Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has asked cable company Marpin to waive the pay per view system it had in place for customers who want to watch the live staging of Miss World 2013.
Dominicans can now watch the show free of charge on Marpin channel 21.
In a congratulatory letter to Dominica’s representative at the pageant, Leslassa Armour-Shillingford, Skerrit said the government will make a contribution to the company to defray some of its cost in airing the event.
“I have intervened because I have also placed some votes in your favour,” the prime minister wrote.
Marpin had a pay per view regime in place for those who wanted to watch the event which is expected to take place on Saturday starting at 9:00 am local time.
In his congratulatory letter to Armour-Shillingford the prime minister wrote, “On behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of Dominica, my wife, and on my own behalf, I have the honour to extend sincere congratulations to you on your accomplishments thus far in the 2013 Miss World Competition.”
He said Armour-Shillingford had certainly done herself and the country proud by gracing the Miss World stage and placing the Commonwealth of Dominica on the world map.
“This feat can only be accomplished through considerable effort and dedication on your part and that of your team. Undoubtedly, that determination has paid off and I am sure that your exemplary achievement will make a positive difference in the lives of young Dominican women, particularly those aspiring to follow in your footsteps,” he wrote.
“In an effort to have the entire Dominican population view in support of yourself, I have asked Marpin to waive the pay per view charge to its consumers. The Government, in that regard, will make a contribution to the company to defray some of its cost in airing the event. I have intervened because I have also placed some votes in your favour.”
The Prime Minister closed by extending best wishes to Miss Dominica for continued success in the 2013 Miss Word Competition as well as her future endeavors.
In the meantime “TeamLassa” will be at the LIME store in Roseau until 5:00 pm on Friday to assist in voting to make Armour-Shillingford the People’s Choice at Miss World 2013.
Votes cost $2.25.
Dominicans are encouraged to visit the store and cast their votes.
Voting ends at 7:30 am on Saturday.
What do you thing skerritt will do after he loses the election? ‘get a job with MARPIN’?
Next time skerrit shud use d contribution he give marpin to buy votes… dat wuda take u straight to the finals wii… why mister doesnt use his head nuh
Leslassa you’ve done yourself proud! Congratulations on your achievement in the pageant and of course by extension putting the most beautiful but hardest country in the world to get to on the global stage.
I hope the event opens doors for you to model, act and spread your wings and blossom.
As to our dictator…. the important thing fromhis message boys and girls…
“I have intervened because I have also placed some votes in your favour,” the prime minister wrote.”
Votes as in more then one.. Obviously an election coming, as roads are being repaired in advance of the red machine visiting, and people have notoriously shot memories.
I digress WELL DONE !!
i never asked my tax money to pay for this
I am paying for my internet Ishould be able to get free access to Miss world Pageant. Can someone tell how?
my vote means alot
why are you DNO blocking my commence how can I get Miss World live on the internet, no incentive for us LIME. I cannot get acess to Miss world pagaent. Don’t be bias
Mr. PM, thanks for what you did but she is not in the top ten..Good effort though Leslassa!!!
Dominica you are my winner regardless!
no incentives for internet viewers i cannot access live coverage of miss world 2013
very thoughtfull primeminister,go leslassa,go dominica,could you imagine the publicity and world recognition,dominica would get,if she wins.
he waived it or his lady called the chairman??
I would have preferred that the money is giving marpin be put into votes, I have said it before, Discover Dominica, Lime and Digi should each buy 1000 votes and/or ensure that she gets enough votes to be in the top 6. Leslassa being in that top 6 would bring soooooooooooo much publicity to DOMINICA, plus that initiative by lime today should have been on going for the pass 3 weeks at least. We have failed Leslassa and DOMINICA. I nevertheless hope that she got enough vote to see her thru. I voted.
This is no time to be negative and make negative comments. All of us would like to see Leslassa win the Miss World Pageant.
It was an excellent gesture on the part of the PM to ask Marpin to waive the cost of PPV for all Dominicans to view the Miss World Pageant free of charge. It showed that he is interested in all Dominicans and that they should be able to view their own, Leslassa compete for Miss World. All Dominicans with no exception should be pleased and thank him.
Those of us who reside abroad would not be so honored that the PM would call a TV Station and ask management to waive its PPV programming so that we could view a program free of charge. It will never happen. As we say, that will be the day if it ever happens. For this reason, all of you should be appreciative.
