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Week Ending Friday, May 31, 2013

The Lord says, “Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds.” - Deuteronomy 11:18 (NIV)

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MARP donates beach table...pg 6

Kids Korner...pg 8

Jack Warner cries foul, again...pg 11

ECCB not devaluing the EC dollar...pg 3

Man from Baker Hill...pg 5

Director Hayes of OT Division of FCO visits...pg 2More cont’d. on page 12

MOU and SGP pressure on Government

UK Budgetary Aid increase

Headlines...

by Bennette RoachThe question that had

been languishing over the Memorandum of Under-standing (MOU), signed by Montserrat and the UK on May 1, last year, has come to haunt Montserrat, but HMG is understanding and while easing the condi-tions merely exasperate the problems.

The question had to do with concerns over this section of the MOU” where it said: “The actual com-mitment of UK funds will be dependent upon: the UK Government having a full justification (including fi-nancial and economic justi-fication) of the investment; the simultaneous contrac-tual commitment of private sector entities to make key investments in hotel, yacht-ing marina, residential and

other facilities;”At that point there was

no mention or requirement regarding the port, but as of the review of the Strategic Development Plan and the review of the MOU with its attending Reform Matrices, HMG softened the pain by extending to Premier Meade’s government more time to meet its obliga-tions emanating out of the MOU.

Tom Kelly, head of the Review team explained fol-lowing a press release on the visit said it was significant because it clarified the way forward on SGP in a num-ber of areas:. One of those areas was as follows in that following the discussion GoM was, “provided more time to consider new ideas for financing the construc-

Friday, May 31, 2013

Director Hayes of OT Division of FCO visits

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE OF MONTSERRATPROBATE DIVISION

In the Estate of JOHN W. SILCOTT, deceasedNOTICE is hereby given that an application will be fi led at the Probate Division of the High Court of Justice of Montserrat for a grant of letters of administration of the Estate of JOHN W. SILCOTT, deceased, late of St. John’s, Montserrat, who died on the 10th December 2004, to be issued to JEAN E H KELSICK the lawful attorney of YVONNE FRANCK of 34 Fendale Avenue, Boston, MA 02124, United States of America, the daughter of the said deceased.

ANY person claiming to be benefi cially interested in the Estate is requested to send written particulars thereof to Kelsick & Kelsick, attorneys-at-law, P.O. Box 185, Bladen House, Brades, Montserrat, within 14 days from the date of the publication this Notice.

ANY person objecting to the issuance of the grant should notify the Registrar of the High Court of Justice not later than 14 days from the date of the publication of this Notice.

Dated this 24th day of May 2013

Kelsick & KelsickAttorneys-at-Law

The Director of the Overseas Territories Divi-sion at the Foreign & Com-monwealth Offi ce, Mr. Peter Hayes visited Montserrat this week from May 28 to 30, 2013. Mr. Hayes is mar-ried with two children and came to the office with a wealth of knowledge and ex-perience as he transitioned from his PHd in nuclear physics, acting head of the FCO’s Counter Prolifera-tion and arms export policy department, and spending a year on secondment as head of public affairs at the Lon-don stock exchange.

Shifting to the public service, his most recent diplomatic assignment was as high commissioner to Sri Lanka and non-resident high commissioner to the Maldives from January 2008 until November 2010. He held a number of positions including principal private secretary to former UK for-eign secretaries Jack Straw, Margaret Beckett and David Miliband.

Peter also served as counselor in the British Embassy in Washington DC covering energy, environ-ment, science, and climate change, and HM consul gen-eral in Washington DC.

In a meet with local media at a press confer-ence hosted by Governor Davis at on Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at the Gover-nor’s Offi ce in Brades. That was shortly before he was entertained at a reception hosted by the Governor and Mrs. Davis at Government House.

Hayes impressed the media with his brevity and yet clear description of his impressions of Montserrat and the several persons and

and Financial Secretary Mr. John Skerritt.

Mr Hayes reported that he toured the geothermal drilling site and had an over fl ight of the volcano by heli-copter. He was also expected to meet with MVO Director, Rod Stewart and DMCA Director, MDC offi cials who briefed him on the Little Bay

development and on the port development planned for Carr’s Bay.

The OT Director struck the chord of the importance of people understanding and embracing good change. Along the way and fol-lowing the meetings, he expanded on his impressions Montserrat. “I think first

of all it’s a very beautiful island, one that’s struck by her green, her verdant, the hill sides, the birds, the wild life its very striking, very beautiful,” he said with ob-vious sincerity, as he noted his impression of his sense of a community, “that has been through a lot.” He re-minded, “things take longer to produce than one would hope, but there is a sense of a new opportunities coming as the development program Little Bay, Carrs Bay actu-ally starts to happen… gov-ernments can help and then there is the funding, there are the investors but at the end of the day it’s about the people embracing the op-

portunity for change.”With cabinet, he said

they had broad discussions on a number of issues in-cluding cooperation and sharing of ideas between territories. “We had very broad discussions about lots of the challenges that we’re facing,” but he noted there was a “very strong sense of partnership - we’re work-ing through these things together.”

There were discussions economic development, about public services, about law and order, about all of the sorts of things that gov-ernment have to deal with.

They ta lked about learning, from each other,

to pull resources, “because again when times are tough, resources are tight you have to be smart, you have to fi nd creative ways of getting things done,” as he encour-aged, “working as a group, learning from each other which is a key way of doing things.”

The opposition he said, spoke for themselves. He pointed out, “There was a strong sense of common purpose. Their key objec-tive is of course to build the economy to get Montserrat back on its feet, to get jobs coming in, to get young people coming back, or young people to stay and not

groups with whom he inter-acted, during his short visit, which he disclosed was part of a tour of the Overseas British Territories.

He his position at the FCO and said that his visit came, “relatively earlier in my time I took over this job as Director for the Overseas Territories about six months ago, in trying to get around each of the British territo-ries,” adding, “I’m delighted to have the chance to visit Montserrat.”

“There is no substitute for actually coming: you can read the briefi ng, you can meet the people as they pass through London, but there is no substitute for coming even for a short period (two days), meet

the people here, sniff the air get a feel for things, the sort of the emotions, the environment, which you don’t get off of the page,” he opened.

He reported that he met all different sorts of people, community groups, “politicians of course,” gov-ernment, the development corporation, some of the scientifi c work on the vol-cano and so forth, “ and to get a sense for myself of the challenges you’re fac-ing here.”

Mr. Hayes was due to hold discussions with His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Adrian Davis; the Pre-mier Mr. Reuben T Meade; the Leader of the Opposi-tion Mr. Donaldson Romeo

Director Hayes visits with the media


ECCB rules out devaluing EC dollar

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Applications, accompanied by curriculum vitae, should be address to the:

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Deadline for submission of application is June 28, 2013

The region reacted quickly from several quarters at the reported suggestion by the International investment-rating agency Moody’s Investor Services that Caribbean ter-ritories should devalue the currency or adopt the US dollar in an effort to address what Moody’s has described as a “debt crisis” in the region.

