This photo released by the US embassy in Barbados shows Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit being congratulated by US Ambassador Larry Palmer during the just concluded Independence celebrations.
In an Independence message Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, said the US is committed to strengthening the bonds between the two countries.
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WHATS THE DEAL WITH ALL OF THIS PHOTO OPS?
ITS LIKE THE MAN IS LOOKING FOR RECOGNITION!
…AND WAS IT REEEEEAAAALLLY THE US EMBASSY THAT RELEASED THE PHOTO?
Timeline: Ambassador Palmer’s predecessor, responding to a photo of our Dear Leader and the Leader of Venezuela in a local newspaper, circa 2007 described it to the effect that a man is known by the company he keeps. The Member for Mahaut made headline news by characterizing the Ambassador’s comments as “dumb.”
Fast forward a few years to the photo of our Dear Leader and the US Ambassador in our “non-oval office”. Wonder what the member for Mahaut thinks?
DNO honestly! That this even made your newsfeed? Are you serious? Skerrit shaking hands with US Ambassador with no information as to maybe scholarships were arrnaged to Harvard or medical equipment donated? No. Shaking hands. End of story. ok YAY! Isnt Skerrit amazing and ever so important blah blah blah.
Mr Ambassador he lying he hate America if Chavez and dem he like.
Hon. Skerrit,
Your diplomatic skills have been ‘sharpened’.
I really do believe that your intentions are genuine.
We all have opinions. We all know what is right and what is wrong. So far, none of us knows anything. Hello!
some Dominicans too foolish and low minded.Everything the prime Minister do it troubling them….Give the MAN a Break in his Young Life man….So many thing we do and in our hearts we know its not right the bible say the only one that can judge or point a finger is the Almighty Father…….Leave the Man ALONE JAH BOY
Nothing to Shout about, no need to fuss…
it’s just basic protocol all over..
The Americans are Clever dudes, they have his stats re Wikileaks Cables from that very same US Embassy to Washington…folks need to understand how the US Dip roll….please be guided..
Shaking the ambassador’s hand one day, and chavez’s hand the next.
So what? Should he not shake the hands that feed him?
so what wrong with that the us enemies dont have to be our enemies.
And what is wrong with that?
why are some of u Dominicans so ignorant. Give my PM a break!! A picture of a man that killing all u so. Alas help us.
Is this the desk of a head of government that we are constantly reminded that is working, no wonder why Parry Bellot told us that productivity is on the decline and it started from the top; Oh yes its a government that is working at an empty desk
Oh My Goodness! You people are just sick!!! Does having a clean desk signify you have no work to do? Does a person’s desk have to be all cramped up especially when you are a person who keeps high level meetings in your office? What to do with all you narrow-mindedness?
Educate those fools.. Small minded people with nothing to do just talking and writing …… Be more productive.
Heedyat!
Should the desk be messy? Should he take a picture with a desk loaded with papers for you to believe he is working?
@ CIA on the Watch:What should his desk look like to show he is working? a pile of paper all over the floor? sakway toneh man!
This is the desk of a lazy man who has no time to work but to travel all around the place
I am so glad that DLP has taken over the management of DNO.
What DNO have to say about this comments I would love to hear
ADMIN: Hahahahaahaha. That’s all. The blogger should be happy the comment was approved. This just proved the point that it is foolishness.
LMAO. Is true and they know it. Laugh all you want.
Great relations. Men of equal stature.
is that skerrits office?
whats the big deal about this picture.
Go figure.
I can bet you that Roeau Valley, Blessings, Scar Face Lin (b/n you and me) will take this to Matt in the Morning.
They will dispute the picture ever existed, they will say it was photto shoped, the Ambassador hands is looking funny on his lap.
The unsuspecting Q Rabids will call and say all sorts of venomous things. I will be tried on Q95, it will be defeated on the Chronicle and on SUN newspaper.
It will be then appealed by Hector and Eddo with Ron saying nothing much.
Whats up Roseau Valley or/and 1979
@Quantitative Easing – I am sure one can also find photos on the internet with persons such as Gaddafi and Saddam Hussein posing for photo opportunities with US or UK government personnel in the past ie when they were “friends” with the US or UK.
Bin Laden may even have had a photo opportunity with certain US government/agency officials in the past when it is alleged that Bin Laden was an agent for the American CIA in the fight against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Now, just what is the true reason for this picture being released? Is something else afloat here eg a public image-boosting campaign as rumors of a possible election swirl around in Dominica? I would like to believe that a US Ambassador taking a picture with the head of government from another country is a mere formality when meetings are held.
@Channel 1 what are you really saying? You are pretty much validating my point that you uwp political tools would come up with some idiotic reasons to say stupid things.
That there is some reason why the picture was release.
Don’t you all have work to do?
I truly agree with you. Thats how they all operate.
??????????? why ????
MR Ambassador beware of him his allegence is somewhere else.
Yes, cut and divide the nations into for and against. That will surely bring peace.
It’s interesting that the prime minister is conscious of the negative publicity he has attracted by dissing the United States in favour of Venezuela and ALBA.
Now he seems to be on a charm offensive to prove that he is not anti US after all his ill advized forays into anti US foreign policy initiatives.
This is a classic case of political and cognitive dissonance. He is saying one thing and behaving in a manner that belies his spoken words.
And it is not as if the US authorities are not aware of the prime minister’s duplicity.
It certainly does not help his credibility to be shown posing with the US ambassador in the above photo, even if the caption says that the photo was released by the US embassy. My hunch is that the photo was released by the embassy to the prime minister who made it available to the press for propaganda purposes.
If I am wrong in my assumption about the photo the fact is still undeniable that the prime minister is conducting himself in a manner that is at odds with his public posture viz a-viz the United States and I am confident that one day the US authorities will call his bluff. It’s only a matter of time.
I told you so, it doesn’t take much for fools to show their ignorance and stupidity….I think Referee is a republican
Referee is a Dominican democrat (Notice the lower case d)who is allergic to political shannigans and political trickery committed in the name of democracy and development and is committed to exposing the foibles of politicians
@Referee.
Dem red ants does bite hot. 
The P.M. is doing his best for our nation so let him be.
We need to email this photo to Comrade Chavez.
fool didnt you see Chavez hugging and talking to Obama at a recent meeting? Chavez even gave him a book! stupes…you dotish ppl