{"id":111060,"date":"2014-01-25T00:58:17","date_gmt":"2014-01-25T04:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=111060"},"modified":"2014-01-27T08:28:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T12:28:07","slug":"uwps-team-dominica-visit-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/uwps-team-dominica-visit-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"UWP&#8217;s Team Dominica to visit Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111062\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111062\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-111062\" alt=\"UWP supporters came prepared to brave the weather to hear the message of Team Dominica\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-Lagon-642x481.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-Lagon-642x481.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-Lagon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-Lagon.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UWP supporters came prepared to brave the weather to hear the message of Team Dominica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The United Workers Party\u2019s (UWP) Team Dominica have their eyes set on Europe as their next stop, after their just-concluded six city tour of North America.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a large number of party supporters who came out equipped with their rain gear and unmindful of the cold wind and stinging rain, UWP political leader Lennox Linton, said their journey which began with a first stop in Washington D.C., will continue beyond America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we plan now to go across the Atlantic now, to Europe next week, we will be in Paris and we will be in London for two very important engagements. And what we are doing, we are setting the platform, for a global movement that will see Dominica, becoming the best place to live, work and to enjoy life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Linton, \u201cThis global movement will see this year, the establishment of, Team Dominica USA, it will see the establishment of Team Dominica Caribbean, Team Dominica Europe, and it will see the establishment of UWP\u2019s mission to change Dominica right across the global community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UWP Political leader also promised that when his party gets into power, they will amend the constitution so that overseas based Dominicans who want to partake in the voting process do not have to leave their place of residence to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause in this day and age of technology, where everybody around the world is voting overseas in their country, we must have overseas voting arrangements as well that are driven by modern technology,\u201d he pointed out.\u00a0\u201cSo our brothers and sisters will not have to be begging or waiting for somebody to bring a ticket for them, they will be able to vote from where ever they are for their Government in Dominica.\u00a0That is our commitment, that is our pledge, and remember where you heard it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also described their recent journey as one that also sought to engage the resources, talents and skills in Dominica and around the world for a better Dominica.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;\">\u201cWe cannot go to American to talk about a red Dominica, or a blue Dominica, we went to American to talk about your commonwealth of Dominica, our isle of beauty, our isle of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\">splendour<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;\">\u2026.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He explained that the UWP candidate for Grand Fond Dr. Thompson Fontaine, who was part of the team in North America, had remained in Washington D.C with his family and also to do some follow up work.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111064\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111064\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-111064 \" alt=\"A section of the crowd at the Team Dominica public meeting.\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-2-642x481.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-2-642x481.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Team-Dominica-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111064\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A section of the crowd at the Team Dominica public meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Workers Party\u2019s (UWP) Team Dominica have their eyes set on Europe as their next stop, after their just-concluded six city tour of North America. 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