A contract for a 125-room villa complex is scheduled to be signed next month and the project is expected to greatly benefit residents in the north of the island.
That announcement was made by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit when he delivered remarks at the 16 inaugural meeting of the Portsmouth Town Council on Wednesday.
According to the Prime Minister, the villa complex is to be constructed under the Economic Citizenship Program (ECP).
“We also have concluded an agreement which I shall sign next month November, God willing, with the Range Developers for the construction of the 125-room Villa Complex under the Economic Citizenship Program,” he said. “And once that comes into stream, one can appreciate the benefits that this will bring to the people of Portsmouth and the north of Dominica in so far as employment is concerned.”
He said those expected to benefit include farmers, taxi operators, hotel operators, landscapers, among others.
In February 2014, the government announced that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Range Developments Limited for the construction the 75 to 125-room, high-end luxury brand hotel.
The MOU was signed between the government and Mohammed Asaria, Vice Chairman of Range Developments.
At the inaugural meeting the country’s leader also mentioned that checks totalling over EC$ 500,000, presented at the function, will go towards two areas of need in Portsmouth.
“I will hand over later today some checks totalling over EC$ 550,000 to the council,” he stated. “That will cover various projects including the installation of the lights on Benjamin Park. As you know, some time ago we gave $175,000 for the lights that I understand were only sufficient to have purchased the infrastructure. We need now to build the stand and so forth and you need an additional EC$ 80,000 to purchase this.”
He also said funds are being made available to keep Portsmouth clean.
“I have been told also that the wonderful people who worked so diligently seeking to keep Portsmouth clean, sometimes do not have the tools of trade required and to perform their task and I have been told that the estimate for that is EC$20,000 and we will make this available to you also,” Skerrit said.
Meantime MP for Portsmouth, Ian Douglas, said he has been working “hand in hand” with the council and has noticed “steady transformation of the town.”
“And the process is being vigorously pursued right now, as we see on Harbor Lane and Rodney Street and even through Lagon to Purple Turtle (Beach),” he said. “Ninety-five percent of the streets and drains in Glanvillia, Zicak and Chance have been completely refurbished and resurfaced.”
He said these infrastructural works have “truly enhanced the aesthetics of the town, not only for us as residents but for visitors alike.”
“We have seen the effects of these refurbishments on the business and commercial climate on Bay Street right now and, I may dare say, the rehabilitation of Rodney’s Street and Harbor Lane will have the same effect,” Douglas said.
a five to six storey administration building to serve the people of the north is needed immediately, a marina at the cabrits to complement the morocco hotel is also needed, an improved hospital in Portsmouth is also needed. stop paying lip service and let’s get it on now, an entertainment stadium in Portsmouth is also needed to bring in the North American stars like Mariah Carey, Elton John, Jimmy Buffet, Rod Stewart and so on.
No other country except Dominica do you hear of a Prime Minister also being the minister of finance, something is up with that. The prime minister should never be allowed to also control a countries treasury, this opens up the possibility of fraud and theft of the peoples monies in shady deals benefitting the politicians and their friends who most likely put the money in overseas bank accounts after they flee when caught dong something crooked.
Erase your suspicion. Dominica is a small country. Therefore, it is understandable that he would also perform the work of Finance Minister. Does D/ca not have an auditor who audits the books?
Look at it this way. If there is a finance minister, this person would have to be paid. Is there enough work to keep him/her occupied in that capacity and worth the salary which this person would receive?
Juan…you are absolutely right!
This article has generated a large number of comments, and so it should. My concern has to do with the fact that we always seem to put the cart before the horse when it comes to infrastructural development. How do we plan to fill these rooms when the is little or no talk of an international airport.
By the way my friends, the recent annoucement by the P.M with regards to renaming of Melville Hall Airport should indicate that he has no intention of building an International airport.
Pertaining to this new hotel, you should adopt a wait and see attitude for no one can tell the future and what will occur then and from thereon.
