Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has said Dominica’s profile has been elevated and enhanced with the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) in power.
In an interview with Latin American media outlet, teleSUR English on Tuesday evening, Skerrit said under the DLP watch, Dominica has established diplomatic relations with many countries, has seen a ‘revolution’ in education, has better access to health care and the island’s infrastructure has improved tremendously.
“First of all in terms of our foreign relations, we have established diplomatic relations with numerous countries,” he stated. “We have been in the forefront of integration processes like Petrocaribe, ALBA, CELAC. We have been part of the discussions from day one.”
Skerrit said education has improved in Dominica.
“In terms of the country itself, we’ve had an education revolution, for example, created tremendous access to education for all our children at all levels,” he noted.
He stated Dominica’s infrastructure has improved and there is greater access to health care.
“The infrastructure has improved dramatically, our health services have improved dramatically, access to health care, access to free health care,” he noted.
Skerrit also said the island’s economy has grown and expanded.
“We’ve seen the economy grow, we’ve seen the economy expanded, there is greater people’s participation in the process of the development of our country,” he said. “So we’ve really elevated the country’s profile, not only regionally but internationally.”
He stated that Dominica is small but is unafraid to speak its mind.
“Dominica, though a small country, we are not afraid to speak our minds and to represent the interest of our country,” he said. “For example, when we decided to become a member of ALBA, we were the first English speaking country to become a member of ALBA. That brought tremendous international attention to Dominica but also international impression but we recognize that there was an important step in the interest of the region and the interest of Dominica.”
He added, “So Dominica’s profile in the world has been enhanced since my party became the government in this country.”
Not commenting on this guy anymore. I consider it a waist of time. “Let the chips fall where they may.” Some day (if not too late) Dominicans will wake up and smell the Chinese Coffee.
Keep fighting Mr. Skerrit on insignificant matters and see how far it gets you all. Listen to the intelligent Dominicans such as Mr Frederick Baron. Grow up and bring up vital issues. CBI attack is obviously not working let’s talk bread and butter. Mr Skerrit is not invincible but effective opposition and all the pety comments from most of the contributors here continue to propel him forward. Keep insulting those who oppose the militant approach of the opposition and keep Mr Skerrit rooted in his position.
Where do you stand, what s your strategy……are you active in your community?
Tell us what you have engaged and with who and the rest of us are able to follow. Be a leader not a tell off of those of us who are trying something.
My Dear Prime Minister Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit, whether we agree with her Conservative petty-bourgeoisie policies or not, love her or hate her, it is Prime Minister Dame Mary Eugenia Charles who gained international exposure for Dominica and here is the evidence:
BBC: Tributes paid to ‘Iron Lady’ Charles http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2005/09/050907_eugenialead.shtml
Amazon: Eugenia: The Caribbean’s Iron Lady https://www.amazon.com/Eugenia-Caribbeans-Iron-Janet-Higbie/dp/0333572351
The Independent: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dame-eugenia-charles-311011.html
The Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1497855/Dame-Eugenia-Charles.html
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/sep/08/guardianobituaries.pollypattullo
And I could go on and on from the Women’s Institute to the President Jimmy Carter’s election monitoring organisation – she was celebrated internationally and placed Dominica on the world…
…and who could forget:
Encyclopaedia Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eugenia-Charles
Getty: President Reagan gives a press conference at the White House concerning the invasion of Grenada involving U.S. troops as Prime Minister Eugenia Charles of Domenica looks on http://www.gettyimages.fi/detail/news-photo/president-reagan-gives-a-press-conference-at-the-white-news-photo/517441298#washington-president-reagan-gives-a-press-conference-at-the-white-picture-id517441298
There is no way Skerrit is able to math that kind of decency, intellectual, honesty, work in Interest of the poor and Dominica and Not self (like Skerro- must Go).
Thanks Truth be Told, you are on Que, with the revealing the truth while Skerrit’s reveals his incompetence and skulduggery politics upon the poor people of Dominica.