In a report published by WINN radio in St. Kitts-Nevis, it states that ‘The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has ruled out devalu-ing the EC dollar within the next fi ve years.’ The report quotes the Bank’s Managing Director, Jennifer Nero

benefi cial for Eastern Ca-ribbean countries to make that move.

Meanwhile Economist Peter Queeley who manag-es the St Patrick’s Coopera-tive Credit Union says the suggestions by Moody’s Investment Services that the Eastern Caribbean de-value its currency does

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making it clear that devaluation is not on the cards.

She confi rmed there has been “sub-stantial analysis” done on the matter of the value of the EC dollar, the report states.

The report further stated: “It’s under watch all the time, but as of this point in time there is no real reason for that (devaluation) at all,” the Central Bank offi cial told Winn FM. “The currency has been within the acceptable bands, coming and going. The volatility is within range,” she affi rmed. Asked specifi cally whether the EC dollar was likely to be devalued within the next fi ve years, Managing Di-

rector Neto responded: “Well what we can say, we at this particular point in time, we don’t see that”.

Here in Montserrat ZJB Radio reported speaking to persons on the ground. It said that, “Agricultural Economist Claude Ger-ald says devaluation of the EC dollar or the adoption of the US dollar will not be a good idea for the Eastern Caribbean.”

Gerald, a regular columnist and social commentator in The Montserrat Reporter, is further of the view that smaller islands such as Montserrat, which are import dependent, will be adversely impacted if the EC dollar is devalued.

As to the adoption of the US dollar, Gerald believes the currency is losing its value and as such it would not be ECCB Headquarters


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The Lord says, “Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds.” - Deuteronomy 11:18 (NIV)

Recently I went for a nostalgic drive through my old neighborhood and was shocked to find that I hardly recognized it. The landmarks I remembered were no longer there, and soon I was hopelessly lost.

Life in the 21st century is a bit like that. Many landmarks that guided us are no longer here. We find ourselves feeling i l l at ease in a world where boundaries are few and ideas about morality have changed, leaving us often

A Fixed Pointin confusion.

In earlier t imes, navigators at sea plot ted their course according to certain, fixed points · a star, a headland, or some other permanent feature. As Christians, we also have such reference points. Our God is unchanging throughout the millennia, and the Bible provides eternal truth that will outlast all fads and philosophies. GodÊs truths provide the only reference we need to guide us through life. And we are entrusted with the holy task of teaching these truths to others.

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Letters/Opinion

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The Montserrat Reporter

E D I T O R I A L

The fi nal review of the Strategic Growth Programme (SGP) began in Montserrat on Wednesday morning with a review team from the Department for International Development (DFID). It was supposed to be a fi nal review and was agreed by Government of Montserrat GoM that this would take place when they both signed the Memorandum of Understanding which was centred around the SGP.

There was a mid-term review between October 15-22 last year and we reported briefl y about it, mostly with concern that at fi rst there was boast that much progress was being made in achieving the milestones set out in a Matrix of actions. A fi nal report that came early in this year was not as decorative.

The main concern we had even before the signing of the MOU was the suggestion that Montserrat had to perform in a particular way in order to receive the assistance to carry out the SGP. Besides since much or most of it, leaving out the Geothermal development which was already on the way, very special attention should have been shown to what seemed complimentary at fi rst but is turning out to be noose. “The GoM have identifi ed an ambitious strategy to move Montserrat towards self-suffi ciency and away from fi nancial dependence on the UK.”

Then next: “Sustained economic growth focused on the north of Montserrat around Little Bay is only likely to be achieved through sig-nifi cant public investment, if it can be fully justifi ed (including fi nancial and economic justifi cation)…”

Indeed much hinged, not on all those decisions that Cabinet had to take and the laws, SR&Os and Acts that had to concluded, but it was important that the crux of what was signed to in the MOU and the de-velopment plans were well on the way to some reality. At least all had to be in place for everything to be a go or going.

In the mid-term review such things like “Good progress has been made in meeting most of the milestones set for September. Particular successes can be recorded in the following areas…” But, it also said “ Performance has not been so strong in the following areas…” - Tax reform (milestone 13) being one of them, Access, the review of Regu-latory functions.

The Review team gave its views, criticisms and recommendations on the way forward, particularly: “UKG and GoM should intensify their joint work on access to consider: how to address the vulnerability of Montserrat’s immediate access arrangements; and whether addressing it can be separated from the medium / long term issues about the port and breakwater.”

And: “MDC should start to develop alternative approaches to Little Bay development, considering various options and scenarios for levels of private sector interest in Little Bay. This calls for strong co-ordination with port plans and other options being developed for Carr’s Bay.”

We believe that efforts have been made but somehow too much credit or belief, wittingly or otherwise are placed in certain capacities or abilities. Real scrutiny will show that agendas and motives are not all-together in sync with the overall goal of a successful Montserrat (all of Montserrat). That does create a blindness that create hazards and a lack of preparation or understanding of the bumps.

We note the UKG later reference to a “six-star vision’ for the devel-opment of the Little Bay and Carrs Bay and by extension of course, the new town. Now we have to be asking for more time just to get commit-ments to support or “ambitious and six-star visions”, because the UKG will only do so much. Some people are hearing the UKG to be saying, “we are not doing anything.” What’s become of the Charette plans?

The Premier is hopeful to succeed, at least with his agenda, as GoM has been given time before the noose tightens. The question had been asked ‘what if the vision/dream/plan cannot or do not materialise, what is the fall-back plan.” It is not too late, but doing it now might really send the wrong signal to the psyches, but it better be considered or else 2015-2020 can be a long ways away. That would be a shame because it is now 14 years this exercise began, life given again in 2008, it is now fi ve years later.

The review team surprised us by saying that we are doing well with the communication situation, but they are somehow being duped on that score and it is for non-benefi cial reasons.

What is the plan - number two, for the Strategic Growth Plan?

No devaluing EC dollar

go elsewhere; to build their lives and their careers here,” which Hayes said, “that is an essential objective that I think we all share.”

Regarding a personal in-terest, he said he questioned about the Montserrat agri-cultural habits, encourag-ing that people here should become more engaged in backyard gardening. He said he himself produced much of his own vegetables. “…I have been asking lots of questions, which is purely personal interest although I present it as a professional interest. Because I grow my own vegetables- I am very interested to see the poten-tial here for home gardens, for growers cooperatives;

given the cost of food im-portation and the wonderful climate and small amounts of ash - very useful as a fertilizer; that seems to be an obvious area for a scope for development,” he said.

He cautioned that he is about going into full time farming. “…but I think more in terms of part-time, you grow your own vegetables, you have a surplus, you get together with other people who have a surplus in dif-ferent things and then you have a market stall and you sell it,” he advised, add-ing fi ttingly, “…and eating home grown crops tends to be healthier it helps to deal with some of the health is-sues on the island, reduces

the cost of food, it seems to be a win, win opportunity, so I’d certainly like to see more of that.”