Your comment in the second paragraph may not necessarily be so. You are jumping ahead and assuming that it is so. You should ask the PM if he plans to build an international airport instead of assuming that he has no intention of doing so. It is like wrongly reading his mind since you do not have privy to a person’s mind. You are also accusing him and judging him of what you do not know and cannot prove.
Need to attract more educational institutions like Ross U and bring back agriculture in order to employee more citizens long term.
And in 10-15 yrs the Cabrits MARINE national park will be destroyed!!! just like whats happening in Rodney Bay St. Lucia, and then we say that we love DA. How could we ever allow TWO (2) hotels to be built within close confines to the natural treasure. Somebody really doesn’t care or more disturbing somebody is just plain wicked or even more stupid!!!
The swamps is presently filtering the waters into Bells Hall. With the destruction of the swamp The beautiful corals and fishing industry will be lost.
PM Skerritt is the minister of finance for Dominica, and he likes to boast about the good job he and his ministry are doing, but actions speak louder than words.To say to the Portsmouth council that the first $170,000 given to put lights in the town was only able to put in the infrastructure, so he now has to give an extra $80,000 shows there is a lack of proper financial management. For crying out loud, the PM should have know that the first amount wouldn’t be enough to complete the job.It sounds like he just throws money at things without having the proper evaluation done before hand. This is the people’s money and better management is required. No wonder the economy and the country are the worst in the OECS
Lies, LIES and more Lies. With all these projects Portsmouth is already transformed boy.
On Monday May 5th, The Dominica leader, Hon Roosevelt Skerrit revealed to his rally of supporters his Government’s plans for the modernisation of the second town of Portsmouth. More empty promises: DLP shall: establish better gateways to Portsmouth, set the stage for far more vibrant commercial and industrial activity. “We have told the planners to include for example facilities for a modern walk off cruise landing facility and shopping arcade, also bulk storage and loading bay for the export of fresh potable water,” said the Prime Minister. A new Government Administration Building, to provide essential services for the north, a modern bus terminal and a general road and highway improvement including the continuation of the E O Le Blanc Highway into Sugar Love to avoid the current bottle neck at Borough’s Square at the bus stop.” GIS
Published on Thursday, 08 May 2014
you know i don’t understand you people u’ll want development ,you’ll say’n we don’t hav enough hotel rooms give it to you’ll ,you complaining you’ll want an international airport ? but if we don’t start building the hotel rooms wen we get the airport and tourist start coming in where we goin n put them,we hav to put the basics first then we can get our airport in the mean time we’ll do what we hav to do….so jus watch us work..ok n FEAR NO MORE…better place to live ,a better place to work and a better place to enjoy life
Great, so what is the status of the Morocco funded hotel. How come we are not hearing anything about that. Just promises and lies. That hotel should be up and running by now. U Labour supporters in the know please answer me on that score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yep, that Moroccan hotel is sitting unfinished and the Moroccans are gone!
Zabocaa Man Jus hav a little patients..Phase two (2) will be startin ,.hav you been to the site or you jus repeatin wat u hearin?at least we start and we not breakin ground like you’ll in the past !
We are not getting an international airport and there aren’t enough tourists to fill up all these dumb a hotels the PM wants to build!
you know i don’t understand you people u’ll want develpment ,you’ll say’n we don’t hav enough hotel rooms give it to you’ll ,you complaining you’ll want an international airport ? but if we don’t start build the hotel rooms wen we get the airport and tourist start coming where we goin n put them,we hav to put the basics first then we can get our airport in the mean time we’ll do what we hav to do….so jus watch us work..ok n FEAR NO MORE…better place to live ,a better place to work and a better place to enjoy life
First of all Dominica don’t have night life, so apart from our natural attractions that the tourist can visit during the day, what are they going to do at night? Building hotels alone that are always incomplete, is definitely not going to encourage stay over visitor
How come i never see u at any caribbean investment forums, the only forums i hear u go to are those for passport sales, duncecat, don’t u know private business grow an economy.
Another hotel in the north? But the ‘North’ is so violent……isn’t that what was said of the ‘South’ why they discouraged All-Saints medical school from setting up shop in the South??
