Relatives of a cruise ship crew member, who died while the ship was docked in Dominica, are concerned about the lack of information from local authorities.
A source close to the matter told DNO that the crew member, a native of the Philippines, died on the ship, M/S Seabourne Pride, while in port in Roseau on January 24.
According to the source, who works on the ship, the body was taken ashore and since then nothing has been done.
The source said the dead crew member’s family is very distressed since they have not heard anything and they are not sure what is going to happen to the body of their loved one.
He said they are now in urgent need of answers.
“She has been there for more than 2 weeks already,” the source said. “Nothing has been done, and her family in the Philippines have no idea why it is taking so long.”
Friends of the dead woman are now threatening to take the matter to various travel sites and Facebook.
DNO contacted the police but PRO, Inspector John Carbon, said the matter is beyond the scope of local law enforcement.
“It is completely out of our hands. The police have nothing to do with that,” he said. “In the first place the person did not die in Dominica so the body should not even be in Dominica … so it has nothing to do with the police.”
DNO contacted HHV Whitchurch & Co. LTD, the local agent for Seabourn Pride, but was told that the shipping department is unable to comment since the matter is being handled by the ministry of tourism.
When contacted, ministry of tourism officials denied having any information on the incident.
DNO’s call to the ministry was cut short by an individual who stated, “no, we have no information on the matter.”
DNO understands the body of the dead crew member is presently at Lynhurst Funeral Home.
The funeral home confirmed the body is in fact being stored there but DNO was told that it is “being prepared” to be “shipped out.”
Now I understand the Hotel california song when tye sing, You can check out anytime, but you can never leave.
Unbeleavable, 3 weeks have they kept her without starting the Post M.
I almost wish some of the “Smart ones” here on the board lost a family member abroad, and after 3 weeks the message was “The local Coroner has not done the Post M yet”.
Nothing to do with money or transportation, but action from Local Coroner!
People die anywhere at anytime. The issue is cause of death. Let’s hope the authorities handle the situation correctly and professionally.
Well ship do have doctors but is what type they dont do much and think they no yourself better than you the doc on ships is control by the main office and ships do have place to store dead body. If it was a guest see how fast they will deal wit the matter poor crew members have to suffer too much. Crew members are just numbers. Im sure they replace her shiplife hmmm smfh one have to be strong.
Yes the body of the decease have to be remove from the ship of first port arrival. The agent of seaborne should have contact the seaborne Main agent in maimi or puerto- rico. Some one from there should have taken the body back to the US for an atopsy then ship the body back to the philip with a valid atopsy. This people from the philip are very loving people to there love ones. Don’t forget the funeral home should be paid by the agent. The Dominica agent had to set around the table with the agent of this ship they know exactly what they have to do. This death do happen on cruise ship.it common it a shame on Dominica agent all this are in the plan. there are insurances involve to protect the tourist also protect your agency from high lawsuit. Dominica govt, Tourist bereau & the police have to be involve with this.It is tourism, this should be your main industry Please keep her till her families arrive. as i said before they are famliy loving people,Dominica handle this small problem quick.
People why all that speculation. None of you have the facts. What is all the arguement about? A miracle they doh say is Skerrit that kill her.
MOre talk. loloolllllllllllll
What a thing to happen to someone on a cruise and the various authorities are saying it is not their responsibility. It must be someone’s since she did not die in her home. Someone is passing the buck. This cannot last for too long. The truth of exactly where she died and how will be revealed sooner or later.
Surely all concerned including the Funeral Home authority should prepare a report and when this “responsibility” is sorted out it should be given to the concerned authority.
The condition of her body will determine how long she died, if she died in international waters on the ship or if she died in Dominica’s port and the cause of death.
It is a body and should be treated with care and dignity and returned to her family.
My heart goes out to her family. How hard it is for you that your loved one passed on and in such a manner. Please accept my sympathy.
May her soul rest in peace. Amen!
