Police have confirmed that the lifeless body which was recovered at sea on Sunday, January 10, 2016, has been positively identified as that of Alphonsus Jno Finn, 60 of Castle Bruce.
According to earlier reports, the body was discovered by a fisherman about one mile off Roseau on Sunday, January 10.
It was taken to the Accident and Emergency Department of the Princess Margaret Hospital where it was officially pronounced dead by a medical doctor.
No further details were given by the police.
@Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque January 18, 2016
How is it that you turned baby towards Shameless’ comment against yours, by saying that it was a joke–but I know that you lied–you knew damn well that you were WRONG; but you just won’t acknowledge it–not that it will make a difference we all know that about you anyway
That is the reason why you need to defend yourself against the rest of us–what is elementary schooling that you are boasting of–why did you not move from Elementary to High School–if you were so smart; that is what smart kids from Elementary school do!
In those days they would pass the Common Entrance Exam as early as age 10–the girls went to Convent High School, the boys went to Grammar School or St. Mary’s Academy
And how could you move from Elementary School to that University and College thing which you are always bragging about–unless you bought those entries — most people only attend one of those Faculties not both.
Elizabeth, its a good thing I am not sleepy and decide to spend some time reading DNO, and so I was able to catch you lying on me through your teeth here! Did I ever tell you mama lie, that I went from Elementary School to University, eh, eh, eh?
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah! Why are you so lie?
Now did you take the common exam at age ten, that is why you were teaching school at age twelve on cold mountain in your village.
Well I did not go to St. Mary’s Academy nor Grammar School in Dominica, but I went to Hill Secondary in Antigua, one of my younger sisters attended there also. You however, never attended Secondary, school, and never saw inside of a two year community collage, nor a four year college, nor a university in your entire life!
How about that teacher Elizabeth? You waited until you thought I would not see this and catch you lying on me you liar! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha! Caught you oui!
So no member of parliament come out and condemn this heinous crime or did I missed it? Keeping thing under cover to protect the island name huh?
It is time for Dominicans and the government to take serious steps towards curbing these violent crimes. Something needs to be done quickly. More resources needed into preventing, and solving those crimes.
Okay, I am very much aware of that, it just sound funny to me always–Telemaque
Telemaque, right now there are 21 comments plus yours and mine here, and 13 of them are against yours, that is more than half the total comments of 24–now you have nothing more to say than “I thought it was funny” Don’t tell me because I know that is your way of hiding being embarrassment–still overcome by that attribute of self pride and pomposity, eh!
“I just thought it was funny” But you even went on to describe the” lifeless body” saying that was a “cadaver” and to tell us what a “cadaver” is; was a funny part at well?
Sir Wesley, it is about time that you acknowledge the fact that you do not know everything, in fact I think that you are ignorant of much to many things –you are not fooling anyone–self-conceit is a very dangerous weapon to play with; there is nothing funny about that mentality.
Elizabeth, haven’t you discovered by now I do not care about thumbs down, nor who is for, or against the Kid. If everybody agreed to everything I say, that would make me a god! I would be the same as your boy Skerrit.
I believe that’s where you want me to take this, but I doh going there today eh, I giving that Crapo Skerrit a break today.
If everybody agreed to my comments that would frighten me, because I would not be in a position to know if I am an intelligent or, an ignorant person, okay! People have a right to treat me anyway they deem fit; I am not above reproach, the only people who detest criticism are dictators like you, and you know who!
I doh calling him name today eh, but I know is your boy the Mountain Chicken Crapo Mentality Skerrit; you and him do not like to be critique: you of all person believe you are god, and anything you say is gospel. Well there is only one God, and it is not you and Skerrit, and this lizard boy here as you tagged me.
Finally, you…
Finally, you cannot embarrass me even to the day I die, and you follow me in to my grave trying, I have no shame oui!
Me embarrass you! You don’t need me; you are doing a great job on your own day in and day out–I am only letting you know that I am aware of it.
Francisco u smartaz.
