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by Bennette Roach The first words came to us at about 10 a.m. on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. “The Governor sent home Foster, is that true?” That began a furore of investigations beginning with a silent Governor, who at first and for several hours said nothing. Several other sources would only confirm, eventually a release from the Deputy Commissioner that Commissioner Foster, “is currently on accumulated leave for which he is entitled,” noting also “His Excellency Governor Davis approves all leave requests submitted by the Commissioner of Police.” Now Acting Commissioner of Police, Bradley Siddell, according to Governor’s release, was at the time responding to what he termed, “public rumors that Commissioner Foster has been suspended from his duties…” Prior to that we received information from a letter sent to the Governor by Attorney
at Law David S. Brandt confirmed the “sending home”. Acting for Steve Foster the lawyer sought clarification from the Governor of his instructions by Foster. The letter stated that Foster was told, “that he must immediately go back to his office, don’t try to find out anything about the allegation, clear up his desk and proceed on leave immediately.” It referred to a Governor’s follow-up letter responding to Foster’s request for information written and delivered the said day when he was asked to take leave, October 22, which among other things merely said: “a complaint has been made against you alleging certain conduct which may amount to criminal behaviour.” He requested of the Governor: “Any person in my clients posi-
Deputy Commissioner, Bradley Siddell
Commissioner Steve Foster
tion who has been accused of an act which merits being placed on enforced leave is entitled to know what the accusations are made against him. Accordingly, I am hereby requesting that you provide me with information regarding the specific allegations made against my client by noon on the 24th October, 2012.” The Governor’s letter of October 22 had stated: “You will
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undoubtedly appreciate that it would be imprudent to permit you to remain on active duty while these investigations (which had not yet begun) are being conducted.” The letter further stated: “If the allegations appear to
be substantiated, you will be informed as soon as possible and be provided with all supporting materials. If the allegations do not appear to be substantiated, you will also be advised and you may then take additional vacation leave or resume duties.”
On Oct. 23 in mid-afternoon after we received this information, the Governor eventually issued a statement which said: “There have been allegations of inappropriate behaviour against the Commissioner…” which,
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19-year old charged with murder of Aubrey Barry The Royal Montserrat Police Service confirmed last Friday that a 19-yearold male Orin Francois Redwood-Evans has been arrested and charged with the murder of local businessman Aubrey Barry, who died en route to hospital in Barbados, where
he was medivaced after he sustained head injuries at his home in Manjack here in Montserrat Commissioner of Police Steve Foster told the press on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012 that Evans had been remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison after being
formally charged with the killing of Barry, which took place sometime between late Wednesday and early Thursday morning, October 4, 2012. Commissioner Foster declined to say if Evans had confessed to killing
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19-year old charged with murder ... cont’d. from page 1 the businessman who ran a small grocery in the Cudjoe Head area. He said the investigation was continuing and anyone with information about the incident could contact the police and share what
they knew in confidence. A post mortem of Barry, originally from Guyana, was conducted in Barbados with one local forensic officer in attendance. The results are being reviewed, the top
police official said. This brings to two the number of homicides in 2012. Commissioner Foster said history has shown that Montserrat recorded one murder every five to seven years and so this
statistic was unusual and bore looking into. Police Inspector Bennett Kirwan has been assigned as the lead investigator with Inspector Williams appointed as family liaison officer.
Buried in home country Guyana A funeral service for Barry was held at Anglican Church Pleasants on the East Coast, Demerara on October 23. Several of his
family, relatives and friends from attended the funeral, while the business which was open remained closed over the period.
