Hundreds turned up in Roseau in a party-like atmosphere on Monday, May 1, to witness the official commissioning of the new West Bridge in Roseau.
The bridge came with a $18-million price tag and was financed by the island’s Citizenship by Investment Program.
It was constructed by NSG Management and Technical Services Limited of Barbados.
The award of the contract by the government to NSG sparked controversy in Dominica when the Joint Consultative Committee on the Construction Sector (JCCCS) took the government to court over the way manner in which the project was given to the company.
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Renowned sportsmen like Jim Thorpe and Chuck Taylor, endorsed the tennis footwear and made it popular amongst the plenty.
It may be on account of your development steps currently, profit your teaching approaches, that you ethical some heyday discovers inexperienced kids taking part in most popular important leagues.
Sasayeay non? People really idle in Dominica. What a waste of human and financial resources!
What do u mean by saying “What a financial waste of human resources”Didn’t u know that it was a Public Holiday {May Day} when every one had the right to go and exercise their freedom?
This is a Dominican Bridge not a labor party Bridge. Governments have been building structures in Dominica for decades and I have never seen its party members dress in its color like DLP supporters. Come on now grow up Dominicans. Why all the red gears?
Kudos for the new bridge!!! Let us see if it can stand against Mother Nature!! But Dominicans were excited to where that Labour ka twavay shirt again papa. Smh!
Finally I wouldn’t feel nothing shaking under me when d big truck passing carnival time !
Where is the picture of the bridge??
DNO said hundreds of Dominicans? I say thousands. No fake news DNO
On 27 August 2015 rains from Tropical Storm washed away several bridges… the West Bridge remained intact but the washed away bridges are yet to be rebuilt. Instead, the West Bridge was demolished and rebuilt to the tune of EC$18,000,000.00 – eighteen million EC dollars… And thousands snow up to usher in the new bridge…
I have absolutely NO PRAISE to give to a lazy government who has used my CBI money to build a bridge. This is a basic piece of infrastructure that all governments everywhere build for its people…
Those clowns and hypocrites even chose MAY DAY to have this Labour Party farce and nonsense where poor people had to dress in RED to celebrate?. CELEBRATE WHAT?
SKERRIT MUST GO!
SKERRIT MUST GO!
SKERRIT MUST GO NOW!
Just wondering is this a labor party bridge or all Dominican citizens bridge? Seems like people are very much consumed with the parties they vote for. Whether labor or UWP who constructed the bridge did you all have to dress in red to have this ceremony. Dominicans are full of it.
Smh, This for a Bridge that replaced a fully functional one,that needed some TLC.WHILE the important BRIDGES on the West Coast Road are in total failure.Dominicans must be lacking in basic analyst?
Just a bunch of clowns and lazy people in red.
Most of the times people say of other people what is so true of themselves. Put it in your pipe and smoke it.
You have just revealed that you are just the same
What about Macoushrie
What’s d colour of the Mayor I renewed John jacket? Is she turning away now from them.
why is blackmore looking so lost in the crowd.
I hereby norminate the Neo-DLP aided by the Sino regime for a Tony award best show in The commonwealth of Dominica..
I guess that’s every actors dream and boy do we have actors on island those currently on stage and those b4. I look forward to Dr.Bully & others to stage it for Independence week./creole fest.
Ruler in hiroona was great Dr. Bully but certainly more suitable for todays political, economic & sociological
reality. well, may I add depending on the director of arts perspective. which is usually based on soicialogical and economic intensions in which the political apparent incline is the vehicle.
It’s so interesting the composition of todays Neo DLP. When all greens have been morphed intoa kind of cherry red..
Corn was dished let the fowls run in to pick their .
What a challenge! Surprise no one took on Mouche miel. Are the fowls/( defenders/ enablers your choice of description reader) she/he mentioned are still drunk from Monday?
Definitely a proud moment for all Dominicans. The Bridge looks fantastic and modern. Good indication of things to come. To the naysayers and Anti-Dominicans who are reading my comments, hope you enjoy driving on it and have a great day
What do you mean? The money that paid for the bridge came from selling the passports of ALL Dominicans, not only labor party supporters passports and from taxes from ALL Dominicans. Most of the supporters on that bridge, ask them how many of them are working and pay taxes smdh.
After 17yrs U boasting about a bridge, every 17yrs he will build 1bridge for U all
It’s not a proud moment for all Dominicans when the DLP supporters were ask to dress in red and come down so stop your nonsense and go get something meaningful to do and while at it check your eyes because it was a DLP rally .
Who vex lost!
I vex wii – count me as being vex, CBI money is being used to pay for all that mackaqui while the West coast bridges are subjected to the elements everytime it rains; I vex why we civil servants can’t get paid; the Layou passport money yes the 20 million equal to 54 million EC cannot be accounted for and hotel cannot start as promised, I vex wii, because the Prime Minister said last year that the Moroccan hotel will be completed in the first quarter of 2017 – where is it nuh? I vex wii because the link road between petit Soufriere and Rosalie using Petro Caribe money cannot finish; and I still vex because the coffee plant under ALBA cannot finish. But compared to me being vex you to happy because a bridge is completed for 18 million dollars. The only difference between me and you is that I vex but not lost you on the other hand are happy but totally lost – look I cant even see you in the bridge crowd. .