What can I say? But only God knows. My heart aches for my country.
A A so if d economy expand then public officers salary should expand too. Talk! Talk! Talk! Hooray!!!!!
DON why did you remov the article about yhe airport taxes
I think that PM Skerritt should be bold and take a stand against Maduro and what is going Venezuela. Surely he can maintain relations with the President that replaces him,
So Mr. Skerrit because your life and the lives of your few close supports and ministers have improved; the profile of Dominica has elevated? Ok sir, I agree with you. Because Dominica belongs to you and your few friends. Best wishes.
PM, How has our country Dominica been elevated after 15+ plus years under your leadership???
What is our country exporting? How is the country going to continue after CBI money is finished? What plans have you put in place so our economy can sustain itself? We have a beautiful country Dominica, what are you doing to preserve it? When will this gutter politics stop??? These “maypuis” politics!!!
Let’s pray Dominican’s. Only God can help us.
Nice post. However, you make reference to ‘God’. The eternal creator is the Lord God. The Elohim (plural ‘God’) are the fallen angels – Satan. If you wish to refer to our Lord the Father, I recommend you only use ‘Lord’, ‘Lord God’, or ‘GOD’. Elohim is a grammatically plural noun for “gods” or “deity” in Biblical Hebrew which refers to the fallen angels. There is only one GOD, our Lord God the Father. In Modern Hebrew, it is often referred to in the singular despite the -im ending that denotes plural masculine nouns in Hebrew.
The bible historian, Jonathan Kleck (http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thisisit4321) can shed further light on this interesting matter if you wish to take this further.
This inept PM Skerrit Must Go, is in denial and in the wrong company. He is hurting Dominica.
People participation is based on the number of people who assembly at the Wednesday Red clinic. This guy is actually disconnected enough to actually think that his handout program is part of the developing process.
I was in Da recently and I was surprised to see so many Dominica enjoying living in the same conditions that my parents lived in some 35 years ago. There was such a big rally in Possie ! How can these people be so comfortable with them selves?
Skerrit is not doing anything to improve the lives of Dominicans or develop the country , but still people are following him blindly for a cup of tea and a plate of food , Sick! Shameful!
It seems like Dominican like to be stuck in stagnation. Or they are scared of the unknown. All over the world nationals are changing their governments, But some strange reasons Dominicans seem to like the misery.
same conditions your parents lived in 35 years ago ??? You have to be kidding me !
You are one-sided, narrow minded and bias. For one who resides in Canada, I expect you would be or become a broadminded person. It appears you still have much to learn and to broaden your mind.
Since when is it known that a government should improve the lives of nationals or is obligated to do so? The government can only do this to a certain extent and to provide some means of livelihood and housing for them.
What you implied is that they should sit back and let the government improve their lives. This is sheer nonsense.
You reside in Canada, you should know if the people do not help themselves, who will? The government gives those who are unemployed social welfare assistance. Those who once worked and are now unemployed and receive employment benefits including able ones who are social welfare recipients are expected to seek employment or attend some form of training for employment. It is mandatory otherwise benefits will be withheld.
Canada Too, “Go t Hell….go to hell…@ yo are blind and silly. Skerrit is waste of time and so are you.You cannot compare the system in Canada (and UK) to that of poverty Dominica. The people who benefit from the state, Canada, have paid taxes so the level of support come to them when needed. Skerrit is an opportunist and preys on poor people and family, he and his corrupt government has created. Ans has blind loyalists like ou all writing corrupt nonsense on DNO, It is better you all shut and stop making more of a mockery on Skerrit.
This guy Skeritt must me living in dream land, because I have not seen any sustainable jobs for our kids in Dominica.
DOM-IN-CANS don’t need Jobs my friend why work hard when our god pm can give us FREE money and lots of party one day all that will come to and end
I just see a bunch of haters
@Local Truth has become the new hate speech. Take a journey back into history. All these men who spoke truth to power were persecuted or murdered: Marcus Garvey, Nelson Mandela-jailed, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. – murdered.
Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it; ignorance may deride it; malice may distort it; but there it is.
PM Skerrit says DLP has elevated Dominica’s profile……..to one of:
1. a corrupt state; a government that has been found with their dirty pants down
2. engaged and associated with nefarious ole teeth wanted crooks.
3. where a questionable inept DLP leader and corrupt government disrespect the UWP opposition
4. disrespects Dominicans he turned into beggars and supply the with handouts. How insulting
5. that well qualified people, lawyers, teachers, a president ridiculously behaved wife and other nefarious group supports this corrupt and insulting Labour leader and government.
6. Reduced and insults the good name of Dominica and brought its Profile to an all time low.
Shame on you Skerrit and your low profiles scouts, ignorant of your misbehaviour and corrupt Labour government.
Skerrit must Go……..Skerrit must Go……Skerrit must Go……..Dat Inept Skerrit must Go!!
I think by now Dominicans don’t read Dno’s “hogwash” news articles but go straight to comments section.
Dominica is in freefall brother. Wake up !!!!
Mr. PM. You forgot to tell us that Dominica has the third highest unemployment rate in the Caribbean. Also, what infrastructure has improved dramatically, A Bridge? How can you with a straight face, tell the country that the economy has expanded when we have a
GDP purchasing power parity of 206, behind Grenada, St Kitts, Antigua, Haiti, St Lucia, and St Vincent? The social indicators shows that 29% of households and 40% of the general population, live in indigent poverty. I know statistics may not be of any significance to you, but these are the facts and your statements does not reflect in these data. You can fool your RED CLINIC recipients, but not intelligent Dominicans.
All lies these are not facts but blatant lies and an act to misinform the general public and civilized people. Are you living under the bridge? New hospital, new BRIDGES, NEP, HOTELS, Care for the Elders, Night landing in ??, Transportation for Schoolchildren, Stadium, housing revolution, More scholarships here and abroad, new state college, west coast and Marigot to pond cassee road improvement just to name a few! you mad?
No Layou River hotel and money disappeared, Post office standing like a ruin in tatters, Moroccan hotel unfinished and sinking, millions spent ton a little road between Rosalie and Petit Soufriere but overgrown and not passable for years now. Coffee plant full of rotting beans and nothing else. Abattoir still not operating fully (but they have their new truck!). Seed potatoes wasted with suckers shooting before they could be planted. Banana business dead….you want me to go on?
Ask your hero Skerrit if the would let himself or his family be treated at the local hospital should they fall ill? And all that after 13 years of his rule? Time we change for real.
Rasta, if you blind and stupid go up the hills and meditate `pon Haile Selassie. Concrete jungle true talk, the truth, id beyond you.
Elevated in a NEGATIVE way…….
Yeah. You right. You have to be elevated first in order to be body slammed on the pavement.
I’m just reading rubbish comments haters write. Actually the pm is right some peoples heads are stuck up thier a** so they can’t see the difference from 15 yrs ago.
Like yours and your corrupt PM and his corrupt ridiculous government…. Where do you sand on this..?
Don’t surprise me I know
It is observed they are as blind as bats.
Oh, I can see alright Rasta …and it is not looking good brother, trust me.
The Dlp gas elevated Dominica’profile in every bad way possible.
All kinds of wrong things…
From a law abiding state to a corrupt state
Shame, shame, shame, no wonder they are having town hall meetings n that foolish rally on Sunday…
Rally for what? AFTER ALL THE MESS. TIME TO GO.
SKERRITT MUST GOOIOOOOOOO
You jealous wi he will in 2037
God should descend and punish you for your lack of appreciation and ingratitude. It depicts a wicked heart who cannot see beyond your nose.
Stop behaving Like a stuck record none of this can and will help the opposition get into power. Labour is in control.
It’s people like you who sing for your supper, eating a food n helping promote works of inequity. Your gullible n senseless Red cliniceerrrrr
Noting all what is done, I agree with the PM.
