Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Roosevelt Skerrit has said that the over one billion dollars 2019/2020 National Budget will place attention on building Dominica.
The Budget, which is just about $20 million dollars more than year’s, will be presented to Parliament on Tuesday 30th July, 2019.
The prime minister said focus will be placed on healthcare as well as education.
According to Skerrit, if the government doesn’t step in to provide a home for many families in this country, they will not be able to build a resilient home.
“Provisions have been made in this year’s budget for the continuation of the housing revolution,” he stated, “Constitutionally, elections are due in May 2020, so therefore, the outer date for the elections to be held constitutionally in Dominica will fall within the upcoming financial year.”
He continued, “We continue to be responsible in what we do. So, notwithstanding the fact that it’s an election year, we are not going to make outlandish statements and commitments just to sound politically attractive.”
Skerrit said his government has articulated a very clear vision for this country that is to create the world’s first climate resilient nation.
“We have drafted and analyzed a strategy to implement it and also the plan, and we have mobilized resources thus far to implement some key aspects of the plan,” he stated. “And of course, our efforts towards the construction of the international airport and the construction of the cruise port and the cargo port and of course, geothermal.”
According to the Prime Minister when all of these things are met, you will see a huge difference in Dominica and “more opportunities for our people.”
THIBAUD,I agree,SKERRIT has made these LAZY,USELESS,LYING UWP,EAT their vomit over and over again.These UWP people are so DUMB they JUST CONNOT LEARN.
Skerrit. You are tired. Go and rest. Take your family on a long vacation to somewhere far, far away. Buy first class tickets with the millions you have collected. Stay in the best hotels. Eat in 5 star restaurants. Buy brand name clothes. Just please leave us alone. You have run our country into the ground already. We have had enough of you.
You are making a great proposal to Skerrit, and he is indeed tired. His 14th Budget Address as PM, imagine that in a “Democratic” country.
..I think even Skerrit himself would take you up on that proposal but Alas, the man can’t just pick up and leave..The Jumbee money on his back like a junkee on kwak!!..Self Imprisoned.
“According to Skerrit, if the government doesn’t step in to provide a home for many families in this country, they will not be able to build a resilient home” PURE BULL Manure. This guybdoes not get it. He became housing minister to play saviour. Roosevelt skerrit what tbe people need is a good job and a successful country where they can build thier own homes and afford to pay insurance. Thats the key to resilience. Having enough resources to take care of themselves and family. No one needs to be dependent on gov. Yes government can put system in place to help the society especially those physically and socially disadvantaged. However we cannot be creating a society where strong productive men an women sit waiting for handouts. Any home built by government belongs to the government/ people of Dominica. Enough of your BS.
Skerrit, we are not surprise nor shock at your outlandish statements and failure talk:
Skerrit promises no ‘outlandish statements and commitments’ in 2019-2020 budget. Which Prime Minister or any Leader of any country, will spew out such dirty, discouraging outlandish political venom like this? It really tells you the nature and incompetence language of this man. Skerrit ust Go, we have had enough of him. He is this failed Political Leader.
We welcome Hon Lennox Linton and his highly professional trusted UWP Team
Admin please do not forget me today. I am depending on you to get the pic of Isaac walking behind skerrit into parliament like a little dog.
Thank you
Flat tire
Since when we have so much hate in our country we must understand politics comes and some one have to lead and we take it on our selves to hate each other because of politics we need to find a way to unite and live in peace even if you don’t support the same party with me which is impossible to have every support the same party but that is not a reason to call each other names and hate each other because at the end of the day they are taking a drink together and talking like nothing happen and we the supporters that stay enemy with each other.
Nobody hates Skerrit. Skerrit just have to accept that he is not 👎 the right person to be Dominica’s PM at this time. He knows it, that’s why he’s throwing money at people to buy their support to keep him and his party in office. It’s just really frustrating, like those big flat Roseau cockroaches you stamp on ten times and they still running around. Annoying, like a man macoing his ex girlfriend when she dating other guys. He just needs to stop ✋ let the people have a fair election and move on.
“Since when we have so much hate in our country we must understand politics comes and some one have to lead and we take it on our selves to hate each other because of politics …..”, Not Skerrit.
