The advancement of Dominica/Morocco relations will be high on the agenda as Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit leads a two-man delegation to the kingdom for an official visit.
According to a release from the Government Information Service (GIS) the delegation left Dominica on Monday and while in the Kingdom of Morocco talks are expected to be held with King Mohammed VI and for the first time with Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, and Saad-Eddine El Othmani Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
It is expected that the talks will further strengthen ties between the two countries.
The GIS release states that Morocco has been making a contribution to Dominica’s agricultural sector through a grant of high grade fertilizer but the flagship project to date is the construction of a 58-room state of the art hotel in Portsmouth between the two governments.
Dominica now has 31 students undertaking programmes of study in a number of disciplines as part of a Scholarship Programme offered by the Government of Morocco.
The Prime Minister is accompanied by Cabinet Secretary Steve Ferrol.
any updates?
Skerro doesn’t care about human rights. Look at the countries he aligned himself with Chavez, Castro, China, Libya and now Morocco. What these countries have in common? HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION.
I wonder what would be said if the PM didn’t travel to lobby and negotiate on behalf of Dominica
Maybe he would be called lazy or something. Don’t you think?
May God bless Dominica and may the winds of the Almighty forever push this country forward, no matter what the people wish on THEMSELVES or their leaders. Lord hear the prayers of the diligent at heart. I am Dominican, I want my country to bloom. Protect us oh Lord. For words have power. Amen
rubbish rubbish rubbish, Skerrit with all due respect needs to strengthen his ties with the students in Morocco whose votes he needs next election, he needs to deliver the long awaited summer stipend, because the number of students studying in morocco is actually dwindling, and F.Y.I there are not 31 dominca students in Morocco, more like the reverse 13, the students are abused, and manipulated someone should start a petition for the ceasation of the moroccan scholarship
they lying .right now their are 18 students in morocco and it descrease everyday ..not only dominicans that leaving but caribbean students on a hold ..why don’t the pm come and see how the student living and ask them how they doing ..how they treating us as a student ..i am talk as a morocco student that living in morocco right now ….
Wonder if Skerrit will find it necessary this time to call at london to “give support ” to the Dominica Olympic team, just as he did four years ago in Bejing. Maybe he will even attend the reception for “heads of state” the Queen is hosting on the occasion of the Olympics? Who knows?
It never occur to all you that if more than majority of the caribbean students complaing and going back home is something that wrong with the place and not the students. Word on the streets is they might not even send more students to morrocco because of all the drama stupes all you that just saying what all you is better all you even hush right.
i hope he stays there because i love DA
I have a brother in Morocco and he ain’t complaining about anything. Most of the students think they on vacation and on a shopping spree and seems to forget the purpose they are here for
So u expect to be in a foreign country where u have to provide yourself with everything u need and i mean everything even ur dam notes from school and u dont expect them children to spend? all you just sit down dominica and running all you dam mouth stupes
oh please i bet your brother is one of the fortunate ones perhaps even the son of a politician
Man, I must say my fellow Dominicans are shallow minded. You guys said some of the same about the late and beloved Prime Minister Rosie Douglas. “Oh, he’s always traveling…why doesn’t he stay home more…why is meeting with foreign people…why, why, why” You people are stuck in cave man times and it does not matter what anyone does or say, it won’t change a thing about your poor judgment and lack of vision.
Parents with children in Morocco are complaining, the scholarships are substandard and not recognized,lessons are taught in foreign language, no text books to do home studies and so on, the idea is just to pretend that they are doing so much, i know of some parents that is calling back home their child, Too much politics.
Yo Skerro but why you going all the way over dere to talk about and or receive high grade fertilizer nuh,,, All Man everywhere else talking about Compost and Organic Farming you going and talk to some industrialist about artificial additives to come mess up our pure Soil,,,
Garçon you doh ready yet Man,,, Noffing is for free yeh,,,
All dat stuff we have here to make natural compost???
What exactly is your agenda nuh Bro???
WHy you don’t talk to dem seasoned Farmers and ask dem what did we use down hear before dem albinos came???