I still do not understand why whenever there is talk of funds for projects that only the Prime Minister delivers the news. Why can’t the parliamentary representative be the one to inform the people that the government has allocated x amount of $$$ to fund a particular project. This truly baffles me and points to a leadership style that always places the power in the leader’s hands. What about shared leadership? Leadership and followership require similar qualities. In order for the PM to be an effective leader, he must also be an effective follower, and that means that he also needs to take a backseat and promote his followers – allow them to shine; allow them to bring good news to their constituents.
The Parliamentary Representative can`t say any thing because the PM is a Dictator and that`s what a Dictator does he always have the say I do this and I do that Dominicans watch out don`t let your self become Dictated .
stop focusing on freeking tourism. our country started going down since this little boy did that.
i am not saying that tourism is bad. it gives us only half a year of employment.
focus on farming and manufacturing. where is our agriculture skeritt? you kill it dead
you building roads for my family to go to garden but they cant afford the products. you giving their old parents sheds but if you had not killed agriculture we would have been able to give them a comfortable house with our own money. you would not have to use tax payers money to do this.
look at how you pay teachers a paupers salary. 1500. they have sleepless nights. bills to pay. kids to take care of, and some of them, their parents too. they work 7 days a week, preparing, planning, correcting. you increase their work each year. no concessions like when the other parties were there. you gave them 0 percent raise but you get 50 percent. there is absolutely no respect for the people who teaches children to be everybody in society.
when are you going to show them respect skeritt. when are you going to stop the suffering among my people?
give us our agriculture and manufacture. give us our lives and freedom back. fix our crooked judicial system. fix all you made wrong or just get out
well said! Its production we need, not visitors! Everything is imported, nothing is produced here, the salaries are a joke and totally below cost of living but everybody applauds him for yet another hotel that will never fill up- this government is pure nonsense.
Ohhhhhhh!!!! I just love, adore and admire this Great and Powerful leader and savior, Dr. Roosevelt Skerrit! Again this God-Sent Leader and Ordained King has found a way to assist the people of the North in a very big and substantial way! This new hotel will vastly boost the economy of the northern villages by providing employment and creating a market for farmers and entrepreneurs. Such a handsome, humble and peaceful soul is this great and mighty Leader! The people of Dominica are behind you and we applaud your efforts in going out there and fighting for our best interest! Our beloved PM always brings the BIG MONEY home! Something that NONE of the novices on the other side could EVER do! Not even Monelle Williams and her pretty face can rise to bring home the “mulla” that our King and PM can! And yes Portsmouth, for your loyalty and faithfulness to the divine, upright, and blessed Labor Party, you shall eat with us and eat BIG! Vote the Red and get the “bread”! You know how it goes! I love my PM! One just can’t help it! The man is simply an ANGEL!
I hope you’re joking
He is being very sarcastic to say the least!
Excuse meeeeee…. Is this Mervin Paul writing this?
Something is definitely wrong with the pm. Suddenly gifts for possie. It’s a huge joke having heard that the pm is not obsessed with elections. Goo old lord stop fooling poor and a lack of information Dominicans.. Soon you might promise them an a big free shopping center where everything is freeeeeee. Where is Mr Ian, when he should have gone to on the spree with ambassador at large, he is talking after the pm about possie mouth developing. What about possie has changed? Shame on this labour party…..
DE whole of Dominica should vote demmmmm out,, they need a vacation……..
The pm always putting ian last in DE class,,, Ian reallllllll have guts to be still in that class,,,, all of dem fraud DE Pm.
my point only for dno to follow on the bitcoin company which was sued by federal Govt for 75million see link below
http://rt.com/usa/lawsuit-coinlab-gox-bitcoin-778/
well skero as a friend my boy i really feeling sorry for you. i wonder how you feel to stand before people to say those jokes. But you have to say what you have to say. you just cannot stay like a moomoo. pm i think you should think of firing ian in portsmouth. this man is doing nothing to help the party in that part of D/A. AFTER THE ELECTION WIN OR NOT ASK MR TO RESIGHN.