I am working on a cruise ship and so far as I know is once some body dies they need to dies onboard and depending on how long the cruise is they need to deback the body in the next port of call then the dmo need to find the cod and then report to the cruise line not the famaly so the famaly should get the answer from the company they know that what they are trying to do is to get two stories just to sue the company and make the company have a bad relationship with Dominica but when the dmo is finish they will contact the cruise line and the company will send a person from the office to escort the body home thats the procedure ok
I am working on a cruise ship and so far as I know is once some body dies
onboard and depending on how long the cruise is they need to deback the body in the next port of call then the dmo need to find the cod and then report to the cruise line not the famaly so the famaly should get the answer from the company they know that what they are trying to do is to get two stories just to sue the company and make the company have a bad relationship with Dominica but when the dmo is finish they will contact the cruise line and the company will send a person from the office to escort the body home thats the procedure ok
first of all you are mad to say that the family or whoever will trying to sue the company. the body was refused by st lucia and dominica accepted the body, secondly, dominica have no pathologist station here to do an atupsy, we usually have to fly one in from Antigua…
so to talk about sue is irresponsible
read properly ummy…he said the family wants 2 sides to the story so they can sue the cruise company not nobody in dominica ok
That’s what I know too!
Hello and good evening my people. Well the top portion of the article say that the person died while the ship was docked in Roseau. If that’s true then the Police must conduct an investigation to determined if this lady was a crime victim. Our Government must notify her country at the United Nation regardless of the findings of the investigation. Further Inspector Carbon said that she didn’t die in Dominica which indicate that they conducted a preliminary investigation and they determine that she died elsewhere. The body is at the Funeral parlor which mean that they conducted an Autopsy and they must have determined a Cause of Death and there wasn’t any foul play. Therefore the body should be released to the family and this shouldn’t have any negative press Inregards to our Tourism Industry. Now DNO should see the contradictory paragraphs in this article and they must correct this before posting such article because if this lady was a crime victim then it could have a negative effect on our country.
On every cruise ship there are doctor’s, so why was the body brought on land? That do not make sense. There are motives on board, cause people die on cruises all the time. Simple answer! Must be a poor Phillipino, so the cruise line do not care
you are so foolish, do you think that because the cruise ship have a doctor onboard makes it ok to have a dead body onboard, do you know the procedure or care to find out the procedure with regards to people dying on cuise ships,does the cruise ship have the right equipment to store a corpse for the long duration of the trip? these are the question you should ask.
the body has to be disembarked to the next port of call and a post mortem and embalming has to be done before the body can be shipped to the family.
it is not nobody fault the this government cannot organize to have a pathologist of our own.
The article says that the crew member died while the ship was docked in roseau.but it doe look like the people who comment on this topic can read lol they keep saying that the person died elsewhere? Where did u all get this information from.can u all even read or did u all read the article befor commenting such urelevant statements.dumb dumb dumb
The woman did not die in Dominica.
A big ship like that don’t have a freezer for dead bodies except for Chicken and beef?
You sound so ignorant and stupid. Please go read a book and get off the internet
only big ships like the ships from royal caribbean, princess etc. have morgue onboard, but Seabourn are ultra luxury yachts! they are smaller ships, for 208 or 450 passengers.
and seabourn pride, where the young lady worked is a smaller ship from Seabourn for 208 passengers.
I used to work on that same ship and also on other seabourn ships.
The company is Excellent. and they are fantastic to work for.
but here I don’t know what happened.
Im really sad for the poor girl.
And yes Phillipinos are really like some people say on here, treated as the lowest possible people. which saddens me, because i worked with a lot of phillipinos on board the ships and they are AMAZING!!!!! the hardest and the most humble people in the world.
im also sending love to the family of the lost one.
I sorry! i apologize.
Yall want me to deal with it for ya? I’d just put that on a pallet and kick that out sea. Then again they threatening all you!
Do you not know better not to make such a comment? It should not have been allowed. Have respect for the departed and the family of all!
In my little shallow mind. I want to believe that the Ship’s Agent, The Ministry of Tourism would have protocols to deal with such situations, which the funeral home would also be aware of and not just receive a body because it was declared dead.
The same way a local has to go through so many checks before the funeral home accepts a body; I trust some sort of protocol was adhered to.
And by way of information, the police would have been informed. OMG…..I am seeing so many gaps here. Hmmmm….
Concerned, you said ‘…the same way a local has to go through so many checks before funeral home accepts a body’, well for your knowledge as soon as a person dies, the funeral home transport is there to take the person away. Also, to my understanding, the mortuary is not good so they do not do autopsy there. Do you know what time of the day we are in Dominica? Our medical institution is in a poor state, yet preference was given to build a state house for $27million instead of building a modern hospital for the Dominican people who do not have the means to go overseas for medical care.
