Police Public Relations Office (PRO) Claude Weekes has confirmed a shooting incident at Portsmouth on Friday morning where several gunshots were fired.
An individual was injured, as a result. It is alleged that the incident is drug-related. Weekes told this online publication that ongoing investigations will shed light on suspicions of the incident being drug-related.
“We are conducting investigation into the matter,” he noted.
On Friday evening he informed that police officers will soon conduct interviews with the alleged victim and suspects.
Some people in Portsmouth needs to stop encouraging the drug money. Even if you are poor and you see your children doing something that isn’t right correct them. You can never win by doing what is not right. I prefer to stay poor and clean than be rich and dirty. Keep Portsmouth alive the right way. It’s our home people!
@YES: wat i hearing dere people talking bout possie bad what they do so na one shootine incident and is like ten man die
You see, that’s where the problem is. Instead of passing blame we should look for solutions to this ongoing concern in our beautiful island. We are all hurting by this directly or otherwise, and this is not the reputation we want our country to have regardless whether it is occuring in one part of the country or the other. What can we do as a people to make it better? We need to come together, and let those who represent us know what we would like done. I love my country but now I am scared of being certain places alone as a woman. So imagine someone who is not a citizen and just hears about Dominica. How do you think they feel? We need to find a solution, not pass blame…
that is the problem u all xpect dominica to stay the same like it was 30 yrs ago fat chance this reality its gonna get alot worst 2010 and beyond
i am from portsmouth and im not gonna label portsmouth or any other villlage as who have d baddest people or gangsters every village has had some incident or another some mayb worse than others. i have lived in portsmouth all of my life and we are loving and caring people just like every other village mistakes are made things happen thats life but at the end of it all even if mistakes are made people need to b held accountable for there actions and thats the main point to get the criminals and drug dealers off the street so that people can b safe once again. i love where i live i may not like the stupid and idiotic mistakes some people make but there only human nobody is perfect so stop labeling grandbay people as bad people i have been there couple of times and they are sweet loving people just like portsmouth people
Silly Rabbits Tricks are for kids
Dominica is a funny place
So long Dominicans learn police too retarded to talk to. You tell police “I just see mr thief by Ma so and so” one time the partner coming by u and well tense want to know why you snitch on his sin. Who going and tell nobody anything when such scenarios are persistent?
Dominica needs some serious punishment to deter crime
for e.g. you thief and get caught on 3 separate occasions – off with your hand
You want to shoot people and play bad sling your rasclat up and let the person shoot you back or worse if you kill them firing squad time
Start giving criminals acid eyedrops to put
And to hell with if you catch them arrest them
EVERYBODY IN DOMINICA KNOW THE CRIMINALS
just arrest them and do the do we doh have to have ourself in no funny moral scenario
we trying to follow all the other countries that have technology and can afford to investigate properly and gather evidence longer than the mississippi river. Dominican police start beating and making gangsters disappear. when you catch them on d backdoor do like the french police does do and leave them there permanently
If you cannot take care of it then vigilante justice bound to come out and it will prevail
As for the whole Possie grand bay sin
Grand Bay people irie I have a few friends there
however going to grandbay as an outsider there are some who will make it very “inconvenient” for you
proud portmouth gurl: i wonder wat … u talkin bout???? eh??? am always in geogetown, glanvillia. i always here and always heard a gun shot comin from possie fellas and dat wasn’t my business dat mean u sayin dat possie is a gd place???? u talkin jus like a .. banana boat. possie was always like grandbay forever u better shut …
so before something happen in Dominica Grand Bay have to come up?
@ proud portsmouth girl i suggest u shut ur mouth instead of running ur mouth and saying …
Grand Bay is far better than portsmouth so get a life
I am not from Granbay but the way I see it Portsmouth is still jus a poor little smuggling town riddled with crime, and Grandbay coming up right there behind it.
The problem is not Portsmouth or grandbay is our young people that lazy and want easy money. So satan fill their hearts and that drug problem comes with crime any time u get involve in drugs you must buy your coffin. because u must get killed those young animals are very greedy for money THE LOVE OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL and they know that the justice system full of s *** week magistrates( not Tiyani Behanzin you know) but those women accepting bail when those two foot monsrters come to represent those murderous animals the Judges not doing Gods service all of them to be blaimed they only care about their salary.Government must bring back the gallows Hang those animals and clean our country we better off without them.those lawyers(two foot monsters should be sentence to death for defending those dangerous animals) they are all evil people that have no right to leave.HANG HANG HANG them. we must all come out and demonstrate to bring back hanging.