With people as you, UWP supporters, as always it is to be expected you will comment negatively. You must comprehend your comments have done much in debasing the profile of the UWP Party.
. . . much harm . . ..
We and our children will continue to pray until the God we serve DELIVER us from this ONE MAN WICKED ONE MAN GOVERNMENT and his friends because while he and his friends BELLIES ARE FULL our children are crying out LOUDLY because their bellies are EMPTY.God MUST UPROOT THE WICKED. We will bruise our knees, we are not giving on PRAYERS.
Pray to God to deliver you from you. God knows what is occurring in Dominica. He sees the wickedness of hearts. He knows your heart and that you are a wicked person, unjustly judging another.
Some of you are mistaken about God. You also underestimate Him and debase Him. This is a sin. You pray for Him to do harm to someone. If you are a genuine Christian, this is not what you would pray for. You are to wish no one harm and pray for others, wishing them well.
God hears prayers but He will not answer those ungodly prayers. Rather, He will punish you for not praying as you should, underestimating Him, taking Him for granted and placing him at par with his enemy, the enemy of our souls. As a Christian, should you not know better?
Skerrit buy dem children new tablets…. no faulty ones like the last time….. ipad to buy and we will vote for u
Look at the quality of individuals Mr. Skerrit was able to attract to Dominica, and let’s put our political biasness aside. Look at some of the very high profile men and women we were able to attract, and you would conclude that DA has been elevated and enhanced by the DLP:
1. NG Lap Seng, a billionaire businessman. Very few Dominicans were able to keep a conversation with NG. Our PM sat with him, dinned with him, and we saw him in photo signing a contract with NG Lap Seng, 2 weeks before he was arrested and jailed by the FBI.
2. In one meeting with former Nigerian Oil Minister and millionaire, Allison Madueke, he was able to convince her to get our passport, two months after she allegedly bribed Nigerians Electoral Committee. In fact when she was in trouble it was alleged that Dominica attracted her to the point that she wanted to come and hide here.
3.Aliereza Monfared another billionaire. He lived in DA for 6 months! Sadly he soon got arrested like the others.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. You do not have what it takes to know it and recognize it.
Better at begging giving money without am in NYC but shame u people
Elevated in health care ?Did I read the right words? A woman has turned away from princess Margaret after she was suffering from severe tummy pain simply because she did not have $10.00 EC .Nonetheless, this lady came with 10 euros, she was sent to Roseau to get in changed into EC dollars; the address where she went to was shut.She went back to the hospital she was sent home without any treatment.A Dominican, a human being who voted labor all her life. Skerrit you are fighting to stay in this position in order to continue enriching yourself and family.While you are construction everything which is important but they are not a priority poverty is creeping little by little because a large number of the population are jobless.
Check the unemployment statistics of the US, Canada and Europe. These are so-called progressive countries.
) to be serious about school. They are the future adults who, if they apply themselves, could graduate and do their utmost to seek employment and obtain it. They could also try to open their own business.
The PM has given every child the opportunity for an education – to educate themselves.
Instead of blaming the government and expecting everything from the PM, teach the youths (female and male, girls and boys – not gender
Let fools believe what they want, they’re only fooling themselves.
no doubt about it, you are write a next level of crime, poverty and appointment of inept ministers that are clueless of what their master is doing…
The audacity of this man… If that is the case why is Dominica paying Mercury one hundred thousand dollars a month to CLEAN Dominica’s image with spin and propaganda?
We have a lot to be grateful for! We have witnessed major achievements in education, ensuring that every young person can attain a proper and wholesome education. Before Roosevelt Skerrit came into office, only a select few were able to further tertiary level education at the college. Now we can boast that 1,500 students are accommodated at the institution. This government has attained universal access to all levels of education, to include early childhood and secondary school levels. The San Sauver, Newtown, Salybia Primary Schools, the new grammar school and the state of the art state college.
The DLP government has made indispensable contributions in all areas, realizing the need for beneficial change so the majority could rise!