Before ending the press conference he fi elded ques-tions on Prime Minister’s invitation to the OT’s to visit the UK on global tax matters which he said in-volved more than appeared. He responded to questions on the role of the FCO in looking after the welfare and economic development in Montserrat, and ensuring that the partnership between the territories and the UK is real.

Visit www.themontser-ratreporter.com and listen for more on the press confer-ence, and others.

make sense.He says devaluation

was originally based on the principle that develop-ing countries can increase their export revenues due to lower prices for their

exports. But, this is not the case, he says, in the ECCU, where tourism related in-dustries are now the order of business as opposed to agricultural or manufactur-ing products.

Moreover, Queeley says, given the openness of the ECCU countries and their heavy reliance on im-ported food sup-plies and petro-leum products, devaluation will only serve to in-crease infl ation.

He argues yet, there are some economic merits to the ar-gument that the

ECCU adopt the US Cur-rency and do away with the Eastern Caribbean Cur-rency. But, this, he cautions would worsen the already high debt burden in the islands.

Manager Michael Jo-seph at Bank of Montser-rat has agreed principally with Gerald and Queeley, acknowledging that there are pros and cons to the topic. “

However, in the re-cently published report, Moody’s Investor Services said currency devaluation and the dissolution of the Eastern Caribbean Curren-cy Union (ECCU), while unlikely, could enhance the region’s competitiveness.


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The Agenda: Taxation Montserrat

New Cayman Islands Government sworn in

There must be some cause for concern with our system of tax laws. That must be the reason why the British Prime Minister summons our Premier to the UK to talk tax trans-parency. Something must be unsatisfactory with our tax system. In fact … the Montserrat Reporter had warned about this very thing. But you know what? Let’s cut the crap and small talk. Read the real thing

right here and now! Yes, we got some in-

side scoop on the discus-sions. We heard that some-thing is coming; and it ‘aint de nex e lecshun’. It is an agenda, a tax agenda. We know exactly what have been discussed between the Premier and the UK Prime Minister. These ‘fel-las’ are going to introduce a new range of taxes. It is called the agenda. The agenda on one hand cov-

ered the introduction of taxation on every service on which Montserratians are spending too much money; and on the other hand introduced taxation that will stimulate popula-tion growth, productivity and enterprise.

In other words, the new tax system will penalize Montserrations for allow-ing their natural resources to be underutilized. It will also seek to curb the urge

to spend money on some extraneous services.

Here are a few of the new taxes that came out of the meeting with the UK Prime Minister and the Montserrat Premier. Under the category of underuti-lization: Holders of diplo-mas and degrees will be charged a special tax based on a percentage of their potential earnings. There will be a tax on childless people between the ages

of 25 to 40. A penalty tax will be charged on unsold newspapers. It is expected that there will be a 25% tax on church collections. It has not been fully decided whether this last item is to be under the category of ex-traneous services or under-productivity. All businesses will be charged an adver-tisement and marketing tax which will be paid to The Montserrat Reporter. This tax is very crucial in

the process of stimulating economic growth. It was believed that consumers are unaware of the goods and services that are avail-able to them and that forced advertisement must be-come a law on the books of Montserrat.

In order to raise aware-ness of the island’s lack of productivity, a host of new taxes will be unleashed on Montserratians. There will be a heavy tax on persons who allow their produce to be eaten by iguanas and agouti. Persons with prop-erties that have fruit trees on them will be charged a tax on fruits that have not been collected and taken to a collection point to be processed and preserved.

The Prime Minister and our Premier discussed and considered that a tax should be collected on lo-cal produce bought; this is in order to compensate for the loss of import du-ties that used to be paid by the Dominica boat. As a consequence there will be a moderate tax on locally grown tomatoes, string beans, carrots and other vegetables and greens. To encourage the support of an integrated meat and fish industry it was agreed to charge a tax on every pound of fish, goat meat, lamb and pork sold from the backs of pick up trucks and cars. It was also agreed that this tax will be used to train butchers and meat industry workers, as well as to establish a modern fresh and frozen fish shop.

And there is much more! Bar tenders will have to save bottles from the drinks sold because a tax will be charged on the number of bottles counted. There will be a stock verifi-cation with the merchant’s invoices to ensure compli-ance. This tax will recreate the lucrative bottle col-lection system of the late seventies.

Tax will be charged on the number of cats and dogs in each household. Tax on owners of flower and vegetable gardens that attract roaming goats will be charged also.

There will be a tax on owners of cell phones and cell phone top-ups. Tax on owners of parked or laid up vehicles at the road

The new Premier of the Cayman Islands Alden McLaughlin along with the ten members of his new g o v e r n m e n t t h i s morning took the oath of offi ce on the steps of the Legislative As-sembly (LA) building in downtown George Town with Governor Duncan Taylor ad-ministering.

In addition, the seven members of the Opposition, led by Former Premier Mc-Keeva Bush who was nominated as Leader of the Opposit ion

were also sworn in.The political status quo in the Cayman

Islands was shaken up at the end of last year with the arrest of then premier Bush on sus-picion of fraud and corruption. He has since been formally charged with two counts of misconduct in public offi ce, four counts of breach of trust by a member of the Legislative Assembly, and fi ve counts of theft.

One week after his arrest on December 11, 2012, Bush was ousted from offi ce when Cayman Islands lawmakers passed a vote of no confi dence in him, which led to a split of the UDP and a subsequent minority govern-ment in the territory.

Just one member of the breakaway fac-tion of the UDP that voted against Bush in the vote of no-confi dence, O’Connor Connolly, was able to retain her seat in Wednesday’s election.

Premier Alden McLaughlin will have 11 people total in his new government. That includes himself, eight Progressives party members and two independents, Tara Riv-ers and Winston Connolly. Ms O’Connor-Connolly, as speaker, will not get to vote in LA matters,

United Democratic Party Leader Mc-Keeva Bush sat in the customary opposition leader’s chair aside his colleagues Bernie Bush and Capt. Eugene Ebanks.

In the “south-east” corner of the assembly fl oor, independent member Roy McTaggart fi t in between returning incumbent independents Arden McLean and Ezzard Miller.

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The Bank of Montserrat continues its month long celebrations of its 25th. Anniversary under the theme Rebuilding Our Country.

During the Month of May 2013, the Bank hosted several activities to mark this special milestone.On May 5th there was a Church Service at the Salem Methodist Church where Directors and Staff

worshiped together.Throughout the Month there was the Bank of Montserrat Radio Quiz in which school children ages 5 - 18

got the opportunity to win attractive prizes by answering a question about the Bank.On May 24th the Bank held a Customer Appreciation Day at which customers and shareholders were

treated to eats and drinks and also received Bank memorabilia including Shopping Bags, Cell Phone Holders, Travel wallets, etc. The children received Exercise Books, Rulers, pencils and pencil cases, and computer jump-drives. The event was very successful.

