{"id":256951,"date":"2020-10-08T17:55:06","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T21:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=256951"},"modified":"2020-10-08T17:55:06","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T21:55:06","slug":"no-slowdown-no-stoppage-of-cbi-projects-despite-covid-19-pm-skerrit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/no-slowdown-no-stoppage-of-cbi-projects-despite-covid-19-pm-skerrit\/","title":{"rendered":"No slowdown, no stoppage of CBI projects despite COVID-19 – PM Skerrit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PM Skerrit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Where the Citizenship By Investment (CBI) Program-funded projects are concerned, there has been no \u201cslow down\u201d or \u201cstoppage\u201d during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

That’s according to Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit who made the statement during his weekly Anou Palay programme on the weekend.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said, however, that in the initial months of the pandemic, there was a decline similar to the decline in tax revenue since people couldn\u2019t file applications.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverywhere was on lockdown, so there were no government departments open, people couldn\u2019t get their police records\u2026people couldn\u2019t file applications,\u201d Skerrit continued. \u201cThe good thing about Dominica is that we have an online portal, so we were able to still get some of the applications uploaded during the shutdown period.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said while the CBI program has been impacted to a certain extent, the government has seen a gradual improvement in the numbers because there has been a reopening of the borders in many countries.<\/p>\n

He added that this is unlike a hurricane where only Dominica is impacted and the rest of the world is fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very hopeful that we will see a continued improvement,\u201d Skerrit stated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good thing about this is that, notwithstanding the decline, all of the projects that we have of the hotels they will never stop moving on.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that Jungle Bay Resort & Spa used the opportunity during the shutdown to complete the property in building additional villas, a new restaurant, an additional swimming pool and other amenities, Hilton\/Curio Tranquility Beach Resort in Salisbury ramped up construction,\u00a0 \u201cand they are doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe housing never stopped, the Marigot Hospital and Health Centres continued during the pandemic,\u201d Skerrit\u00a0 added.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cWhere the CBI funded projects are concerned, we did not see a slow down, we did not see a stoppage up until today,\u201d the prime minister maintained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Where the Citizenship By Investment (CBI) Program-funded projects are concerned, there has been no \u201cslow down\u201d or \u201cstoppage\u201d during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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