Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Allen Chastanet, has revealed that a loan for the construction and establishment of new international airport facilities in his country, has been approved.
He stated that construction will begin this fall at the Hewanorra International airport which will provide it with the capacity accommodate over one million passengers.
“So it means that we are going to be commencing construction of the new airport this fall and the new airport is going to be able to have the capacity of one and a half million passengers,” Chastanet told his audience at the 6th annual Saint Lucia Showcase – North America which was held from July 18-19.
Some the new systems to be adopted in the enhancing the Hewanora airport facility, according to the prime minister, include facial recognition technology and a system where people’s bags are delivered to their hotel. ‘On property’ satellite offices will be also be created where people will be able to check-in their bags at their hotels instead of doing so at the airport.
“We are driven to be successful in this industry because of the benefits tourism generates,” Chastanet stated.
He explained that the new initiative is a way of bridging the gap between what people want and what is actually being delivered.
“The amazing number is, if you take a poll and you ask people to close their eyes and think of where they would want to go on vacation, ninety percent of the people say the Caribbean. But only one and a half percent of them ever end up on the Caribbean,” he said. “So the question becomes, how do we bridge that gap in terms of what people want and what we are acth we will unveilually delivering.”
At present, there are two airports operating in Saint Lucia: the George F. L. Charles Airport in Castries and the soon to be upgraded Hewanorra International Airport in Vieux Fort.
Point you are right, its clear that most persons are still close minded. They quick to attack people who stand up for st. Lucia and not a political party when they are not in st. Lucia. I am yet to see any article on our media platform with such information. In this day and age people still have not wrapped their minds around the fact that information is readily available on the internet for all to educate themselves which includes St. Lucians reading Dominican news.
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Well said Point. As a St. Lucian I think Domjnicand are turely dotish. Chastanent is far from a visionary. This plan for the upgrade of Hewanorra has been in the making for the past 10 to 15 years. St. Lucia under the previous administration had secured a Public Private Partnership to get the airport rehabilitated to internationally accepted standards and what Chastanet did was reject that Partnership which costed St. Lucians a fine of $EC2 million. Then…
To st. Lucian, the news item was first on St Lucia news online. It was not first on DNO. Check it out youself
The only article with regards to the “upgrade” of the Hewannora International Airport was only posted today if you read clearly.
“Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Allen Chastanet, has revealed that a loan for the construction and establishment of new international airport facilities in his country, has been approved. ”
According to the above, it said in plain English, “establishment of new international airport facilities.” I do not see how that can be translated int rehabilitation! Nevertheless, there are so called fake (fictitious) corked people lying about their nationality, calling themselves St. Lucian, simply because they wish to justify Dominica’s backwardness, and Roosevelt incompetence which caused him to lack the ability to accomplish anything in the country except the selling of passports!
That International Airport in St. Lucia, is a left over which dates back to the late 1930’s/1940’s after World War ll long before tourism in the Caribbean; utilize in recent years for that purse. It became inadequate, hence we read where the new one will accommodate more passengers.
The only people…
Meanwhile, in D/ca, all we have is “plans”…for the last 20+ years
Brilliant Prime Minister. A man with a vision. Viva St Lucia. Hopefully one day Dominica will wake up.
Oliver Chastanet and brilliant does not match or go in the same sentence. HIA is not a new airport. It is a mere upgrade Chastanent has plans to do to the airport. Please you have a much better prime minister in Skerrit than St. Lucia will ever find in Chastanent. So please do not compare. Additionally please note that the people of St. Lucia knows nothing about the loan being approved nor do we know how much the loan is for and the terms attached to it.
How is it In Dominica, we speak of a brand new state of the art hospital at PMH, yet St Lucia can’t talk of a new airport. It seems we see things only in one lane.
Just stumbled upon this news page and realized that this is not even on St.Lucia News Online or the St.Lucia Times. Last time I checked the Taiwanese bank where the loan is to be taken is still doing their due diligence and I have not heard how much is in the lock box as yet. I bookmarked this page so I can get the latest news on this. BTW its not a new airport as in another one, it’s a redevelopment of HIA.
All this development happening in saint Lucia, I might just need to move back home from the US.