@de police:
stop the false accusation
@Proud Portsmouth Girl:
All I have to say is stop being bias. Yes some thugs come from other communities and infest the place with their negative behaviors. But this time that was not the case. They are both from Possie. We should not put hand in fire for peeps who do wrong because they come from the same village as we come from or because they might be family related or some friend. Stop being bias. Possie have alot of so called thugs that need to be straightened up so that the innocent might not get caught up in their crimes. And just so you know I am from possie too!!!!!!!!
Hey
I wish the police put their hands on this meniss from portsmouth that think he is above the law or is it the pubilc to take matter in their own hands to deal with the situation this is getting out of hand
and mr Claude Weekes please investigate befor making any judgement as to y the portsmouth man got shot get up from ur pitty sto and get to work on getting the shotter and get him off our street or we will have to do it for you
no disrespect to you sir it is high time this crimnal is off the street . Do have ur self a good day today
to de police and Proud Portsmouth Girl am a proud born and raised grandbayrian and i can tell u ive been to possie and thats the place where u could find the most voleures paros buggerars all the bad u can think off and if it was drug related and it was a grand bay man who did the shooting the grand bay man was protecting hisself and his money from allu possie voleures so stop ba bonda zous vent
Dear Fellowmen and Women,
I am reading these comments and to be honest it is very disappointing. I recall in growing up in Portsmouth we ahd a few people from Grandbay who resided there and most probably up to this present time. Why are we slating each other communities?. What we should be doing is to pray and help each other,because we are one nation. Not a divided one.
its a sad day in dominica, when persons fron various villages or towns are competing/ arguing who is the baddest villlage/ town.
is that what our coutry come too ?
is that the example we want to leave for our children and our grandchildren?
is that what was meant by the next level?
when will the authorities take a serious look at crime?
where is our churches/pastors/priest/bishop.reverend.?
are the churches too busy in gloryfying the next level message and not speaking truth to power?
I ASK ALL DOMINICANS TO SAY A PRAY FOR DOMINICA, GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND PRAY….ASK GOD FOR FORGIVENESS….PRAY THAT OUR COUNTRY DOESNT COME LIKE JAMAICA, ST. KITTS, ST LUCIA ETC…..PRAY THAT WE CAN TRULY BE TAKEN TO THE HIGHER LEVEL AND NOT THE NEXT LEVEL…..PRAY…PRAY….PRAY!!!!!!!!!
I’ve heard many stories, from residents of Portsmouth, of crimes against tourists (theft/robbery, beatings etc) & theft of properties from local residents to the point that the people of Portsmouth cannot sleep with their doors unlocked.
This is for those who think Grandbay is the worst village in Dominica : In Grandbay, anybody can walk through the community at any time (day or night) without fear of being robbed, raped or attacked.
People can & do sleep with their doors & windows opened without fear of having their residence burglarized.
Grandbay is a close-knit community where everyone knows everybody & strangers are usually embraced & welcomed into the village.
If you haven’t been to Grandbay then you don’t know Grandbay. Knowing one terrible person from that community doesn’t make the entire village the worst place in Dominica.
@ police etc…u r a dam***? anyways jump on sout city…WE WILL RISE…
i jus complet the investigation an is a grandbay man that did the shooting…………an am staying with my point… jail for him….
lets keep praying for grandbay, the rest is safe.
This is should not make people beat up on each other like this, Portsmouth people and Grandbay people always got alone what is this bashing of each other, is this for real, crime comes with development and drugs is all over Dominica, infact some of the biggest drug dealer dont even leave in Portsmouth or Grandbay, so please stop this, we can’t take these foolish statements and make a village war over it ok.
grandbay sot
comments:
Create employment for young people instead of lacing your pockets. Provide resources and incentives for farmers so they can go back to agriculture. Stop the monopoly regarding electricity as it relates to DOMLEC
Bring back capital punishment. We need caring politicians not stealing politicians. They are all the same anyway! We need better trained police officers not boy scouts. Stop fooling the poor people, instead educate them.These ideas if genuinely implemented will make Dominica safe again. ( my little two sense thank U)
@YES:
Cease lamenting. Pray for those people and your country including the overall authorities that God might change their hearts. God tests us. Keep persevering.
