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PM disagrees with Parry Bellot; audio included
Skerrit (left), Bellot Are 80 per cent of Dominica’s public servants not pulling their weight, as was suggested recently by government productivity consultant Parry Bellot? The Dominica Public Service Union is seeking an apology from Bellot for that statement – they made that clear in a Tuesday evening meeting. However ahead of that meeting, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was quizzed on Monday on the productivity issue at a news conference.
No fallout over Dominica’s support of Argentina’s Falkland Islands claim – PM
Dominica is not expecting any fallout with Britain over Roseau’s support for Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands. A declaration from the 11th summit of the Venezuelan-led ALBA group of countries, says the heads of state and government of the “Bolivarian Alliance For the Peoples of Our America … reiterate their strongest support for the legitimate claim by the Republic of Argentina on its sovereign right over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands as well as the surrounding maritime areas”. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit was part of the decision to support Argentina in its dispute with Britain which owns the Falklands. However PM Skerrit says what he considers the key part of the declaration is the expressed hope that Argentina and the UK and Northern Ireland “resume negotiations to attain a peaceful and definite solution to the said dispute in accordance with the relevant provisions of the United Nations” the OAS and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
Dominica to deposit one percent of international reserves in ALBA bank
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit attended the ABLA summit on the weekend Dominica is among an eight-nation bloc of Latin American and Caribbean countries which agreed on Sunday to deposit one percent of their international reserves into a jointly administered development bank as they seek to deepen economic cooperation. According to the Denver Post, officials announced the decision as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted leaders of the Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, at a meeting in Caracas. The countries that have agreed to deposit 1 percent of their international reserves in the ALBA Bank include members Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda and St.
UPDATE: Dominica not expected to make ALBA bank deposit
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit attended the ABLA summit on the weekend Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has confirmed that the eight-nation bloc of Latin American and Caribbean ALBA countries agreed on Sunday to deposit one percent of their international reserves into a jointly administered development bank as they seek to deepen economic cooperation. However he says the decision, announced by officials as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted leaders of the Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, at a meeting in Caracas, takes into account the financial status of the three OECS countries which currently enjoy ALBA membership. Media reports following the meeting said the countries that have agreed to deposit 1 percent of their international reserves in the ALBA Bank include members Cuba, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda and St.
Wiltshire accuses DLP of reneging on election promise; audio of interview attached
Former attorney general Bernard Wiltshire is accusing the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) administration of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of reneging on an election promise to get rid of the country’s economic citizenship programme. Wiltshire, who served as attorney general between 2000 and 2001, said he was not only now speaking out on a matter he feels strongly about. He says while serving as AG “I tried to stop it in Cabinet. First of all I tried to review it in the cabinet”.
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