Wow, Our PM said that he intends to construct an International Airport and he is being criticized. The St. Lucian PM said he is going to construct a new International Airport and he is hailed as a visionary. The announcement made by the St. Lucian PM does not disclose the cost of such infrastructure and from whom and where the loan for such infratstrure is being secured. The PM of Dominica understands The cost of such infrastructure and have outlined his vision as to how such an infrastructure is going to be financed
and he is being chastised. As of now, let it be known only time and history can prove who was the visionary of those two Leaders, promises and announcements cannot be a true indicator as to who is the visionary.
Gary, the difference, which I think you know but fail to acknowledge because of your blindness is that Dominicans has been promised the building of an international airport; it never material and that promise is made every time an election is near…suspicious, I must admit.
If anyone is displaying blindness is you. You seem to think that the promises made for the construction of an International Airport were made only by The DLP Government, previous Governments also made promises and never fulfilled them. If you took the time to read my comment you would recognize what I said about promises, only time will tell.
YOUR PM has been criticized because we all know that he was lying jet again when he said he intends to built a new airport. How many times has he told the Dominican citizens he ‘intends’ to built a new airport, and how many times has he told the citizens he intends to built a new PMH and Marigot hospital? YOUR PM is a notorious liar and that’s it. Your spin does not wash. The time of YOUR PM is over and you better start looking for new friends.
This is no spin, work has started on the PMH, demolition works have started or completed to facilitate the construction of the marigot hospital and all the financing is in place. Skeritt and his administration has done what no other administration has done, it has put aside well over $150 million in an airport development fund to assist in building the new airport. Leblanc and Patrick spoke about building and international airport nothing happened. In her desperation Mamo told us that the US Marines were coming to build us an international airport but they were stopped by Edison from landing. Edison tried by taking a loan for over $140 million to build this airport $16 milloin was used to purchase land for the airport and the rest evaporated to satisfy government current account expenses. You must have money to build an airport, you can’t build an airport on talk.
Gary with respect. This is not the construction of a new international airport in St. Lucia but much needed upgrade like we upgraded DOM for nightlanding, which unfortunately cost us a lot of money for little effect.
One guy has secured a loan so build his the other say he is putting money aside each month to build ours. He get as old as Moses before we get it
I suppose he is going partners with himself then.
Time for a change of GOVT in Dominica it is long overdue.
Skerrit it is time to leave office…….No choice in the matter!!!!!
Misleading, St. Lucia is not going to build an additional airport they will be doing major upgrades to the existing Hewanorra International airport.
What is misleading about the article? Can we talk about upgrading ours?…Oops, we have been promised one since 2005; up to now…every election is the same promise…Chinese going to build airport; airport will be build through BOOT mechanism; an american firm is task to visit, etc; now money is put aside to build it…how many empty promises will we sit down and take…at least St. Lucia has an international airport; and it’s on the verge of upgrading it. Can the PM say the same after 18 years in office? You DLP supports prefer to see the country sink that to smell the coffee of ineptness and lack of productivity.
You have your political axe to grind I don’t. It is misleading because it gives the impression that St. Lucia will be building a third airport. You conveniently start airport promises in 2005, just to remind you Dominicans have been hearing of promises of international airport since the 70’s and to date nothing. Perhaps you were not yet born. Skeritt has an idea of how to raise the money to build this airport he has already put it on motion. Could you state the plan of your party to raise funds for this venture or are you just able to utterances political foolishness?
which will include CONSTRUCTING NEW STRUCTURES…..that’s called building.
Tet Calbas
Gee, the point is here in St. Lucia according to the media houses we are being told it will be an upgrade on the existing airport and not a new structure like it’s being stated in this article. Therefore people are confused as to what exactly will be done
DA fails and others who responded to my comment. It says a lot about you people. i am a born st. Lucian living in st. Lucia with an interest in broadening my knowledge via news outlets. i am not affiliated with any party as i am a very young individual and politics doesn’t interest me neither does attacking people for their own opinions. This is my first time commenting on this page as i am yet to see this information on our own news platform. To “Ice” i say thanks for your pleasant comment.
This man is visionary. They already have two airports but he wants better still for his country. Where are we after 18 years?
Soon enough when we present our passports at any port, the officers will just start laughing.
St. Lucia building a new airport. What about that white elephant in Vieaux fort called Hewonorra??