What hotel again in Portsmouth? The Morocan one cannot finish and PM talking of another one? What they think , people eating hotel?
And why do we have a PM just handing money to village councile so? No projects, no budget, who is deciding what amount to give, and for what?
Its really time for change. Not my vote they getting this time.
Boy look projects,Where was the pm 14yrs ago.More hotep when one hotel in DA cnt even be filled.PM that’s a very mad move.Fix the hospitals and roads first.
change must come call the damn elections man im fed up call it call it call it please call it
What they going to put in all those hotels they building there? The few hotels we have with limited rooms always empty people don’t even know there’s a place called Dominica. They need to do something to advertise Dominica and try to get people to visit. Am in the states every time i say am from Dominica am ask where is that if i meant Dominican Republic
Wow all what skiroo do people don’t like it poor my PM anyway we love DLP they working hard for my dominica
Skerrit’s advisors working for their money……projects of all types coming up, looks like they will have to import labour
they already did that with the Chinese on all the projects
I have copied and pasted your nasty anger into my brain and now it is coming back to haunt you in full force: “It is none of our dam business, go hell! go to Hell! go to hell! you lieing bastard”.
Tell us what has become of the morocan hotel. Bush is growing in there and soon it will be pronounced a sick building, just like the former Roseau Health Centre. It is now the home of dogs. Make an unexpected visit to the site and I can guarantee you that you will see a self proclaimed bull dog on the backs of some helpless meg ones. It is the forum for nightmares.
And this villa complex that you are talking about, will never come afoot. It is just pure lie and crookery.
Even a blind man can see right through you, so shut your trap.
To Ian Douglas and the Mayor of Portsmouth,
If you all want to help keep Portsmouth clean, you two must first start picking up the mountain of garbage that accumulate in all neighborhoods in front of people houses. The Mayor said that garbage will be picked up every Friday or Saturday, but as we all know and see that garbage only gets picked up every two or three weeks. I am surprised to see that RATS have not yet started sleeping in people beds. The only thing that enjoy this type of nastiness are the neighborhood dogs. So IAN start doing what you are paid to do, keep the city clean.
We want hotels and villas in Grand Bay too.
….well just these three would be ok for now….The roads (Tete Morne to Hagley and Geneva to Bagatelle) must be fixed properly and not just patched….if that’s done before the elections??……. 
…and a Marina/Port at “Stowe”….and a Stadium in Geneva….and….
I have been told….I have been told… in the moon Skerrit living man???
125 luxury room hotel in the north without the luxury of a yacht marina. Whats the use.
So Skerrit thinks that the people are so dumb that he needs to explain possible jobs if a hotel came around…
I Voting my pm with no signal, its his time now every body else must wait line; call him showman, foolish, teeth, what ever you want to i just just want you guys to remember the king has the last word.
This govt should be ashamed of themselves. You to say, after 14 years in office, you guys are going crazy trying to do projects willy nilly all over the place. This is a clear indication that you guys have not been working for all these years. Now you acting like when you having a guest who just called to say they going to stop by, so you running around trying to clean up and putting things in place. Had you been doing what you had to do all these years, you would not have to be doing things. You would just call the election. But now you running around like a chicken without a head. Who you think you fooling? Dummy-nicans?
Slow down PM slow down…………for years you on that stop line, all of us Dominicans behind you hunking our horns for you to move. You eh never move, you were there sitting in the drivers seat calculating ….villas….mansion…..vehicles……more security…….expensive suits…….trips……while all your ministers in the back seat of your car smiling……houses, trips, all them girls girls girls, vehicles, $$$$. Now in 2014 months before elections, when people in the long line get burnt out, broke, some run away, cannot buy school books, can hardly pay bills, no increase for those nurses, police and teachers and public officers, fireman get so burnt out they sleep out on the road, we were so at a standstill termites eat marigot hospital and many many businesses closed down………now you ready to start to collect riches again in the front seat of the car, while all the big men, in the back seat counting MILLUONS, you promising the world, especially to we the faithful people of possie. PM will and come again
I am not sure who is advising the PM. However, I am certain that it is someone of unsound mind and judgment. We heard so much talking about the Moroccan Hotel Too Chaud Too Flam.