@Pal rep:
Maybe Dominica should but note what happened in Antigua. Those from Canada who were sent to Antigua were not appreciated. Therefore crimes will always prevail and escalate.
@hymen:
What peace are you wishing? This is not God’s peace. You do not want peace. Note your language and words.
Shockingly, I have read of the rash of crimes in Dominica and gun related ones. I say to myself, Dominica does not have a gun shop. Guns are not being sold in Dominica stores. How were these guns brought to Dominica? Were they by airplanes, in suitcases and by boats or other? Somehow and by whatever means they were brought to Dominica.
The government needs to determine how they arrived in Dominica and who was responsible for allowing them in. This means, an investigation should be conducted.
The last thing that a small and peaceful island as Dominica needs is gun-toting criminals. If there are any people who are employed in air traffic and in certain government areas where luggage is handled, they should also be investigated and also cautioned about this.
Dominica needs honest government and airline workers to prevent guns from entering the country and to eradicate them. If this is not done, this situation will escalate.
Those who also bring and allow guns into the island, just think: “God is observing and taking note of your actions.” You will not escape His fair and just wrath, be it in this lifetime or in the hereafter. Your actions to the end will condemn you for all eternity.
I would like to see Dominica crime-free of such deadly types of crimes of all which also destroy lives and property and place fear in people.
I recall those days when we kept our doors and windows opened and unlocked and slept with our windows open. We had no fear of criminals. No more in this era. What has happened?
The Fifth Commandment of God is “Thou shalt not kill.”
The Seventh Commandment is: “Thou shalt not steal.”
Do you think that you, criminals and gun-toting people will ever escape from God’s fair and just recompense? No way!
Do what is right and respect the lives and property of people as you expect same from them.
@Mic:
Please let us not trash either Grand Bay and Portsmouth people or other villagers. There is good and bad in every village. No exception, people of the world, wherever they reside and whatever their nationality, race, color or creed. By interacting with some people, we do experience who and what they are.
When I resided in Dominica, I recall that there was a crime wave in Grandbay. Not only that, obeah.
I know some Grand Bay people who reside here. I recall once when we got together there was a relevant conversation and I mentioned that I had heard there was a $1.00 walking on the street of Grand Bay. One person from Grand Bay said it was a $5.00. We had a good laugh about that. They are broadminded people and not offended by remarks as long as they are said within a certain, relevant conversation.
Furthermore, this exists throughout the island. Dominica has the French influence and from what I heard, there is a lot of that in the French islands.
I also mentioned that when I visited Dominica I read about a house in Grand Bay which was demolished and a bottle was found underneath the steps. In that bottle were names of people along with nails. It depends what we say but how we say it and under what conditions we say it.
We do not attack people and all the people. If per chance the conversation comes up, we will talk about it and discuss it but not to accuse anyone specifically the innocent. There are many innocent people in Grand Bay just as in Portsmouth and vice versa.
Note the crime wave throughout the island. This is what we should be concerned about and how to eradicate it.
For the honor and glory of God and for peace sake, through the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ, love one another and not point fingers. Assist your country by reporting crimes, if you observe them being committed. God expects this of practicing Christians.
@Righteous:
The tears of sorrow and grieving are already occuring and sadly so.
@A Voice:
The western world authorities are too lenient with criminals, which is why there is an increase in crimes, no exception murders. Have you viewed CNN/HLN? The stories of this nature are so sad.
@Karkabeff:
Good idea about email reporting. We, in Toronto, have crime stoppers phone number and the Police number. It is our business to keep these numbers close at hand, even on our person as we go about our business in the city. I have the numbers right beside my computer and on my bedroom night table. Hopefully, there will be no intruders.
If the government and police want help from the public, they should have provide an email address in this age of technology.
Some people will be afraid to go to the police – in person. Therefore, the government and police authorities must encourage the public to report crimes since the police cannot be always present. They need the assistance of the public to also fight crimes.
If they report a crime, their names must not be divulged to the Media. They must recognize the confidentiality and safeguard those who report crimes. Otherwise, the police will not get cooperation from the public.
