$131 000 available for housing in Salisbury

January 13, 2008

From:thedominican.net|Thompson Fontaine|

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Acting Prime Minister, Hon. Julius Timothy announced that Government has allocated $131,000 to go towards housing assistance to the people of the Salisbury constituency, in keeping with a promise made by Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit on government’s housing revolution.

The announcement comes just days after government promised over $1 million to residents of the Roseau South constituency for housing.

The Minister added that the Council would need to identify persons in the community who are in need of housing assistance. Hon. Timothy also stressed the importance of the Council working well with the Government in light of the fact that the current Parliamentary Representative for the Salisbury constituency, former Leader of the United Workers Party, Hon. Earl Williams has been out of State for several months after reports surfaced that he had misused substantial sums from some clients in his legal practice.

His address, which was delivered before the fifteenth inaugural meeting of the Coulibistrie/Morne Rachette Village Council also saw the swearing in of eight councillors, five elected, three nominated , they are: Ruby Joyce, Davis Laudat, Hettie Laudat, Marilyn Pascal, Michelle Shillingford, Lloyd Jno Baptiste, Thaddeus Laudat and Euta Toulon.

The President of Dominica, His Excellency, Dr. Nicholas Liverpool and Mrs. Liverpool, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Community Development, Mrs. Ruth Alport and Acting Local Government Commissioner, Mrs. Claudine Roberts also attended the inaugural meeting.