Family and friends say a final farewell to Aubrey Barry in Guyana
Andrew Mitchell resigns following allegations he called police ‘plebs’ Chief whip's resignation comes amid row over whether George Osborne tried to travel firstclass on standard train ticket In Feb. 2011, The Montserrat Reporter was not asking for more. We asked HMG for fairness and decency. Mitchel visiting Montserrat, told the media, at three points
Andrew Mitchell
in the press conference: "I would be the wrong approach to be like a new born bird waiting in the nest for the mother bird to bring nourishment... I use the analogy of the little birds, the mother bird... I think that you are behaving like one of the little birds which I described." At the time all but Ministers
of Government thought that the remarks were insulting to Montserratians and particularly to the press. So as the Guardian.co.uk writer says: In his resignation statement, Mitchell said: "Over the last two days it has become clear to me that whatever the rights and wrongs of the matter I will not be able to fulfil my duties as we would both wish. Nor is it fair to continue to put my family and colleagues through this upsetting and damaging publicity." He continued to defend himself from claims that he had called the police morons or plebs, claims made by the police officers in Downing Street who faced a bitter verbal volley from Mitchell. The row developed after police refused to open the main gates to allow him to take his bicycle through, instead forcing him to use the side gate. The exact words used by Mitchell on the night have been disputed ever since, with the former chief whip in effect saying the account in the subsequently leaked police log book on the night had been inaccurate. In his resignation letter to Cameron, Mitchell said: "I have made clear to you – and I give you my categorical assurance again – that I did not, never have and never would call a police officer
a 'pleb' or a 'moron' or use any of the other pejorative descriptions attributed to me. "The offending comment and the reason for my apology to the police was my parting remark: 'I thought you guys were supposed to f***ing help us.' It was obviously wrong of me to use such bad language and I am very sorry about it and grateful to the police officer for accepting my apology." Cameron responded: "I was sorry to receive it, but I understand why you have reached the conclusion you have, and why you have decided to resign from the government." The education secretary,
Michael Gove, said Mitchell had suffered a moment of exasperation and he praised the prime minister's loyalty: "I think one of the many reasons why David Cameron is an outstanding leader and an outstanding prime minister is that he believes in backing those who work for him. "He is not someone who, at the first whiff of trouble, abandons those who've pledged their loyalty to him. I think what you want in any leader is the knowledge that they will back you, that they will show steadiness, that they will do anything they can to ensure the team that's been picked stays together, works together, fights
together." In a sign of the chaos surrounding No 10, one hour after an official briefing that there would be no announcement of who would replace Mitchell as chief whip, it then emerged that Sir George Young was to replace him. Read also from: http://www.guardian.co.uk/ politics/2012/oct/19/andrew-mitchell-resigns-police-pleb?fb=optOut http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ uk-politics-19922026 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/ homepage/news/politics/4602336/ Cabinet-split-over-David-Cameronshandling-of-Andrew-Mitchell-plebrow.html
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Unless any objections are received within fourteen (14) days from the date of publication of this notice, replacement certificates will be issued. Dated this 18th day of October, 2012. J. Christopher Gerrald Registrar of Lands (Ag)
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Government despite some progress on the reforms and commitments to communicate better By Bennette Roach
A Department for International Development (DFID) team visited the island to assess whether the Government of Montserrat (GoM) has met its six-month milestones in the Strategic Growth Programme, milestones due to be completed by February 2013. Some good progress but some not good was the report, suggesting that a rethink on some targets may have to be made.
The Honourable Premier Reuben Meade on May 1, 2012, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the UK Government, which accordingly, would link future development aid to a series of reforms that the government would have to undertake, to make the island more prepared for inward investment and improved service delivery. The DFID team of Tom Kelly, Eric Arnold, Kato Kimbugwe and
Alan Clarkin were to and according to them did meet in discussions with Montserrat’s Core team of the Hon. Premier Reuben Meade, Hon. Financial Secretary John Skerritt, Cabinet Secretary Angela Greenaway, and Director of Policy & Planning Angela Estwick. Kelly said at the opening session which was also attended by members of the Opposition, the Honourable Leader Don Romeo and Hon. Victor James that the
week-long visit will build on the monthly video conference sessions to review the timetables and assess how Montserrat is doing with meeting its targets. “DFID is very keen that the reform process is taken as seriously as any other investment. The new Secretary of State in charge of DFID Justine Greening is very keen on value for money,” Kelly noted. At a press conference on October 22, 2012, the DFID team
sat with the Premier, who left on an emergency while Cabinet Secretary Angela Greenaway sat in his place, reported on some key messages emanating out of the discussions. Specifically, the report mentioned, Milestone 5 (Reducing customs clearance times); 11 (On-line visa applications); and 18-23 (wide range of access analysis), as showing progress, while “Performance has not been so strong in milestone 10, (Labour
George Allen Jr’s death still labeled as “unnatural”
In other reports by the Royal Montserrat Police Service Commissioner Foster and his deputy, RMPS is presently awaiting the return of an officer from Trinidad & Tobago with exhibits and results from tests conducted on the body of George Allen Jr. who died in June earlier this year, after reportedly being left for dead in March with a bullet in his head. Commissioner Foster said his death remains labelled as “unnatural” as there has been
no evidence uncovered to declare it a homicide, denying that this was the case prior. The case has already been reviewed by the BVI Police Service who highlighted other directions in which the local police could consider in the investigation, Commissioner Foster reported.