Why all the red though? It’s time to move away from party vibes – you guys are the government of the people. You have nothing to prove. You won elections. Enough with the red at official government events, please.
Garcon Dominicans stupid, first time they see bridge. I wonder how they were crossing the river all the time.
Is that bespoke red Nehru gillet the P.M. was wearing really a tailor-made body armour in party colours? It would explain the apparent physical discomfort he displayed during his presentation. Maybe he thought he was participating in a jousting contest? In my democratic innocence I thought this bridge was a national achievement, not a DLP trophee. Looks like I was wrong once again!
The photo gallery seem more like a carnival jam than a bridge opening. I saw a lot of people, but no bridge.
well said
As a fellow Laborite I was very reliably informed by big boys inside the party I was reliably informed by my part source that the big picture behind that bridge opening, is the fact that Pm is about to call an election before October 2017, so that he could win and become president. He badly wants Robby to take over as PM so he could control him at will, but in other to do that Robby must win his seat in Roseau central, so Pm trying to do all he can to make Robby win.
Uhhhh u are way of base sot lol
Can u say now that ur informants were not reliable
whosssssssssssss.look it i hope then these people start crying famish that same bridge can feed them. Carmem
ummm what the security officers surround the pm car so for nuhh? obama that man? i mean dominicans allowing themselves to fall in that trap like papa chavez did to his people until they run venezuela broke?
lol Dominicans sot wee. look at them dress all in red and partying for a bridge. look ignorance wee in this place. i mean for a bridge all you dress all in red? i mean all you not even the ones getting any thing under the table from the 18million. that just like north korea man where the people have to cry for the dictataor …but yet still everyone expecting a nep and an extension on their house so they maybe know why they all in red.
And is still you who is going to cross this newly built West Bridge…. Smh (what if the bridge wasn’t built? What would you have said?) What Dominicans really want though? Do or don’t Don’t do still a negative vibe
Congrats!
However the rivers of TS Erika ravaged quite a few homes and lives . Dubique’s residents were given homes.. Petite savanne Residents are being given homes. Yet with all the extravagance of the opening the backdrop shows a ravaged yellow house on the riverbank at Pottersville occupied by two elderly citizens who have yet to receive any assistance from the Current DLP administration.A promise was made on the 8th of October 2015 yet to this day no assistance has been forthcoming from the Government of Dominica. To date the current yellow house has worsened and rotted .I saw live the donation made to the elderly lady by NSG , however this is barely enough to renovate the said house.Mr PM .. is the Government going to assist these elderly people?Are they going to be left behind, well deserving of the said assistance?
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I just hope that all this fete and celebration was paid for by the Bajan firm which got a no tender contact and made a huge profit at the expense of the Dominican tax payers
No protocol , no law no constitution.
Where on earth would this ever happened not any other country but DOMINICA you can see the PRESIDENT & THE PRIME MINISTER of a country to board the same vehicle I say SHAME WE HAVE TO DO BETTER THAN THIS WHEN IT COMES TO PROTOCAL.
Why should their be a ‘Red” partisan celebration for the opening of a bridge? Will that help unite us as a people? Is it a Labor Party Bridge? These guys are too small and narrow minded and just gives open minded people like myself another reason to disassociate myself with the Skerrit Labor party, though I am a POTO Labour myself. That turns me off man. It is stupid and narrow mindedness.
STOP LIEING, u are not a dam LABOURITE.
As far as the Skeritt led Administration is concerned, the Mayor of Roseau is more important than the Parliamentary representative. She was asked to cut the ribbon at the opening of the West Bridge, but he was not allowed to even to give the welcome address. According to talk around goodwill, she is being put in preparation mode to represent the DLP in the Goodwill Constituency come the next general elections. Maybe it is not only talk, her dressing was as beautiful as that of the Prime Minister’s wife and Cecil Joseph, manager of DBS radio.
Goog for him, he said on Q live please don’t attend, so what the hell:
Good for him, he said live on Q don’t attened, so what the hell.
Yes UWP in all you tail! You guys were laughing saying he doesn’t have the money to build it. Look it in all you face. Epic day!
That’s a big fat lie!!! We never said that the money to build this bridge was not there. Our concern was always that the government had their priorities incorrectly lined up. We felt that the construction of this new bridge was not as important as other matters which needed more urgent attention and for which these monies should have been used….case in point, the temporary Bailey Bridges which dot the island as a result of the ravages of Storm Erika. Look at what happened in Macoucherie recently. Its about prudent spending and at the right time.
I hope that u all will not drive or walk on it as u all were not in favor of that bridge being built
Kermit. I never heard the UWP or any other person say that government did not have the money to build the bridge. From the outset their contention was that the Contracts and Procurement Act was violated and that the building of the bridge was not a priority bearing in mind that there were Bailey bridges which were installed after Tropical Storm Erica and should have been replaced by more permanent structures. So stop trying to mislead people. Not every one is as stupid and uninformed as you and other labourites.
As yourself where did the very same money came from after he PM said we don’t have money to spend, how stupid are as Dominicans. The day that we Dominicans really get to know and see what is going on within the Government it will be a big shock time will tell.
Well done Dominica. Let’s keep that momentum going to build or widen more bridges across the island.
Putting food on the table for many families we would rather more CBI money goes into agriculture where folks can up grade themselves.