The police have arrested two men and taken them into government quarantine.
Acting Deputy Chief of Police, Davidson Valerie, said at a news conference on Tuesday evening that the police had been in pursuit of the men for 48 hours.
“I want to thank the many citizens who have provided invaluable information to the police; all reports received were processed,” he said. “Stemming out of these investigations, two men were arrested and taken into quarantine during the last 24 hours.”
He said the police are aware of the concerns of the public in relation to the individuals who were arrested and revealed that other individuals whom the public had concerns about were checked and cleared.
He added that the police have received reports that some people who have been placed in government quarantine at Portsmouth, pending their results are conducting themselves in a disorderly manner.
Valerie said this behavior will not be tolerated and will be dealt with according to law.
“Let me inform these individuals that the law makes it mandatory that anyone coming into Dominica, on arrival shall be quarantined for a period of 14 days or a period specified in writing by the Chief Medical Officer,” he remarked.
Therefore, he warned that anyone who fails to comply with these requirements to be placed in isolation, surveillance or self-quarantined commits an offense.
Valerie went on to say that these requirements are specifically put in place to prevent any spread of Covid-19 in Dominica.
“Let me remind you that from March to June 2020 Dominica embarked on drastic and necessary measures to include total lockdown with a view to preventing the spread of Covid-19,” he stated. “Dominica cannot afford to return to a similar situation and we must make every sacrifice to ensure that we don’t return to that period.”
Facts are stubborn things.
Ibo France your observations are indeed factual referring to the Skerit goons. You have hit the nail on the head.
It seems some day this dog eater will puncture a blood vessel of his.
Too bad.
But continue to raise the issues, say it as is and be patriotic always.
Fred. Try not to appear as an authority regarding things you have no clue about. Dominica has a mandatory 14 day quarantine. Please let us encourage all visitors to respect that. All those concerned about their rights should stay in the countries they are in with the exponential covid cases and inability to lead a “normal” life. We want free testing and free stays in Dominica? Which other place on earth right now will you get that? Waiting for anyone’s best response. Please avoid damning a country doing it’s best to survive a pandemic especially when many in the “first world” are already dead. Can we please agree in any ONE thing???!!
Mr. Valerie as a senior officer of Commonwealth of Dominica I think you need to go back to when you were on training. And ask yourself what is the function and purpose of a police officer. And while you are at it read the constitution of the Commonwealth of Dominica and spend a little more time in the section that has to do the with the Commonwealth of Dominica Police force and the duty/s of a police officer. And ask yourself if the constitution or the laws were made to govern some people and not for those in government. You and the other high hierarchy in the Dominica Police force is hurting Dominica with you all lack of professionalism. Stop being a poppet and serve the citizens of the Commonwealth of Dominica, be a police force for the people and Dominica.
DNO, I guess you have come to realize that I’m under a coordinated attack from the mentally blocked KID, Dog Biter, the Johnnycake guy, Circus Clown and other coons of the Skerrit’s kakistocracy.
Sorry to disappoint all of you fanatics of the double doctorate fellow. Your attacks on me are like pouring water on the back of a duck. It just runs off with little or no effect. As I have said previously, this just goes to show that I occupy a large space in your head RENT FREE.
Why all of you are so preoccupied with me? Am I touching a raw nerve? I’m just a humble individual who only speaks the TRUTH and you think it is HELL.
On the other hand, what do you say about me?
And Elizabeth too: you see you did not mention her name but because young girl-evergreen never age want to be in ‘ting’ she had to bring some attention to herself!
I hear Roosevelt promises her some-ting; which he doh can deliver to her yet.
I hear Man Dog told Roosevelt she’s a crook so doh give her penny one cent, cause she doh is labor as she pretend to be.
lbo; Dominicans hate truth, and honesty; but boy I tell you they love corruption, lies, and thieves such as those doctor, doctor; triple doctor eh!
Hahahahahahahahahahahah!
And you call that stupidity that you wrote above “truth and honesty”? Stuuuuuuuuuuuuupes!
I will let you know if that is truth and honesty, when you admit Roosevelt has yet to deliver to you what he promised to you!
Girl, lady, woman Elizabeth; little twelve year old teacher, let me tell you something about Roosevelt.
He makes promises to people like you who under all circumstance supports him.
At one time I was suggesting that the people making allegations against Roosevelt to come forward with evidence. I was adamant that boy was impeccable until I found out his $7,000.00 dollars per month then could not support the assets he possessed in the millions of dollars accumulated in less than five years!