@ proud portsmouth girl : i am from grandbay and trust me portsmouth is much more worst than grandbay….as of now u not hearing anything happening in grandbay..we hearing bout portsmouth now..i guess it’s by turns bcuz portsmouth name forever calling even though grandbay own calls too but possie is WORST…AND TO ALL DOMINICANS STOP CALLING GRANDBAY NAME IN ALLU S..…EVERYTIME ALLU COMMENTING UNDER CRIMES OR DRUG STORIES ALLU HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT GRANDBAY WE NOT THE WORST…WE ARE GOOD PPL..S… HAPPENS AT TIME N IT’S DOMINICANS ON A WHOLE…THEY CAN’T COPE OR SOCIALIZE WITH EACH OTHER…FOR THEM “WAR IS BETTER THAN PEACE” SO LEAVE GRANDBAY OUT OF IT GIRL BCUZ IT’S BOUT POSSIE U WANT TO PUT GRANDBAY IN THE LIGHT THEN STUPES…*S.J*
Possey man could round up all those so call ‘gangters’ in possey in half an hour if they really wanted to and put some serious grown man coff and kick in their A** !
@ proud portsmouth girl : i am from grandbay and trust me portsmouth is much more worst than grandbay….as of now u not hearing anything happening in grandbay..we hearing bout portsmouth now..i guess it’s by turns bcuz portsmouth name forever calling even though grandbay own calls too but possie is WORST…AND TO ALL DOMINICANS STOP CALLING GRANDBAY NAME IN ALLU SHIT…EVERYTIME ALLU COMMENTING UNDER CRIMES OR DRUG STORIES ALLU HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT GRANDBAY WE NOT THE WORST…WE ARE GOOD PPL..SHIT HAPPENS AT TIME N IT’S DOMINICANS ON A WHOLE…THEY CAN’T COPE OR SOCIALIZE WITH EACH OTHER…FOR THEM “WAR IS BETTER THAN PEACE” SO LEAVE GRANDBAY OUT OF IT GIRL BCUZ IT’S BOUT POSSIE U WANT TO PUT GRANDBAY IN THE LIGHT THEN STUPES…*S.J*
why does the southern cultural village of Grandbay,must be commentedor reference been drawn on whenever drug related,violent related incident happens in Dominica,Is like Grand bay is equilvent to a Jamiacan Garrison,I would really love to go to Grand bay to see what the people are like,i live in the diaspora and have came across alot of Grand bayrian,who are the most friendly,loving people i have meet from Dominica,yet still every negative incident that happens in the country people call on that particular.This year i haven’t heard any crime reports from the Dominica police on Grand bay yet still the place is stereotyped by all Dominicans,People the incident happened Portsmouth,what has grandbay to do with it???? You all must stop that foolishness and condemn violence in the soverign country of Dominica.
Portsmouth Proud Girl., say la mo gwatas
You don’t know what really know what you are talking about.Like you said people in glass house should not throw stones.But you yet still ,You are picking on us grandbayrians.You fail to understand crime happens all over on the Island Domionica.Not just grandbay.You and others are being Bias,onesided making judgements.Who are you all. WE Grandbayrian are very loving and freindly.WE are very hospitality.
.So i am adviseing you and other DNO readers who has no possitve feed back to give to the Dominica Goverment and World wide DNO readers Should shut up. Keep your fingers off the Keyboard.I am tired of this BS. Stop it now.
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A Proud DA Grand Bay Man living overseas.
coco sec gwabe
When is the Attorney General, DPP and Commissioner of police going to see it fit to get with the retired chiefs and deputies and form a Council of Chief to advise the commissioner etc? Dca does not have NO bad man just a few punks playing gangstar. You should see how humble they are when in police custody. They even fraid to sneeze. Just ask those accused of the recent sea murders. Only bad in public.
Also, with the advert of the internet why is there not an email address published and broadcasted in the media for crimes to be reported. That email should go straight to the DPP, Commissioner and deputy. People can always report anonimously. Or better yet, a website for the police where someone can go and post information on a crime just like we are doing here. This place lacks vision and in the process criminals and so called badmen florish.
Well, I coming from the sea. No holds bad.
We have to weed out these punks from society. As a Possiecan, I can tell you that it is just a few punks who are in de place fronting like gangstars….
