It is now more than five years since President
Hugo Chavez provided the government of Dominica with a coffee processing
facility. The VENIDOM corporation , which we refer to as the “Coffee Wing” of the
Roosevelt Skerrit administration was formed to manage and operate the entire coffee
production.
The VENIDOM Corporation,
embarked on a mission to train Dominicans in Coffee production and so a
chattered flight with over twenty Dominicans was sent to Venezuela for coffee
production training. It is now past 4 years since the facility was completed and not one coffee job
has been created; moreover not one coffee bean has processed.
The Government
also spent over $4 million dollars on imported coffee beans and as we have
reported before several 20 feet containers of these coffee beans have rotted and the government
is now faced with the difficult task of disposing these toxic coffee beans. Sing Vigilante
Sing- Everything is upside Down, Everything is back to front.
The Dangers of Rotted Coffee Beans
It is important
to reiterate the dangers associated with rotten coffee beans. Scientific
studies have concluded that rotten coffee beans produce molds that contain a
toxic chemical product known as mycotoxins and exposure to these has
been linked to a number of adverse health issues to include asthma, dermatitis,
and pneumonitis. Mycotoxins may cause loss of agricultural products, loss of
human and animal life.
Coffee beans With Molds |
We know for a
fact that the rotten coffee beans have been a major embarrassment for the DLP
administration. In addition the government has not yet denied a report that the
Venezuelan side of the VINIDOM Corporation has been making request for
payments due under the VENIDOM agreement.
Is The Media responding?
We have been sounding
the alarm for more than a year and now the media seem to be taking note of the disgrace
at the One Mile Coffee factory site. Marpin TV which is no longer controlled by
the claws of the Roosevelt Skerrit regime has decided to report on the mass
burial of the coffee beans at the One Mile site. (Coffee Bean Internment)
Million Down The Ravine??? |
No one at the
One Mile Agricultural station or the Ministry Of Agriculture will provide
information on the situation at the coffee factory and the dangerous coffee bean
disposal operation – an operation that could have severe health and
environmental implications. But this is the level of accountability that the
people are forced to accept from an inept, lazy and corrupt government.
For Kicks and giggles -We
hope that if Carlise passport do receive validation by the Dominica
Immigration and he is allowed re-entry
into Dominica he will also do a follow up report on the “new” CBI- COFFEE BEAN INTERNMENT.
Stay Tuned for an update.
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