Dominica Parliament has approved a motion to posthumously confer the Dominica Award of Honour on two former Prime Ministers on Oct 14, 2025. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit moved the motion to honour the late Prime Minister Roosevelt Douglas and Pier Charles for their dedicated service to Dominica.
Both the Prime Ministers Roosevelt Bernard Rosie Douglas and the Pier Charles devoted their lives to the advancement and development of Dominica and to the improvement of the welfare and well-being of all citizens and residents of the nation.
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit said that the honourable house deems its most fitting and desirable prime ministers to be formally recognised for their selfless, devoted and distinguished service to the Commonwealth of Dominica, to its people, and indeed to the wider Caribbean region.
According to the motion, the Dominica Award of Honour (D.A.H) will be posthumously bestowed upon both men by President Sylvanie Burton. The award represented the nation’s highest honour, reserved for those who have rendered meritorious service to the country.
The House also resolved the bestowing of this honour be duly memorialised, and that certified copies of the Minutes of the Meeting be presented to the next of kin of the two former leaders. They shall be formally recognised and referred to as the Roosevelt Bernard “Rosie” Douglas, D.A.H, and the Pierre Charles, D.A.H.
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit highlighted the outstanding and patriotic service for both men that they gave to the people of Dominica. He noted that Dominica’s 47th anniversary of Independence was the right time to bestow this honour on the country’s two beloved former prime ministers.