I am so happy that someone can educate Mr Dodds. Does he expect the police without the expertise to declare death of a body???? I mean when we have nothing to say why dont we just allow a story to pass by??
From the results of the Post Portem which will be given in written form ad the openning of the Coroners Inquest if Foul Play is suspected or rather proven the police PRO will update the citizens and ask for information as it will then be a Homicide. Mr Dodds the legal procedures in Dominica MUST be followed ok. Peace.
Correction: Post Mortem.
Are we aware that the Post Mortem is the Medical aspect of the Coroners Inquest and so all the time Weekes was saying Coroners Inquest and Post Mortem it was erroneous and the present PRO is right on track?? Hopefully with some training he will be a boss. I like his reporting style look the info and see you later. No am if and buts.
That is why the PRO must say death was officially pronounced … officially Dodds.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque Mr.-know it all, a medical personal has to pronounce him dead.That the procedure all over the world. This information will be charted and signed by the doctor. (understand?)
I cannot believe you all took that so serious!
Have fun oui!
Hahahahahahahahhahahahahhahahahahahha!
An autopsy should reveal the cause, prior to it appearing by drowning.
My condolence to his family. I can imagine your shock and grief, wondering what could have caused his passing and his body being found in the sea.
May his soul rest in peace. Amen!
Telemaque so now see that you do not get popular thumbs unless you write against PM Skerrit, a writng which is all fictitious. I was thinking the same which Shameless wrote–it is clear that she knows you–now let me here what you are going to say her-
She is 6-0 right now number is from me I gave her wee!
“She is 6-0 right now number is from me I gave her wee”
Should read: She is 6-0 right now; number 6 is from me wee! LoL
Miss, Yellow woman Elizabeth, I do not anticipate not even one thumbs up when I write my ting!
You are the only one who cries when you get all those thumbs down. I am surprise you are still talking about me writing about Skerrit after what I E-mail to you and told you about that Mountain Chicken Crapo Mentality Skerrit, I told you anytime you say anything nasty about Lennox and me.
I will take it out on your love boy dimple cheek Skerrit eh, you still cannot get the message! When I get plenty thumbs up I take them with a smile, when I get plenty thumbs down I take them with a smile and a big laugh.
When you get your pile thumbs down on DNO you shy away for a few days until you believe we forget you and you come back playing new as if we doh know you.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha!
RIP My brother
Good that the body was identified…
Thanks DNO but C/Bruce and Mahout people know him as BAYKAY. He spent most of his adult life in Mahaut and Guada. He is brother to George Jno. Finn and anthony “Teenee” Mason in St.Thomas. People may remember him as first man to bring a Yahama 500XLT Bike scrambler (white) in Dca in about 1983 and no babylon could hold him down.
. Baykay use to leave man like Stoneface and Sandy (deceased) in his dust. Oh what a rider he was back in the day….That bike was well known. sad to see how he passed and i pray that there was no foul play.
RIP my good partner Baykay and my deepest condolences to the family.
Assertive, NEVER Aggressive!
Thank u Shameless for that valuable info u gave that no other media could not give
Police have confirmed that the lifeless body which was recovered at sea on Sunday,”
Watch this now: If a lifeless body was found in the sea; or river, and taken to a hospital: Lifeless means the person is already dead; it is a cadaver, so why it takes a doctor to pronounce what the public already knew? Dead is died, as simply as that!
A cadaver is a dead body; generally applied to a human body preserved for anatomical study. The doctors duty was simply to find the cause of death, wether he died from drowning, or was a victim of a homicide, or died from natural causes or some disease, even heart failure.
OK FET!
Per protocol/ procedure, no one can pronounce a human being “dead” if he/ she is not a licensed medical practitioner in the Commonwealth of Dominica. As archaic as it may sound, that the law is the law and only one man in Dominica is above the law..you know who. So hopefully that question will NOT be asked again. It does not matter if the body is headless or severely decomposed a medical practitioner MUST pronounce a “human being” dead as a formality which give rise to the issuance of a death certificate etc whether cause of death is established or not. Whala, you are educated now!