The Bank also had a Composition competition in which Primary School children were asked to write a composition entitled "Bank of Montserrat - Our Bank, Our Future". Three prizes were awarded. The First Prize winner was Rhonnieka Sweeney from the Lookout Primary School, second prize went to Amari Jeffers of the Lookout Primary School, and the third prize winner was Shekanah Irish from the Brades Primary School. The Winning Composition is published in the Bank's 25th Anniversary Magazine.

On Sunday May 26th the Staff of the Bank hosted a Luncheon for the Elderly at the Lookout Community Centre. The Luncheon was attended by 100 Senior Citizens from all communities in Montserrat. The Senior Citizens were treated to a sumptuous dinner and received gift bags containing various necessities.

Another high point of the Banks celebrations is the awarding of 25 Bursaries of $500.00 each to Children attending Montserrat Schools. The awards were made in the following categories: Top academic performers, Students with the most Athletic potential, Most improved students, most industrious students and most out-standing students. The students will receive their awards at a Gala Cocktail Ceremony and Reception to be held on Saturday June 1st at the Cultural Centre.

The Bank has also published a 25th Anniversary Commemorative Magazine chronicling the Bank’s history and achievements.

Manager of the Bank, Mr. Michael Joseph summarized the celebrations in the following words:"The Bank of Montserrat has always been in the forefront of Nation Building, both in the physical

infrastructure and the Human Resources. Thus our Theme Rebuilding Our Country." We are the leading institution in Montserrat spearheading the Rebuilding of Montserrat."In the area of housing, we have partnered with the GOM on a number of housing projects providing

affordable housing for our people."In the HR Department, you will note that we are taking care of our Human Resources from infancy

right up to the Senior Citizens stage. We had the community Quiz for children ages 5-18; the Composition Competition for primary Schools, and the Bursaries for all school children in Montserrat. For the elderly we had the Luncheon on May 26th

"It has been a very successful Month of activities and we thank all our Customers and Shareholders for their support.

"Thank you Montserrat".BANK OF MONTSERRAT LIMITED

Bank of Montserrat celebrates 25 years in grand style

Against this background: “… in spite of its most compelling natural attractions, this lovely beach lacks a few of the very basic amenities, which modern man with his family (and friends) require to be comfortable in a pic-nic setting, while we rendezvous with nature and all its therapeu-tic properties,” the MARP was moved to make a donation, to the island through the Montserrat Tourist Board.

The Montserrat Associa-tion of Retired Persons on their

sixth consecutive Whit Monday picnicking occasion at Lime Kiln Beach, made a donation of con-crete table with adjoining seats. The event took place under what the MARP President Maloney de-scribed as, “…a most picturesque canopy of Almond trees…”

Mrs. Elveta Chalmers, act-ing director of the Montserrat Tourist Board (MTB) accepted the table and benches with a ‘shake hand greeting’. She thanked the organisation and looked forward to their use: “…

of Montserratians, residents and also for our visitors,” adding a suggestion, ”that we enjoy them, we take good care of them, and we do not destroy them.”

She looked forward to, “next year when we come back for our picnic, we want to come an meet them intact like how we have them this afternoon.”

Anthony Maloney, president of the association explained the decision to make the donation, on what was the sixth consecutive occasion of their picnicking at the

sea.”The MARP invited the press

to note the occasion as he further explained that the organisation, “decided to divert some of its very slender resources to sponsor this concrete table with adjoining seats, made and installed by Mr. Alton Lindsey, for the enjoyment of all those Montserratians, visi-tors and tourists.”

He also spoke about reviv-ing the picnicking tradition: “We are also here every year because as a Montserrat tradition, we’d like to revive the spirit of people recognizing that a Rendezvous with nature is very important from time to time for rest and relaxation, here is an ideal spot

While thanking all present, Maloney acknowledged the pres-ence of Rupert ‘Selsi’ Isles who he described as a benefactor who has been with and helped the association from its incep-tion. He revealed their intention construct toilet facilities, when able, as their next venture at the beach location.

He invited everyone present to remain and enjoy the variety of drinks, music, goatwater,

barbecued and grilled chicken, fi sh and ochros, and other variety of foods.

MARP donates beach table at Lime Kiln

beachfront. That he said is, “protected from the piercing rays of the noon-day sun by a most picturesque canopy of Almond trees, which opens to a delightful, not very expansive beach, in close proximity to the soothing and t ranqu i l wate rs of the Caribbean MTB Acting Director Elveta Chalmers accepts donation

from MARP

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Candidates must be nationals of one of CDB’s Member Countries. The Bank’s member countries are the Commonwealth Caribbean countries together with Canada, Colombia, Germany, Haiti, Italy, Mexico, the People’s Republic of China, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. CDB is a multilateral development bank that collaborates with its Borrowing Member Countries to promote sustainable social and economic development, economic cooperation and regional integration. APPLICATIONS Full details of the job opportunities, guidelines for the submission of applications and general information about the Caribbean Development Bank may be obtained from the Bank’s website at http://www.caribank.org. The closing date for applications is June 15, 2013. CDB is a multilateral development bank that collaborates with its Borrowing Member Countries to promote sustainable social and economic development, economic cooperation and regional integration.

The Most Reverend Bishop Kenneth Richards of the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of St. John’s-Basseterre administered the sacrament of confi rmation to 20 young men and women during mass on Trinity Sunday at the St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church. Two young men were baptized during the service.

The sacred event took place this past Sunday, May 26, 2013,

Parish priest Fr. George Agger concelebrated the holy Eucharist with his Lordship during which the youths were confi rmed and baptized. The celebration featured in particular the young people as the regular music and choir was joined and accompanied by the young Genesis steel pan, with the confi rmants singing the meditation hymn accompanied by Genesis, You Have All my Future.

Bishop Kenneth rendered the homily in which he directed some of his message to the youngsters. “…today as you commit your-selves to grow in faith and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, commit yourselves to therefore applying the word of God, so that the Holy Spirit can apply to you, because ultimately the Holy Spirit will lead you to that great gift, that great gift of wisdom. And when you pos-

sess wisdom, the wisdom that we have already spoken of in the fi rst reading from the book of Proverbs, wisdom says, that I was with him from the beginning therefore I know all things, I know of this…it would be done so and become complete because it is based on

the knowledge that we have of God and the understanding that we have. .…then we can apply it to how we live our lives…and the things of God. So today commit yourselves…to this relationship with the Holy Spirit…by the grace and the word of God.”

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Kids time - In your own korner

For as long as the boy could remember, he had heard about his ancestors creating cups, bowls, masks, and musical instruments out of gourds. His whole life he had seen his father decorate the hard-shelled fruits. And he longed to be a gourd artist himself, but every time he had declared this wish, his father had said that he was yet not ready.

