{"id":21099,"date":"2010-11-05T13:53:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T17:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=21099"},"modified":"2010-11-08T08:01:27","modified_gmt":"2010-11-08T12:01:27","slug":"rehabilitate-youth-centers-instead-of-building-court-mp-tells-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/politics\/rehabilitate-youth-centers-instead-of-building-court-mp-tells-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Rehabilitate youth centers instead of building court, MP tells government"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8627\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8627\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8627\" title=\"norris prevost comin out of parliament\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/norris-prevost-comin-out-of-parliament-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/norris-prevost-comin-out-of-parliament-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/norris-prevost-comin-out-of-parliament.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norris Prevost, MP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Government of Dominica has failed its youth and instead of building a new judicial building in the city, it should consider rehabilitating the High Street youth centers.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to Norris Prevost, Member of Parliament representing Roseau Central. He said that after 32 years of independence the only place in the city that seems appropriate for a young person\u2019s recreation is \u201ca street corner\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to the press this week, Prevost said it is for this reason that he has called on the administration to establish a National Youth Empowerment Village in the High Street area of the capital city \u201cwhere presently are located the former Dominica Club property with two lawn tennis courts, and two squash courts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He made this call at last Friday\u2019s Market Day with a Difference.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Member of Parliament, government only recently purchased the Dominica Club property for $5.5M, and is proposing to use the sports sight for the construction of a new High Court.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the building would also cover some other dilapidated adjacent properties or \u201cyouth development facilities\u201d like the Roseau Youth Centre, the Scouts Headquarters, the Girls Guides Headquarters and the Youth Skills Computer Training Centre.<\/p>\n<p>The Old Youth Centre in High St. was built by late Hon. Henkel Christian in 1965, when according to him, \u201c&#8230;they (the youth) intimated that they had nowhere to play either indoor or outdoor games,\u201d Prevost reminded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Government of Dominica has failed its youth and instead of building a new judicial building in the city, it should consider rehabilitating the High Street youth centers. 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