

    • true
      July 20, 2013

      I guess we have Papas who financially support the community so ….

    • Papa Dom
      July 20, 2013

      Suddenly all Dominicans have become religious but the sad thing is the only part of the bible they know is ” he who is without sin cast the first stone” boy oh boy what a country!

    • Nestyy
      July 20, 2013

      why when all the murderers getting off scott free y’all dont come out and say no bail??? WE ARE HAPPY our guys are out on bail and case close!!! we support our family n loved ones just like if it was you all ppl the support would come from you all…SIMPLE…to all four of my petite savanne guys, I AM HAPPY YOU ALL RECEIVED BAIL AND PAY NO MIND TO THOSE WHO CRITIZE…

    • JUDGE DREDD
      July 21, 2013

      typical labar foolsbert, that is the only line you can use when they catch your people and politicans breaking the law

  88. brownskin
    July 19, 2013

    That’s how we are…..we support family in good times and bad times!!! we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. He is the ultimate judge!! let who is without cast the first stone!!!

  89. caca dominique
    July 19, 2013

    thats to bad they must learn a lesson

  90. %
    July 19, 2013

    THEY SHOUL ALL BE JAILED………
    GREEDY!!!!!! VOWAS!
    Creep first,walk after!
    Shame on those SOO TEE WER, who were in carnival mood. Keep on sending wrong messages to the youths of this poor country.

    • July 19, 2013

      Think this is the wrong message? Nope, it is the RIGHT message. Sell DRUGS, have BAIL money saved up, when we get out on BAIL, sell some more. “WE HAVE TO FEED OUR CHILDREN” they say, and this is HOW WE DO IT.

      • ____________________
        July 19, 2013

        AS FAILED COUNTRY.We nurtured the corruption in government so it is now permeating the entire society.

      • anonyme
        July 19, 2013

        and to top it off, teachers are now supposed to go to the classroom and teach HFLE to these same children through presentation of “moral dilemmas”.
        “I have to feed my children wii,so I planting a likkle ting man” and they are supposed to make their decisions based on this. We are creating a monster here!

  91. Nestyy
    July 19, 2013

    Finallyyyyyyyyyyy…

  92. July 19, 2013

    don’t worry with that it was 30000 grams now it maybe seeing or have presently 28000 grams.wat happen next is another story papa

  93. roger that
    July 19, 2013

    Unbelievable Jamaica here we come!! AMEN

    On bail the three men accused of killing Joe Costello and Pagua Bay!!

    On Bail the robbers who stole from the Credit Union and shot a policeman in Marigot!!

    Bring it on home brothers! You don’t have to do the crime and do the time……………….. Go for it!

    The law here is one big Joke………. Unbelievable! The lawyers should be in jail!! The money they are paid is too big to say no too!! Well you lawyers look out! Disgusting!

    • July 19, 2013

      The lawyers have to earn a living, how will they do that if the DRUG TRAFFICKERS are in jail. Yes, every one needs representation, but the people that really need representation because they do not have the funds to pay, the lawyers do not work PRO BONO anymore, they are left behind.

    • anonyme
      July 19, 2013

      The good Doctor(the sociologist) would disagree with you pardner.

      • Malayway
        July 22, 2013

        The good doctor, huh? Thought you were talking about the other doctor

    • concerned citizen
      July 19, 2013

      on bail and subsiquently case withdrawn the police who killed an innocent in kalinago territory.

    • karla
      July 20, 2013

      nicely said my brother or sister

  94. Anonymous
    July 19, 2013

    ummmm

  95. Anonymous
    July 19, 2013

    politcs na

    that is real slackness in our legal sytem…

  96. sukie sukie
    July 19, 2013

    wwwhooossssshhh bodieu Dominica have jokes papa… that is all I can say… what a Mess

  97. B.E.B.
    July 19, 2013

    We need BONDS MEN,10% of these fees should be paid to the Govt.’s treasury which is non refundable that would be a cool $60.000.00 going to the treasury for essential services. Tell me, who would want to put their funds at risk, we would have less people doing crimes.
    Why can the Bail Act be revisited and put these in place? We could have a better DA

    • July 19, 2013

      In the US you really have to pay the bondsman 10% of the bail money and depending on the crime you also have to have collateral.

      • JUDGE DREDD
        July 19, 2013

        why you people compare everything with the usa and we living in an island which is maybe less than third world, fo rexample, people in st joe which is so close to roseau still throwing poopoo in de sea early in the morning…

        i do not support crime, but runway with allu in de usa business. we in dumbinica

  98. crap
    July 19, 2013

    The court system in Dominica needs a serious overhaul. What a joke, go to magistrate court, no bail next day high court gives bail. So High Court not for once you can uphold the decision of the magistrate court. I have never seen more nonsense. So sad, at least we see the faces . Now I hope their jobs go to more deserving people

  99. ExDA
    July 19, 2013

    Dominica Court System is Comical. Is this a sign of corruption? Or is that how court works? Educate me please

    • July 19, 2013

      That is how court works. EVERYONE is INNOCENT until proven GUILTY. All the LAWS should be re-visited, and hopefully re-written.

    • Malgraysa
      July 20, 2013

      Of course it is corrupt! You don’t see how judge is living high-on-the-hog with little policeman in attendance to do all the bidding, even parking cars in places where you and I would get a ticket?? The place reeks of corruption and cronyism!! Malgraysa.

  100. Vince in Antigua
    July 19, 2013

    Happy to hear that my cousin Garneth was given bail. Cuz please from this mistake and move on with your life. The entire Defoe and Jolly family are behind you 100% it could have happened to any body.

