Below is an Independence message to Dominica from US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton.
On behalf of President Obama and the people of the United States, I am delighted to send best wishes and congratulations to the people of Dominica as you celebrate 34 years of independence this November 3.
The United States and Dominica remain united by shared history, values, and strong cultural ties. Our collaboration within programs such as the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative and the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief advances our common aspirations and strengthens democracy, rule of law, and human rights. Our joint efforts will increase security, improve access to health care, improve economic opportunities, and create a brighter future for all our people.
The United States is committed to strengthening our bonds of friendship. I wish you a happy, safe, and prosperous independence day as you enjoy some of Dominica’s best music and dance during the Cultural Gala and honor your country’s heritage during the annual parade.
I read the antigua observer last week and they gave Antigua the exact same well wishes. just substitute the names of the islands. I mean word for word same speech. and to the clown referee. the speeches congratulate countries for independence not governments.
You’re writing a letter to many students congratulating them on their achievements….. Do u sit and construct an individual letter for each or do draft a letter and sign and show your will to even acknowledge the student? Smh with y’all thinking man. At least you’re recognized…be thankful gosh!!!!
…and the message was also eerily similar to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines…talk about cut and paste with minor substitutions. Haha! Ah well, thanks Hil’!
Whats your point?
WAY LA LA HILLY NOT THE GOV……… BUT THE PEOPLE
NOTICE SHE DID NOT SAY “THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF DOMINICA”….as was the norm
I love Hillary.
This is just Protocol! don’t be fooled.
This is from our president vote Obama
and pk of Dominica when the time come back again PM Roosevelt Skerrit
US Secretary of State Mrs. Clinton,
We appreciate your well wishes to the people of Dominica as we celebrate our 34th independence anniversary.
We are honored to share a strengthening bond of friendship with the people of the United States and wishes that it continues for many years well into the future.
V/r
Dominica
merci beaucoup madamme secretary
Thank you Madamme secretary
An outsider is wishing us well, lets emabrace it, we have just grown an inch, which will harvest a yard, for the future!
uestion to skerro—-if you had the oppurtunity to live in one of the countries which one would you choose china cuba venezuela america.
ambrose will answer for you cuba
I wonder if this message was not a message from three years a back and was updated by Mr.Vince and madam daily,I am not putting nothing pass them two.Mr DNO please don’t mess with my comments.
oh stan you hit the nail right on the head….that is if d lady know where dominica is muchless
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You know that your comment is a negtive one, so you are asking for it not to be missed with.
You just annottake the Congratulation message as that, you had to be negative.
Dominicans like you that have Dominica with NEGATIVITY over it like that.
Say that was good on the U.S.A to congratulate.
Say God Bless Dominica and wish us well in the coming years.
MESSED
You just CANNOT take the Congratulaion message as that.
yeah! looks strangely familiar
Congrats Dominica. Hilary Clinton and The President of the USA have us covered.i always know we are a well loved country.let us continue to make people love us.Thank you Secretary of State
have us covered? main oui!
Madam Secretary of State thanks for your best wishes, and yes Dominicans are a PROUD people. We have endured and have still prospered and will continue to prosper…
Obama pour un autre quatre années!!
THANK YOU MRS. CLINTON, FOR ACKNOWLEDGING MY COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE, ON OUR INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSSARY.
THEREFORE,YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO EXPERIENCE OUR CELEBRATIONS AND OUR CUISINE, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE.
SINCERELY!
Yes it is true that the Government of the United States of America has concerns about our past and current relationships that our current Leaders have and have had with Anti-American Countries in the Middle East, China andHugo Chavez but the small scraps of support that the United States gives to us, the ‘People’ of Dominica is almost nonexistent to our sustainability and future.
Yes , I wish there was s better relationship between our two Countries but it does take two to make a relationship.
We can only expect meager handouts from the US in the near future because Dominica is not priority to their needs or their National Security.
Yes, Dominica recieves funds to combat drugs and guns going through the Carribean. So do other Caribbean Countries. But what about the support we need for our future. Where is the working relationship between our two Countries.
The reality is, there is none because the United States ‘knows’ what is going on in Dominica. And as a protective Big Brother, or should I say overbearing Parent, will not help the ‘people’ of Dominica until our Leaders have a vision and a voice that is conducive to the United States.
Perhaps, as the PEOPLE OF DOMINICA we should truly examine what we have recieved in support from our so called relationships with Non-Demoncratic Countries where there freedoms are limited. Where has it gotten us and what is OUR FUTURE?
