Category Archives: International News

The Crooked Byron Survey

by Emmanuel Allfrey Bala of Jaco Village The so called “esteemed” Judge Byron was appointed by Skerrit to make recommendations for electoral reform on Dominica. In our homeland impoverished by a dictatorship, he was given $500,000 for a job that was already accomplished by the Concerned Citizens Movement, the Parliamentary Opposition, other Dominican civil society […]

DOMINICA’S CORRUPT CBI PROGRAM: THE PATH TO FULFILL THE DREAMS OF CORRUPT WEALTHY NIGERIANS

In a special webinar held on 15 January 2021 and hosted by the Guardian Nigeria and CS Global Partners with the theme of “Dominica Citizenship by Investment: Redefining Wealth, Safety, and Travel for Nigerians,”the Prime Minister of Dominica, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, Head of Dominica Citizenship by Investment Unit (CBIU), H.E. Emmanuel Nanthan and the CEO of […]

THE LAWRENCE/SKERRIT ATTEMPT TO AMBUSH THE TREATING COMPLAINANTS BY DEMANDING DISCLOSURE IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE

Disclosure has been on the minds of Dominicans over the last few days since the attorneys representing PM Skerrit and his co-defendants have unjustifiably attempted to ambush the Complainants in the treating matter to disclose information in their possession by a set date. In an exclusive interview with a local media house, the acting DPP also […]

AMBUSHING THE CONSTITUTIONAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE DPP

The recently published vacancy announcement to fill the post of Director of Prosecution (DPP) of Dominica said to be vacant continues to raise serious concerns considering the constitutional nature of that office, which differentiates it from the other lower-level positions such as magistrates and registrar of the court. These concerns have been amplified by what […]

PART VI: STRENGTHENING THE CASE FOR CHALLENGING THE ULTRA VIRES NATURE OF THE SR&O ESTABLISHING THE DOMINICAN CBI’S PROGRAM

As noted in Part V of this series, where subordinate or delegated legislation is deemed to be beyond the scope of authority conferred or it is in conflict with the parent or enabling act, the subordinate is substantively ultra vires. Therefore, where the interests and/or rights of a citizen or group of citizens are adversely […]

The League of Lady Looters Melissa Mama Doc Skerrit & Michele Baby Doc Duvalier – Two Peas in a Pod

In the Dominica church of old, before some priests became prostitutes to the party in power, there was a Social League. The Social League taught catechism, helped the poor and produced annual parish fairs and tea parties to raise funds. Today, the Social League has dwindled – replaced by the League of Lady Looters. Lady […]

Skerrit the Capo dei Capi and Austrie his Singing Bird

Capo dei capi or capo di tutti or Godfather are terms used mainly by the media, public and law enforcement community to indicate a supremely powerful crime boss in the Sicilian or American Mafia who holds great influence over the whole organization. We now have incontrovertible proof that Skerrit is the Capo dei Capi of […]

Exposing the Hitler – like machinations of Dominica’s Gestapo and Dominica’s Hitler.

Insecure with his ill gotten millions, Dominica’s illegal Captain is adopting from Hitler’s playbook, some serious intimidatory tactics to all the known and perceived opposition, in a bid to send a message to the masses that Skerrit must be left alone. He dragged former Prime minister Edison James before the courts, in a futile mission […]

DLP IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH OUR COURTS: A FOCUS ON THE ADVERTIZED VACANCY FOR DIRECTOR OF PROSECUTION (DPP).

During the hearing of the treating matter before the panel of judges at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in December 2020, two of the justices inquired of both Senior Counsel Astaphan and Attorney-at-law Cara Shillingford on the possible intervention of the DPP in the matter prior to the request for judicial review at the […]

The Gangster Regime and the Goons that Guard Them

by Negre Mawon Cometh The savagery meted out to unarmed Dominicans by Dominica police at the direction of Roosevelt Skerrit on Monday April 12, 2021 will long be remembered. This was the day policemen lost the respect of the people when they kicked, cuffed and stamped on protestors supporting a bus strike. The striking bus […]