Sexual Assault Cases
46-year-old Thomas Allen of Jamaica has been released on bail after being charged with the sexual of-
fence of a minor. Allen is awaiting his court hearing. Commissioner Foster said the results of evidence sent to Jamaica for forensic tests following several sexual assaults of women late in 2011 and early 2012 were negative and eliminated the suspects under consideration for the crimes. In other police news, Commissioner of Police Steve Foster is hoping the decrease in traffic accidents continues.
He said Friday that to date there have been 70 traffic accidents compared to 100 at this point in 2011. He however cautioned drivers with the ongoing road works to be careful and to observe the one directional traffic flows which have been established to enable the work to continue unimpeded. At his opportunity to speak Deputy Commissioner (DCOP) Siddell told the media that the RMPS Traffic De-
partment would be instituting a “CheckStop” programme last week Thursday across the island. The programme will focus on “one of our Policing Plan objectives “Improve Road Safety/Safer Streets,” he said. Every two to four weeks the Traffic Department will announce a new road safety theme. For example “Working Lights & Signals”, “Stopping Behind the Sign”, “Follow Safely Not Close”, or “Park Where Your Permitted”,
policis); 13 (Tax reform), 27 (Access co-ordination functions; and 30 (Review of GoM regulatory functions). On Wednesday last week the team met with Chamber (MCCI) members and small business owners at the Grand View Bed and Breakfast, where a Financing Management Workshop had been taking place. The DFID review team told the gathering there: “... the UK government wants to see these reforms implemented.” That was based on the background of the (then) Secretary of State Mitchell, who said since February, 2011, “who set out a very different view of the overseas territories …compared to the
cont’d. on page 12 etc.” During prescribed short time periods at designated locations, the Traffic Department assisted by Beat and Patrol officers will conduct saturated traffic safety education and enforcement. “Our goal is to influence the public’s views on the importance of safe driving,” Siddell explained. The first “campaign” was scheduled to begin this Thursday, October 18.
ECCB celebrating 10 years of Financial Infor mation Month Wednesday, October 24, 2012, local agency office. banks, Bank of Montserrt and the organinsed by the East Caribbean The financial institution Royal Bank of Canada; and the Central Bank and hosted by the which comprised primarily the St. Patrick’s Cooperative Credit Union (SPCCU) set up various booths at the Arts and Education centre in Brades where they addressed financial concerns from members of the public. As the local Agency rep Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of the Caribbean Com- Mrs. Claudette Weekes said, she munity (CARICOM) Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community to fill thought that residents would the following positions: avail themselves of the opportunities to know of the benefits of (i) Programme Manager, Finance (Duty Station: Guyana) these institutions. She told ZJB (ii) Deputy Programme Manager, Procurement Unit (Duty Station: Guyana) News,” I think it’s absolutely im(iii) Deputy Programme Manager, Free Movement and Labour (Duty Station: Barbados) portant and I think that residents (iv) Webmaster, Integrated Information Systems (Duty Station: Guyana) should avail themselves to these opportunities when there offered, Full details of these positions may be obtained by accessing the following web sites-www.cari- very often the financial institution com.org; www.caribank.org; www.oecs.org; www.crnm.org and www.caribbeanjobsonline.com have benefits and have things on the offer that people don’t Applications in English Language with full curriculum vitae details, including nationality, work know of…” experience, educational qualifications and/or expertise, language proficiency, coordinates (includMrs. Weekes reported that ing email addresses) of three referees (at least two of whom must be familiar with the applicant’s the day began with a trickle of work), and other relevant information, should be addressed to the Executive Director, Human Re- people, but grew substantially source Management, Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana throughout.
As part of observing and representatives from financial carrying out activities for ECCB’s institutions on the island parFinancial Information Month (FIM) ticipated in a financial clinic on
CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT STAFF VACANCIES
and sent by email to applnhrm@caricom.org.