That night, the boy had a dream. A dark thread lay on the horizon. As he reached for it, the thread began to unravel. It grew and grew until it blanketed the sky. It became the night itself, with the moon and stars and wisps of clouds. The boy reached up and drew the night sky to him until it lay cupped in his hands.

After he woke, slivers of the dream world lingered over him. The boy lay for a moment, puzzling. A dream like that was no mere dream. Then he remem-bered his father’s words. “Training always starts with a sign.” The boy stared at his hands. Surely, fingers powerful enough to draw in the sky could work with a simple gourd. He grinned.

“I need a gourd,” he announced at breakfast, shifting back and forth between his feet.

His father glared at his restless limbs and said nothing.

The boy willed himself to be still. “I saw a sign,” he explained. “It is time.”

His father frowned. “It was the wrong sign.”

The boy’s jaw dropped. He closed his eyes, willing the dream to come back to him. How could something so incredible not be right?

“It was the wrong dream,” his father repeated, gently now.

The boy set his jaw. His father was wrong, he knew. But he also knew not to speak his mind.

“When will I be ready?” he asked instead.

“When you can see the world through the gourd.”

The boy tried to hide his frustration. “How do I

Hello everyone – It is kid’s time with Auntie Lyka “In Your Own Korner”. It’s now time for exams. I know you were preparing. I wish you all the best. Here is a simple “Recipe for Success: Study while others are sleeping; work while others are loafing; pre-pare while others are playing; and dream while others are wishing.

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do that?”

“I was like you once, restless.” His father smiled. “Do not worry. It will happen. Just not today. For now, the chickens need feeding.”

The boy sighed, then set to his chores. As he walked across the field, he frowned at the horizon, the very thing he had held in his dream. He thought about the smooth hard shell of a gourd, an empty canvas just waiting to be burned and painted.

Hours became days became weeks. And while the boy still ached to work on a gourd – man’s work, not this simple tending farm – his disappointment eased.

Then one night, the boy had another dream.

The world dwindled until it was just a patch of dirt. A hand appeared, nudging a seed into the ground. In his dream, the boy became droplets of rain, nourishing the seed. He became the sun’s rays, coaxing the young tendrils to reach up. Days and nights passed. The boy learned every part of the plant, from the fine hairs on its roots to each vein on its leaves.

The plant grew and grew and eventually flowered. When a bee came, the boy could feel pollen mixing with pollen. At the base of the flower, a gourd started to grow. And still the boy – the sun’s heat and the

rain’s fuel – cared for the plant.

Then the hand returned to hang the now hard and ripe gourd. The boy’s rays warmed the gourd, drawing away its moisture. Molds grew on its surface, were wiped off, and grew again. Above the gourd, beside the gourd, within the gourd, the boy sensed the rhythms of the birds and winds and stars.

Suddenly, the boy woke up. The sky was purple, the air still. A year, thought the boy. It took a year or more for a gourd to grow and dry. And he had felt superior and impatient about painting and carving work that only took days, or even hours?

Though exhausted, the boy crept out of bed. He walked to the yard and stared at the rows of gourds, shaped like bells, pears, apples, globes, and giant string beans. Later that morning, his father found him in the yard.

“I had a dream,” the boy whispered, staring at a gourd. “The whole world is in there.”

His father nodded. “You are ready.”

The boy looked at the hard smooth shell that hid within it the earth, the waters, the sun. For a mo-ment, fear gripped him. How could he put a brush against something so much bigger than him? “I... I don’t know what to paint.”

His father smiled. “Just follow your hands and your heart.”

And he did.

About the author and illustrator...

Ella Kennen spent her first 15 years living in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She’s been hopping around ever since and currently lives in England. Ella is a doctoral student in Public Administration. Her writing has appeared in such diverse publications as Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, Latino University, Girl’s Life, and Appleseeds Magazine. You can find out more about her at http://ellakennen.wordpress.com

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WASHINGTON D.C., United States – The United States Na-tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is forecast-ing an active or extremely active hurricane season this year.

In its 2013 Atlantic hur-ricane season outlook, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Centre, said 2013 would be prolifi c in raising storms out of the Atlantic and the Caribbean.

For the six-month hurricane season, which begins June 1, NOAA’s Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook says there is a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms, with winds of 39 miles per hour (mph) or higher.

Active or “extremely active” hurricane season predicted by NoAA

NOAA said seven to 11 of those storms could become hur-ricanes with winds of 74 mph or higher, including three to six major hurricanes - Category 3, 4 or 5 and winds of 111 mph or higher.

“These ranges are well above the seasonal average of 12 named storms, six hurricanes and three major hurricanes,” it said.

NOAA acting administrator Dr Kathryn Sullivan said with the devastation of Hurricane Sandy still fresh in many people’s minds and another active season predicted “everyone at NOAA is committed to providing life-saving forecasts in the face of these storms”.

Hurricane Sandy killed many people as it made its way across the Caribbean to the north-east US.

NOAA said three climate fac-tors that strongly control Atlantic hurricane activity are expected to come together to produce an “active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season”.

It said these comprise a continuation of the atmospheric climate pattern, which includes a strong West African Monsoon, which is “responsible for the ongo-ing era of high activity for Atlantic hurricanes that began in 1995”.

Warmer-than-average water temperatures in the tropical At-

Oceanic and atmo-spheric conditions in the Atlantic ba-sin are expected to produce more and stronger hur-ricanes this year, s a y s C l i m a t e Prediction Centre expert.

lantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea also contribute to the “active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season”.

In addition, NOAA said El Niño is not expected to develop and suppress hurricane forma-tion.

Meteorologists say El Niño is a warming of ocean water off the west coast of South America, which often depresses the Atlantic hurricane season due to higher instances of wind shear as storms develop.

In its absence, the Atlantic season can be more active, fore-casters say.

“This year, oceanic and at-

mospheric conditions in the Atlan-tic basin are expected to produce more and stronger hurricanes,” said Dr Gerry Bell, lead seasonal hurricane forecaster with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Centre.

“These conditions include weaker wind shear, warmer At-lantic waters and conducive wind

patterns coming from Africa,” he added.

NOAA’s seasonal hurricane outlook comes as Colorado State University (CSU) predicts four major hurricanes and nine hur-ricanes for the 2013 hurricane season.(CMC)

side will be very heavy. So too will be the tax on underused lands over three acres. If I am not mistaken, I believe that there will be a tax on the owners of beau-tiful gates and gardens. There will be a special tax on persons holding positions as directors of boards and members of cer-tain committees, especially those brought about by the new Constitution. Exercise clubs and their patrons will now have to pay tax based

on the number of members (and their weight). Persons found walking in the after-noon before 5.00pm will be taxed too. Walkers cause too much distraction during the rush hour. There will be surtax on all personal in-come tax to employ special tax collectors to police the new tax system.

We know that these new taxes seem ridiculous; but this is the situation in which Montserrat finds itself. In fact, the Premier agreed that things must get worse in order for persons

residing on Montserrat to appreciate the true value of a fair tax collection system.