In turn, Marpin is to be thanked for agreeing to waive the cost for viewers.
We should all cooperate with each other to wish Leslassa all the best in this highly competitive environment. If she wins/places, her jubilation will be ours, Dominicans worldwide. There will be no end to our jubilation. Even at this stage, we are proud of her to have reached so far.
Leslassa, I sincerely wish you well, that you will be the big winner of the crown.
God bless you and for all your efforts in winning the previous crowns. May he assist you to win this crown. We are praying and hoping you will be successful.
thank you PM
Sorry! I meant to give you “thumbs up.” Accept it as this, your appreciation of what the PM did.
well done skerro! positive!
Sorry! I meant to give you “thumbs up.” Accept it as this, your appreciation of what the PM did.
vote he looking , but Dominicans not foolish
Are you all Dominican real, you all put politics and pageantry together, be real the PM do this for you All to sit and watch ur girl out of ur country and that is how you all are acting up,the young lady is not getting the crown for the PM sheis getting it for you all country you all are under one flag the Dominica flag e are in the caribbean is going ahead with our support for the young lady come on do like the rest of the caribbean country it is for all of us when the crown is palce on her headshe will leave a mark for the caribbean. Put all petti politics aside.
You can view the Miss World competition at 8 AM (09/28/2013) on E! Entertainment Television in the USA.
Which is channel 196. Verizon FIOS.
That broadcast should NOT be a PAY PER VIEW broadcast. This is on every NETWORK. It is a SHAME to ask that people PAY to watch. There are shows for PAY PER VIEW, but NOT this one.
Hon Prime Minister, i await your divine intervention to have the next Miss Dominica beauty 2014 representing Dominica at the next Miss Universe. Those persons in Authority need to stop this blatant discrimination going on, let it be a level playing field for all our Dominican Queens no matter name or status
WHOOOSSSS my woman going all the way
not to me i am a sat customer
Ok Sker, u is my padner but that is a ol break u making there wii. You didn’t have talk about de votes u place in her favor and ting, leave dat for me man. Let me try a ting… So my dear, I place some votes in your favor too eh, 3 of them (tings rough). Good luck.
Skerro u trying hard but man its to late u and ur thugs should look for exit.
Five more years in government. hay hay!!!! loooooook out!
AWA WI DREAD!!!!!!ya’ll dont know what y’all want. politic should not be in this case at all. am just feeling for those who have SAT
I think Marpin should be ashamed of themselves as Miss Shillingford is representing Dominica internationally and the show show shoud have been made free as a gesture of support and the PM should not have had to ask Marpin to bring this event for free.
So you plan on helping them pay workers at the end of the month? You know how much that show cost to bring to Marpin viewers? Do you know how much debt the company in? And why wait until the final hour to do this after so much was spent in putting this together. Thousands spent on advertising, the running of finer, even the hotels who made provisions for airing at their venues? Who is going to pay them f or their losses? It is a good gesture but once again Skerrit do a thing properly!
I wonder what the GM of DEAD BROKE Marpin has to say about this. When the layoffs come just “take dat n cool it!!
Hello and good afternoon my people. Well I don’t get involved in politics in my homeland but I will be watch the show at home in NYC. Good luck young lady and I hope they design some nice costumes for her because this isn’t the Caribbean pageants. My people don’t make enemy with your neighbors because of politics because at the end of the day the politicians frequents the same restaurants and they laugh at you all.
A total of 130 contestants will parade in the finale of the three-week event, which will be broadcast to more than 180 countries.
The ceremony will begin at 7.30pm local time (1.30pm BST, 29 September) can be viewed live online on the official website of Miss World 2013. In the UK, the ceremony will air live on E! Entertainment. (Click here to take a look at the full list of channels airing the event.) At the end of the show, the winner will be crowned Miss World 2013 by the reigning Miss World 2012, Wenxia Yu of China. For live updates on the show, keep an eye on the Facebook page. Twitter updates can be followed on Viewers can also share their best moments with #mw2013.
watch miss world 2013 online : In other pageant news, Miss England Kirsty Heslewood is one of the ten finalists of the Top Model contest who have been announced recently. Kamal Ibrahim, who is one of the host of the Miss World 2013 final, revealed that the Talent Final was his favourite moment.
“The show was simply amazing, it was great for me also to be up there on stage, and then we all went for dinner with the contestants at an amazing restaurant in Kuta. Great food, sitting by the pool, amazing music, and some of the girls even got up to sing! The perfect end to a great day,” he said.