Totally agree with you rasta. Not to mention what ingredients in that fertilizer he don’t even know about will do to the crops/food.
Dominica as a Nation achieves less and will continue as they are extremely timid..
Would Never ever attempt to have a investor consider Dominica….they a begging island who is rich with wealth of resources, but many policy makers and their Corrupt Regime Suck the blood out of that wonderful island.
All this Corrupt Leader is doing is filling and preparing himself to win again the next election while keeping the citizens in the dark knowing they will NEVER RESIST HIS REGIME!
Interesting he Travels so much but nothing in return..But again Many Dominicans are ignorant so Skero will continue to fool them as he does on a hourly basis…
Isnt Dominica Rated the Poorest in the Eastern Caribbean under this Labour Party watch for over 12 years….haha
He can travel till he gets seat sick on the plane, but he will always continue to be fruitless because he lacks vision and unable to create a basic “PLAN OF ACTION” the bloke is a kid so as usual comes up with crumbs! which his citizens rejoice due to them being ignorant to the MAX!
Do you know what beacon is made from?..If you do,that’s just what you are.So shut your Jaw….
considering that the pm is never in the country and
considering that he makes $1000 every night he stays out,
I will suggest that this is a clever trick to raise funds for the next elections to bribe more people with their own TAX PAYERS’ MONEY
pm always travelling, instead a war that corruption we have a war on marijuana found on king solomon grave
A serious question mark hangs over Skerrit’s poor judgment in agreeing to establish diplomatic ties and an official visit to Rabat, given Morocco’s continuing occupation of Western Sahara and the worsening human rights situation there. Morocco’s military has occupied Western Sahara and waged a brutal war of repression against the Sahrawi people for the past 36 years. Sahrawis risk arrest, imprisonment and torture simply for daring to speak out against the occupation. Human rights defenders have been particularly targeted by Moroccan security forces over the years. PM Rosie Douglas supported the plight of W-Sahara and would never sell them out to Morocco for a vote at the UN and a few pennies for a hotel and a few scholarships.
mizeh they have pple kids seeing in moroco fire bon mister dem i hope he pass and visit dem and ask them about their living condition in his ………
This is a good sign. Let’s hope it continues. It was also a pleasure to know that Mammy and others are always tuned to Q95 and they cannot resist the urge to call Lennox, Angelo and Matt.
The fact is Matt had it all wrong this morning. He spoke repeatedly of the right of the PM to inform the people of his whereabouts instead of focusing on the socio-political and legal responsibility of the PM vs the right of the people who elected him to know of his whereabouts.
The PM is not managing his private company nor are we in a “dictatorship” as some may suggest.-at least not yet. This is supposed to be a democracy of the people, by the people for the people.
Putting aside all the legal requirements of the Constitution in terms of the appointment of a Acting Prime Minister by the President in the absence of the Prime Minister, it seems to be a matter of common courtesy and respect to inform the nation of the travels of the PM either before or after, taking into account other factors such as security concerns and exigencies.
Obviously, had Dominicans not been expressing concerns with regard to the frequent disappearance of the PM on foreign trips, coupled with the vigilance of a citizen who alerted the nations through a telephone call to Q95 from Melville Hall Airport, GIS would most likely have kept quiet on the PM’s travel.
For me this is all part of the call for transparent, openness and accountability in our governance and nothing more. For example, we now know that the PM is going to discuss Dominica’s agricultural sector through a grant of high grade fertilizer without the Minister of Agricultural or any technical official from the concerned Ministry. Furthermore, in spite of the scientific studies that show that the fertilizer from Morocco is bad for the Dominica soil – we see our PM on a mission to get more of that fertilizer. Hence, this opens up more debate, which is good for a thriving democracy
I like the comment, Skerrit knows people that knows people who knows people. Always a laugh in here
I hopme the PM and Ferrol bring home the female student who is stranded in Morocco withot any financial means.
if we build an international airport,we can attract a number of foreign investments and provide jobs.we don’t need to borrow money to build hotels.