The deadline for the submission of applications is 9 November 2012.
17 the ECCB conducted another video conference seminar, titled Business Symposium and Innovation Forum under the theme “Identifying Business Opportunities.” The Symposium was cosponsored by a few local businesses as the Agency conference room hosted a packed gathering of business people on the island. The Symposium and Innovation Forum sought to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and perspetives on the linkages between innovation, competitiveness and business success. The video conference brought business persons who gathered at the various agency offices and at the bank’s headquarters in St. Kitts from where the conference was conducted, servicing the Economic Union territories. These participants were exposed to presentations on Commericalisng Innovation, Business Symposium and presented by Mr. Andred Harding, Managing Director of Vanguard Innovation Forum On Wednesday, October cont’d. on page 5
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Letters/Opinion
EDITORIAL More on deception all round, and bad tactics
Fly Montserrat Woes
From: Rev Dr John Weekes <weeskesdrjohn@yahoo. com> Not surprisingly, many people who are regular passengers Three weeks ago we published an Editorial about deception and on Fly Montserrat, and those suggested that there is too much of it all around in Montserrat, perpe- living abroad who have already trated from outside and within. We accused Her Majesty’s Government booked tickets to fly from Antigua through the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department to Montserrat for the Christmas for International Development (DFID) as well as our own government. holidays are very worried because This may sound like a repeat, but it is of concern because with de- of the fatal accident on October 7 ception there is hypocrisy and of course the subtlety that the ‘British’ is and followed just days afterwards so well known for. That really is the master of deception. So it seems by another, though minor, flying natural that they would not deny or defend the accusation. Last week incident. So we are apparently now we said that the behavior gives credence to the belief that particularly at a stage where the aircrafts are since 1995 everything that was done and authored by them was degrounded and some people I hear signed for Montserrat’s failure. are asking for refunds. Speaking That is probably more easily said that it is to verify, but if there is about refunds, I hardly think that, any truth in the saying that they are the masters of deception (subtlety), from a legal point of view, I am then it is not worth the bother, since frustration will be the result. How- no lawyer mind you, the airline ever, that should not leave us in the situation where we must try to beat at this stage at least would be them at their own game. That is bound to lead to failure and perhaps compellable to make refunds as a that we have already reached the end. temporary grounding would hardly A big part of the problem is the ability of the DFID with the FCO’s be seen as grounds for vitiating support to say that the GoM (Government of Montserrat) is responsible or frustrating a contract to be to determine its own development. And GoM pretends that this is so, formed in the future. More to the point, however, arguing that it sets its own budget. Then, we ask, why do we have and what should be of the utmost budget talks, that gets the annoying statements from our Premier that concern is the cause of the two we are made to feel or we behave like beggars. Thus we understand most recent incidents in the first that former Secretary of State Mitchell, now fallen from grace, had place. I was never a pilot; but I no qualms about calling us chickens who do not want to leave their have spent 5 years in and around mother’s nest. airplanes, pilots, mechanics, enWhy does Montserrat have to enter in Memorandum of Understand- gineers and well over a hundred ings, taken as Agreements, requiring the government to make deals, after- hours in the air over a period of 5
wards called bargains. The recent DFID team admitted that to some extent the MOU document was in fact theirs. We believed that even if Montserrat penned it, that was on DFID’s terms. HMG officials and particularly DFID officials have told the media that it is their responsibility to ensure that Government is kept on their toes in service to their people. But with a media terribly under sourced, a Government that knows only too well that a fully functional independent media, can make or break them, it is easy for them not to support it while they get their information to those already so down beaten that they accept it. It’s on the website is the new catch phrase, when the truth is far too few really has the capacity or even the desire to go searching for the information. These officials know only too well that the Diaspora who may look at these websites, have little interest because there is little back here to interest them other than the gossip and a chance to say “good thing I am not there.” Or, “what am I going back there for?” Then there are those who revel in the deception, because there will be those who benefit from it. They claim to know all that is going on and care little about the overall development and progress of the country, because they are okay. So too are those who refuse to acknowledge the truth about the foundation of what true democracy needs, deny the support for it lying at times and places convenient, deliberately discouraging any source of support to educate and inform the masses. This creates a vicious circle and the deception goes round and round. Someone said recently that the behaviour of our officials is an inculcation of British practices and habits encouraged from the time Montserrat has come to rely solely on their support. Put this with the subtle stranglehold they seem to have on our political leaders from time to time, the deception and the trickery is inevitable. What is certain is that really evolves to retrogression in the face of more deception.