If you know something please come forward….if these things keep going on, we are going to have a lot of families sad and weeping from their love ones dying of stray bullets.
Bring back de catonine.
it all comes with development “The Next Level” take it or leave it. All those that not talking they need to shoot them in their damn mouth.
PPG you just frigging hypocrite ,,, is possie man self that doing that …. dont you worry though , those same peace loving people will get fed up one of these days and bump of one of those two … or the two of them who knows …
wish i could set it up so that they kill each other !
Peace!
@Piper: So Pipes, U would talk? drug dealers have gun eh, and they threaten ppl. Police have to do their investigate tooth an nail, but they sometimes rat on ppl to the dealers, that’s why ppl apprehensive. Maybe D/a might have to do like Trinidad and hire 2 highly paid pros from Canada or outside D/a to run and clean up the force and de streets.
All time Dominica do not adopt laws like they have in Singapore and them places, crime is going to be rampant.
The Bible itself says ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’. As soon as them ‘conservative educated’ Dominicans start coming with their nonesense about stop beating and caning, Dominica have a high influx of crime. If there isn’t serious detterent then how can we lessen crime?
Just this month, Singapore sentenced a Swiss guy to 5 months jail and a couple strokes with the cane, just for writing graffiti on trains. Do you believe that this guy will ever do that again?
Many people are testifying that this is one of the saftest societies to live or visit. Children play in the streets without having fear of being kidnapped and assaulted, tourists travel safely there without fear, drug dealers are arrested and hanged 3 months after sentencing and crime is at a low.
When I was growing up, Dominica didn’t have them things there because there was retribution to pay for committing crimes. But we have wicked people high up in society, because the very ones that suppose to be protecting society are the very ones that profit by crime. Dominica seems to develop a new system of recycling criminals so that the big people can make as much money out of them as possible. The kind of small jail sentences and granting of bail for repeat offenders is in itself a crime against society.
That kind of new thing Dominica adopt there of not wanting to punish crime is the downfall of society. People can talk how they want but bad man not going to let go off their profitable lifestyle unless they are forced too. All the educating and talking ain’t gonna do sh.t. You have to make a few example of couple fellas. A few humiliating strokes of the cat-o-nine to go along with the jail sentence and a little hanging every now and then and fellas would be force to consider whether it is worth them to gain the world and lose their soul.
What all you waiting for, a few tourists to die first? Tourists only go where it is safe….
I watchin’ still……
@Proud Portsmouth Girl: and what the hell makes you think portsmouth is better than grandbay? you live under an illusion, portsmouth has more ghetto trash than any other village in Dominica.
@Proud Portsmouth Girl: Possie have crime, including tourist in boat etc, unfortunately, but Grandbay off the chain wi pal:-)
Possie have a police station right in the middle of the town which helps keep crime down – no doubt, but look they still building a new police station in grand bay uup in de mountains far away from the main population. Now that’s unfortunate!
No wonder Possie can never be like Grandbay if they keep such misguided ideas up. But Grandbay can and will bunce back. The rise of crime in Possie is unfortunate but controllable.
@lexie val:
The next level!!!!!
Portsmouth will never be like Grandbay. Portsmouth has always been a peace loving place. The thugs that are migrating to Portsmouth and giving Portsmouth a bad name.
I am from Portsmouth and I am proud of my town. My town will never be like Grandbay and Portsmouth is not immune from crime and so is any other part of Dominica. Foreigners are migrating to our state and with then come crime.
people in glass windows do not throw stones. At this point in time no community is better than the other and no one should say that there is no crime in their village.
All those with guns and think they bad they should be all be caught and be sent to jail.
Possie jus like Grandbay
thugs alone …more women for me
and mr nice guy 2
IS DEM SELF…LEFT DEM SHOOT EACH OTHER…DE POLICE SHOULD SEAT BACK TELL THE LAST ONE LEFT!!
People are tight-lipped, but tomorrow they will complain about the increase in crime.
Now PPLE…Seriously, What was wrong the the statement made by PM Skerritt indicating that stricker laws will be put in place for person with unlicenced fire arms????
oh me oh my…… wat are we becoming………….stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupes alas bondieu
This country is infested with drugs..Moral decay all around us in society…
Possie 4 life
Real cowboy business errr partner yeeeee-haaa!!!!!!!
well thats possie for you ..never give up your own