The story of Baby Sarah is a story of stalking, assault, physical violence, brandishing of weapons, misuse of the police, official misconduct, and death threats, all within the confines of an extramarital affair gone awry, culminating in the demise of a premature, seven-month old infant. Baby Sarah, as we have chosen to call her since she was never named by her parents, lived three days on Earth, a short but remarkably telling life.

MiTC became aware of a serious case of physical abuse on a person committed by a Minister of Government in early August 2018 and promptly began an investigation. After receiving confirmation of the incident from an on-the-ground confidant embedded within the public service, we published an Open Letter to PM Roosevelt Skerrit on August 8th recommending that he begin an investigation into official misconduct and abuse within his National Security apparatus and on conclusion of his inquiry, demand the resignation of the official who he would have discovered was involved in the abuse of women. Failure to do so, we warned, would result in MiTC bringing the facts, as we know them to be, to the Dominican public. Mr. Skerrit must have ignored our advice. In the course of our investigation, we were able to uncover detailed first-hand accounts of events that led up to the death of Baby Sarah. What you read here are transcripts of allegations leveled by the abused victim at the minister in private conversations. They are the words of the victim as told verbatim.

Several months before her death, Baby Sarah's mother, an attractive married woman from the Kalinago Territory, began an adulterous relationship with the powerful, married, Parliamentary Representative for the Mahaut constituency, Justice and National Security Minister Rayburn Blackmoore. Mr. Blackmoore, a known philanderer, was also at the time (and is reportedly still is)  involved in another adulterous relationship with a married woman from Jimmit, a relationship that has led to dissolution of the marriage and a recent divorce settlement between her and her husband, a former Marpin 2K4 Ltd executive.

From all reports, the relationship between the minister and his Kalinago lover was rocky, with highs and lows. Mr. Blackmoore was known to be aggressive at times, gentle and weepy at other times. The two took trips out of island, separately, but eventually linking up at their destinations, staying at beach resorts in neighbouring islands. Mr. Blackmoore has also reportedly purchased a dwelling for his lover, a well-furnished house in the village of Eggleston, with funds funneled through a series of transactions at the National Bank. Throughout the course of their relationship, the two have had a number of physical altercations because of other women.


August 2018 was an eventful one in the course of that relationship. As recounted by the minister's lover, while on a date in Portsmouth which included dinner at the Rejens and drinks at a local beach bar with someone she described as her "side chick before the minister", a gentleman who we have since identified as being an employee of the Ministry of Finance, she was approached by a police officer who told her that she was needed and that someone wanted to see her.


By her own account, the ride from Portsmouth was argumentative and filled with threats and vile language. Believing that his intention was to go to an apartment they shared in Goodwill, she eventually discovered that the drive would take them to the Fresh Water Lake, in Laudat.


Her experience in Laudat was not the end of this story. Mr. Blackmoore's paramour reveals that she was driven back to their apartment in Goodwill. Immediately upon entering the apartment, she alleges that Mr. Blackmoore began to physically assault her.


In a separate account, the victim went into further detail about her experience at the Goodwill apartment.


The stressed victim revealed that her lover was crying and threatened to shoot the both of them. While at the PMH, her spotting continued and it was discovered that the baby's heart rate was dropping. He then immediately arranged to have her flown out.

In her account, the minister's lover disclosed that she was flown out to Martinique the following day for further medical help. While in Martinique, she gave birth to a premature 7-month old baby, who she claims was fathered by the minister. Baby Sarah, as we have christened her, lived for three days. Who knows how bright a star she would have been.

Interestingly, during the course of our investigation, when confronted with the allegations against minister Blackmoore, a fellow cabinet member, who will remain anonymous to protect his identity so as to be able to speak candidly said "Blackmoore really in love with the girl for true and Blackmoore bought her the house...he didn't build it, be bought the house...the beating is true, Blackmoore beat up the girl...Blackmoore even sends police by the house to guard the house...all during hurricane season Blackmoore was sending police there two and three in the morning to make sure nobody coming there". Exact quote from the cabinet official.

The story of Baby Sarah is a cautionary tale of women attracted to and who become intoxicated by the aura of being intimately involved with powerful men who abuse them ad nauseam. We cannot stress enough the importance of bringing that to an end. This past year we have seen the emergence of the #MeToo Movement which has sought to bring justice to abused women the world over. MiTC does not and will never condone such behavior in our society. We have called it out in the past and will continue to do so. While we recognize that relationships between men and women are private, when the individuals involved are public officials, we will shine the light on them if there are any instances of official misconduct and abuse. This is one such case.

