Dominica is bleeding talent, and the government is watching it happen, while millions are wasted on fancy new buildings, our essential workers are walking out the door and leaving the island.
Every day, our police officers, nurses, teachers, and essential workers show up for Dominica.
They show up even when their wages do not.
They show up even when they can not pay their bills.
They show up even when they know they could leave for better pay and fewer burdens elsewhere.
- Police officers are quitting in record numbers. They are taking private security jobs in other Caribbean islands because they are paid more there to do less. Meanwhile, back home, Dominica’s officers are asked to risk their lives without even the dignity of a fair paycheck.
- Nurses are walking away from our healthcare system. They have had enough of being overworked, under-resourced, and underpaid. When trained professionals can earn double elsewhere, what is stopping them from leaving?
- Teachers, the very people shaping our next generation, are forced to juggle outdated classrooms, insufficient support, and wages that barely put food on the table.
And what is this government doing? Spending millions of dollars on new buildings that look impressive on the outside… but are often empty inside.
And now we can talk about the government’s “gift”, the Dominica China Friendship Hospital. It is a grand structure. It makes for a nice ribbon-cutting. But how useful is a hospital when we do not have enough doctors, nurses, or specialists inside it?
Dominicans are still flying overseas for basic medical procedures. We are still paying out of pocket to get care in Barbados, Martinique, and beyond, even with a brand-new building back home. Why? Because the building is here, but the people to staff it are not.
- A hospital without healthcare workers is a shell.
- A school without teachers is an empty promise.
- A police station without officers is a security risk.
This is not development. It is a public relations show and it is Dominica’s people who pay the pricee.
The NEW Dominica Reform Party (DRP) says — ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!.
We know that real progress does not come from ribbon-cuttings or press releases. It comes from building a system where essential workers are respected, supported, and fairly paid.
That is why under the NEW Dominica Reform Party (DRP) government, we pledge to:
- Raise salaries for police officers, teachers, and healthcare workers so that their pay reflects the value and risk of their work.
- Guarantee annual wage reviews tied directly to the cost of living and inflation, ensuring wages stay in step with reality.
- Implement comprehensive benefit packages, including healthcare, housing support, and retirement security, because our workers deserve dignity during and after service.
- Create a transparent, fair wage framework that eliminates favouritism and ensures equity across the public sector.
- Invest in training, career development, and continuing education, not just to improve services, but to give every worker a future worth staying for.
- Redirect wasteful government spending from empty buildings to staffing, supporting, and strengthening the workforce that gives those buildings life.
We cannot build a future on concrete alone. We build it on the backs of nurses who care, teachers who teach, and officers who protect. And it is time they were treated like it! Dominica must choose to continue down the path of neglect and brain drain, or fight for a future where workers are respected, paid, and empowered to stay and serve.
The NEW Dominica Reform Party (DRP) chooses the people. The NEW Dominica Reform Party (DRP) chooses justice. The NEW Dominica Reform Party (DRP) chooses fair wages.
We are not here to talk about change; we are here to deliver it. Vote for the NEW Dominica Reform Party (DRP) and let us pay the people who keep Dominica alive.
Team DRP
UPDATE
Just one day after this post was made, Dominica’s Chief of Police, Lincoln Corbette, appeared on national television with an urgent plea, calling on individuals between the ages of 18 and 30 to apply to join the Dominica Police Force. (July 7, 2025)
This public appeal not only reinforces our earlier claims but exposes a deeper and more troubling reality: the very police force tasked with protecting this government is itself crumbling from within. Officers are leaving in record numbers, seeking better opportunities abroad—choosing dignity and decent pay over loyalty to a system that offers them neither.
How bad does it have to get when your national security force is desperately short-staffed? When trained law enforcement officers are abandoning their posts to go work in other Caribbean islands simply because those jobs offer more security, pay and respect than serving under this administration?
This is not just a recruitment issue; it is a full-blown crisis. And it is yet another damning indictment of the current government’s failure to provide a stable, functioning economy or a livable wage. When even those closest to power are fleeing, it says everything about the direction in which this country is heading.
Team DRP