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years. During that time I formed a settled opinion, based on those experiences, that airplanes properly serviced and maintained just do not fall out of the sky. In my experience, aircrafts crash because of : a) Poor maintenance, b) Human error, including pilot’s error, c) Sabotage d) Mechanical failure. Like your car, aircrafts must be regularly serviced and maintained in order to avoid accidents. The big difference is the aircraft comes with a service manual and time table which must be strictly and rigidly followed. The trouble here is that often small and financially strapped airlines will defer and hold off maintenance schedules until it is too late. This needless to say would result in (d) mechanical failure, which, as was premised earlier really ever occur, and when it does may still be attributable to human error, which in turn would be negligence. By contrast, the vast majority of air accidents are caused by human error, a combination of pilots, air traffic controllers and the like. Since from about the mid to late sixties, another accident
element, perhaps the most likely accident element, has been that of sabotage, the details of which we all know and about which most air travelers are most concerned. I have not added adverse weather conditions, because here again, with modern and advanced meteorological equipment and reports, bad weather conditions can be more often than not avoided. Yes a blinding snow storm can be hazardous for flying; but even the worst thunderstorm and lightening rarely affect the safety of an airplane. Of course in all of this we are talking specifically about a fifteen twenty minutes flight which should be like a picnic in the park. If an aircraft takes off with its braking system intact, it remains intact on landing. Leaks in the braking system do not spring up while the airplane is in the air, and certainly not half hour later. Neither do an engine which is working fine on takeoff suddenly stops working a few minutes later. Let us look at this initial report that the fuel system was apparently corrupted or contaminated by water. We know that fuel and water do not mix. Fuel
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FEEDBACK: Understanding the FlyMontserrat crash
How does water get into aircraft fuel tanks?
Following the Interim Report on the FlyMontserrat crash on October 7, 2012, which stated, “investigation of the fuel system feeding that engine found significant quantities of water,” the question of mainte-
nance and other issues have been widely discussed. Chris Lynt - E-mail: chlpatent@aol.com sent us this follow-up. How Does Water Get Into Aircraft Fuel Tanks Please see: http://
w w w. a v i a t i o n p r o s . c o m / article/10384396/how-doeswater-get-into-aircraft-fueltanks by Jim Gammon Created: March 1, 2005 Water in fuel tanks
Our Scripture Verse Today God Is Here
Jesus said to the disciples, “Remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” - Matthew 28:20 (NRSV) It was my son’s first day in kindergarten. Before this his dad and mum had always been near, but now he was suddenly left in a noisy room with people he did not know at all. Children were crying and shouting. The teachers were trying to shout louder than all the little ones. After leaving him in the kindergarten, I immediately wanted to run back and stay with him. He was frightened and lonely, and he needed comfort. At that moment, I realized that our heavenly Father longs to be with us in a fearsome world even
more than I wanted to be with my son. The most joyful news is that God is with us through the Holy Spirit, our comforter. We are not left alone in this dangerous world. Every second, with each of God’s children on earth, the Spirit is present. Having calmed down myself, I prayed that my son might also be comforted in knowing that God was beside him, even if his father and mother could not be. Pa v e l S e r d u k o v ( M o s c o w, Russia) Dear Holy Spirit, our Comforter, bring us words of love, hope, encouragement, and comfort, especially when we feel alone and powerless. Amen.
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FEEDBACK: Progress comes only with responsibility
Development is a multifaceted exercise by Johnny Mac E-mail : jm@yahoo.com . It is not just the result of a partnership between HMG and GOM. While they play critical roles in the process, development is much more multifaceted than that. Indeed there can be no authentic development unless the general population is the main force - morally, legally, intellectually, and commercially. Indeed we shouldn’t condone a plutocracy. Freedom is never free! Every one of us at home and those living in exile have a vested interest in Montserrat’s redevelopment and must be allowed to make the invaluable contributions that are absolutely required for the country’s redevelopment. If it becomes necessary to take civil/political action against the government, then patriotism and commitment to brotherhood and sisterhood requires that we do that. I keep saying that “freedom is never free!
