{"id":1782,"date":"2010-01-14T08:36:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T14:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2010-01-14T10:30:17","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T16:30:17","slug":"pm-discusses-cost-of-living-with-private-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/general\/pm-discusses-cost-of-living-with-private-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"PM discusses cost of living with private sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1783\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/skerrit2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1783\" title=\"skerrit2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/skerrit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Skerrit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has informed members of the private sector that government is willing to consider importing and selling basic items if the cost of living cannot be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>The private sector met with government yesterday for a discussion on the cost of living and ways it could be reduced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is something that we would not like to get involved in because we are not interested in having a supermarket; because at the end of the day, I want to ensure that my people can have some meat and some beans and some bananas on their plates. I do not want to see today they have meat and then tomorrow they don\u2019t have. I am speaking very emotionally because I understand the plight of the poor people in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot mix the setting aside of 20 percent of import duty as part of your profit. It has to be passed on to consumers. We are not coming here with empty hands&#8230;I give the people my commitment that we will implement these decisions because we have to do something about the cost of living,\u201d the prime minister asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chairman of the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce Genny Astaphan said it is time to end the cycle of distress between the private and public sectors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time has come where we as a people need to move to the next level where we begin the implement the policies which are beneficial to our national interest instead of just talking or writing policy papers about them,\u201d she told yesterday\u2019s meeting.<\/p>\n<p>According to Astaphan, government should also review the billing methods employed at the ports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had flat landing fees charged for 20 and 40 foot containers which have not been adjusted for the past six years to take into consideration reduction in port fees that have been granted to the shipping line since 2003. In the Prime Minister\u2019s speech at La Plaine, he promised a 20 percent reduction in the port fees within his first 100 days in office. However, to avoid a repeat of the past, we strongly recommend that the method of billing at the port be changed whereby the importer will make all direct charges to the Port and not the shipping line as is currently being done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>She said if the current approach is continued, only the shipping line will benefit and not Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>The private sector is expected to make recommendations and forward them to the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has informed members of the private sector that government is willing to consider importing and selling basic items if the cost of living cannot be addressed. 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