Assertive, Never Aggressive!
OK FET!
“Per protocol/ procedure, no one can pronounce a human being “dead” if he/ she is not a licensed medical practitioner in the Commonwealth of Dominica.”
Okay, I am very much aware of that, it just sound funny to me always!
I wish they would use the term DOA “Dead On Arrival.” I just thought it funny.
BEB I would anticipate an autopsy since that is a means of identifying the actual cause of his death!
Not only in Dominica! Everywhere on earth. Alas, some of us way gone. When Alzheimer kicking in the short term memory goes. He is now pass the point where he learned about that. You will have to forgive him.
Booom! in your face FET hahaha sot
Francisco,an autopsy will be perform on the body,to find out the cause of death but before that is done, a doctor has to declare him dead, other wise some one will be in trouble
Fransisco sometimes you just need to be quiet or go work in a bio lab ,you’ll be dissecting all day my broda.
Only a medical Doctor can pronounce a body dead regardless of its current state.
How smart are you? Even though the people already know, are you not aware that it is a formality which must be performed and pronounced by the medical doctor?
Sensible and intelligent people think nothing of it. For the records, they know the procedure for officially announcing the person is dead and who is responsible for informing the public.
Facts, even when I was a premed student, I participated in many autopsies, okay!
The first time I held a spinal cord in my hand, I knew if I graduated from medical school I would become a specialist in Orthopedics, dealing with the spinal column; and internal medicine, specifically to treat with people unable to ambulate due to spinal cord issues, and treat people with diabetes.
So, anybody who wish to think I am an idiot and foreign to autopsy’s, and the procedures to follow when someone dies; the joke is on them!
You too as a matter of fact!
Francisco, it is the statement you made which caused us to respond. The joke is not on me whatsoever. It is on you. If you know so much why did you make that statement? The adage, “It goes without saying.”
As I stated, you should know that for the records the lifeless body must be officially/medically pronounced dead by the medical doctor.
You know the saying, it is not what you state but how you stated it. In this case, it is what you stated. Do not blame us for responding and trying to set the record straight.
In order to determine who the person was and to find the relatives to inform them, obviously, the body must be identified and pronounced dead by the authorities. This makes sense.
FET I want to know if in California anyone other than an MD or Coroner can pronounce someone dead. You know better. I think sometimes you just like to blajay
You see you all missed the concept. How else will a doctor issue a certificate of death, unless he said the man, woman, is dead; and died from such and such?
The only thing I am saying is that one have to be dead, or for some other reason to be a lifeless body. Now a body can appear to be lifeless though the person is not dead! And to find out if the person is alive it is necessary to look for a pulse, (heart rate), there are several places on the body one can check for that: the person could still be alive, but due to a slow and low heart rate one may not detect the person is alive until, a stethoscope is used to hear, and amplify the sounds produced by he heart, lung sand other internal organs.
Other than that one looks for brain waves, okay, so you all can go ahead talk crap about me!
Hahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahah!
mister thinks he knows it all.
Sir, you are way to smart for your own good, In Dominica, only a medical doctor can pronounce someone dead, therefore he was taken so that a doctor could legally declare him dead, I am sure finding out the cause of death would be the second thing on the agenda… Calm down Son, there are way more important issues.
You probably born long after I left Wesley, but be informed I was always a very bright and intelligent kid growing up in my in Wesley; let me tell you what I did when I attended elementary in School.
I had to reduce myself to the level of the dunce around me who bullied me because, I knew the answers, and did not hesitate, to be one of the first to rise my hand when a question was asked.
One time I was told by a certain teacher to give the other children a chance to answer questions. Mind you I could read and write prior to entering kindergarten, my first biological son is the way; he could read and write at two years old, so what?
When the older illiterate in the village would make comments which I knew to be stupid, and I would tell them their argument, is based on superstitions and innuendoes.
You know what the did? They term me “bold and rude child” What can you do about someone who’s intelligence, talents, and abilities are hereditary?
For all the “chat” you have on every story DNO post, I can’t believe you are so dumb. smh