It’s still not finished yet, but here we go again with yet another hotel. Can we at least finish one hotel first before starting another one.
The coast guard base never materialized. Tim Tim promised us a new hospital in Goodwill and we still waiting. Wood Aunts took away the hospital in Marigot and left them with none at all. Bats and other rodents ran our first responders out of the Portsmouth Fire Station.
Bondieu!!!! Help us in Dominica.
Skerrit oh Skerrit! Please relax man, what happen to you? Thge Morroccan Hotel ain’t finish yet, the Public Works Hotel ain’t start yet,
the Hotel in Woodfordhill I doh know what to say, so what 125 room Villa Hotel you talking about?
I hear you talking about a government building in Portsmouth, since 1999 under UWP, Mark Frampton win de design competition for the post office, treasury, social security and other government office building in Portsmouth, the toilet paper architect come out second. So what are you talking about new building for Portsmouth after 15 years?
How long? Not Long!
Time to pack up and leave people country for them because with this type of desperation you will do some desperate thing that will not be good for the country.
Thanks you for telling me, mr prime minister no job for me.mr prime minister dominica is for Dominican. (South)
More passport for sale! Pm skerrit let me give you a little advice. Firstly the island of Dominica has enough hotels. The ones we have cannot even meet their occupancy quota, so selling more passports to build hotels isn’t the answer to our economic woes.
Please invest our passport money in making Dominica the # 1 sustainable agricultural island in the Caribbean thats the island competitive advantage utilize it!
Well said!
i will campaign even harder to ensure that Dominicans across the length and breath vote aggressively against Labour.
They are all about FOOLING the citizens….
can someone tell me if Dominica is serious about destination Marketing….the existing hotel and tourism sector is “DEAD”
Subjected to correction the atlantic view hotel is under pressure just recently opened, has Dominica discovered a international airport which was hiding and now uncovered.
Why, why and why do Dominicans continue to have this kid play games with them…
Re confirms Dominica as the Official FOOLS PARADISE!!
Possie !!! Let me try to answer your question. when we pump money in Hotel it worked out well for us, ie we put a 1million and we take back 500,000 under D table even project stop like D Moroccan Hotel; so you see we can not do the same in agriculture to many farmers to deal with, under-table ting can`t work, people will see
Ko-ki-yo-ko!!!
Grand Bayrians are you listening? Are you seeing what your PM is doing? Come on People! When is enough, enough?
He again shows no interest for the South-east of the island, even when he’s not being truthful to his favorite constituents.
Roosevelt Skerrit really believes that Dominicans are dummies-in-cans that he can drink and pee-pee as he likes. I’ve said it before and will say it again. Only in Dominica the Prime Minister will do what he’s doing and get away with it. He knows the people, his supporters are gullible, greedy, lack of pride for their country and are unable to stand up for what is right, once they can get crumbs and aid from the Red clinic.
I’ll continue to gwayeh while I monitor with one head up and scratch-scratch looking for food.
Does ‘the North’ mean Portsmouth only? Because I can not see anything meaningful happening in other parts of the North.
As far as Ian’s remark is concerned that 95% of the roads and drains in Glanvilla and other parts of Portsmouth have been repaired, that is all well and good. However, if he was to continue his journey from Portsmouth to Melville Hall he could not say the same thing. This road is an utter disgrace: pothole upon pothole getting larger by the day. The vegetation on the roadside has taken over 50% of the road in some areas. This is not only dangerous but very unsightly. What are all the tourists supposed to think? Numerous single file bridges on that road which the DLP promised before the last election would all disappear.
Nothing but promises. The North of Dominica (apart from Portsmouth) has been forgotten by this incompetent government. Skerrit and Co. its time to pack you bags and go. We can do better without you!