We have to borrow the money for the airport, so what’s your point on borrowing?
I hope he is finally talking about an international airport now.
How come mister going to rogue countries Cuba
Venezuela now morocco just a matter of time
Before he go Iran & North Korea mister never
Going America Britain France or Switzerland, what
Happen Dominicans blind all u cannot see what
Mister doing?
you guy’s are to small minded! you all need to grow up and travel the world and stop being stock in your shadow besides you.
skerro went to morroco to get some food for the senjoseph constuiency . Well the people from newyork and all over the carribbean that coming and put labour in power that the result Dubic close to grand bay is better off than senjoe people . Look misery look misery misery
Huh…since when he does say he out of state,,,and even where he going…I
wonder why
because somebody airport saw him and called Mat
Trust he not flying LIAT. Their planes so ancient and delapidated they smell of stale sweat….and you are not even offered a glass of water or a cup of coffee. But he still giving them $ 8 miilion? They must be laughing all the way to the bank.
Im baffled at the high level of ignorance that exist in dominica.. Dno please stop posting some of these uneducated comments on line.. The world is reading and believe me laughing at dominica..
Yours is the first they are laughing.Is your comment educational?
D N O should be in caps, as well as D in Dominica, you are therefore part of what you have now expressed.
The world laughing at Dominica? Boy, they don’t even know we exist. When BBC gives weather forecast for the caribbean they mark St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Lucia and so on but no name sticker on our island. Wonder how important we really are to the world?
Skerritt is a mobile Prime Minister
and you jealous!
SKERRIT KNOWS PEOPLE THAT KNOW PEOPLE THAT KNOW PEOPLE…INTERNATIONAL(AIRPORT)MOVE.SKERRO IS NOTHING SOFT.
I hope he will reach Serbia one day!
tiny if u know some thing say it what are u hiding
I wonder if GIS would have released the Skerrit’s travel destination if it wasnt on the Hot Seat this morning, The people of D’ica haven got jobs therefore I would say they are within their rights to be keeping tabs on the man who is in the office of the Prime Minster their are nohe is not exception of cause he should be telling the people when he is leaving the Island especaially when it have to do with the development of Dominica hehave taken them for granted much to long.
lol lol
Dno all you just saying want all you want where all you get that figure about 31 students there. Trust me it haven’t got all that up there stil
I personally know of two that came back and didnt finish their pogram…So make that 29 at most.
Hehe 27 to be exact.. Come they coming and more have to come back with their messed up scholarship program story
i went to china to do my studies and ever year there are about 2 students of the batch who return to Dominica. Does that 2 compared to how much actually remained means that the scholarship aint good. Come with another reasoning man!
@Phone every year two? thats kinda acceptable so that doesnt mean nothing is wrong with the scholarship but when almost 80% going back that says something is wrong
At least this time we were informed of his whereabouts; things seem to be getting better. Hope this trend will continue!!
Hmm – a grant for high grade fertilizer. Why not a grant to help boost local production of organic manure/compost/fertilizer. We all know that this chemical fertilizers are destroying our land, polluting our water, and negatively affecting our health. I am amaze at how comfortable and happy we are with short term solutions that result in long term problems. I thought the banana industry and what it did to our land/environment and people would have been a wake up call
@Country Man, Explain! “I thought the banana industry and what it did to our land/environment and people would have been a wake up call”.
You are so right!! Wish I could shake your hand. why aren’t they seeking grants that would make a contribution sustainable production? A grant that results in the establishment of agro-processing plant where farmers can have an outlet and an incentive to produce!!!
A grant for fertilizer is indeed myopic.
so what’s the deal on the case against the doctor…..still cant find him to get him served?
@tiny
what case? against what doctor? Your idiot
Many Happy Returns my dear
WHAT DOCTOR YOU TALKING ABOUT NUH? MOROCCO THE MAN AN DEM GO…..
It had to take a caller on the Hot Seat this morning to say that she saw the PM leaving today at the airport, for us to get this from GIS. The truth is the truth so lets go with the red thumbs