{"id":88073,"date":"2013-03-16T10:24:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=88073"},"modified":"2013-03-17T22:24:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T02:24:43","slug":"pm-annoyed-at-nbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/pm-annoyed-at-nbd\/","title":{"rendered":"PM annoyed at NBD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-88074\" alt=\"nbd\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nbd.jpg\" width=\"156\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nbd.jpg 186w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/nbd-150x144.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he is frustrated and annoyed at the National Bank of Dominica (NBD) because of the slow pace at which it is moving to effect systems to help business owners in the island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to sit silent and allow unnecessary advantage to be taken of you,&#8221; he said while addressing DLP supporters at a mass rally earlier this week. \u00a0He told the large gathering &#8220;I met with the directors\u00a0 of National Bank of Dominica and told them of how frustrated and annoyed I am with the pedestrian pace at which they are moving to effect systems to help business owners in this country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister said he offered the NBD $10 million three years ago to assist small businesses in Dominica but said, \u201cnot one dollar has made its way to the small business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have said to them, I need that money on the people businesses to help them create more jobs in this country,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says he is frustrated and annoyed at the National Bank of Dominica (NBD) because of the slow pace at which it is moving to effect systems to help business owners in the island. \u201cI am not&#8230;","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":88074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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