San Sauveur school was launched by the Freedom Party and completed by the UWP.
Well stated. Hurrah!!!
We know those who criticize the PM are non-supporters. Being bias and envious will do it.
Really Skerrit- When a man starts believing his own lies then look out!!!!- Usually trouble follows!!!!! just a word to the wise………………..
PM and Trump are in the sinking ship they both are in control Dominicans keep listening to the USA Radio stations and especially CNN and you will see how these men have the same mentality .
Hear, hear. Both Megalomaniacs to the core for whom alternative facts are the new truth.
Roosevelt, I don’t know what planet you are living on but our Dominica is not part of it. Yesterday I saw ragged people scavenging in Roseau and that is the truth. Do you ever mix and minge with real people on the streets. How do you know how most of us just survive? You are seriously delusional my friend.
Had to check and see if today was April 1st.
All of allu know is true! Thank God for Skerrit! Who vex sousay sel!
There’s no way Skerrit would say he’s doing a very poor Job..besides why would he, if he doesn’t feel a pinch from the hard time ordinary Dominicans are subjected to..SHAME!!..i’m sure both he and Bardouille will be exempted from the increased Airport Tax!!
The detractors shall not deter this hardworking group of men and women who form the government of Dominica. You are so right Mr. PM. We have seen advances in every sector, improvements in all aspects of our society. Skerrit must go on to lead with a humble, loving heart. Skerrit must go ON!
The people of today, especially those who are in need of should thank God for the PM. He is surely working hard to please everyone and to give the needy a comfortable life. Only the ungrateful will not appreciate him and his effort.
We are over $1bn in debt, and no sustained export activity, so the PM is so right, our blood pressure is indeed elevated.
This guy has really lost his way and his mind. I was not am not a supporter of Euenia but all those deplomatic relations can never match the profile of the country like when she was in office. Back in the day Dominica’s primary health care system was a model for and the envy of the entire caribbean, do what is this guy talking about. We do not even have to talk about the economy because the country does not have one.
They had bound to put the PM in the hot sun so?!?!
you’re right elevated to a different level of hell
If you do not know this, learn it. “Life is what you make of it. ”
Of course healthcare has improved underneath the DLP. Whenever the boys become ill, French helicopters pick them up at Lindo Park and fly them to Martinique for state of the art treatment, while the poor people are left to suffer and die at PMHS.
Marigot hospital improved so much underneath DLP, that “Wood Ants and Mold” had their fun with the building. The MRI machine wasn’t working for how long, before the repaired it. So the Dear Leader is correct in his assessment of things under DLP in the health care department. I will give credit for infrastructural improvements, but health care definitely not. I wonder if the PM told them that his wife had her kids in the US and she routinely flies up to New York for their annual “Check Up?”
Every chance the PM gets he blows his own trumpet and pounds his chest. The country lags far behind many of its OECS counterparts. Are Dominicans satisfied with the crumbling infrastructure, lack of an international airport, the anaemic economy, the starvation wages, the political divisiveness, the incompetence and biases of the Police Force? That’s just a few shortcomings. Mr. Skerrit too often engages in self-righteousness. God hates those who praise themselves. Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth (Proverbs 27:2)
This is such an asinine statement. You all hear of things and hope to get an opportunity to use it and very often when you do it’s out of context and hence, irrelevant. Roosevelt Skerrit is a politician and the prime minister of Dominica. His interest in two prung; promote his party and promote his country. His achievements as prime minister strengthens his and his party’s position. It make sense then that he highlights what he has accomplished. Much as Digicel, flow and the other companies promote themselves and say we sponsor sports and culture.
This hatred of the man and the constant attacks is to his advantage and counterproductive to the opposition. I have said that before and was fiercely attack but it continues to show. Focus on bringing forward ideas which will rival those that he has and which will bring greater benefit to the Dominica people. Stop bashing him for silly reasons. It helps , not hurt him.