Persons need to understand the authoritative sequences when this deaths happens in international waters. Who determines the cause of death? Who gives our coroner the authority to act and decipher cause of death. Before shipping any cadaver, cause of death MUST be known and documented.
I do feel for the relatives but but due protocol must be done. The cruise line should be fully held responsible for disseminating or updating the family members on the status of their deceased loved one
Best answer to date
“DNO contacted the police but PRO, Inspector John Carbon, said the matter is beyond the scope of local law enforcement.”
Our nation will forever be the joke in the sight of the world: I mean Carbon’s comment is so stupid, it surpasses ignorance. If someone is found dead on a ship, the police is called in; that means an investigation should be conducted. The police should immediately look for clues to determine if foul play (murder) is the cause of death.
From the moment the police become involved, unless the cause of death is immediately known, everyone on the ship becomes a suspect, A brief interview with every passenger, and crew member should be conducted if the information the police accumulated does not indicate foul play is involve in the death of the person; the police must now depend on an autopsy to find the cause of death.
An autopsy is simply an medical scientific examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death, or the character, and extent of changes produced by disease, it is a critical examination, evaluation, or assessment of someone, or something past.
If it is found that the person died from natural causes; the matter is closed.
The demised body should be returned to her family, at the expense of the owners of the cruse line via the Ship agent in Dominica. Every Cruse ship, or every ship, and Wind Jammers which enter Dominica on business must have an shipping agent such as Whitchurch; would be responsible to make all of the arrangements to have the body return to the Philippines or wherever the family request the body be sent.
I am aware of our backwardness in our country, but to read where an inspector of police talk such crap, as something beyond the scope of local law enforcement makes me wonder if he is dealing with something paranormal, or supernatural which cannot be scientifically explained.
If the problem is too large for the Dominica Police, perhaps the time is appropriate to engage the FBI, or Scotland Yard detectives, maybe it is time for the police to involve some medical forensic, but it is a disgrace for Carbon in the twenty-first century to sit and babble a bout the death of a person is beyond the scope of local law enforcement.
This could be a matter for Interpol, and if that’s the case get them involve!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
For those who are authorities, they all sound confused and disorganized as if they do not know what to do. For people in such positions, shame on them!
U need to stop babbling and read carefully! Always quick to jump and criticize!
You live in a circus you know, walking upside down, you are not even a serious clown, since your job in the circus is for you to go round and round in a circle trying to catch your tail.
Do you know of any animal species which is in the habit of trying to catch it tail? I had one of those when I was a child, I sat for hours watching that dumb animal trying to catch it tail, sometimes it would even bark at its own tail
Keep wearing your badge of honor on your forehead so that everybody can identify you as a the fool you are!
My late father taught me never argue with a fool, because the fool never loses, the fool always wins his own arguments, and the reason is because the fool can only understands what develops in his own thoughts; as he exist in a state of delusion all the time.
So, if you are looking for an argument from me, you will not be getting that from me anytime soon, you are too far beneath me, I am unable to stoop that low, I can’t reach your level!
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
I’m confused. If the local police acted in the case of the gay indecent exposure, then why no action in this case?
first of all the dead body should not have left the ship in the first place to be laid on de island, and for what reason.
don’t the ship have a storage vault for members or passagers who may died during sail… this is just ridiculous.
another thing am sick of in dominica, when one information is pass to someone, that someone just put it on their desk or sweep it in the bin and no one else knows about it, now when the news is circulating everyone is sayin they;re not aware of it, or no information was pass to them.. tats just unprofessional
If someone dies on a Ship, even in international waters, not within the parameters of the waters of any nation, the captain of the ship must report the death of the person in it first port of call, or the nearest nation where the death occurred.
If a child is born on a ship, the child birth must be recorded within the nearest nation to where the child was born, or recorded in the nation of it port of call.
In the case of the person who died in Dominica, the government of Dominica do have the right to carry out an autopsy in order to find the cause of death, because assuming a crime of murder took place in Dominica, or in the waters of Dominica, the police in Dominica has the right to arrest and charge the culprit.
If the person is convicted that person can be hung, or sent to prison for life in Dominica, it does not matter where the person belong.
And for your information, there are no vaults on ships to store dead bodies, when someone dies on a ship the procedure is the same get it off to a morgue, and although there are is usually one doctor on a ship, they do not perform surgeries nor treat any serious illnesses aboard okay.