Wallace Skerrit is a damn failure and has our nature isle suffering with too many questions to answer about the obvious abuse of states funds. It appears that for some people it is all about this failed Skerrit, and not about our ailing, no jobs suffering poverty Dominica created by this immature Skerrit and 19 waste of time politically illiterate worthless ministers., while our people suffer with no jobs and no cash to take care of their families but with idoitic behaviour of Skerrit to play the Papa Doc by handing cash to our people that he Skerrit will have these people aligned to him while he continues to cripple our Dominica. This man Skerrit has failed us. That is what happens when you take a little boy and put to run big man country matters in the interest of our suffering people.
This will be the last Labor party Budget reparation. May the lord have mercy on you P.M. a change is coming. Make room for a government for all DA residents.
Ohhhhh yes , Skerrit mut go. We need to see th back of this political, immature clown. Skerrit has failed us big time. Little immature boy has no business in big man, professional business, they`ll ruin our island and that is what that faile little boy Skerrit and his corru0ted failed Labour Government has done to us. Reduced our people as beggars and blind supporters. Skerrit, Gt out, go away, go mind your Funky Business and leave us alone.
We welcome decent and trusted Hon Lennox Linton and his highly professional experienced UWP Team.
Skerrit has presented at least 14 budget addresses before and where has that gotten Dominica? This budget will be a song and a dance strictly to create sound bites for the upcoming elections. And you know what is really sad? The lame, lazy media, without doing any serious analysis of the budget, will repeat his address verbatim. The media, in Dominica, is stenographic. Dominica is unique.
Won’t make outlandish statements? In order words, he will try to stop deceiving, misleading, promising and lying to the people of Dominica during an election year. Mr PM, you are 20 years late on this one.
Skerrit assertion… “We continue to be responsible in what we do. So, notwithstanding the fact that it’s an election year, we are not going to make outlandish statements and commitments just to sound politically attractive.” Skerrit you think you can continue to play psychology on the minds of Dominican. This will only work on the weak and gullible. You are trying to give the impression that you are exercising due diligence and prudence in the dispensation of the Dominica’s money and resources… But always remember…that you can fool some people some times, but you can’t full all the people all the time. Your statement sounds to me like you have seen the writing on the wall and preparing to concead defeat. Why are you delaying the elections anyway, go put your pink shoe and ring the bell so we can deal with all of you PRONTO. And sure WE WILL!!
No, but you are investing millions in election propaganda and presentation of candidates. I wonder where that money comes from?? Maybe from the CBI program. I mean we have never seen accounts of that…
Skerrit please stop talking and just call the election so we could deliver our country from Satan and the one that sent us to hell. We are yearning to restore our country so that:
1. We can once again look to God and not to PM.
2. A country where our preachers can freely preach God’s word and be able to rebuke and callout all ungodliness as commanded by God, instead of being partakers and facilitators of evil
3. We want to see again a DA that believes in hard work instead of a “cookout” economy
4. A DA that uses the rich soil God has blessed us with to feed the world, instead of an economy that depends on sale of passports to wanted criminals like Monfared
5. We want a DA where our town councils and village councils help build strong families instead of being used as ARM’s to facilitate and distribute dirty money
6. Where our young men can be strong again and dream dreams instead of killing each other
7. Where our young smart minds will not to forced out to bring in…
Smart and Sharp. Working for Dominica every day. A progressive man who is not an idle talker. He has proven himself over the years to be leader who will work for all of Dominica.
heaters will hate but as I say when ump loose the election some people will die of heart problem relax people
A progressive linked to the Bin Bobol, the Fertilizer Bobol and he Red Clinic Bobol, the abusive handouts to our poor people run down to Roseau for hand out cash to the people. Immature Skerrit has reduced our people to paupers, begging and dependency.
Skerrit is this damn failure and has crippled our nation and our people. His deceptive smile and demeanour is fake and not trusted,; Look where we are.
Skerrit must Go. Get out, Get lost.
We await the trusted Hon Lennox Linton as Prime Minister and his highly professional UWP Team.
All I want to hear Skerrit tell us in his budget address is, where he getting all the cool out money they giving out from. If he just honestly tells us where it coming from then they could end the budget address and debate. It’s important that we know the source because something about the Skerrit money is not helping the economy. In fact when he announces an increased budget all of a sudden we getting more storms and more destruction. When people getting more COOL OUT money is more funerals of our young men we getting. I want to know where that money coming from because to me the more money we seem to be getting the more sorrows we having which is contrary to Proverbs 10:22 that says “The blessing of the Lord maketh rich and, Addeth no sorrow”.SO why we getting more money but our sorrows quadrupling? So our money not blessed Man?