Allu good der with allu Skerrit
The argument has been advanced that Dominica does not need an international Airport for a variety of reasons, to that I respond, the proof of the pudding is in the eating. Simple question, if Dominica does not need an international airport, how is it that St.Lucia needs two? Growing up as a young boy in Dominica in the early seventies, Dominica was considered on par or above St. Lucia in development in the windward islands; now it is obvious there is no comparison. The question then becomes what has changed? Could it be Dominica’s politics? Could it be the vision of the people?
I can also recall that as I grew up at Wesley, Wesley/Marigot area was the bread basket of Dominica, now this is no longer the case, tempting me to conclude that as the Northeast goes so goes Dominica.
A common altruism states that where there is no vision the people perish, we are now seeing the northeast perish, could this be due to a lack of vision? Think on this my people.
Agree with you. Just look at the roads they give us called them HIGHWAYS.. These are just ordinary roade,with craters (huge holes). St Lucia has real highways. Our situation is laughable,and Dominica is doomed under these DLP MISLEADERS..
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Where did you get such information regarding the idea that it is has been advanced that Dominica does not need an international Airport for a variety of reasons, certainly this is not an argument of The Government and the majority of Dominicans do not subscribe to such an argument. As to your observation that Dominica was on par with St.Lucia some years ago and now they have fallen behind. There are many reasons for such things, yes politics and the people’s vision may have played a role but also past Governments
and not forgetting the natural disasters over the years, and I’m sure there are other factors that can be addressed.
Regarding Wesley/Marigot area was the bread basket of Dominica and now this is no longer the case, it’s a question The people of Wesley/Marigot
should ask themselves. Let us not forget we had PM from Marigot, what did he do for the people of Marigot. To suggest that if The Northeast goes so goes Dominica is somewhat superficial.
to be continued.
Gary: Wesley, Marigot, Woodford Hill, and to an extent Calibishie are indeed ( still the breadbasket ) of the island to this present day, although agriculture is no longer our nations main product.
The labor party headed by Dr. Punjab Me Almost Nearly Cousin that boy Roosevelt Skerrit and the labor party ensured they killed that source of prosperity, and replaced it with the sale of passports.
Note: only that Mountain Chicken Mentality Sir Knight Indian doctor of noting and his colleagues benefits from the proceeds obtained from that sale. Now in regards to my true and real biological cousin Edison James, he held power for four years or less!
If he neglected the rest of the country and concentrated on Marigot, Wesley, and Woodford Hill; you would be talking about that this day negatively. In any event he selected the best location for the building of an International Airport on the island; which was in its first phase of development when Roosevelt and his labor party shut it…
Gary… The PM that hailed from Marigot was the PM for the entire country. He put people before partisan politics. That’s why a high school was built in grand bay, another was built in castle Bruce, 12 additional classes was added to the Portsmouth secondary, that’s why the road was cut through the mountain in the east and I can go on. All with 4.5 years in office. So who the hell are you to talk about what did he do for Marigot. In terms of Marigot and Wesley being the bread basket for Dominica that’s facts that cannot be disputed. Talk to Lenox Honeychurch he will educate you. Talk about the Londonderry estate and the hatten garden estate the folks who worked on those estates wasn’t from Marigot they were from mainly the south and east villages of Dominica. Let me educate you. The only village in Dominica that had a refugee camp back in the days was Marigot. it wasn’t Marigot or Wesley folks who lived in that refugee camp, it was people from other villages .
Nobody is listening to your red propaganda anymore! The truth of the matter is, Skerrit is a liar, corrupt and incompetent. Everbody that keeps on supporting him falls into the same categories. People like you and your master have destroyed our island and poisoned the spirit of a once proud and hard working people.
Bill Charles, you are more than 45% accurate: Nevertheless, I need to remind you that the Estates in question it was not only people from the South, and South Eastern villages who sort of migrated on those Estates to work. As far as I know, people came from St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat, and Antigua to work the plantations, and that was long prior to Banana industry.
One of the reasons that cockroaches like me have a different accent to the rest of Dominica is due to the amount of people from the islands I mentioned resided in Marigot and Wesley.
Let’s take a name like Southwell, the Dominica born who was Premiere during the West Indies Federation in St. Kitts he was born in Castle Bruce, gave St. Kitts their International Airport, his father was from the village of Sea View Farm in Antigua.