Lastly, the Agenda strongly recommended that a new political party be founded just for young people; and that the mission and vision statements of this new party must contain the word ‘TAXATION’. It was unanimously agreed that DFID will finance the new political party.

To be forewarned is to be forearmed; so says ‘The Montserrat Reporter’!

In his fi rst address as the country’s leader, McLaugh-lin told the MLAs the Cay-man Islands was on a new path with an inclusive gov-ernment. He said although the Westminster system of government was adversarial in nature, the challenges facing the nation would not be solved by “opposing for opposing’s sake”, “I am not asking for a free pass, and my government will always welcome constructive criti-cism, but I believe that the experience that resides in

this Chamber must be uti-lized for the benefi t of the country at large,” he said.

Previously it was re-ported: Mr. McLaughlin said in previous discussions about forming a govern-ment, coalition-supported and independent members had “insisted on more than [the Progressives] were prepared to offer”.

“There are fi ve of them and we were offering two [ministerial] seats,” Mr. McLaughlin said. “We think we’ve been more than fair.”

“Within the next two weeks I will take a delega-tion including the Minister of Finance to the UK to meet with the British Gov-ernment to resolve some of our budgetary issues for the upcoming fi scal year,” he added.

Pointing to the port and the airport expansion as key projects, he said getting them properly ten-dered and on stream would be an early priority for the new government. However, creating jobs was priority number one.

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Summary Report of Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly held on 28th May, 2013.1. The following papers were laid on the table;-

(a) Financial Secretary(i) Schedule of Virements # 5 of April – March 2012/2013;(ii) Schedule of Virements # 6 of April – March 2012/2013;(iii) Montserrat Land Development Authority Property Management –

Government of Montserrat Housing Stock – Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2008;

(iv) Montserrat Land Development Authority Property Management – Government of Montserrat Housing Stock – Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2009;

(v) Montserrat Land Development Authority Property Management – Government of Montserrat Housing Stock – Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2010;

(vi) Montserrat Social Security Fund Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2011;

(vii) Golden Years Foundation for the Care of the Elderly Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2012;

(viii) Report of the Auditor General on the Audit of the Public Accounts of Montserrat for the Fiscal Periods ended 31st March 2010 and 31st March 2011;

(ix) S R & O No. 12 of 2013 - Registered Land (Amendment) Rules 2013;

(x) S R & O No. 18 of 2013 - Air Navigation (Airport Charges) Regulations 2013;

(xi) S R & O No. 19 of 2013 Air Navigation (Communications and Navigation User Charges) Regulations 2013;

(xii) S R & O No. 20 of 201 Air Navigation (Fees) Regulations 2013;(xiii) S R & O No. 21 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax

(Brownean Motion) (Exemption) Order 2013;

(xiv) S R & O No. 22 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax (Silcomm TV) (Exemption) Order 2013;

(xv) S R & O No. 23 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax (WakaWaka Mas Montserrat Community Group) (Exemption) Order 2013;

(xvi) S R & O No. 24 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax (Returning Montserratians) (Exemption) (Amendment) Order 2013;

(xvii) S R & O No. 25 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax (Caribbean Essence W.I) (Exemption) Order 2013;

(xviii) S R & O No. 27 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax (Montserrat Football Association Inc.) (Exemption) Order 2013;

(xix) S R & O No. 28 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax (Gerard & Doreen Farming) (Exemption) Order 2013;

(xx) S R & O No. 29 of 2013 Air Navigation (Airport Charges) (No.2) Regulations 2013;

(xxi) S R & O No. 30 of 2013 The Immigration (Economic Residence Permit) (Fees) Regulations 2013;

(xxii) S R & O No. 31 of 2013 Income and Corporation Tax (Appeal) (Amendment) Rules 2013;

(xxiii) S R & O No. 34 of 2013 Customs (After Hours Work) (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2013;

(xxiv) S R & O No. 35 of 2013 Police (Amendment) Regulations 2013;(xxv) S R & O No. 36 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax

(Williams Electrical Services Limited) (Exemption) Order 2013;

(xxvi) S R & O No. 37 of 2013 Physical Planning (Sale of Products and Services) (Fees) Order 2013;

(xxvii) S R & O No. 38 of 2013 Customs Duties and Consumption Tax (Montobacco Ltd.) (Processing Fee) (Exemption) Order 2013.

(b) Attorney General(i) S R & O No. 26 of 2013. Proclamation Declaring Monday March

18th, 2013, Monday June 17th, 2013 and Tuesday December 31st, 2013 as Public Holidays;

(ii) S R & O No. 33 of 2013. Criminal Justice (International Co-operation) (Designation of Prosecuting Authority) Order 2013;

2. The First Reading of the following Bills took place:

i. ‘Income and Corporation Tax (Amendment) Bill 2013’

First Reading 28th May 2013The Bill seeks to amend the Income and Corporation Tax Act (Cap 17.01) by amending sections: 6, 34, 51 and 75.

ii. Registration of Business Names (Amendment) Bill 2013First Reading 28th May 2013

The Bill seeks to amend the Registration of Business Names Act by (1) Providing for a business registered under the Act to fi le an annual return with the Registrar no later than 1st April in each year (2) Empowering the Registrar to remove from the Register the name of a business that fails to fi le the annual return or pay the annual fee (3) Appointing the Commissioner of Financial Services as the Registrar (4) Removing the cap placed on the amount that may be charged for issuing a copy of a certifi cate of registration or a copy or extract from any registered statement (5) Removing the cap on the amount that the Governor acting on the advice of Cabinet may set as the fee payable for registration.

iii. Port Security Charge Bill 2013First Reading 28th May 2013

This Bill seeks to provide for the collection of a security charge at the ports. The Bill covers the following areas: Imposition of a Port Security Charge, receipt exemptions, Carrier to collect Port Security Charge, Offences, Enforcing Payment, Power of the Court, Refunds, Regulations and Repeal of the Airport Security Charge Act (Cap 7.09).

iv. Merchant Shipping Bill 2013First Reading 28th May 2013

The Bill seeks to implement the registration and transfer of vessels and safety of lives at sea. The Bill is divided into several parts as follows: Part 1- preliminary matters, Part 2 - registration of ships, Part 3 – national character and fl ag, Part 4 – proprietary interests in registered ships, Part 5- safety and environmental protection and Part 6 – safety of life at sea.

Bills that had their fi rst readings can be read in their entirety at any of the following places:

Legislature Department#1 Farara PlazaBradesMontserrat

Legal DepartmentValley ViewBradesMontserrat

Public LibraryBBC ComplexBradesMontserrat

Gove rnmen t o f Montserrat Website

Sgd. Judith C BakerCLERK OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

(Excerpts) from The Trinidad Guardian

Heavily armed police offi cers from the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) last week raided the offi ces of fi nancially troubled insurance company Clico and its parent company, CL Financial, looking for evidence to support the criminal case that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is building against former high-ranking ex-ecutives of the companies. This was confirmed by police and government sources yesterday.

Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday that the execution of the search warrants related to “pre-intervention actions and it does not have any impact on the current negotiations,” between the Government and the CL Finan-cial shareholders for the recovery of the $20 billion spent by the State following the collapse of the group, which was once chaired by Lawrence Duprey.

The police officers were granted the search warrants for Clico and CL Financial on Thurs-day and executed the warrants on Friday. The warrants listed scores of specifi c documents that the police were searching for and

T&T - Cops raid Clico in search of evidence

also listed the names of several executives who the police were attempting to question.

Director of Public Pros-ecutions Roger Gaspard offi cially started the criminal investigation into the collapse of the CL Finan-cial empire in early November 2012, according to a statement he issued on November 8, last year. But more than a year before the DPP started the probe, At-torney General Anand Ramlogan on June 7, 2011, directed that all fi les pertaining to the com-pany should be handed over to Gaspard’s offi ce.

The Attorney General’s di-rective came days after the Central Bank initiated a civil lawsuit against former top-rank-ing CL Financial executives and their privately-owned invest-ment companies, alleging that Clico’s assets and income were fraudulently misappropriated to the detriment of the insurance company’s policyholders and mutual fund investors.

The Central Bank’s lawsuit is based on an investigation conducted by forensic accoun-tant Bob Lindquist following the January 2009 collapse of the CL

Financial empire. The Lindquist audit is reported to have provided details of at least three suspicious transactions.

In November last year the DPP warned media houses not to publish “anything which might jeopardise, hinder or otherwise prejudice the investigation or any possible proceedings which might result from it.”

And just weeks after he an-nounced the start of the offi cial police investigation on December 3, 2012, Gaspard attempted to convince the sole commis-sioner into the collapse of CL Financial, Sir Anthony Colman, to suspend the public hearings of the Commission of Enquiry, as such hearings had the potential to provide prejudicial publicity to the investigation being undertaken by the local police.

And just weeks after he an-nounced the start of the offi cial police investigation on December 3, 2012, Gaspard attempted to convince the sole commis-sioner into the collapse of CL Financial, Sir Anthony Colman, to suspend the public hearings of the Commission of Enquiry, as cont’d. on page 11



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Jack Warner cries foul, again

Clico raidedsuch hearings had the potential to provide prejudicial publicity to the investigation being undertaken by the local police.

Sir Anthony declined the DPP’s request. The DPP is an independent public office, the holder of which has the power to start, continue or stop criminal proceedings before any court, in respect of any offence against the law of Trinidad and Tobago.

Extension of CL sharehold-ers’ agreement

Yesterday, as offi cials were

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- Former special advisor to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) Jack Warner has blasted a CONCACAF in-tegrity report, accusing him of fi nancial fraud, as a deliberate plan to mislead.

Warner, former national security minister in the Kamla Persad Bissessar administration, also questioned the procedure used to gather the information describing it as fl awed.

The report accused Warner of using deceptive methods to secure funds from CONCACAF and FIFA as well as induce FIFA to transfer funds earmarked for development purposes to bank accounts he controlled.

“The procedure used to gather information was fl awed because it authorized Counsel to conduct necessary interviews in person, by telephone and without

reference to the committee,” said Warner in a written statement read out during a news confer-ence in Port-of-Spain Tuesday.

“In other words some people

did not even know why they were giving the information. These wit-nesses imparted their information without taking oath and in the absence of the members of the Committee who must now look at that information and make fi ndings”.

Warner has since resigned from his posts as minister of national security, chairman of the United National Congress and MP for Chaguanas West after the CONCACAF report, condemning his actions, were published.

He told journalists that he has had consultations with three eminent legal minds in Justice Zainool Hosein, Andrew Mitchell Q.C. and Bertram E. Commissiong Q.C. regarding the charges lev-

eled in the report.“However, the lawyers

concluded that the Committee made clear pronouncements as to the culpability and guilt of Jack Warner. These are not, and cannot be supported by the evidence and the facts,” said the embattled Warner.

“The conclusions appear to be driven by a desire to castigate, malign and punish rather than to present a true and fair represen-tation of the state of affairs and or the circumstances surround-ing a number of transactions addressed in the Committee’s report”.

The CONCACAF report also claims that Warner accepted money intended for FIFA that

landed into his personal bank accounts.

But Warner said he was not questioning the quality of the committee members com-prised of Sir David Simmons, Judge Ricardo Urbina and Ernesto Hempe “but the independence and fairness of both the process and fi ndings”.

“ I want you to be mindful of our past that Jack Warner has been sanctioned, castigated and maligned; treated as guilty with-out due process or an investiga-tion into the publication of docu-ments to determine its veracity or validity,” said Warner.

“I have been a victim of a degree of intrigue and collusion of the highest level”.

A CONCACAF integrity report accused Warner of using deceptive methods to secure funds from CONCACAF and FIFA as well as induce FIFA to transfer funds earmarked for development purposes to bank accounts he controlled.

confi rming the raid, Howai an-nounced that he had signed an agreement to further extend the CL Financial Shareholders’ Agreement, which was set to expire today, for a further 60 days. That initial agreement was meant to provide the Government with control over the CL Financial board for three years from June 12, 2009 to June 11, 2012. It had already been extended twice, from June to December 2012 and from December to May.

In a statement, the Ministry of Finance said: “Yesterday,

Senator the Honourable Larry Howai, Minister of Finance and the Economy, signed an agree-ment extending the CL Financial Shareholders’ Agreement, which was set to expire on May 26, for a further 60 days. “Within the 60-day period, the Government and CL Financial will seek to conclude talks aimed at agreeing on, among other things, the means by which sums owed to creditors of the fi nancial entities that formed the CLF Group, including the Govern-ment, will be repaid.”



JUS WONDERINJus wonderin if expediency is the newest and highest

pillar of governance.Jus Wondering if a tru Twisty tell e twisted ministers

dat dey ha fu put up wid e carse e nar change.Jus wonderin if dictatorship no more effi cient and

effective dan democracy.Jus wonderin if the Minister of Religious Affairs and

Housing suffering from blindness, amnesia and/or other mental affl ictions, or religion no matter.

Jus wonderin if the lay Minister no see wat evrybody else a see at Lookout: corroded galvanize roofs, corroded metal columns, corroded metal doors, rotten hurricane shutters, handrails and doors, and more.

Jus wonderin if our elected ministers and FfID/public offi cials a disrespect an try fu deceive ar’we so.

Jus wonderin if the Premier a try fu mislead suppliers wen he say dat de Complaints Commishun decision fi nal when the Procurement Regulations actually say in section 48(3): “The decision of the Complaints Commission shall be fi nal and immediately binding upon the procuring entity and Public Procurement Board.”

