Procurement burdens Government
Galloway Group succeeds in court challenge of Government bad procurement habits By Bennette Roach During the past month the High Court has handed down judgments which have come in against the...
View ArticleGoM finds support in the UK APPG
By Bennette Roach Premier, The Honourable Donaldson Romeo and Hon. Minister and Deputy Premier Delmaude Ryan along with Hon. Ag. Financial Secretary Lindorna Brade and Permanent Secretary to the...
View ArticleGonsalves St. Vincent 4-time winner
Ruling party wins general election By Peter Richards KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Dec 9, CMC – The ruling Unity Labour Party (ULP) won an unprecedented fourth consecutive general election here on Wednesday...
View ArticleMDC ‘shut down’ Set Montserrat Back five years
So much hangs on how the PDM Government reacts Premier, Hon. (Don)aldson Romeo confirmed in a brief interview with TMR Editor that upon his Government’s initial findings, faced with ‘fires’ and...
View ArticleIran frees U.S. sailors with start of nuclear deal in sight
DUBAI/WASHINGTON | By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Phil Stewart Reuters Iran freed 10 U.S. sailors on Wednesday, a day after detaining them aboard two U.S. Navy patrol boats in the Gulf, bringing a swift...
View ArticleZIKA virus takes center stage in the region
Not yet reported in Montserrat – ‘preparatory warnings’ of its arrival By Bennette Roach As incidences of the apparently non-fatal Zika virus nears the borders of Montserrat, the Ministry of Health...
View ArticleMiss FLOW takes the Miss Montserrat crown
Boasting win also in Miss Teen Pageant The new looks and sounds of FLOW (telecommunications) resonated as they boasted winning performances of their representatives in the two beauty pageants over the...
View ArticleAn Abattoir ‘at last’ – officially opened
By Bennette Roach It has been long in coming but Montserrat now has a new abattoir described as ‘built to international standards’, which will allow for the future export of local meat. On Friday,...
View ArticleMontserrat and Warren Jr. spotlight in LEAD Youth Conference
By Bennette Roach “…in keeping with the thrust towards closer OECS integration…” and to “assist in strengthening youth entrepreneurship and leadership initiatives in the region,” was the focus of an...
View ArticleWanton destruction of recreation area at Woodlands Beach
By Bennette Roach A call from a very irate Woodlands resident, informed about what he called ‘the desecration’ of the Woodlands beach property/environment Montserrat. The specific area is that which is...
View ArticleChildren remanded to prison!
By Bennette Roach In the estimation of many The Montserrat Reporter (TMR) is finding out, that Child Safeguarding may not yet be nearly so well understood in Montserrat. There are many conventions,...
View ArticleFunding already procured, but cuts possible
Premier promises the roll out of bottlenecked projects It is no surprise that the Premier in his presentation during the post talks press briefing following the Financial Aid Mission talks held here...
View ArticleCorrespondent Banking Crisis looms
What is not yet, but some people are calling a ‘crisis’, a report emanating from the 27th Inter-Sessional Meeting of The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), caused...
View ArticleCaribbean told to prepare for heavy rains in 2016
adapted by B. Roach Barbados, CMC – After months of lower than average rainfall that has left reservoirs across the Caribbean dry, forecasters are predicting heavy rains later in 2016 that could lead...
View ArticleHolness guides Jamaica Labour Party to victory
By Peter Richards “We have a message that Jamaica can be a better place, it is a young message, – I make the commitment to you your new government will not be a government as usual, we are going to...
View ArticleA ‘sinkhole’ on northern tip – not volcanic activity
“It is certainly not linked to the eruption at the volcano” (Soufriere Hills volcano) said Montserrat Volcano Observatory Director Rod Stewart, almost immediately after the discovery of a Sink Hole on...
View ArticleAt Least 16 Killed in Prison Fire in Guyana
By BERT WILKINSON, ASSOCIATED PRESS GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Mar 3, 2016, 1:16 PM ET At least 16 prisoners died in a fire Thursday as they protested overcrowding and other issues inside a prison in the...
View ArticleCelebrating St. Patrick’s day and Liberation Day on the Island of Montserrat
Written By: Jahvon Tuitt From the publication Griots Republic Magazine – March | issue 03 Nestled neatly in between the tiny community of islands which make up the archipelago of the Lesser Antilles...
View ArticleThe 2016 Montserrat National Awards
The following is a release out of the Hon Premier’s Office. The 3rd Annual National Honours Awards ceremony will award eight Montserratians on Wednesday March 16th at the Montserrat Cultural Center at...
View ArticleSir George Martin dies at 90
Referred to as the fifth Beatle – Will be remembered as an icon in Montserrat He was referred to as the ‘fifth Beatle’ and when the news broke of Sir George Martin’s death, it was natural early...
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