    • Vince in Antigua
      July 19, 2013

      (learn)missing from first paragraph…………..

    • July 19, 2013

      What the HECK?

    • mee1
      July 19, 2013

      were you are you getting hand outs as well. WICKED

    • Mwen
      July 20, 2013

      I think you should have said that it could have happened to anybody dealing drugs… and not just anybody!

    • Nestyy
      July 20, 2013

      amen!

    • DominicanQueen
      July 21, 2013

      This is the problem with Dominica. No one wants to take blame. Instead of reprimanding the actions of your cousin, you condoning it??

      What the Heck??

      Jail for ALL of them. Bringing down the country with this nonsense. Things hard everywhere. We do not need to resort to drugs. That will not help our country any!!

    • lime
      July 22, 2013

      Gv them a break the big gundies for allu to hussle they that paying. So leave them alone. It is wrong but they are not first or last. We love thenm even more. Jolly the good u have done can cover any bad the pretending friends u hv help so much turn their back on u but u are a defoe and jolly so that’s pple who wll always prosper. Move on God wll open doors for u.

  101. Free Thinker
    July 19, 2013

    I can’t believe what I just read. I am waiting for the next side of the story…… there must be a something behind this.

  102. mee1
    July 19, 2013

    look go and doh do it again en, if you see you do it again i will beat you. you hear me doh do it again. Our law is a big joke now.

    • July 19, 2013

      Do you believe they will not continue to to it? Yes, they will because it is not their first time. Maybe this is the first time they got CAUGHT.

      • July 19, 2013

        Correction – Do you believe they will not continue to do it?

  103. hehe
    July 19, 2013

    Lateh! garde’ yo nuh. zor bien kotan zor daywor wi. garde’ jolly nuh, jolly. jolly sa ki te’ fe’wwwwww?

    (In my t-savanne accent) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

  104. te savane
    July 19, 2013

    we will play dominoes by spraga later.

  105. Anonymous
    July 19, 2013

    How ridiculous that is. It look like everybody who do crimes will get bail no matter what. Magistrate court say no and the next day they go to the high court. That is how it works now. Where is Dominica heading to with this thing. We really need prayers. People will be free after they are caught.

    • July 19, 2013

      Not only in Dominica. It is either ‘no bail’ or ‘bail too high’ today, and tomorrow you get bail or bail amount reduced. Not only in Dominica.

  106. Imagine that
    July 19, 2013

    For sure!

  107. just saying
    July 19, 2013

    carnival atmosphere? the people happy about the cocaine or was felling sorry for them, the country is too FREEEEE………….

    • Mary
      July 20, 2013

      There was no carnival like atmosphere DNO. Where were your reporters? Clearly not by the courts

  108. %
    July 19, 2013

    CARNIVAL LIKE???????Well my country has really descended in chaos, MAD KSK WE and KOSHONYEE!!!!!
    So caught trafficking in cocaine are venerated, idolised, put on a pedestal, and should I say, those who are legally “scrunting” for a penny are nobody?
    Do the Carnival like revellers have children?
    We must be careful that our children do not misinterprete this, and dive headlong into this criminal activity.
    I ALWAYS MAINTAIN THAT THE PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING IS TOO LENIENT, AND THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY THE TRAFFICKERS ARE SO BRABE AND BRAZEN.
    Anyway let me take this opportunity to congratulate the drug squad, personnel of the coast guard and others for success in all the interception.
    These criminals are getting very sophisticated but please take the fight to them!!!!!
    FIGHT THEM ON LAND,AIR AND SEA RELENTLESSLY AND FEARLESSLY!!!!!!

  109. te savane
    July 19, 2013

    welcome home guys we will play a game of dominoes by spraga later :lol:

    • Anonymous
      July 20, 2013

      No really m happy my boys are bailed the domino game was well with u all playing. All of all u talking bad has all u crime under all u bed waiting to surface.

  110. July 19, 2013

    set them free……allu have allu cocaine so why try that matter. free up my brothers!

    • ()
      July 19, 2013

      They need to free them and pick you up. Criminals! Stop spoiling Dominica.

    • Abroad
      July 19, 2013

      Only idiots will associate with cocaine and put it on our streets so our people can further self destruct, with drug money later comes death gauranteed

      • Zakolic
        July 19, 2013

        You are so right on that remember our children you should be an educator not a bad influence I believe it’s not a one time trafficking even you was set on bail your NAME went down even you became a pastor some day you will not get back your name gone for ever

    • mee1
      July 19, 2013

      you should change the name parrot to donkey because that is exactly what you sound like.

    • hehe
      July 19, 2013

      your name should be Parro … remove the T.. i bet that was a typo wi lolz

    • Blessed
      July 19, 2013

      you nxt

  111. spice
    July 19, 2013

    Just yesterday they were denied bail a prosecutors needed one week. What happen to change their minds?

    • cash
      July 19, 2013

      the money that do that, wat u think the drugs was their own alone.

    • B.E.B.
      July 19, 2013

      Did’nt u read that bail was granted at the High Court?

      • O.O
        July 19, 2013

        can’t u read and understand that the person is asking why did they change their minds now in the high court? COMPREHENSION isn’t so difficult smh

    • Roots
      July 19, 2013

      It’s different at the high court..”..

    • Anonymous
      July 19, 2013

      Different person presided over the matter, that’s what happen.
      What a slap in the faces of the investigating officers.

      • Anonymous
        July 19, 2013

        They were to dirty they only after one guy but look out that’s brains that has not been used :?:

    • Nestyy
      July 20, 2013

      Does it matter? what matters is that they received bail :lol: :-D :) :-P 8)

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