Tony Astaphan and I spoke one day, when he informed me of the give away houses; in 2008; so I ask Tony if he could help my sister with one of the giveaway: well you know Tony is somewhat honest, he told me that was not in his department; and I’ll cut it here.
Will continue:
So anyway, after Tony and I spoke, I found out out that Austrie is the czar responsible, but since Austrie challenge me into combat when we were both practically little boys, I thought he might remember me from the days when he called Wesley people “swamp pigs,” in patios swa cosho; I doh is patios man eh!
Anyway it took a certain Dominica lawyer here less than a minuet to get me patched to Roosevelt, whom I wanted to talk to about a movie director, and producer whom I influenced to set up a film festival in Dominica.
That did not materialize; so it got to a point where I ask Me Almost Nearly Cousin doctor Punjab Skerrit if he could help my sister with his giveaway house.
The beast told I Francisco; as soon as he passed the budget he Roosevelt Skerrit will help my sister.
That was since 2008!
The Almost Nearly Cousin the triple doctor have not delivered.
So that’s why I turned against him.
He thought I was one of the idiots who would continue to defend him knowing that he is the most corrupted Dominican born.
So, Elizabeth don’t say: see is because the PM did not give him what he wanted!
Most people will remember what happened in 2008 when the Real Estate market collapse; personally in one day I lost more than a million dollars, at that time I was in the process of building a house for my sister.
Anyway, it is a good thing Roosevelt did not give my sister anything; because had he helped here, his labor clones and him wold talk about it.
So, in 2020; I Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque, aided by my sister daughter Jacklyn Lawrence, built her mother, my sister a house, to the finish.
Now I hear Wesley people saying that’s the way children suppose to treat their parent, cause they in Guadeloupe and build their mother a house: since Maria blew her house away.
Be informed it’s I and Jacklyn money built that!
So, if you go dong to Dominica for 14 days, and they place you in quarantine, I guess you will not be able to see your relatives then? Is just quarantine and depart . What a “vacation.”
It’s as joke…relaxxxxx
@TeteMorne I From, did you went to the same school as me under a coconut tree? No offence, just shooting my mouth off as usual “😂 😂 😂 😂
How about placing the POLICE in quarantine? They have been infested with Corona Skerrit ( for years) and refuse to open their eyes, take their antibiotic and rid themselves of that virus.
All of the thumbs down are from the ‘police.” You young boys are brain washed and live in fear from that virus you call your leader. Say one word against him, and your job and livelihood will go…poof! Just like that.
Y’all need to grow a pair of BALLS and handle that disease. thank God for the day I saw the light, and got rid of the RED in my life and my closet.
I see a pending epidemic in Dominica; it went from no COVID-19 in the country because of Dominica’s traditional long term medical practices; according to a some quack doctor Clarissa Etienne!
Now in recent days it went from four to six, if I am correct.
And to people like Elizabeth, who hate it when I state the death ratio in America; here I go again Elizabeth: as of today one (194,367) hundred ninety-four thousand three hundred sixty-seven people has died in America; killed by COVID-19.
No need to remind anyone that if this virus by any chance begin to spike in Dominica, it may simply take days, rather than months to kill all souls in the country, before the end of the year.
So, when that Mountain Chicken Crapo Mentality; Roosevelt Skerrit talk about opening schools, he might be one of the first to go; but, because he is a god, he might not go; which means he alone will exists in Dominica eh!
” A little god without worshipers.”
“And to people like Elizabeth, who hate it when I state the death ratio in America”
Dodds, by all means, you must find a reason to mention my name, is it a sweet song in your mind? Well go on singing, take it with you, to your grave, I could not care less. You are simply proving that my curse upon your mind is still at work; may that torment in itself destroy you.
And what do you mean by “who hate” what is about that irrelevant message of your mind for me to hate?
I said that you are the one living in the USA, you are the one who should be concerned about corvid-19, which is rampant there–we, Dominicans, have enough of our own business to mind, go and mind yours.
When you say “we Dominicans” who are you talking about?
Nobody in Dominica knows you, you are unrecognized by even your own family; the day you attempted to go to live, you will not last one single day:
When you walk the street of your village; and say hello to people they will be bewildered by your sight, and when you asks them.”Do you remember me; my name is Elizabeth; everybody will asks “Elizabeth?”
Elizabeth who?
The more you argue for recognition, they will continue to asks you “Elizabeth who?”
I suppose Roosevelt gave you one of his resilient house, as payment for all the people you chop-up for him, well enjoy!
The curse you think you put on me might be on you.
Watch this: I thought I was playing a joke on Rendy, by filling a ginger ale bottle with water, and put it in the refrigerator, and forgot, instead of Rendy, caught in my joke; I was caught in me own trap when drank, I taste water eh!