When the people lead the leaders will follow.” Are we suggesting that we have a dictatorial regime, or is it because people keep their tongues tied so they can get an extra piece of bread from Massa, or because are they disinterested or afraid? In any of these cases the redevelopment of Montserrat will be still born, and poverty and misery our constant companion. They will be the just rewards for our apathy and selfishness. Don’t keep blaming the government. The elected officials are selfish, incompetent and dishonest. They seem to lack the virtues of honesty, integrity, fairness and commonsense. However they cannot reelect themselves. I keep thinking that if the slaves who fought for their freedom had instead showed timidity and selfishness that we exhibit we may still be living in slavery today. At least the Hon. Reuben Meade has many characteristics of a slave master.
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ECCB Celebrating 10 years cont’d. from page 3 Trading Ltd. Inc. Re-defining and Re-tooling the Business Sector Through technology by Mr. Julian Hall, Consultant and Author; Entrepreneurship, Business Models and Financing Innovation by Mr. Claudius Francis, Consultant,
Empowerment Group Companies; and, Strategic Foresight, Strategic Agility and the Future Orientation of the Private Sector, by Mr. Michael Boon, Managing Director of Timothy Beach Resort in St. Kitts. These presentations were each followed by lively open
discussions. Perhaps the catchiest presentation was that of Claudius ‘peto’ Francis. One sector of his presentation dealt with The Ideal Business Model (Jim Muehlhausen) which talked to Eight essential areas to a business model
Packed agency office with participants at the entrepreneurship video conference
Commissioner sent home cont’d. from page 1
“have to be properly investigated.” The statement went on to say, “I am seeking the assistance of the Royal Cayman Police Service to conduct the investigation. I have asked the Commissioner to take leave while this process is ongoing. The Commissioner has not been suspended.” According to Lawyer Brandt, “the Governor, like Nicodemus in the Bible, sent a letter on the night of the 23rd to Foster, describing
the nature of the allegations.” The lawyer on the 26th, wrote a further letter to the Governor noting that he had requested information “regarding the accusations against my client which precipitated his enforced leave.,” He then requested in respect of the allegations: “(a) The name of his accusers; (b) Particulars of the allegations, to include, date and time of each allegation.” The letter advised further: “If I do not hear from you by Monday 29th October, 2012, legal action will be taken against you without further notice.”
Montserrat woes
cont’d. from page 4
is not soluble and it is not porous. By soluble I mean it’s not like salt or sugar in water. Both are said to be soluble. But it’s not like water and alcohol which are porous, that is to say the molecules of both water and alcohol can occupy the same molecular space at the same time. If you pour water into a gas such as aviation fuel, the water would sink to the bottom because of its greater density. So then, if somehow water got into the gas line of that ill-fated plane, did the pilot test the engines before take off? If it was working fine, why did it suddenly moments later stop working? Surely, with a full tank of gas and just some water, the gas being lighter would have been first sucked into the engine. If water started to intrude, the engine would
spit and splutter, thereby giving the pilot a little more time to gain some height or do a circuit, feather the mal-functioning engine, and bring the plane in to land, bearing in mind that a half loaded plane of that type and size should have been able to fly all the way to Montserrat on a single engine. I have said all of this to say, grounding the aircrafts for a time is not a bad thing. Something is wrong and we need to find the underlying cause of it. The final report on the crash is not likely to be available before the Christmas season. So I say, let us be calm, let us have faith, and let us have confidence that if good will abounds, and the operators are on the up and up, whatever the cause of these mishaps can be determined and FlyMontserrat will continue to fly safely and proudly again. Rev Dr. John Weekes
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Rotaract Charter Anniversary Dinner celebrates 25 years of service The Montserrat Rotaract Club hosted its first Charter Dinner to celebrate 25 years of service to the Montserrat community at the Good Life Night Club last Saturday, September 29.
The Anniversary Dinner was originally anticipated to cater to a group of sixty (60) individuals but only saw a total of 39 persons. In attendance were: His Excellency the Governor Adrian Davis and his
wife Mrs. Davis; a number of founding members to include Mr. Cluade Hogan, Ms. Patricia Farrell and Norman Cassell, as well as members of the Rotary to include Mr. Julian Romeo among others.
