{"id":316401,"date":"2024-02-06T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T19:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=316401"},"modified":"2024-02-06T15:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T19:03:01","slug":"over-300-dominicans-employed-on-international-airport-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/over-300-dominicans-employed-on-international-airport-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 Dominicans employed on international airport project"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_311730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311730\" style=\"width: 617px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311730\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/PRIME-MINISTER.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"484\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-311730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that over three hundred Dominicans are presently employed on the international airport project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He made the announcement while speaking on Kairi\u2019s Heng Program recently.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWork is going on satisfactorily, we are on schedule. There are hundreds of Dominicans, over three hundred Dominicans, who are employed directly on site and the numbers will be increasing and they are still looking for additional workmen and workwomen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He pointed out also that many people are employed indirectly and are benefiting indirectly, \u201cWhether it\u2019s from the purchase of cement, the purchase of construction material, the purchase of food items, purchase of agriculture items, the purchase of diesel from Petro Caribe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the prime minister stated that many people from Wesley and Woodford Hill are selling more because there is an increased population in these areas due to the construction of the international airport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are several people who come from out of the area who are working there,\u201d Skerrit stated. \u201cSome who found places to rent in Wesley and Woodford Hill as they work at the construction site.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, he said by the end of this year one will appreciate what the runway looks like.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen you go there you will see a lot of excavation taking place,\u201d Skerrit said. \u201cBy the end of 2024, you will have an appreciation for what the runway looks like, and so one can say we are seeing something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He went on to state that his government has to purchase cement worth over US$20 million.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThat is not to mix concrete, that is just to mix with the soil for compacting,\u201d Skerrit explained. \u201cSo, you can imagine how much cement you are going to need when you are talking about construction of the runway, [and] construction of the building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has announced that over three hundred Dominicans are presently employed on the international airport project. 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