When I worked for the West Indies Oil Company we sent the Big Dipper Captain the late Oscar Gilpin of Antigua, to deliver a shipment of petroleum products to Dominica, while the Big Dipper discharged it cargo, Oscar died during the night, while he was asleep, the body was not flown back to Antigua until it was cleared by health officials in Dominica.
So, until an autopsy is conducted in Dominica, that body is not going anywhere, except as usual, if we handle the matter upside down, and different to any other nation on earth.
Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque
May her soul rest in peace. My deepest condolences to her family and friends. It must be so shocking for her family. She must have been so excited about her cruise not knowing that when the ship docked in Dominica she ended up in ParDise but did not see or enjoy it. I am deeply saddened. Let us pray for her soul. RIP
She was a crew member, not a tourist. She worked on the ship. Please read the heading properly.
Is tourism number one industry in the island as stated before?
Talking about publicity that helps and benefits would be interesting.
Is it possible this time around that people may not be criticized for sending disturbing messages out there,but the systems in place be looked at. Therefore all systems will be a go since there is collaboration.
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The police do not have the authority to investigate a death that didn’t occur in our waters or land. In such a case the ship should report the incident to the authorities where the ship is registered, as it appears that death occured in international waters, to be investigated. If it occured in another country’s waters, the death should be reported there for an investigation to be initiated. Dominica police should not and cannot be responsible for the body. In fact the body is placed at a funeral home which suggest that Ship personnel have organized such and will be handling the matter. Tell the family and friends to contact the Cruise Ship for the information needed.
But you people dont read??? Read the atticle for god sake man.it says ; relatives of a crew member WHO DIED WHILE THE SHIP WAS DOCKED ON PORT ON DOMINICA WATERS are concerned my god what do u people understand by this?? The crew member died in dominica for god sake.why do u say that the crew member did not die in dominica?? And the news article said he he died on the ship while in port in roseau on jannuary 24? Read for god sake the pm really said u all must read .
YEAH, but PRO Carbon said that “in the first place he did not die in Dominica’. There begins the confusion and the contradiction.
The Police in D.A is to lazy, plus they don’t have the capabilities to investigate. To the families of the dead sorry about that !
the person died on their way to st lucia and the st Lucian authorities denied the body be disembarked. the news article is wrong because I was involved..
those people that write news don’t even know what happen. false news
It’s very good that you can read but not all what that is written in an online article is correct.
I feel saddened for the family. It sounds like a melee of botched information. Who is telling the truth of where she died?
But how the person didnt die in dominica? but I just read that the person died while the ship was docked on the roseau port! So wat coshony I hearing therr the boat not anchored on dominica waters? Stupes read the bloody news properlly.the crew member died while the boat was in port so the local athorities have something to do wit it.shame on the people who run this country
She was dead
The ship had a service with crew members and body was removed from ship. I had friends on ship that I picked up. They were late getting off due to service by captain and crew. Cruise ship was arranging body details
Shame on YOU Lucian for reading and not being able to understand or comprehend . You St. Lucian are so arrogant.
Alas, stlucian, mind you get a stroke we!!!
If YOU read correctly you will find that ‘ a source’ said the crew member died while the ship was docked in Dominica. We do not know that this is a fact. Further more the police stated the opposite. DNO has been trying to get information from authorities and has not been very successful so you are free to draw your own conclusions but there is in fact very little information in the article.
Let me first express my deepest sympathies to the family of the deceased. She must have been the bread winner of the family back in the Philippines. I ask that we, as God loving persons, should be a bit sensitive in our remarks since death and dying are beyond our control.
We had a similar experience when a young sailor from Indonesia died on our cruise. His body was given to the local authorities at the next port of call.
I believe that it is the responsibility of the cruise ship and their agents to ship the body back to the family for burial as they did when Dominica lost a son who also died on the cruise ship he worked on.
You are correct, but first the body must be “released” by the authorities, after the Post M.
This is problem here.
The body is only being stored here because of the facility to do so. It is the responsibility of the captain of the ship to notify the family of the crew member. It is also my understanding that if the captain thinks that a crime was committed then it his responsibility to officially make a report to the local authorities.
so at who xpense is the body goin back to where it came from we did not kill the person
The cadaver did not come to DA fool a person came prior to becoming a corpse fool.Dumb in a Can
My Sympathy to the family and friends. How very sad to ended like that. I hope this was a trip the person dreamt of and wanted before he/she died and I hope it was enjoyable at some point during the cruise and I hope the death was of natural causes.