If you go to Wesley, there is a place called Walkers Rest, that was a small Estate owned by a man from Montserrat. Limited Space: will continue!
To Bill Charles
The PM which hailed from Marigot was never a PM for the whole country. You do not educate someone by espousing such opinion. The mere reason he lasted one term in office speaks for itself. The polarization of our Country to this day was orchestrated by former PM Edison James. You still haven’t answered my question. What did Edison do for the people of Marigot. I’m not saying this in a sarcastic manner. I’m being honest when asking such a question. As to Marigot being the breadbasket of Dominica at one point that can be debated, this is not denying the people of Marigot from the accomplishments they have made in the era of “green gold” meaning the hight of our banana production. The people of the North, in my opinion, was the breadbasket of Dominica, simply because of the larger Agricultural Eastes and their port
used for the hukster trade, as I said it’s debatable, I’m willing to change my opinion.
To RandyX
To suggest that The PM has poisoned the spirit of a once proud and hardworking people is such nonsensical thinking on your part, and just shows silliness on your part. Saying The PM is a liar, corrupt and incompetent, such accusations stem from your political partisan beliefs.
That’s it, I moving to St.Lucia I always knew the sister Island was more avdnaced than her autistic brother they calling Dumbnica, Laterz
My heart bleeds for Dominic, we are last in everything it is a write down shame. Is so Dominicans like it “I love my PM” it is sickening
Development is happening all around dominica except in Dominica…labor Kansas twavey…6 more bridges we want lol
How long has Prime Minister Allen Chastanet been in office in St Lucia? Since 2016!
And how long has Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit been in office in Dominica? Since 2004!
Yet, I hear Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit wants five more years, to do all those things that he could not do in 14 years, and his Labour Party 18 years! And some Dominicans foolish enough to support five more years of self enrichment and self aggrandisement while Dominica drifts backwards in the Caribbean! You think we Dominicans easy?! Where is the love for country first and political party after?!
Unless there is a signing ceremony and the PM shows the plans of the airport, and the value of the loan and its terms- then this is all just BS.
Just imagine St Lucians hearing how Skerrit going to build cruise village, new airport, port, 5000 new homes and apartments for all the homeless! They must think Dominica is better than any other OECS country! We small islanders are to gullible and quick to say others advancing and not us- on GDP per capita terms we are all in the same bracket.
FYI Dominica doesnt need an international airport. That cant pay back itself. Do your research, St Vincent is struggling with their 20% VAT. What we need is a revamping of our road network, a modern port, and cruise-ship facilities to handle 1.5-2 million cruise passengers are year (and cater for the busing of tourist to eliminate traffic congestion at the port). The Port and cruise-ship facilities can pay back themselves without increasing the tax burden.
If you only had 1% clue as to the benefit of stay-over tourist VS cruise tourist, you would not have posted this crap.
Start to doing some reading……cruise tourism does not bring in half as much money as tourism which involves tourist staying on island….. cruise tourism does not foster or support entrepreneurial activities, cruise tourism does not generate or support the tourism dollar multiplier effect, cruise tourism does not encourage or support tourism backward linkages to other sectors… this is because studies have proven cruise tourists DO NOT SPEND on port of calls and the cruise management company do not like to pay head-tax.
The only way cruise tourism can ever truly benefit a country, is to ensure that the cruise passengers truly and actually spend on the island; and this can only be achieved by high-end duty free shopping like in St Maarten.
So is the Argyle international airport (IA) in St Vincent paying back itself? Could the list of IA’s in the OECS who are paying back themselves be listed out? If the govt spends $0.5 billion on a money pit, who are the ones footing the bill? Local Dominicans and businesses will be bleed dry. Its a zero sum game.
I thought Dominica was focused on eco-tourism, but apparently we are a monkey see monkey society. Everybody has new car so I WANT one to, doesn’t matter the economics of it. Funny how the top hoteliers, travel agencies and the like- people with actual skin in the game- dont support the notion of BURDENING the country with a IA. The effects of 20% VAT would hamper any fantasy benefits to the country. Increased departure taxes would nullify any attractiveness of visiting.
The worse part is, the best place to part this IA, is also the best farmland area in Dominica. So we want to boost farming and a new airport? Well lets have our cake and eat it.