The Miss World contest is one of the oldest international beauty pageants around and was first created in the UK in 1951 by Eric Morley. The original contest was introduced as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations. Tradition, therefore, dictates that the winner spends the winning year in London and travels to represent the Miss World Organisation (MWO) and it causes.
As the Miss World 2013 Live Stream contestants prepare for the grand finale to be held in Bali on 28 September, several controversies continue to linger around the pageant.
GarCon I work from 3:00am to 11:00pm at night Monday – Saturday, stop using my tax dollars for your red clinic & playing politics, i not working so hard for u to waste my money on people who don’t contribute as much as me, i will deal with you.
sot
Do not be bitter. Leslassa is a Dominican as you. Be proud of her and her achievements so far. Be appreciative and give her your support.
The PM has done this for the benefit of all Dominicans. You should program your VCR or DVD to tape it or ask a family member or friend to tape it so that, at your leisure, you could view it.
This was done to try to get some steam back on his side not for the young lady like everything else he is trying to use her position, look how he did it unknown the the station We all wish the young lady continual blessings but dont think PM have pull the wool over anyone.
Its funny how u can never please dominicans.. the same set of dominicans that were complaining about the price to watch the show is now complaining that skerrit actually pleaded for the show to be free..
Is this not something? One would think that everyone would be elated that it will cost them nothing to view the Pageant.
St.Joe Massive, I am a civil servant and i got paid, maybe you are the lazy civil servant that doesnt deserve pay so you didnt get. Sacre zot
You know something, best we rename UWP United Wortless Party. I cannot understand people can have hatred in thier heart like that based on sheer ignorance. Everything is hate hate hate. My god we are all dominicans. Lesslassa sa un zefant Dominique. Some people are just too ignorant.. wouldnt you like your child to be seen world wide and feel proud about it. Why cry down a Dominican child… alas jen workers, may god have mercy on you because all you have more noise to make. Learn to care.
unwanted wicked people
stop talking rubbish with your mouth. i pray God have mercy on YOU, the united workers party is filled with love for all people, its people like you that allow rubbish to fill your head about hatred
We are missing the point. Marpin is a cash strapped company. they had already collected in excess of EC$10,000. We all know that the majority of people who were interested, willing and able would have purchased the PPV on the final day (TODAY, FRIDAY SEPT 27th) That means it was very likely that Marpin could have grossed an additional EC$20K to $25K or More just off this event. Marpin struggles to pay workers every month. a few months ago they sent home a significant amount of workers. under Government pressure most were brought back with no explanation as to why the decision was reversed. on Monday while Brizee Mart is closing Charles Saverin that man who called for a boycott of that business will be made President of that country. More Jobs will be lossed. Is Skerrit going to give Marpin in excess of EC$20,000 plus the initial cost of airing the show? We must decide, are we a socialist country or are we a nation that allows businesses to be innovative and thrive in order to pay workers and THEN collect taxes? what are we? As much as i would like to see the show it does not feed me. My friends and family working at Marpin need the company to bring in additional money when its legally able to do so in this crap shoot of an economy. Thank you PM Skerrit, and thank you Mrs. Skerrit for informing us that the PM had “intervened” and that the PRIME MINISTER had paid, all via FACEBOOK!!
You people are so foolish. You cant make a big deal out of everything the man does just because you all dont support him or his party. Everything isnt to get votes, Im sure its not only labourites who have Marpin. And those of you who ask about SAT, SAT never told anyone to pay to view the show. It’s not even pay-day yet, where are we supposed to get money to pay to view the show thats tomorrow? That was a very cruel move by Marpin for my part… business-like, but cruel. :/ Now shut up and support Lassa!!
I agree with what the PM did. I support Leslassa all the way and I do not reside in Dominica! I know her family. Most of all it is because of her achievements. As a Dominican, she deserves the support of all Dominicans worldwide.
Domincans who sit and write negative things about the prime minister are u all for real? Do u all have nothing better to do? What did uwp did for u all that u all had to change them. No matter what this man n does through the goodness of his heart he gets criticizen.