Though the DNO article said the body left the ship while in Port in Roseau, It did not say when the crew member died or where at sea the ship was at the time the crew member died?
More questions than answers as is always the case in situations like these and we should allow the necessary authorities to do their jobs and try not to second guess them so that the family can get to know how their loved one died in the right way.
May your soul R.I.P.
Sissie
We will remember YOUR comment when YOUR “HAPPY A DIES ” ) Will remeber your comment when you are sick in in International Waters.!!!!!
the dam person did not die in our shores so the body have no dam right in the funeral home the ship shud have gone back wit it dead body
wow, a true representative from a Banana Republic.
You sound so immature and ignorant just saying that about someone deceased…if the body was left on the boat there would no place but the refrigerator. The body was taking to a funeral home in Dominica because the boat was docked in roseau..so stop being low minded…
Is this the same Port where 2 men were caught/seen exposed and partaking of each other and was charged? If so why is the death of a person being treated differently? Am just asking, am no Legal Expert!
what is your point!!!
What is your Point?
“Relatives of a cruise ship crew member, who died while the ship was docked in Dominica”
the person did die on our waters…….. but if it was drugs see how fast the police would be all up in there
In this day with all of our communication efforts, whatever the hold up may be, the family of the deceased should be updated daily. That is the VERY LEAST that we could do. They should have one person as their point of contact who can spell out all the details and what is being done. I don’t know all the details that goes into shipping the body out, but I do know picking up the phone once a day is not THAT complicated!
2 weeks lynhurst need to ship a body oversees…i guess they had to order the chill
This is a disgrace, nomatter who’s at fault here.
Family waiting for weeks, without knowing???
The body was brought ashore in next port, to be prepared for Post Mortem.
Pretty strict rules.
For those of you thinking one can just ship a body off, or come and get it, need to check the facts first.
The problem here is that the body has been there without anything being done so far.
Mr PRO,. This is a very sensitive matter and you could have handle it much better. The family are just concerned and it happened in Dominica waters according to the article; so yes the person died in Dominica. I agree with Mizz J embarrassing.
What is a “natural dominican” vs. an unnatural one?
I am guessing that there is a doctor on board the vessel who declared the body to be dead. Also, I would want to believe that the family was informed by the Vessel’s head office of the incident and how it will be dealt with. I would also want to think that if it was sudden death, the necessary action would be taken to find out what the cause of death was. If not, and the deceased was unwell, was the individual sick for an extended period of time before death. What documents were given to the funeral home before they accepted the body…. If only we would get these questions and more answered….. Please, all and sundry..Dominica has enough “mallair”, save us from any embarrassment. We need the tourist dollar…..Word to all involved in governing the Tourism Industry here…please adopt the Scout MOTTO….”BE PREPARED”
The System of “We don’t know, it’s not us”…When will we know anything.
Question:
1. Why was it that the crew members body be removed from the ship and onto our shores?
2. Who were the officials contacted in that regard to have the individual’s body be rested with our funeral home and why was it approved?
3. Whose name is on the letter that approved the removal of such individual to the funeral home?
4. Who on that Cruise ship made contact with the local authority about the demised individual?
5. When were the police department contacted…I am hoping here that this would be the protocol that the local police be contacted first and the ambulance service in order to have the individual removed from the ship in the first place?
6. How is it that the police department is not in a position to defend such action? What are their purposes anyway…to run after a marijuana cigarette only?
7. Where is the Minister of Tourism to confirm and address such a sensitive situation where the families of the demised individual are at their wits end not knowing what’s happening to their relative.
8. The BIGGER question…didn’t that individual have insurance coverage while working on that Cruise ship? and why weren’t their relatives contacted by the Cruise representative?
9. Who is going to pay to have that demised individual body to be shipped back to their family? Certainly not our Ministry of Tourism or Foreign Affairs. That should be the responsibility of the Cruise Ship company and the individual’s insurance company.
10. All these cruise ship workers have insurance coverage and the Ministry of Tourism and Foreign Affairs should not have in any way have allowed the demised individual’s body to vacate the ship without the proper clearance and International Maritime Clearing.
For GOD sake who are the IDIOTS running our TOURISM SECTOR. NO BODY KNOWS. PAYDAY someone always gets paid to do what exactly?