At the event, saw awards presented to several individuals and businesses in the community for their assistance and contributions to the Rotaract Club to aid community service and development. These included founding members such as LIME Manager Joseph Cassell, Director of Regional Affairs & Trade Claude Hogan, Entrepreneur Norman Cassell, Patricia Farrell and Peter White. Current President of the Club Ms. Lyandra Hobson thanked the founding members of Rotaract for establishing the club and its continued development throughout the years. In her remarks she encouraged all members and future ones to be a living example of the motto “Service above Self”. She vowed the Club’s commitment to community service
and development in her remarks, she said, “It is our goal to develop stronger relationship within the community and the overall betterment of our country. The initiatives we plan to undertake tie in to the overall district theme, “Service through passion, sustainable through training,” includes promoting a cleaner environment, giving back to the community, road safety initiatives, lending a helping hand to those in need and a peace gathering which is one of our major activities for this year as we part take in a global effort to bring peace and international understanding to the world.” She said, “The club would also be facilitating training session to facilitate training growth and education in human relation and personal development.”
A feature address was delivered Miss Dorothea Hazel, epidemiologist with the Government of Montserrat and a founding member of Rotaract. Hazel was also the only District Rotaract Representative to have ever served from Montserrat. In her speech she reminisced on fond memories and the opportunities, which the club provided for her, and reminded members that the club is not a “social” club but a “service” club The theme for 2012-2013 of the Rotaract Club is, “Building bridges to one community.” Some of the initiatives on this year’s programme tie into the district theme “Service through Passion, Sustainability through training.” These include promoting a cleaner environment, giving back to the community, road safety
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Rotary donates baby warmers to Glendon Hospital The Montserrat Rotary Club with assistance from Rotary International on Friday last, October 19, made a donation of two open incubators or radiant warmers to the Obstetrics Unit at the Glendon hospital. At the brief handover c e r e m o n y, R o t a r y C l u b president Dr. Braimah Kassim (Glendon Hospital surgeon) says the donation is part of Rotary’s mandate to give back to the community. In the presence of hospital nursing officials, including Chief Medical Officer Dr. Michael Owen, and several Rotarians, Kassim said at the handover: “ We a r e g a t h e r e d h e r e , because the Rotary Club of Montserrat is here to do what it does best, give back to the community in which we live and work,” adding that “our motto as it is well known to all is, ‘service above self’.” The president said they were presenting the two open incubators or infant radiant warmers to the Glendon hospital to fulfill its mandate in caring for the newborn. Principal Nursing Officer Desreen Silcott
Rotary and Polio eradication
chaired the brief ceremony, while Dr. Michael Owner in accepting on behalf of the hospital, thanked the Rotary Club and said: “Small babies
Montserrat media personality now News Director at Cayman 27 Ben Meade, son of Montserrat’s Premier Hon. Ruben T. Meade began his media career and is a former reporter and on-air personality at ZJB Radio Montserrat. He has been appointed as News Director at Cayman 27, the local news channel in the Cayman Islands. Ben has been with the company for the past two years as a reporter/ producer. He has built a career in the field of journalism, having previously worked at the Caribbean Media Corporation, the Observer Media Group in Antigua, and
the British Broadcasting Corporation. He has served in a short stint as a sub-editor with The M o n t s e r r a t R e p o r t e r, 2005/6. The news director can recall his very inauspicious start to his career as an internstacking LPs in the library of Radio Montserrat in the 1990s, where he would later get his start as a reporter and on-air personality. “When he was with us he showed the potential to reach the top of his career as he possessed all of the qualities that would make him an excellent journalist and news editor. We are very pleased
at his new appointment and wish him every success,” said Herman Sargeant, Broadcast Manager of ZJB Radio. Cayman 27’s news team, which Meade will lead, is responsible for producing Daybreak, Cayman 27 News, 27 Tonight and a variety of local talk shows. Ben said he will appear as an analyst from time to time during special events such as elections but will work behind the scenes to ensure that his team continues to deliver the exceptional standard of news programming that is synonymous with Cayman 27. Special congratulations come from management and staff of The Montserrat Reporter.
tend to lose heat when their born and… we have radiant warmers to prevent loss of heat in small children.” The CMO said that this a big part of the care of newborn babies, so having a couple of pieces of kit like this is actually invaluable and will be an enormous asset to the equipment which, “we currently have and it will be extremely valuable.” He said they really are genuinely very grateful to Rotary Montserrat and to Rotary International”. “Thank you all in Rotary on behalf of the Ministry of Health for what will be a very useful and valuable addition to our equipment,” he concluded.