Watch this now: bro, you are a confounded …! When people invest money into anything, such as an International Airport, it does pay dividends overnight. In the Caribbean where government depends on Tourism for a source of revenue, the International Airport is designed to bring lots of people, tourist into the country for extended vacations.
When that happens they spend money in the economy
Now, how many people are attracted to the that destination depends on the amount of advertisement internationally selling the island or country as a tourist destination, every nation on earth, even the United States of does that.
The way an International Airport makes money is from landing and take off of Aircrafts, the more flight landing and take off is the more the Aircraft’s owners pay, in additional to departure tax passengers pay. Argyle International Airport cost just over $700,000,000.00 dollars, in less than no time departure tax alone will make that.
Roosevelt Skerrit spent…
The name of the PM of St. Lucia is not Skerrit. Chastanet has a history of talking and delivering. Skerrit has a history of lots of talking but NOT delivering. You think the St. Lucian citizens put up with Skerrit? Not for 4 years let alone 18.
You seem to know more than St. Lucians.
Your right about Chastanet with talking part not so much the delivering.Take it from a lucian
its a shame that all the other Caribbean islands are leaving us behind on development and we still there bawling labour labour liike some jack…….
Ahhh relax, Dominica can wait, there’s still political mileage to be squeezed out of this. …as long as ‘we’ win, what tourism what future.
We in Dominica doh want no International Airport eh; cause Antigua, an Barbados have wan already already eh!
In any event Ralph Gonzales told ( Dr. Punjab doh build no International Airport in the country, caus) we have one already; he told the Dr. Punjab install landing lights, dig-up the river bed, build parking lot, and change the name from Melville Airport to Douglas-Charles, and millions of tourist will be flown into Dominica at midnight!
So, Antigua is about to build a second International Airport; This new International Airport in St. Lucia, will be the second, in addition to the Municipal airport in Castries which accommodates LIAT Jets.
Anybody who continues to vote for Roosevelt Skerrit, and the Labor Party are absolute fools; Keeping Roosevelt as Prime Minister of Dominica will only cause great harm destructive harm to the country; a fool could have done better for the country than Roosevelt has done in 18 years!
Is Hewanorra International to be re-built?
Yes, they have been doing studies over the past couple of years and they have allocated 400 million dollars from selling bonds. I have my doubts that they will actually start construction this fall but its quite possible since they already have the designs.
I want them to keep voting DLP wii, I think Dominica close to being the worst country in the world, politically and infrastructurally, at least people will kno us for something u check
Now that’s resilience for you, resilience in the true sense of the word. Talk about true vision and foresight. St. Lucia already has an international airport so this can only mean one thing; it means they’re going from strength to strength while down here in the so called climate resilient country we’re going from bottom to the bottomless pit. I already know the laborats will say st. Lucia own in front our own behind, it coming just now through the resilient CBI airport fund skeritt setting aside for his phantom airport every month. Lol… wait for it. I bet his majesty’s next plan is to build more ki pool and gold plated toilets for his supporters to sh.. in stinking luxury
Aylass! Poor Dominica!
As a St. Lucian i believe its all an exaggeration with respect to the figures.
You damm lie. You not no St. Lucian. You just a sad laborat knowing deep down your government cannot keep up neither compete.
i am a born st. Lucian and not affiliated with any party. Now you and your cohorts continue fighting among yourselves about who is a labour supporter or not and see how far it will take you as a people.
All of a sudden you become a St Lucian, after all the years you that idiot been writing comments with that fake no name!
People like you time has long pass you and Skerrit, why would he be exaggerating , the rest of the Caribbean are not backward as you Dominica people, shut up you are an idiot without a name.
How can anybody, a government talk about tourism on an island without an International Airport?
I will never stop calling Dominicans stupid, because we are stupid: “sot, sot, sot, sot, as such Dominica is a fool’s paradise!
You are nothing more than a Red Clinic groveller,not a St Lucian.Your mind set would have been different.
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per year not on any given day.
What a St.Lucian doing on DNO, allu have your own news site, smh
You probably a Dominican that born in St.Lucia
DA fails and others who responded to my comment. It says a lot about you people. i am a born st. Lucian living in st. Lucia with an interest in broadening my knowledge via news outlets. i am not affiliated with any party as i am a very young individual and politics doesn’t interest me neither does attacking people for their own opinions. This is my first time commenting on this page as i am yet to see this information on our own news platform. To “Ice” i say thanks for your pleasant comment.