“Range Developers for the construction of the 125-room Villa Complex under the Economic Citizenship Program,”(Roosevelt Skerrit)
I am dumbfounded, and out right confused with the language in the above quote. So, confused that I thought it appropriate to ask Mr. Skerrit to define only; “Economic Citizenship.” I am sure even Skerrit himself have difficulties understanding the statement he made above.
Internationally when governments grants economic citizenship to an individual, or a group of people, the people receiving such privileges are requested to invest in the country, creating employment, the recipients are also expected to reside in the country where they obtained their citizenship. As far as we know Dominica has a citizenship program according to the Labor Party which only involves the sale of Dominica Passports to crooks, criminals, you know thieves, murders, vagabonds and the worlds outcast!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!
I wonder what is the difference of the two programs; then again a fifty room guess house donated by Morocco after all these years cannot be completed, I do not know how they are going to get a hundred twenty-five room completed. They always get started and by the time the roof goes on construction usually halts.
What happen to the one in the valley between St. Joseph, and Roseau? I hear the economic citizenship money that was supposed to build it some China woman thief all the money from the sale of Passports and flew to China!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
mr. Mac we still waiting to see if the ABATOIR will ever be completed.The way they spoke when it started if it was the truth at least one million fowls would have been killed there by now!
Morrocco hotel in limbo
They getting another from Skero
Eben look roro.
Possie people zer zer so.
Is this the much spoken about hotel which is to be built on the intended site for the loooong awaited US financed Coast Guard Base?
PM stop jiving and get real. Tell we Dominicans how you going to full the hotel rooms.
We have tried to engage a few Morroccans on the hotel fiasco and in their limited English they are saying that they are not allowed to talk. this hotel has Scam written all over it.
But under Ian Douglas as minister of Tourism and Reginald Austrie as minister of ports the cruse ship berth in Portsmouth the terminal is leaking and Portsmouth people have not benefitted from the facility tat was built by the Freedom Party. The same Eugenia Charles who was hated in Portsmouth just because she was not Labor. Now Labor in Power for 14 years and the people cannot even say I made a living due to the cruise ship terminal.
Now we hearing about a new hotel again. Get tge Cruise Ship terminal into operation and stop fooling people with your garbage.
People of the Commonwealth of Dominica you have to come better than that you and only you can stop the madness going on in Dominica, Election fever is in the air and possible the DLP will be calling a snap election next month, but don’t be fooled by all the gifts that are thrown on you.. ask yourself what happened for the pass 14years where was the PM and DLP all along..
Dominica and Dominicans cannot believe begging or hand outs are the best way in life, wouldn’t you like to have your own money in your pocket…
Now you have a chance to make the change put yourselves first and that would be after the almighty father.. Vote Change is a must.
Election gimmick trees with no roots and water simply perish,my poor people are so damn foolish.
Another classic case of hot air. No mention – at all is made by the PM about the abandoned hotel close to the Cabrits – but he makes mention of yet a new contract. SMDH
I dont feel sorry for the people of Portsmouth – they have dug in there heals and stuck with Labour – let them continue to be ignored cause clearly they like it so.
Portsmouth people are not the only ones that was fooled by the Labour Party the whole Island is in the same pit, because they forgot what the real labour party was and stand for, we allowed ourselves to fall into poverty and we just don’t know how to get out ever since
http://www.caribbeannewsnow.com/topstory-New-Dominica-development-agreement-raises-due-diligence-issues-20015.html
You mean we still going to vote that party back in power? it have hotels all over the north and they cannot be filled and the PM signing MOU as if we going to profit? Dominicans what happen to all you?
DNO this is where I believe your news department fall short but that is just my honest criticism meant to be constructive. Here it is that the PM is reporting about this supposed new hotel in Portsmouth. I believe that it timely that the readers are provided with an update on the Morroco Hotel that was suppose to be up and running by now. It is an easy gig to find out the status of the hotel – what is goig on and why it is that the hotel project is as it is. Maybe DNO you will find out a lot more than you bargain for. Maybe just a few phone calls would help; A call to Ian douglas to give an explanation.