Ever heard about setting a pit for others?
Go home…
You would be doing me a grand favor to leave my name and my personal Life out of your …….ranting–especially when you are talking about yourself, which you always do.
you don’t know anything about me and family; you do not exist as far as I am concerned–who the hell is Rendy?
I am asking you once more, will you please, stop your ……. with my name in it? I truly resent that.
You want to know who is Rendy; well remember when you abducted me and hide me in your house; when I eat all your food and drank all your beer.
She was in Toronto playing mass with one of my cousins who conspired with me to take her to play mass, so that you could get a chance to kidnap me eh.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Remember Elizabeth, remember, so how you asking who the hell is Rendy?
You lucky my cousin did not bring her to your house!
I doh want to talk Elizabeth cause I might get into trouble eh!
So, be quiet.
American women are dangerous Elizabeth, I don’t want to get gun down if she ever find out the truth of that day!
And as you know I too old to run oui!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahah!
this medical epidemic has imposed a hash and disturbing situation in the world but the way the arrivals are treated will impose a negative effect on Dominica for years, one example i am Dominican free of the virus but will not enter DOMINICA as long as this treatment continues .this seems to be a money grabbing business starting with a fee for a test on arrival plus being taken to places chosen by the government employees as criminals at unthinkable expenses . one wonders why the same efforts puts into this is not used to stop the importation of drugs which destroys the country and is there for all to see except those whos job it should be
It is actually pandemic, since it exists in every country within this know universe!
It would be an epidemic if it was found only in one country; or place; I used the term epidemic in reference to Dominica only; meaning a widespread occurrence of this infectious disease in a small community (island) as ours with a very small population of less than eighty thousand people at this particular time.
The reality is the disease is pandemic!
Just thought I would clarify that somewhat.
Doctor Punjab Skerrit is my political foe right now; but I doubt any legal precautions taken to protect our people from arriving visitors, spreading the virus will not have any negative impact on the country anytime in the feature.
It is better to enforce the law than to have all of Dominica killed by this thing COVID-19.
Of all my mother children, my sister Marie, and I are the only two left, contracting that at her age, she might only last a few hours!
All free nations cherish their contstitutions where freedom of movement is sacred tenet of any democracy. I totally understand people are afraid 9f covid. Does this mean we throw the constitution out the window. What right does the government have to quarantine anyone and then charge them money for being imprisoned?. With this unfortunate precedent the door is open for any restriction on our freedom of movement for any other reason.
I’m surprised the government hasn’t been sued to stop this unconstitutional practice.
If you are elderly or immunocompromised or feel vulnerable the make the choice to stay home. A great government would set up a colony for these people to secluded themselves. Restricting a nation against its will is just WRONG
Go and release them nuh. Sacre sot.
That sounds like a prison to me you just have to pay for it to put money in the big boys hands how can I test negative and I have to lock down for 14 days are you all nots in da close the fxxxing boarder back
Well done superintendent Valerie, how about asking for a
6 to 12 months jail and a heavy fine “who cannot hear must feel the pain” this people are too dam wicked!!
Ok so they will be dealt with according to law. What are the penalties sir? What sanctions are stipulated in the said law….please tell us all so we can be fully informed.
There have been penalties on the books for humpteen years reference illegal entry and we are aware but for breaking quarantine we doh know because many people break quarantine and nuffing happening to them
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I can read between the lines but what law specifically did these two persons violate? It appears that they breached the quarantine stipulations.
I’m in agreement with many of the COVID 19 protocols. The country must be protected. Having said that, many have complained about the awful and unsanitary conditions of the designated places they are housed. The high cost of their stay and the inconsistent delivery of meals.
The quarantine process, most people opine, is used to put money in the pockets of those landlords who are still waiting on a replacement for RUSM. Lower the expense, make the places and the surroundings more fitting for human habitation.
are you lacking a few screws? what does the cost of their stay and inconsistent delivery of meals have to do with breaking quarantine stimpulations?
Stop sitting in front of a computer and write unconfirmed reports.
You rely too much on hear say go make your eyes boil your peas.
Typical UWPite. All you all are good at is to criticize.
“Let me inform these individuals that the law makes it mandatory that anyone coming into Dominica, on arrival shall be quarantined for a period of 14 days or a period specified in writing by the Chief Medical Officer,” he remarked.
This is not true. The Police need to better understand their country’s laws. Quarantine depends on country of origin and the risk classifications and protocols that have been established. That the acting Chief of Police appears unaware of this is deeply disturbing.