Dominicans can never satisfy with the good that people do for them. Vote him out but te the grass isn’t greener on the other side. U know what u abut dont know what u will get in the future. U all know what u all have but don’t know what u will get in the future. Every country is tough and have unemployment is not dominica alone. The developed contries r closing plants and people loosing jobs everyday. Running a country is not easy. Skerrit has taken dominica further than where any prime minister has taken dominica with development so vote him out but too late shall be your cry my fellow domincans
We know it will not be dog las in aback seat of a car. Do let us talk.
skerrit have a heart but we still thank him is our tax money
Keep your mouth closed because if you keep on talking like this your dentures will fall out. How can a country progress with hand out. Where will the tax revenue come from. You live up in canada where you are tax for everything. I am sure that everyone in canada will pay thier cable company on a pay per view basis to watch the miss world compitition.
you are wrong – NOTeveryone will apy to view that.
and just so you know – Canada gives what you guys call handouts. Is Canada not a progressive country?
Isn’t there a high rate of unemployment, joblessness, homelessness etc in Canada?
Does Canada have welfare? Do the people not get “handouts? Don’t they get money every month for food, rent, clothing etc?
Stop being small minded and thinkign that Dominica is the only place where “handouts” are the norm.
Many developed countries have systems in place to help the less fortunante.
Let us hope the non-supporters smarten up and fall in line and support him – The Labor Party.
he doing all that and he doh pay civil sevants their salary?
are we working for the same government? because i got paid.OHH! maybe they watch and saw you did not work well as you spend too much time on DNO,when you shoud be working.
Seriously Mr PM what the front door I am hearing
The country don’t even have money
Look they laying me of from call centre
U better give some of that money to feed
My hungry kids
Let me ask you that? Was it the PM who asked call center to lay you off?
Was it the PM who asked you to not save money in case what you are experiencing now.not feeding your children?
Be logical…
This person could take an On Line course to upgrade his/her education and should not depend on Call Centers for his/her livelihood.
All you didn’t know the country doh have money when all you was posting bill boards everywhere in protest of the state house now all you need that money.
you should think of them when you use to take all that time off and go all jam and call in sick when you were not sick.remember is the same PM that went to CH to employ more of you all? what happen you were expecting him to come and drop you off to work too?
One day God fairy father Skerrit will get tired of coming to the rescue of issues he needed to handle before all the attention gets out!
Good Luck and best wishes Ms. L. A. Shillingford continue to make us proud.
Dominicans wash your faces and open your eyes now man.
DNO You dont have to accept this comment but can you insert in your story what time it will be aired.We already know its channel 21 but what time ?
ADMIN: When the story was published paragraph five reads, “Marpin had a pay per view regime in place for those who wanted to watch the event which is expected to take place on Saturday starting at 9:00 am local time.” This has not changed. Did you actually read the story?
Ok, here we go. if you are not happy with the decision of the PM then DON’T WATCH THE SHOW HE IS PAYING FOR
Ha..Ha Hha….Good. No one could say it better.
I’m out of state reading the negative comments on DNO, but, tatoo, tatooo we had a change and civil servants were not paid on time.I was in it so i know it. God Bless DA and her leadership.
how many times uwp could not pay salaries on time start to count
we cannot pay marpin with fig and dasheen…
OMG Thats an issue too ? What about those who cannot afford but they want to see.Allu too selfish tan.
Good Move Mr.Skerrit.If you didnt do that they would say if you couldnt do it .
Just cant please some people ..GEEZ!
This decision does not merit all of these nonsensical political comments. We need to grow up.
I wish I had the time to respond to every single idiotic and ignorant comment made but I don’t think reasoning with fools would change anything.
I am extremely happy the Prime Minister stepped in. I think of my family who reside in the country who would love to be a part of this event, but are already struggling to pay their Marpin 2k4 bills. An additional payment would be too much.
As a corporate citizen, Marpin 2k4 has a social responsibility. They owe this much to the people of Dominica to allow every household to view this for free. This is a big deal! We are being represented on an international stage with grace and poise. Leslassa can actually win this! She has all the right attributes and characteristics.
About time someone did something about these greedy companies. Always want to make money off someone elses hard work!
does’t the allocation of public funds require an act of parliament? I guess the allocation towards that venture was made during the last parliamentary decision in the budget.
Maybe the contribution is a personal one?
thank you i will watch,enjoy and most of all forget about politics for a few hours and fully support our girl,shes worked very hard for this and she and her team deserve our full support,not often a Dominican is on display for the world ,so saturday we are all Dominicans ,and then when the show as finished i guess we will go back to reality and back to politics
As always. You are not alone. The entire world sees your point of view. They do just that.