Jus wonderin if what I see, hear and read on de Reporter site, that DFID and GoM shouldn’t be pleased with their successful investment in educating us about our rights, rather than calling people litigious when we simply seek redress from the acts of public offi cials that look like they irrational, disproportionate and procedurally unfair or just downright unlawful.

Jus wonderin how many more government tenants will sue their landlord for breach of contract.

Jus wonderin if DFID support human rights so how dem so critical when ar we exercise them o a we no human too.

Jus wonderin if DfID no guilty too fu nar help a we dee same way dem help dem kith and kin.

Me a wonda if dee “good contractor” DFID a tark bout in dem Review on de education infastructur project a de seeam wan who build de EU house dem a Lookout dat guvment ha fu fi x all 60 u dem.

Jus wonderin if de DFID review a evidence-based or gasbag-based.

Jus wonderin if dis paatnaship ting wuk only one way

wid one side dictating evryting.Jus wonderin wat being a British citizen mean fu a

we.Jus a wonderin who a revew wat DFID a do wid a we

an sey bout a we.Jus wonderin wat de udder paatnas a get fu ge a we

dee funs.Jus wonderin if justice no require transparency and

accountability from all partners Jus wonderin if a’we a review DfID dee same wey dem

a review a we.Jus wonderin if PIU really stan fu Premier Implementa-

tion Unit.Jus Wonderin if DfID and FCO had a hand in creating

and sustaining this PIU ting described in the June 2012 DFID Review of the Education Infrastructure project as “…the parallel ” [to GoM] “put in place to speed up delivery of infrastructure.”

Jus wonderin if de Premier and e DFID partna no decide since June las year dat dem a go gee PIU dee Education Infrastructure project.

Jus wonderin if a no in a March las year dat DFID say in a dem Review of Restructuring the PWD Workshop project that “DFID will not approve any additional procurement “ until the fi ndings of GoM’s investigation into procurement practices are offi cially shared with them.

Jus wonderin if DFID could len a we de wan dat write de review wey say: “The budget to date is still based on what is available rather than what is needed.”

Jus wonderin where we can fi nd MDC’s Business and Financial Plan 2012-2015.

Jus wonderin why govment no fi x dem houses de way dem promise in de leases a we sign.

Jus wonderin how govment no ha money fu fi x dem house but ha money fu lend a we to fi x dem.

Jus wonderin why DFID a mek a-we suffer so when dem shut dung the road project a-we depend on fu buy bread.

Jus wonderin why DFID no jus bring dem own people fu spend dem money since dey no trust us an jus lef enuf fu trickle dung to fi ll a-we belly.

Jus wonderin wey de Procurement Board publish dem decisions so awe cud see.

l-r: Allan Clarkin, Tom Kelly, Dr. Kato Kimbugwe


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tion and operation of a port through a PPP drawing in private sector investment, alongside on-going efforts to attract private investment for hotel, marina and other tourist infrastructure.”

In the joint press con-ference of DFID and GoM, he admitted that there had been some adjustments, additions to the SGP with specific reference to the foregoing. He said: “…the work that is still to be done - we’ve agreed an action plan that will make sure that that will be implemented or at least the work on that would be completed by August of this year and then we can reach some sort of decision…” advising that the government has until August to make good the Letters of Intent and the interest shown by private sector investors, to build the port and related, the town, and develop Little Bay.

The press received clarification for the people’s benefit, that “Private sector investment” referenced

we can extend the timeline for this PPP interest. It’s giving Montserrat more time to look at more options to fund he port.”

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of Governments business, acknowledging GoM’s cul-pability in the arrangements, in addition explained, why extra time was desirable: “If we’re forced to go in a particular direction, the first person that comes to the table we’d jump, because that would leave the British funds.”

He explained further, acknowledging the pres-sures of the MOU, “the un-derstanding here is, (to the UK) do not hold us to that time line, because you can cause us to make an injudi-cious decision. Therefore, despite what the MOU says, give us an opportunity to go out there and see if we can get the best possible invest-ment for Montserrat, and they have agreed to that,” He noted.

He also pointed out the reasoning and accepted the UK’s lack of interest in fully funding, what he re-ferred to as, “elaborate port which we designed…”.

“We made a mistake with the airport by building something, and in relation to the port we are design-ing a port which will meet future needs of Montser-rat,” he pointed out. “We

don’t expect the British government to finance the elaborate port which we designed, in terms of all the things which we want in there. We have basically indicated, let us look at the private sector…” he concluded.

Tax ReformsThe press noted to both

DFID and GoM the con-tinued continuation of the question of tax reforms. In fact it was reported as one of the areas that govern-ment had been failing in meeting its commitments under the MOU. While good progress was reported in the review on Invest-ment policy; Tourism; and Access; “Performance has been below expectations in the following areas”: Tax reforms; Review of regulatory functions; and Institutions.

On the question of Tax reforms, Kelly pointed out while avoiding directly ad-dressing questions on their continued reference to ‘tax compliance’ he assumed the question, “relates to recur-ring budget and how much government of Montserrat raising in terms of recurring budget.” He said, “That’s an issue that we discuss at our mid-year and annual reviews, as to whether or not these taxes, the old tax régime that government of Montserrat has implement-ed is raising the adequate

level of revenue.”He said that they ref-

erence, “looking at a tax régime - that is attractive to private investment; that is on or off island, I think the question that you’re talking about

BudgetThe press conference

revealed that the Govern-ment of Montserrat had received settlement from DFID the budgetary aid for 2013/14. It was local DFid through Dr. Kato Kimbug-we whose pleasure it was to bear the good news. “Local DFID Montserrat is pleased to announce that the budget aid settlement amounting to EC$70.3million has been agreed.”

It showed EC$57.3m for the recurrent budget – increased from EC$52m in 2012/13, pointing out that the settlement enables continued provision of es-sential services, including assistance across health, education services and im-proving sea access and safety at the airport.

The accompanying re-lease said that “during dis-cussions, GoM highlighted significant budget pres-sures arising from capital replacement costs, rising pension costs and on-going financial liabilities.”

It noted that “DFID has increased funding across these areas to address these pressures.”

local and foreign (and the Disapora).

UK PressureAlthough Kelly in-

formed of the letter from the UK ministers of DFID and FCO, “UK Ministers have written to the Premier reiterating HMG’s com-mitment to Montserrat and clarifying the next stages of our joint work,” in spite of that seeming forwarding gesture , It was suggested to the DFID team that the UK was putting pressure on Montserrat with the condi-tions, even with the time extension.

The extended response by Kelly was: “What the government (UK) is saying is, the initial idea, the initial time table hasn’t been met. Is there another way of doing this, can we look at other ways of funding the port for example? That’s where the PPP (Public Pri-vate Partnership comes in. Why the government want to give more time for the PPP is that, that then is a definite way of financing the port where the cost and the risk of port develop-

ment are shared between the private and the public sector. So, what the gov-ernment is saying is, the original timelines weren’t met rather than closing the book right now and trying something else, let’s see if

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