@Plato I read about Plato. Sir, you are not even a distant cousin of this great man. Let me briefly address your asininity. First, one should not compare a Prime Minister with business entities such as Digicel and Flow. These two businesses, like any other business, are strictly motivated by profits. A Prime Minister’s duty is not to make profit but to create a wholesome and economically viable environment for every citizen and resident to strive. Dominica has light years to go in order to bring some semblance of comfort to the average citizen. There is little to smile about as you look around the country. Instead of boasting, Mr. Skerrit should hang his head in eternal shame as Dominica is the most underdeveloped country in the OECS. The PM would be much better off without foot soldiers like you, ‘Plato’, who will ruin him with false praise while I would give him a dose of reality.
Grow? Grow? mr skerit ;; maybe the economy is the ministers?becauseis only the ministers we see growing, ., I wish this woman would walk the street amd pick up 100 labourites and ask them ,each one of them ,if any of them can go to the bank now and withdraw 100 dollars, she will give them 1000, and see how many of them own 100 dollars presently?, Shame on you skerit, Shame on you,
The economy has grown with thousands of people walking up the steps of financial center every week ,to beg you for money? , When welfare division is boasting of an increase in members ,ETC, Lord ,help us
He is right ELEVATED…..Question is ELEVATED with what?
1. Corruption
2. Unemployment.
3. Poverty
4. Taxes
5. Handouts
6. Dominica association on the INTL market with Crooks and Criminals
” … our health services have improved dramatically, access to health care, access to free health care.”
Sir, are you serious? Why did you not give an interview to the local media houses? From where I stand, I must humbly disagree. Marigot still does not have a hospital, the one at Goodwill is currently under repair. Last week I went to the PMH suffering from a dog bite. This was at 3.00pm. I did not see a doctor before 10.00pm and then I was told to go to Bullseye pharmacy to purchase penicillin. Talk to me about improved/free access to health care
HOTEP!
Yeah! Yeah,Yeah.!!Answer this one quick question Skerritt.You brag that Dominica, meaning you are not afraid to speak up on the behalf of Dominica,yet when CBS 60 minutes program gave you the opportunity to speak up for Dominica on the CBI initiative neither you nor your mouthpiece Tony Ass-ta-phan spoke to CBS,thus speaking up for Dominica.Answer that one
Go tell ur leader Lennox to pay up Uwp dead Linton must go remember that
Keep drinking the red clinic koolaid
better healthcare he says
Amongst crooks and criminal enterprises. Yes. Dominica’s profile has always been high especially during the days of Eugenia Charles. Dominica has produced countless intelligent folks that continue to do great things away. They are sort after because of the talents. Sadly when these folks come home to help they are cast aside as traitors to country because they have progressive ideas. The brain drain continues. Today we have a perfect example of Thompson Fontaine on his way to the motherland picked up by the British for his talents. His 10 months cause and how he performs will continue to add to Dominica profile more than the labour party has done in 17 years. What the prime Minister fail to realize is the people of the country the raises the country profile as he continues to see the people he leads as poor, helpless, incapable, and dependent. Mr. Skerrit I judge you by your actions for words are just wind manipulated by your vocal cavities.
Yeah!Yeah! Yeah.Answer this one quick question Skerritt.You say that Dominica is not afraid to speak it’s mind,then how come when CBS 60 minutes program invited you to speak up on the behalf of Dominica,you were missing in action.Not even your mouth piece,Tony Ass-ta-phan was heard,so how can you say that Dominica is not afraid to speak up and you disappeared when given the opportunity to speak up on the behalf of Dominica.Answer that one
He to be dis graceful Doilminica shame .Skerrit must Go.
what on earth are u saying???? Skerrit must go on and on and on and on,deal with it!
sadly you are blinded and reciprocates as much false hope to Skerrit as he gives to you..Dominica is in economic trouble…a crisis looming around every corner.
Skerrit must go on to do what? Continue to destroy Dominica?..Under this DLP Dominica has regressed significantly..Stop it!!
The Country will be empty just now, that’s why they trying to get more tax at the airport..!..Jah Guide allu..