Outstanding!!
God Bless Dominica.
What does that mean? Labour will still lose.
Dominicans!!!! you don’t no how to please them. one thing I have to say. all those of you who are critizing the pm I hope and I repeat hope y’all don’t watch the show. if is stupid some of you stupid. don’t watch the show. let those that want the free show watch it. sets of fools. is not the pm and is wife alone that’s benefiting its all of us. my goodness . to much politics man
Wait for the inside story!! It gan shock allu.. all i saying is not Skerrit dat running tings is d ….. WIFE!!!!
I just hope marpin get that “contribution” cuz jah know dem tings not cheap.
good job my PM good job
Thank you PM Skerritt. GOd Bless You!! I was wishing you would intervene and ask Marpin to ease the PPV.
Also Damned if you do, Damned if you don’t; so PM make your decisions, they always pay off anyway. Let the haters go cry in a corner.
God Bless You!!!
some dominicans are very ignorant. sit down your lazy back side and waite for skerrit to use all tax payers money to do everything for you lazy people. nothing is happening to bring income. but skerrit just have people begging and not allowing people to find work to feed themselves their children and their parents and just there giving them scrumps from his table for vote. ah magwasar.
Get a grip people, geez man. You all sound so bitter. It has nothing to do with politics. A young lady is out there working hard to make our country stand out proud and instead for you selfish hearted people to support her, you all keep saying all kind of foolishness just because the PM give an opportunity to watch the show. Do good for for you all is always bad. Whatever result Les brings back to Dca, we all shoud be happy and proud. She’s not there representing Labour nor UWP, but DOMINICA. It seems you all rather hear bad about our country. What is it you all Dcans really want na. GOSH man….
This is a great effort by the prime minister… in the past the government didn’t even have money for a flight. Now we can invest in our youth and support Dominicans that are competing on a world stage!… the naysayers are just that naysayers. Hate starts with H because it comes after a G! moving forward!
$2.25 a vote? That’s crazyy
silly it is the worldwide price
Thats what the app charges, $1.00 US
I really hope Marpin gets that money.
What do you expect?
I voted labour but not anymore this pm is a joke
you are just ignorant and yes stupid
I am worse and too bad.BAD GOVERNANCE TO THE BONE.
Arrogance and ineptness reaping at the core of what we should be as a person.
who cares one vote less wont kill us
No you did not.
Way to go Skerrit thats why you will always be my PM. You have a kind heart and not not everyone is perfect we all have our faults so just continue to make them brag!!!
You are probaly one of his slaves grovelling to the Red Clinic. You need to get a job and work, then you will be able to talk independently.
HE IS ALSO MY PM since he is Dominican, but he is a terribly bad one.
UWp will not get that vote!!!
Everything now seems to be political. This is not about Skerrit. This is about all of us as Dominicans paying our support to Our Queen Lassa. She has won many regional pageants and made us all proud. Its the very first time that Dominica participates in the Miss world pageant and while some persons can afford to view pay per view, there are others who wish to view it as well but cant do so by pay per view. PM I applaud your move…….
Correction! Mona Jno. Lewis from Grand Bay/Stowe Estate represented Dominica in 1978 thereabout (I’m subject to correction regarding the year)
Is Skerrit capable of doing anything correctly?
Didn’t he know that there are two cable television stations?
Is it the Social Security that is footing the bill, because they are a shareholder of MARPIN? If so say so and don’t come with this big show or else you have to take up the SAT bill too.
Skerrit needs a lesson in governance and Etiquet.
whoever you are really? really? really? Jeez man…Dominicans are something else.
Dear DNO,
Your headline is misleading. The PM is in no position to waive the charges, only Marpin can since it’s a private company.
The PM asked Marpin to, offering to make a contribution in the process, and Marpin consented to his request. Your headline should really have read: Marpin waives pay per view charges…
The title says that that PM “asked” Marpin to waive the fees – and that’s what the articles says.
not sure what’s confusing about that
Because of Skerrit’s interference, I am predicting Miss Shillingford will not place in the first five. Everything the man gets involved in, usually turns out to be a failure.
boi all u ppl yah so
go and jump from somewhere u stupid fool
I support this statement 100% stupid fool
@ Doc Lov…..He spoils everything he gets involved with. I concur with you fully.