Honestly DNO I get the feeling that you guys are a bit too intimidated – Put the reports out there and let the chips fall – UWP ites say you guys are partial to Labor and Laborites say that you are bias to the UWP. That should suggest that DNO is balance and so DNO that should be a greater source of motivation to put the news out there.
the fact is that the Morrocan Hotel is suffering serious set backs – from failed electricals , to Morrocans doig nothing, to buildigs at a stand still. We were told that the hotel was a gift from the Morrocan Government yet the Morrocan gift seem to be in the hands of private interest – do your research. The Moroccans are a proud people and I know for sure that the government of Morocco cannot be proud of their gift at this point. if it is a Moroccan Government gift then the government cannot be proud.
Also DNO you may want to investigate the what has happened to the coast guard base that was donated by the US government and also find out what the US embassy is saying or asking. Where is the money and why it is that we had a Bwois Bandais ground breaking ceremony and 2 1/2 years later there is no sign of the construction of the coast guard base- Where thee money , where thee money gone.
I couldn’t agree with you more. There is such a thing called investigative journalism. All I see here are reports. Lenox do his fair share. Matt also unearths a great deal. those who chose to remain in the dark hate them for bringing the truth to light. Why so many reporters? Get a few journalist on board who will go out there and get the story behind the story.
The media needs to show that they are not intimidated by the tyrants (A tyrant in its modern English usage, is an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution) who are being allowed to run loose.
Grow some balls DNO people!!!!!
Are you for real. Benefits to the north seems to mean PORTHSMOUTH- your backyard and immediate surrounding. Skeritt stop taking people for a joke. Dominca government is for ALL . Help should be distributed to all villages. You are a real joker. Dominicians especially the NORTH should vote Skeritt OUT. HE MUST GO. I am so angry now and I praised you in the past. Now Ican see through your dirty political tricks. I am not at home and I am mad.
I am very disappointed with this latest announcement.
I for one would like to hear when the new hospital will be built.
OK we want more stay over visitors, and we need somewhere to put them, but we also need a decent up to date hospital.
You not getting it? the man does not care about the people. Get it people get it!!!! My God!!
Have you ever tried leaving chores, home work, studies or paying your bills for the last minute? I am certain that most of us know the feeling of LASTMINUTE.COM.
Well just imagine that lastminute.com feeling and multiply it by 1000%. This is exactly how Skerrit is feeling right now, sick like a Jaco(our local parrot). The guy is running around like a headless chicken evading the dumpling and red beans when he clearly knows that the pot is boiling and his demise is inevitable. He knows hence his irrational promises
There are so many songs which make reference to being too late, from Love songs to the train is leaving , to Im leaving on a jet plane. I am not sure which one best describes this mushroom called Skerrit but I think even he knows that the writing is on the wall.
The PM has done everything in his power to give Dominicans every reason not to vote for him . He is the epitome of a failed leader, so I don’t know what more Dominicans need to see and hear to convince them that their poor leader has finally hit the wall and run out of gas, steam, electricity, whichever form of energy or fuel he uses.
He is not one of the Japanese Ronin so please don’t expect him to fall on his own sword. He isn’t brave enough and besides, this would be asking way too much from a coward.
Now the power is in our hands and the future belongs to every Dominican. Seize the moment when it arrives and make your fellow countrymen who live far and wide proud to once again say, I was there when this most disgraceful leader was voted of office.
God Bless My People. God Bless Dominica. Amen
Maybe you just cannot keep up.
Ian is a liar ,shame on you Ian90 percent of roads are fixed? My GOD LIE LIE LIE i live in chance IAN most of the roads in chance is bad
the hospital road is a disgrace
IAN ,you should never be allowed to talk in portsmouth, time up ,we trying JJ this time
don’t think you live in Chance.Chance is transformed.Labour ka twavay.
Transformed into a slum
We have know problem voting for JJ on the north. Is just that, the people on the north having a hard time trusting this guys. Every body can see labour working. You see the way you talking that why the people will give Ian a next 5 year. Learn to humble yourself.
no offense to Possie residents but a hotel is the last thing Dominica needs right now!