If anyone can answer some if not all those question it should be the Minister of Tourism and his department along those lines find the culprit and get the person back on that ship and let the Cruise Company deal with their
Come on stop being foolish and cold heart
Why is it you are quick to call the People working in the Tourism Industry idiots.There is more to the story you do not know.It should also be noted that when a person or crew member dies on a ship there are certain protocols to be followed and it is different compared to when a person dies on land.You statement that all Cruise ship workers have insurance coverage is not true at all.When someone dies on a ship in Port the local authorities are to be notified so as to determine the cause of death natural,homicide or accident so a death certificate can issued.The Ship Master calls his cooperate office and inform them,they get in touch with the next of kin of the decease.
There is International Maritime Law and also each country has their own Maritime Laws which are enforced in their jurisdiction, so we do not know what responsibility lies with the Government when the body leaves the ship or if they are bound by law to give a death certificate or letting the ship move on with the dead body.The Government of Dominica may also have to contact the nearest Philippines Embassy to make arrangements to ship the body as to who is going to pay the cost, this we do not know, but my feeling it is the relatives of the dead person who is stuck with such cost.
Your last paragraph shows no sympathy.I know the news story is some sketchy and lack information but that does not mean you are to act like this.
Absolutely agree here all these questions should be answered in purpose of true understanding of situation, I was on this ship when it happened as a crewmember and I feel realy sorry for famaly as they do not have any oportunity to force the situation, but we all should think about facts, we can not make any conclusions because of lack of information, but it is obveously somebody’s fault and to find out whose all this questions have to be answered, u people can not say anything about this situation as you simply dont have information. Itsa shame and in my opinion a cruise company should put more efforts to solve the situation but I might be wrong again due to lack of facts
This is a bunch of HOG WASH.
Whether the person died in port or at sea, that is the custom to leave the body at the next port of call and allow the proper authorities contact the family of the deceased one. For the pro to say it is not a police master is not doing the Nature Isle any good. Maybe Carbon and his cabal dose”nt know much about Face Book. If the government allow this situation to get on face Book without being resolved, they are not going to like the result that will most definitely follow. Where is the minister for tourism? He should get on board and assist the deceased family members to expedite the process. And for those of you who like to give thumbs down without reading, don”t waste your time because I have dealt with several situations similar to this on my job in the VI. Just in case you did not know St Thomas gets three times more cruise ships than the Nature Isle and this situation happens quite often. Please Mr Carbon and Mr Douglas resolve this before it gets on Face Book.
The police cannot investigate a death that didn’t occur in our waters or land. In such a case the ship should report the incident to the authorities where the ship is registered where the death occur in international waters to be investigated. If it occured in another country’s waters, the death should be reported there for an investigation to be initiated. Dominica police should not and cannot be responsible for the body. In fact the body is placed at a funeral home which suggest that Ship personnel have organize such and will be handling the matter. Tell the family and friends to contact the Cruise Ship for the information needed.
Wow, why are you making such silly statements about something you do not understand. First off the report said the person died while the ship was in Port.Where the ship is registered has nothing to do with this matter.How do you know Ship personnel have organize such and will be handling the matter,Wow it seem you have an inside source.
You opening statement is not factual.There is a different protocol between when a person dies in Port and when a person dies at sea arriving in the next Port.It should also be noted that if a US citizen dies in port on a ship the US authorities do make an investigation to determine the cause of death and issue a death certificate.
Asking the Minister of Tourism to resolve this matter or face the consequence of having the story place on face book is somewhat foolish.DO you know the amount of Seamen and Passengers who have died or hurt on Cruise Ships owned by Carnival Corporation who went to court to get a fair settlement and their stories have made headlines in the News and Face Book and Carnival Corporation Profits keep growing,so why would you think that one such incident like this would make a dent in our Tourism Industry.I do not know what similar incidents you were involved in, you did not report true facts.
@ Gary..You seem to think you know but you are wrong. Incidents dealing with people who died at sea and in port. And dealing with family members assisting them. Please read the comment written by Francisco cuz he struck the nail on the head. And for your information even though the ship should have an agent in DA the minister of tourism should also assist, unless he is just there to get a check. He is MINISTER OF TOURISM, isn’t he?
so if she died before docking in Dominica why is she there again? and yes it will take a while before the body is shipped out cause the proper procedures have to be taken in order to fly her out
But what I hearing dere nuh? What is supposed to be the protocol for dem fings dere? Why is our name dat have to tarnish when de person doh even die here?