Many questions ought to be prompted by this account from the minister's lover. Where did the money come from that allowed him to purchase at least two dwellings for his lovers? The minister is not a businessman but he appears flushed with money far exceeding what his government salary is. Allegations of corruption have followed him throughout his ministerial appointments.While he was in charge of the Communications and Works ministry, it was widely speculated that there was skimming off government contracts, with "extra" money going into the pockets of officials in a position to grant approvals. The minister is now in charge of the Immigration ministry, one rife with corruption and questions about the whereabouts of the money Haitians pay for visas. Coincidence? What do you think?


Note: The lead photograph depicts Baby Sarah in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Photo courtesy parent.

Chief of Police Daniel Carbon, Deputy Chief Davidson Valerie, Inspector George Theophille and Chief Magistrate Mrs Candia Carette-George are bent on doing dirty work for Roosevelt Skerrit. They are using the Police Force and the Court to assist Skerrit in his desperate quest to remain politically relevant. Every poll shows that Skerrit will lose the next general elections and he is trying to see how he can frustrate and distract the UWP with a comical court matter.

In Skerrit’s head, the UWP attempted to overthrow his government with a dump truck and a sound system on February 7, 2017. How delusionally pathetic?! Since then Skerrit has become relentlessly reckless in his mental state of despair. He got the police to harass, arrest and charge some opposition members. During the second quarter of 2017, Skerrit spent $88,500.00 to engage four investigating officers under the Regional Investigative Management Systems(RIMS) to further investigate his Mickey Mouse overthrow. In May 2018, he went to Parliament to seek approval for the money he wasted under the Ministry of National Security on his silly investigation.

On September 20, 2018, six members of the UWP, including Toutou-Pou-Nanna, Joseph Isaac were brought before the Magistrate’s court on charges of obstruction and incitement. Opposition Leader & Leader of the UWP Lennox Linton, Deputy Leader Joshua Francis and retired former Acting Deputy Chief of Police & now General Secretary of UWP Nicholas George pleaded not guilty before Magistrate Asquith Riviere. The matter was adjourned to March 28, 2019 with disclosure to be made by the end of 2018. Former Prime Minister, Edison James and Sen. Dr. Thomson were out of state. While, Toutou-Pou-Nanna Isaac was in Roseau and refused to appear before the court because he non-resilient allegiance was cheaply purchased by Skerrit.

Imagine Delusional Skerrit spent over $300,000 to hire Senior Counsel Israel Khan and two junior lawyers  from Trinidad to lead on this matter along with the Office of the DPP and the Police. To hire a Senior Counsel from Trinidad to do a matter in the Magistrate’s Court is a clear manifestation of Skerrit’s Desperation on steroids.

Candia Carette-George

Skerrit and the DLP will lose the next general elections, so he is trying everything to delay the inevitable. Suddenly, Delusional Skerrit got the court to move up the matter that was set for March 28, 2019, by 5 months to November 22, 2018. How can the legal system allow Skerrit to disobey the order of the court and get an officer of the court to move the date of a set matter to satisfy Skerrit’s desperate political ego? Where is the Bar Association? Skerrit has his tentacles in the Judiciary, the same way he is using these tentacles to undermine other critical national institutions, while the silence of the legal fraternity is deafening. It seems like Dr. Dr. Skerrit has castrated the testicular fortitude of the Legal Fraternity in Dominica.

The desperation of Roosevelt Skerrit has move up some levels. With the help of Carbon, Valerie and Theophille, who is the investigating officer, they are trying to fabricate evidence in a last effort to try to convict members of the UWP. Can you imagine that these three officers are writing misleading statements and want other police officers to sign them? Majority of the officers are reluctant to sign these fabricated statements because they are grossly misrepresenting what they actually witnessed. Some of the officers wrote their own statements and were directed to make changes to suit the agenda of these rogue cops.

We were reliably informed that on the morning of Saturday November 10, 2018 in the Conference Room of the Police Headquarters, the three Rogue Cops were expected to lead the Case Fixing discussion for the sham that will take place on November 22, 2018, but the inclement weather pushed it back. The case fixing mischief took place on Sunday November, 18, 2018, when the compound of the police headquarters was practically empty. The whispers coming from the walls of the police force are that principled officers are not in them fellas business. They are there to protect and serve every Dominican and not to move to the sick and desperate drum beat of a troubled internationally marked Prime Minister.

Recently, during a press conference, Chief Magistrate, Mrs Candia Carette-George sealed the political stamp on this matter. Mrs Carette-George said it is normal practise that people asked for date changes and determining on the reasons, the changes are granted. But she refused to say who asked for the said date change and the reasons why it was granted. The defendants or their lawyers in the matter were never contacted about the date change instead they were summoned to appear in court on November 22, 2018. This is a clear example of a spineless and tainted judiciary. The Chief Magistrate appears to be serving Roosevelt Skerrit and not the dictates of her office.