Is this really going to be a new airport?. What I am understanding it is the upgrading of the Hewanorra international airport.
I remember flying out of St. Lucia once. Our flight was terribly delayed and I could not find any airline staff to address our struggles. Their brand new airport will not help matters if the airlines do not train staff to be on hand to address customer issues. I wish them the best of luck with construction.
You do not say at which airport in St. Lucia you had this experience. The larger Hewanorra (UVF) one or the smaller L, Charles (SLU) airport located nr. Castries.
As I understand it St. Lucia is not constructing an entirely new international airport but significantly upgrading the existing Hewanorra one, which will include jet bridges to accommodate up to eight passenger jets at a time and doubling its capacity to min. one million passengers a year. Part of this project will also be to construct a proper highway from the airport, which is in the south of the island, to the north where most tourist facilities are located.
Recently all these islands have been upgrading their airport infrastructure..SVG got a new airport with jet bridges after pm told Dominicans we don’t need one.., Antigua new terminal with jet bridge.Now Lucia with this.We have pumped 300 million into Douglas Charles in past 10years. Lets hope the announcement by the pm skerrit to sign contract next year may become a reality.(the lucian pm gave a time table, lets hope we dont just see drawings next year in Dominica n break ground like the coast guard base in the north & nothing happened)
Heck, we do not even know where that airport in Dominica is going to be built! With respect, so far we have only had promises, not details.
Always saying Canefield, is de best place for a air in DA, I not in that Douglass charles business
Canefield? I am not any expert, but the UWP had already purchased land for such.As far as I know it’s the best site.
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Oh now i know where skerrit going get international airport for Dominica. He will get the hand me down one from st. Lucia seeing that they already have one and getting new one. Brilliant!!!!! Its the new idea. Hand me down infrastructure. LMAO..
I hope its done soon i am tired of flying through PR and container airport aint gonna be ready in another 40 years so thanks dor the option.
Ouch!!!!
As a Dominican, how I felt!
Chastanet just came into office,and this is already happening? This corrupt,wicked,evil gang of MISLEADERS in the DLP has been in office for almost 20years,and the country has regressed in an unprecedented way!!!. These MISLEADERS in the DLP are not about improving our lives.They have done so many nefarious things,their only objective is to stay in office.Thank God,the “””colour””discrimination of building materials have backfired in their faces like expired foodstuffs snd even their own supporters are turning on them.Skerrit and his I’lks who support this level of abuse on a people should ALL be rejected at the polls,and subsequently be charged with crimes against their own people.
Well done Chastanet.Well done St Lucians..That’s a progressive people!!!!
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Never miss a chance to talk stupid politics. Chastenet is just continuing what was already started, the major redevelopment of the Hewanorra international was a process that started before Chastenet came to office. You see St. Lucians don’t seem to be as ignorant as Dominicans, when DFP came to office Eugenia Charles abandoned the sport stadium that Patrick John had started as a result it took us over 30 years before we could get a sports stadium. If St. Lucians read these comments they might come to the conclusion that Dominicans are dotish.
Point you are right, its clear that most persons are still close minded. They quick to attack people who stand up for st. Lucia and not a political party when they are not in st. Lucia. I am yet to see any article on our media platform with such information. In this day and age people still have not wrapped their minds around the fact that information is readily available on the internet for all to educate themselves which includes St. Lucians reading Dominican news.
Well said Point. As a St. Lucian I think Domjnicand are turely dotish. Chastanent is far from a visionary. This plan for the upgrade of Hewanorra has been in the making for the past 10 to 15 years. St. Lucia under the previous administration had secured a Public Private Partnership to get the airport rehabilitated to internationally accepted standards and what Chastanet did was reject that Partnership which costed St. Lucians a fine of $EC2 million. Then he went to the Taiwanese for a loan that the St. Lucian public has no clue the amount and the terms attached to it to give to Chinese to do the rehabilitation of the airport. Also Chastanent has not come to report to St. Lucians about securing this loan so it appeals me to be reading this on a Dominica news platform. So please dominicans let it be known that Chastanent is no visionary who is giving anything new to us. He is a copy cat and for his 2 years as prime minister has brought no bacon to our tables rather he screwed us over.