Authorities announce the hurricane damaged Roseau Market will be reopen on December 1, 2017

​The Authorities have announced that the Roseau Market which was damaged by hurricane Maria on September 18, 2017, will be reopen on December 1, 2017.
 
The Roseau Market Authority is also warning that the sale of marketable items on the streets of Roseau, which increased since Maria, is against the law, since no license has been issued for such transactions.
 
A statement by the authority on Tuesday stated, “The Roseau Market Authority has not granted license to any Vendors to vend on the streets of Roseau, since vending of agricultural produce on the streets is in violation of the laws of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Post Hurricane Maria, there has been an escalation of vending of marketable commodities on the streets in the city, and this type of activity is in direct violation of the Roseau Market Act.”
 
Anyone who disobeys this law “is liable on summary conviction to a fine of $75 and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for fourteen days and to a further fine of $15 for every occasion on which such sales take place.” Even those who purchase commodities face a fine of $30 or in default of payment, a prison sentence of seven days.
 
The Market Authority said the Roseau Market has been cleaned and is ready for business. The statement said “The Market Authority and other stakeholders have since conducted the cleaning and sanitization of the entire Market compound to get the Market ready for the return of Market Vendors. The Roseau Market will be opened to Vendors and the public on Friday, December 1, 2017. The Roseau Market Authority looks forward to the kind co-operation of all Vendors and the public, as we seek to return all Vendors to the Roseau Market.”