None of Skerrit’s budgets amounts to anything. Each one is an exercise in futility. The economy keeps on shrinking with no prospects of good paying , sustainable jobs. Skerrit and his mentally challenged, servile disciples thump their chests and shout Hallelujah. This 2019 budget, like all that were presented by the Propagandist in Chief, will bring no economic relief to the severely impoverished citizens. It’s going to be all political fanfare buttressed with tall tales and no substance.
What does yours amount to? Nothing but negativity, hate, and envy.
Skerrit has made the national budget budget a boring thing with all his lies he has told over the years. Honestly speaking his budget makes no sense as no one can ask him questions and on top of that he never accounts to anyone. SO we see him opening Arm’s in every dark corner but he never tells us where money coming from. Man Dominica is a lost state and for the good of this piece of land God has blessed us with, Skerrit should use tomorrow to give his farewell speech instead of his budget lies.
Skerrit assertion… “We continue to be responsible in what we do. So, notwithstanding the fact that it’s an election year, we are not going to make outlandish statements and commitments just to sound politically attractive.” Skerrit you think you can continue to play psychology on the minds of Dominica. This will only work on the weak and gullible. You are trying to give the impression that you are exercising due diligence and prudence in the dispensation of the Dominica’s money and resources… But always remember…that you can fool some people some times, but you can’t full all the people all the time. Your statement sounds to me like you have seen the writing on the wall and preparing to concead defeat. Why are you delaying the elections anyway, go out your pink shoe and ring the bell so we can deal with all of you PRONTO. And sure WE WILL!!
We need to hear the date for the constructional airport.
Tomorrow is going to be a day worth noting y’all. Worth noting as it most likely is going to be the last time Dominicans here mister delivering the national budget as Prime Minister.
You and your government have failed Dominica miserably Roosevelt.
GOODBYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. – Aye Roosevelt, please use tomorrow to announce the date when you and your government will be voted out of office nuh please. Tenks.
Dno be sure tomorrow you get a pic of Isaac like a little dog walking behind skerrit into parliament
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Dear Mr. Skerrit,
If you announce tomorrow, that you will legalize the planting and exportation of cannabis (for medicinal purposes), and I can get my license to start planting soon, I promise to vote for whoever you put to represent my constituency.
Everyone will see the start of work on my new farm before the year ends.
These are not pie in the sky promises, Sir. I have the designs and I have the financing. I am merely waiting for the mandate from you tomorrow, to get my project started.
We have engaged and tolerate an extremely immature and ill-informed man, that Skerrit into our government. That is why our Domininca is in poverty and way behind that we lack any semblance of Socio-economic development.
“According to the Prime Minister when all of these things are met, you will see a huge difference in Dominica and “more opportunities for our people.” Skerrit this is a plan and you are again attempting to appease ur suffering people. You have no plan, no long term projected employment for our suffering people that “YOU” Skerrit has created. Skerrit you are that failed PM and we will not be fooled. Your corrupt labour government approach is to buy and win the poor people. Your failed corrupt practices has not and will not work. We need you out of our business.
Every year for the past 19 years this clown Skerrit presents a budget, with so called big money, that we have to knowledge of as to where it was invested to make a big difference to Dominica. Skerrit, just…
Roosevelt Skerrit, I the kid Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque demand that you tell me; of this approximately twenty billion dollars you claim will be used to build Dominica, how much of that will be used in the construction of a new International Airport.
And while you are lying tell the nation what is the source of this almost twenty billion dollars.
I demand you indent an outline.
State how much derive from Agriculture, property tax, consumption tax, payroll taxes, departure taxes, and landing fees!
State how much will derive from the sale of passports, and other industries which are none existent in the country, unless you can give an outline of the source of revenue which accumulate to twenty billion dollars, you need to shut up!
When all of these things are met? WHEN?
Man, the people need work now so stop playing. Don’t make me turn on you.
The supreme dictator of Dominica all hail the King SKERRIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You people have no clue what a dictatorship is. Sit down!
Yes we have a clue.. this is modern day dictatorship. . The style of dictators have changed from history.. they use economic and social political tactics to oppress people and stay in power ..you people don’t read..you dont research just a bunch of fools…
…but you clearly know. Skerrit probably told you!