I am no fool. When one is hungry, a piece of bread is a piece of bread. But one does have a choice to either go hungry and have Pride or take a scrap of leftovers and be a servant of an oppressive Country like China, who throws us scraps so we will do their bidding.
‘When the truth is spoken, some may not hear but for those who do, none forget.’
But wait, isn’t Dominica an Independent country? Didn’t you just celebrate independence 34? what does america owe us?
Dominican Mon and others like it remind me of the old men in the desert expressing their own feelings with the clause: “Thus saith the Lord” thereby making it sacrosanct.
All the Cruise ships come from the USA. The only international airline serving Dominica is a US airline (American Eagle), Ross University is USA direct investment in Dominica. The remittances that our people get from the USA, Not China, Cuba or Venezuela. Dominica exports to the Eastern Caribbean, Europe and America, Not China, Cuba or Venezuela. Have you heard of the USAID program and the US Peace Corp program? We get more US tourist than Chinese or Venezuelans tourists. The USA contributes millions annually to our economy. THERE IS NONE SO BLIND AS HE WHO WILL NOT SEE.
The government is unable to manage our relationship with the USA as a result we are losing American Eagle next year and the Cruise ships have stop coming. Could this be as a result of being ungrateful? Could it?
Mujahardin, Did you hear yourself? Didn’t the news say that the whole of the Caribbean includinng Puerto Rico would lose American Eagle come March, 2013, because of bankrupcy? Get your facts before you indulge in your favourite past-time of crying down Dominica.
REFEREE I WANT U TO KNOW I DON`T DEAL IN DOMINICA POLITICAL DRAMA. ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO U IS THAT, IT IS DOMINICA INDEPENDENCE NOT SKERRIT AND HIS GOVERNMENT INDEPENDENCE
Well said.
Thank you secretary and your cabinet for your concern and friendship to Dominica .I am a dominican living in Florida and already vote for presendent obama. We looking forword to build a longer relationship with America.
America will support Dominica in spite of what we hear on the streets back home. As a proud people we have to strive to move forward and we should not condone the cronies who think they own Dominica. As a Son of the Soil, my prayer is that may God continue to bless Dominica and its people.
Thank you Mrs. Clinton…… Dominica is the best in the world for upholding their heritage..
Once again, the US State department avoids mentioning the government of Dominica in its message of congratulations on this anniversary of independence. State Department message is addressed “to the people of Dominica” without mentioning the government of Dominica. This is a diplomatic way for the United States to express its dissatisfaction with the administration of Roosevelt Skerrit which has grown increasingly cozy with Hugo Chavez of Veneuela,not to mention Dominica’s membeship in ALBA, and by extension, frienship with Iran, and the recent spat over USAID.
To be sure, the US is carefully monitoring events in Dominica, and indeed other countries in the OECS, relative to entities that are considered to be hostile to US interests.
In Defense of Mrs. Clinton
My dear Referee:
The term “People of Dominica” includes its government.
When we refer to a corporation, there is no need to single out its Board of directors. In the same vein, Dominica is a republic ruled under the principles of Democracy. The Government was formed “by the people and for the people”, and therefore its government is subsumed within the term “People of Dominica”. There is no need to single out any one organization or its governing body for that matter.
That wont stop Skeritt from beating His chest and saying how much Euro he want from France for the purchase of geothermal generated electricity.
‘it will be like having
oil”hmmm so now he will ply Poilitics with that money ” I only want so much from France” is he referring to Himself as the Government?
My friend, no matter how much you try to dress it, the language of diplomacy usually reveals the state of affairs between countries.
If relations between the US and the government of Dominica, had been warm or even normal, let’s not fool ourselves, the congratulatory message would have mentioned the government. Indeed, it is normal for diplomatic messages between friendly nations to make reference to both the country and its government.
So to believe that the failure of the US State Department to reference the government of Dominica in its congratulatory message is either accidental or meaningless, is both naive and uninformed.
I like that
There is no explanation to give to this fool.
but a a where d *** allu does go school na to come up with such ludacris and far-fetched theories of what she meant and didn’t mean? Everything is a ***-****** conspiracy with allu. If your name not Hilary Clinton do us all a favor and pas parle.
–thinking idiot
defeating a person is easy winning a person is hard
what is “ludacris?” and you talking about people and going school?
Referee:
You be crazy!Go pick some bananas!
Refree please get a good book to read. You sound like an idiot.
The U.S. is the U.N. And the whole goal is fascism so there really isn’t the beef that people think that there is. Neither goal is freedom for the people.
What a line.
wayyyyyy…it look like “they” still cool with “us” man, unlike popular beliefs..
Thank you secretary of state
yes ,Thank you America