So far Delusional Skerrit has spent almost half a million dollars on this ridiculous coup attempt with a dump truck and sound system. This is a vicious abuse of the limited financial resources of the state and the judicial system. Every right thinking Dominican should aggressively condemn this calculated mischief being directed by Skerrit through his Parrot Police Force and his Manicou Court. We should not allow this hijacking of the legal system to continue. We should all stand up, brace up and plant our boots firmly on the ground to stop this one man guided madness that is going. November 22, 2018, presents a perfect opportunity to stand up for Dominica.

Remember the date, Thursday November 22, 2018!!

We all agree as citizens and human beings with the old adage that when the rain fall it does not fall on one man housetop, and equally we should agree that when Hurricane Maria's fury of wind and rain visited in September, 2017 it did not blow out the roofs or flooded the homes of only Labour party supporters home; in fact it damaged the roofs of Red, Blue, Green, Catholic, Baptiste, Pentecostal, Rasta, Rich, Poor, in between, big houses, medium size houses and those small houses.

The most shameful and disgraceful act to be visited upon Dominicans who it is perceived to or known not be supporters of the present day DLP government all over the country are by passed, sidelined and marginalized by the Government and its henchmen operatives that are given the responsibility to distribute housing  materials. It is now clear that the distribution is based on allegiance to the Labour party and not needs based on a priority list of most damaged and vulnerable home owners.

Ericson Romain

We have witnessed Labour party supporters who have received housing materials that they did not need and resorted to selling to other citizens in need and who do not have such favor of receiving materials that was sent to each and every citizen by the international donor agencies and friendly governments. In the Roseau South constituency the blatant, bold face, in your face, what can you do, approach continues with the distribution of materials.

The known supporter, activist and recipient of sweetheart security contracts of Government buildings Ericson 'EWO' Romain is the man responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of housing materials being distributed from Bath  Estate. If this is not wrong, then there is nothing wrong in the world anymore. It is time for the Christian community leaders, which includes my Catholic Church Bishop, to speak out against this grave injustice and overt victimization in the less fortunate who do not receive, simply because they are not supporters of the government.

The trade unions, the DEF, DAIC, Youth organizations, the political parties and other professional bodies must all condemn this approach of separate development which is a modern-day apartheid, which will only breed further hate and division in our small island state which needs a caring society in which we lift each other in love and unity for the collective good of all.

I have voted for the Labour party up till 2014 and the time has come where my conscience have pushed me to put my country before a party or any one man. Dominica deserves better let us strive to do better.

Jimmit storage yard

Passport Application Form

Passport issued to Dr. Douglas

• "Defendants also transferred investor funds offshore. Specifically, between July 9, 2015 and January 15, 2016, Berbel transferred millions of dollars to attorneys with bank accounts in the Commonwealth of Dominica at The Bank of Nova Scotia, First Caribbean International Bank, and Royal Bank of Canada"

• CLICK HERE to view SEC Complaint

• CLICK HERE to view Emergency Motion for Asset Freeze

• "As early as March 2016, Defendants began to block investor accounts and refused to return investors' alleged accrued returns or principal investments. By March 20, 2017, Berbel had sold his personal residence, and in a series of wire transactions, sent the proceeds to the following banks in the Commonwealth of Dominica in the Caribbean.
• National Bank of Dominica, account number 615000074 in the name of Kondwani Williams which received $99,925 in seller proceeds from Sibades LLC's sale of the house were transferred.
• Royal Bank of Canada, Dominica account number 101153 in the name of Kondwani Williams and Dwight Horsford which received $844,450 in seller proceeds from Sibades LLC.
• The Bank of Nova Scotia, Dominica account 2039287 for the benefit of Law Offices of Laurina A. Vidal which received $1,728,750 from FMG accounts.
•  National Bank of Dominica account number 100405326 for the benefit of Pedro Fort Berbel which received $150,000 from FMG accounts."

• CLICK HERE to view Memorandum of Law for Asset Freeze

• CLICK HERE to view Declaration by Investigator Sajjad Matin

• "I bring instructions from President Nicolas Maduro to formally announce before this forum an act of solidarity with our brethren in Dominica" Jorge Arreaza

What is PetroCaribe?

Over US$100/EC$270 million in debt

•  US$100/EC$270+ million of government money has passed through the fingers of Roosevelt Skerrit and Reginald Austrie and may be in private bank accounts