@line ________________ and Doc Lov …Really are you both for real? All you using all your mouth so foolishly that you so blind that you talking bad about our Lassa? Boy the poison hatred in you all will destroy all you and not the person you hate. Be careful!
We disagree with you both “Doc Lov and line __________ We agree and decree that the hatred in your hearts be flushed out and send to the pit of hell where this belongs. We ask for a heart of flesh for both of you. Love will reign!
Never read such crap before… Keep your negativity to thyself
Doc.Love, what is wrong with you? Where is your love? Did it go down the drain?
Wish Leslassa well. This is who you should concentrate on. This is what you should do.
Do we always have to be this negative?? And even when we have negative thoughts, we don’t always have to voice them. Leslassa does not need any of this negativity.. only positive vibes
That’s why your children self at the bottom of the barrel in their class.
boy all you dam people not easy u know,when marpin put a fee to view the show,all you wanted it free,now all u getting it for nothing all you have a probklem.boy,i really wonder what is wrong with some of those political holes that will critisize once is skerrit take a decision
Tell me about it Kim…SMFH
Me too. They just miserable Miserable miserable. Finding things to hate because they hate themselves. hate yourself till you break because you have to break the negativity to be reborn positive.
@Kim You are stupid man. Which all you, you are referring to? Are you a Skerrit parasite or lazy head? Your fool Skerrit is the peoples PM, and not yours only. GET A GRIP OF YOURSELF. The people have a right to criticize. You are a lazy head you won’t criticize him even when he insults the people,or when he insults you.
THANKS GOD ALL THE PEOPLE ARE NOT LIKE YOU.
I dont think kim is the stupid one…YOU ARE! Lord have mercy!!!
@line _________________ What has this young man done to you for so much hatred?? Stop destroying yourself with that poison “hatred”. You expect to kill that young man with that poison you have in your system. Take a grip … Haterz only hurt themselves! Take Note!
Thank God all the people are not like you.
Seems like Dominica has hidden funds stored away folks?
whilst the economy is dead not slow, everyone crying out, there is a hidden chess filled with funds to buy over candidates, trapped the helpless citizens with brides and handouts etc…
Dominicans i will always say and not smart that’s why they are so backward.
when investors read how the regime does things on island, they will not have confidence in doing any large scale investment on island..
dominica is doomed the citizens allowed it, sorry guys it’s too late for dominica.
When you say “Dominicans” do you realize that you include yourself.
I I I I I I I I I…a whole bunch of us just paid.
Damn, some of our people just can’t be positive for anything! Shaking my head.
To DNO admin: On certain articles, you should not make the comment feed available!
There are times DNO restricts it. Allowing some of them is called freedom of speech, for some, and not for others when some are prohibited from commenting.
whats the point skerrit,there will be lots of links online to watch miss world free,and marpin was going to show it free anyway.
What a fool…..
What do you know?
Hope Ms: Armour-Shillingford wins!!!!!
But why is PM Skerrit personally paying for this? I have a problem with that because this continues the wave towards a one man dictatorship state.
I have no problem with Tourism/Investment Dominica authority using from their budget or provided one by the GOVT to pay for the expense of carrying it live because it is under there stewardship and responsibility to invest in this initiatives to drive development for Dominica.
So why don’t the PM allow these organizations to function in its capacity rather than undermine them for his personal benefit as Lord and Savior.
These are the things we saw Baby- Doc(Haiti), Papa-Doc (Haiti), Edi Admin( Uganda) and every other dictator did to enslave its people.
Dictatorship by Skerrit is on our HEELS IN DOMINICA
when it comes to balls tricks and deception trust skero, he is crafty and that breathes and grows in the dominican mind space…LOL..
the leader with that magic wand….lol
he did the same on the eve Night One for WCMF last year…..
maybe those are the factors which have contributed to dominica being the poorest in the caribbean…
it’s radical and backward style to running a island’s affairs….
that is a pathetic comment. Dominicans need to learn how to separate their opinions from fact. When you don’t … your behavior and comments are ignorant! What the PM did is commendable and beneficial to all. what you;re doing is hateful and useless.
A leader with a magic wand! That’s how the ladies’ call it? So funny!
its really amazing that this country only some get the attention,guess her last name really stands out.why didnt the young lady last year got all this attention.wont be WATCHING.the taxpayers are going to pay for it dont be fooled.
Because its miss world you D
Isnt it our first time at Miss World?