And no funds for the Portsmouth and Marigot hospitals??
lol huh annd the damn morocan hotel that kia finish up to now ? what is the update on that mr skerite? not one employment that morocan hotel provided for people now u coming and talk about another hotel????? man u doe tired fool people? is not the same reginald austrie that say he going to take out lagon people and put up on cotton hilll? its been more than 8 years since these liers say they putting people up theere. all reginald austrie do is drive all around on his black van blowing horn .every five years they bringing a backo up on the hill too fool people. well i have news ffor u skerite. u can never get my vote again.
pm go to hell with your hotel I say go to hell
So – another meaningless “white elephant” project for Dominica. I guess Atlantique View and Rosalie Bay must be turning away customers because they are full – and the Moroccan hotel in Portsmouth must be full too. In fact, every hotel in Dominica must be bursting at the seams for us to be contemplating building an even larger hotel that nobody will want to stay at…..lol.
So wats thebupdate on the moroco hotel thats just sitting there? Is this goim to be another like the layou river debacle????
Toneh….Toneh….Toneh!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wait nuh, so dem fellas signing on new villas but the Moroccan hotel apparently in a coma as far as construction is concern.
I understand that bush and animals have taken up residence in the Moroccan Hotel. Boy is maybe well a zoo with a Jurassic park component dem fellas was building…….(and the PM mistakenly thought is a hotel the Moroccans were building).
DNO, could you find out what is the status of the thing in Portsmouth that was supposed to have been a hotel from Morrocco. Thanks.
MOROCCANS we don’t need any more hotels.. so who is really behind the hotel scam what is the PM putting us into again. Our Island don’t have Hospitals that’s worth mentioning so what is going on.
Please stop fooling the people. This isn’t the way to try to win the General Elections. If you cannot convince the people of Dominica you have improved their lives in fourteen years, by making those outrageous promises cannot help you to win the elections. The Morocco Hotel appears to be in limbo, the Chinese funded international airport is on vacation, the new hospital is in waiting like Mr. Lennox Linton. They talked about Mr. Edison James breaking ground just before a general elections, them fellers have broken so many grounds, presently, no more grounds are available to be broken.
This is another political ploy/gimmick by the ruling party to continue misleading the electorate of this country. Recently the PM stated that he was not going to give monies to Public Works, because that would be throwing away tax payers down a river. However, with election looming around the corner we have never seen more tax payers monies been given away as a vote catching mechanism. In recent times at every inaugration of a village/town council we see thousands of dollars being distributed. It would appear that there is no longer an office of Community Development, which would have been the ideal department to distribute such funds. Recently I visited Capuchin, and have never seen this road in such deplorable condition. However, while the road was in such deplorable condition the brother to the parliamentary representative for that constituency was incharge of a crew building a house for one of his labor supporters. I was born in this constituency and have never seen the people of this constiuency in a worst state than they are now. There must be some serious political intervention to stop this mismanagement of our country scarce resources.; and put our country back on the path to economic growth.
Taxpayers’ money? How much of it?
But they believing, oh Lord! Help, people pray, pray, pray. Do not let evil win, it never should.
Why don’t you finish the ‘Maroccan Hotel’ first before telling us about another project, that by the way, I believe when I actually see it. Why can’t this government finish anything???
so if you builtin a h/s you goin and wait till one finish to build another….or you find development happenin to fast for you….
You seriously can’t be this dumb. The hotel was started and no sign of completion in sight. The Moroccans have their passports but Dominica didn’t get the hotel in return. Now Skerritt is at it again with his scamming.
So… the Moroccan Hotel in being built in Cabrits that is “expected to greatly benefit residents in the north of the island”, is complete?
Why do we keep pumping money in the tourism sector and not in agriculture, health, education… Aren’t we not seeing the world trend?
Because Most Young People don’t want to work the soil all they want is fast money and to sell drugs and sit on the road side and say they can’t find job and still when some finds a little job they want big money now for now…so that’s why de haitians ar makin it in agriculture other than we dominican’s….