If the person died on the ship, why was it brought ashore?? To my understanding, every cruise ship has a team of doctors, and health personnel on board, so why didn’t they deal with the problem on the ship??
If the person died on the ship, why was it brought ashore?? To my understanding, every crew ship has a team of doctors, and health personnel on board, so why didn’t they deal with the problem on the ship??
OK no problem call the corona Hartley Henry to resolve the issues
OMG Skerrit do something!
YOU PEOPLE better stop saying allu dont know nothing …allu sounding like a bunch of amateur baffoons. Who was the D.can representative who accepted the body\. What agency , govt dpt or who do they work for and represent. Allu you talk for other d/cans but when it come to foreigners like a bunch of damn monkeys in a zoo trying to please the foreign. Theres a body in D/ca of a Phillipine National who died in port in Roseau how you mean they didnt die in D/ca. Was any investigation held. Who pronounced death, what is the cause of death. Do allu damn jobs and stop passign the buck. Demand answers and then demand the cruise line make arrangement for the body. Next time if allu want to ‘wash allu hands’ Dont jump and accept a body, but since you already did , answer the damn questions. Shait man!!
I agree with you a hundred percent
If the friends and family are so concerned why haven’t they come to Dominica to claim the body and make arrangements to bury her in da or have her sent to their country.
If it was in another country they would have been there already. Why isn’t the ship taking the responsibility of their worker. I hope someone will fit the bill for the transfer of the body and it will not be left for the doninican government to pay because the phillipinoes pretence of not having information could be just a ploy to not have to accept the financial responsibility because they are very good at pretending to be poorer than they really are.
@ Dominica/Canadian:
Could you be anymore coldhearted? Goodness me!!! Also, do you know anything about the family’s finances to ask such an insensitive and ignorant question and insinuate these things? I am willing to bet that you’ve never had such an experience thus your ignorant spiel. Obviously, you know nothing about the family or situation other than what is printed here. Moreover, the death of a loved one is never easy. While we all are free to speak/type, you should have just kept QUIET.
DNO i am betting the Cruise ship is doing all in its’ power to get the body back to where it came from, and that the immediate family members were contacted on the matter.. Other Relatives should seek information from the Cruise ship and the immediate family members… I am referring to Husband, Children etc.
The Police PRO is correct, so i think the body was brought to Lyndhurst based on the advise of the cruise ship because Lyndhurst is getting paid.
Also the Insurance may have a serious role to play in that case… So tell the lady friends I Joe say BEHAVE THEIR DAM SELF!!!!!.. If she had died in the US they would keep their trap shut, so because we are developing and appears to be dependent on the tourist dollar they can threaten us!!!!!
SMDH
Show some empathy. If it was your relative you would have liked action taken immediately.
Mr. Lennox Linton and the UWP are blamed for the bad publicity Dominica gets from abroad, re just completed American tour. According to Skeritt, they are bringing down the country when they speak,now see the commess that goes on with a simple matter, blame game like rain.
u 2 bias
They should have kept her on the boat in the freeza
Apparently, we never knew such a thing could happen so we’re unprepared. This is very embarrassing
Mizz J we have had cruise passengers died whilst in Dominica— We know exactly what to do when the person dies on island, in that case the person died on Sea!!!!!
The person Insurance is taking care of that so tell those friends and relatives take a CHILL PILL!!!!
Sot!!!
Trust me if anyone of them come and give this excuse of being unprepared for death at sea they should be sacked on the spot. It is all there in the fine print when contracts are laid with staff and Cruise ship company. Cruise ship company and local Tourist Agents agree on many things including the fine print..so whoever is Agent for that Cruise Ship is or should be well aware of such possible occurance or MAYBE they should watch reruns of American and English TV Poirot and Murder She Wrote. It happens in real life too.
The Ministry of Tourism at the top is more than aware of such possibilities in fact the whole god damn world is well aware that people die everyday anywhere. SSHSSSSHH it is annoying when these so -called “officials” pass the buck when they are supposed to stand up and be responsible..IDIOTS money grabbers. LET THEM DEAL with it Expeditiously crappsters.
Agree
Doesnt matter how the body ended up there, since the body is there.
The issue now is, the body has been there for weeks!
Nothing less than amazing.