This has to be a case by case situation based on the expenses involved. It would be nice to send someone every year but do we have the money, commitment, resources etc? We can begin to put things in place to make it possible instead of attaching last names etc. For example, How are we to prepare all the queens so they can represent us on the international market? What resources can we tap into private and government to make it possible? do we have a group to dedicate the time and resources to work with these girls and ensure they meet all criteria to take part in this competition. This is a month competition and we need contestants who are cultured, intelligent, talented all of which we have but we need to take to the next level.
Leslassa is a great example and maybe we can ask her to serve as a mentor if we plan on going that route – educating contestants on what to expect, challenges, what the judges are looking for etc.
All in all, if we can have a devoted team, resources, commitment etc, we can make it possible regardless of last name. This is one area we need an entire village to make is possible.
Grell.
Hello that’s how things work in my sweet Dominica. If you don’t have family name recognition then you won’t get the job even if you are qualified. So many of our young people are graduating with College Degrees but they don’t have name recognition so they have know choice but to leave DA to seek employment.
Do not undermine her. She worked hard for it. She did not get where she is just by shaking hands and smiling.
the wording with regards to waving the charges is vague in my view…
Marpin could very well end up with losses for that event..will make a what??..
why not clear the bill in it’s fully skero, knowing Marpin has cash flow issues…
again another chaos situation created by a pending dictator———-today’s dominica..
Shut..up
Mmm, that must be intolerable for the managing dfdirector of Marpin. A politian interfering in the running of your company? Boy, I woulod feel small like Skerrit is tall.
Maybe you should pay the rest.
This is a SIDESHOW to draw attention away from the Presidential Debate
so what about people with SAT now?
You wrong. Government has no interest in SAT!
LMFAO!!!!!! LOOK AH DREAD!! Lolll
lol that one there take me… lmao
i guess u gonna have to switch to marpin
lol…. i checking… maybe Sat persons are not so important
Great job, Mr. PM. Muchas gracias!
Leslassa for president
Lack of Professionalism by Mr.Skerrit.
did that competition just fall from the sky last min,isn’t government represented on the marpin board, boy oh boy..Dominica is just a joke to the world..
what about the sat customers..
again shows the lack of order of governance in the island…
sums up why dominica is rated the poorest in the eastern caribbean, and highly unattractive to investors, as Dominica’s regime does not follow rules and regulations….
It’s a catch a vote ideology period
Are you just repeating ignorance or is this your own ignorant self?
Jolly has a point. Stop hating on people before you understand what they are really saying.
Great move PM Skerritt!
Good to go mr. Skerrit…… wishing Lassa all the best in her endeavors and praying that she makes our country prod!
Tax Payers money
Not the tax payers that watching na
All tax payers have Marpin then? How about SAT and how about people that pay Marpin already? Is that fair? Will they get a refund? The Armour family and mr. Shillingford have to say “thank you” to Skerrit now? Boy, Dominicans really don’t care and ready to drop their pants for a freebie. Is not we are too free, we are too cheap for true.
yep. OUR taxpayers money.i for one is a tax payer who was planning on going to pay marpin so that i could view it. thank you mr skerrit.
How much taxpayers’ money?
so, we will have it on what channel? On t.v. or internet?
You are asking this question before reading the article, which clearly says Marpin channel 21? Typical!
what channel will it be airing?
@ papamet ..Read DNO’s article slow this time and you will see the channel
If I am not mistaken, Radio Station “airs”. TV shows/broadcasts.
thanks Skerro…. but still i’m not voting you… i’m a former labourite, technically… meaning i grew up in a labour home and as a youth… u have sunk this country, thanks for the kind gesture… but i’m taking my X elsewhere
All you UWPites need to stop claiming to be Labour Convert. You all did the same thing last election and see what happen. Continue with that nonsense if it make you feel better. The PM is always ahead of you all and that’s what eating you all up. You all need to get smart leader and not just one who can talk.
Who asked you? Just watch the pageant and save the talk.
Duh, who cares. Which country that sink there? You living in a dream world or still sleeping. Open you eye and behold the wonders of the PM at work
Pm trying to buy votes
How about people who have SAT? They can’t watch? Mr doing things too vai ki vai
What about SAT viewers. Aren’t they Dominicans Too?
Lenox Linton should pay for that. He is no different to Skerrit!
Do not compare Lennox to the PM. There is no comparison. The PM surpasses him.
switch to marpin