The failure is pretty obvious within that Failed Skerrit and his highly corrupted immature, useless Labour government. Dictatorship is a method where a very weak person, and appears a lazy mentality to matters of state that affect the bigger picture. That little child boy is unable and ill-prepared to fit into the bigger picture where professionals are decent and respect all of states funds and operations with no obvious fleecing (Bobol/Thievery) of states limited funds. Dominica and Dominicans situation under this failed Corrupt Labour Skerrit government is one of vulnerability, poor governance, questionable thievery and the obvious abuse of states funds and resources. We have had enough of childhood, immature Skerrit and his extremely weak, failed Cabinet and worthless 19 ministers. Skerrit`s failed, immature Labour government killed our agriculture, economy. Created high poverty, abuse states resources, eg, Passport sales. This outlandish behaviour of Skerrit Must Go Now. UWP Come.
Dictatorship is Skerrit continuing to abuse his power,and buy the foolish people like you all the time,yet you remain in poverty,while his bank account grows,and he gives you money to pay your bills monthly,Dictatorship comes in many forms,20 years and he will not stop,unless fools like you wake up.
“You people have no clue what a dictatorship is. Sit down!” Really, how do you know that we do not know?” Man go open your eyes, walk about Domininca and ask every Dominica yo meet and talk to, ” Who the hell is Skerrit, where is he, what has he done for Dominica that is credible and has raised jobs for the suffering and created an economy for the future.? Who the hell is Skerrit? Is it the same Skerrit who said to people: “Go to Hell, Ho to Hell. it is none of all yo dam business”. You see, this is and has ben the intellectual of this failed incompetent, little boy Skerrit, who , with his blind supporters and worthless 19 ministers killed our economy, killed our country, and reduced our people to beggars in deep poverty and while we believe he is rich and has money saved nicely somewhere. Skerrit has never worked in the interest of our ailing Dominica and Dominicans. He is tis damn failure ad we are very upset about this. He must go, he must get Lost and do not come back. Go…
jamie something wrong with you guys. Tell me in your own words what is a dictator. If he was a dictator, you would not be able to call him that. Ask or read about dictators. This man is one of the most compassionate, loving and caring individual I have ever met. to wit the YES We Care program etc. I take it that you are not in Dominica and you are only repeating what you hear. Come and let me let you meet him and I am sure you will change your mind. Those who want to lead at all costs are spreading propoganda to use those who are gullible to get power by all means. There was a lady who was giving blows like old clothes like you do and she visited Dominica last year and she was so amazed that she publicly apologised to the PM. She even came back to visit with her son and she was repentant to see what she was supporting was prooganda. Her eyes saw all the works done since Hurrican Maria destroyed. Beware of those who want power by all means and will slander and maligned and
A man who has publicly declared that is he runs things in Dominica is not a dictator? This nakedly corrupt man run rough shod over the police, his spineless ministers, his Permanent Secretaries, every citizen. The man is a living bulldozer. In fact, he is the most corrupt, narcissistic, power hungry dictator in the Western Hemisphere.
????????, you are so questionable that you are unable to print a pe name that we go with. You are really questionable to these matters, meaning that you are bind to the surroundings of open, blatant corruption by this so called Skerrit failed corrupt bobol Labour government. Skerrit is immature, talks nice BS t appease and buy people like you, blind and ignorant to the situation right before yo in Domininca. So??????????, you condone the Bin Bobol and the Fertlizer Bobol, the use and abuse of our states money. If it was you as a citizen you would have bee arrested for this theft and forgery. It was Hon Linton wh exposed them and they denied until Hon Linton exposed the evidence and they lied and said it was a “Mistake”. Can you comprehend this BS ????.A government trying to fleece and corru0t own states funds. Does this not say anything to you about this corrupted led Bobol lead by this corrupt labour government. Who`s the leader of the pack? Must be your failed PM. You Blind ??????
“The worse Prime Minister Dominica has ever seen”, the words of a certain once disgruntled supporter/bosom buddy who would have taken a bullet for Skerrit, but they all patched up now, so he ready to eat cow dung on Skerrit behalf.
What has really gotten better under Skerrit Dominicans? Every year, budget after budget, same results..the People continue to be sidlined, while the real money for untendered contracts go to foreign companies..SMH.
After nearly 20 years in Power, not 1% percent could be reduced on VAT. I always ask the DLP supporters that. Not 1% off on VAT or Customs duties, Why!!??, especially when they tout that the economy is doing well..Maybe Skerrit human shield was right after all.. It’s just Dominican heads hat too hard..This man has proven to be the most clueless PM, ever in DA. Isaac said he’s the best Political Leader, while Dominican lives continue to be a struggle after so many years. No high expectations for that Budget..More Hogwash.