On Wednesday last Montserrat Rotary club joined the rest of the world and observe World Polio Day. Polio is a highly infectious disease which causes paralysis and is sometimes fatal, to date there is no cure for the disease. Rotary international notes that world Polio day follows a succession of significant development that have made 2012 one of the most important years in the history of the polio eradication initiative. The Rotary Club of Montserrat has made contributions to the Polio eradication initiative with the last contribution being US$500.00 in 2011. However, this year the club of Montserrat will host ‘give a dollar’ to the Polio project throughout December 2012. Club members will ask the public to contribute a minimum of $1.00 each time to aid in the eradication of Polio in world. Polio remains Endemic in three countries Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
Ben Meade, newly promoted News Director at Cayman 27
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Kids time - In your own korner Hello everyone – It is kid’s time with Auntie Lyka “In Your Korner”. You are now back in school and it is now time for the home stretch to end of term. Hope you are revising your school work in preparations for your End of term test. Remember he who fail to prepare, prepare to fail... Read a book as you go along.
Big Sheep and Small Sheep gambolled for a long time but they could not find any green grass to eat. They were getting tired. Their feet were tired and they could no longer gambol. So they walked ... (Get the children to drag their feet on the ground.) Big Sheep and Small Sheep walked and walked from morning until afternoon but there were no green grass. As far as they could see all the green grass had become brown. The sun was getting hotter. Big Sheep and Small Sheep were tired, hungry and thirsty ... (Get the children to stick out their tongues and pant.) But Big Sheep and Small Sheep continued walking and soon they came to a river. They lowered their heads and lapped up some water with their tongue ... (demonstrate how this is done). When Big Sheep lifted his head, he saw a small green patch under a tree. He gambolled over to the tree. It was
Math Challenge Try to fill in the missing numbers. Use the numbers 1 through 9 to complete the equations. Each number is only used once. Each row is a math equation. Work from left to right. Each column is a math equation. Work from top to bottom.
Pre-School Corner
Hello to you my preschool friends. This week we will look at COLOURING ALPHBET PICTURES. I hope you enjoy Letter O
See you next week right here
In Your Own Korner. Where we will have fun Kids write your stories, tell us about yourselves. Email or post - Write to Aunty Lyka, at P.O. Box 306, Davy Hill, or send email to: kidstime@themontserratreporter.com
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a patch of green grass. “BAA, BAA!” he shouted to Small Sheep to come over. Both Big Sheep and Small Sheep were very excited. But the small patch of grass was a very small patch ... it was just enough for one sheep. What should they do? (Pause) Who should eat the small batch of green grass? (Pause) “BAA, BAA! Go ahead and eat it. I am not very hungry” said Big Sheep and he began to move away. “Baa! Let us share the green grass” said Small Sheep. So Big Sheep and Small Sheep shared the small patch of small grass. They were very happy and they gambolled all the way home ... (Get the children to hold hands and gambol “all the way home.”) Big Sheep found the green grass and he could have eaten the grass all by himself. But Big Sheep was generous to let Small Sheep eat the small patch of green grass. Small Sheep was also sharing ... he shared the green grass with Big Sheep. Small Sheep loves Big Sheep and Big Sheep loves Small Sheep. As they were gambolling home, a big bad wolf was following them. The big bad wolf had not eaten for many days and he was very hungry. He wants to eat both Big Sheep and Small Sheep. Suddenly, he pounced on both Big Sheep and Small Sheep and started to attack them with his sharp claws. “Run!” shouted Big Sheep to Small Sheep. Small Sheep ran as fast as he could while Big Sheep tried to knock the big bad wolf with his head. But the big bad wolf was too strong for Big Sheep. Small Sheep ran back to Big Sheep and now both Big Sheep and Small Sheep tried to knock the big bad wolf with their heads. Two sheep were attacking the big bad wolf at the same time and from different directions. Small Sheep attacked on the left and Big Sheep attacked
Brain Teasers
1. Johnny’s mother had three children. The first child was named April. The second child was named May. What was the third child’s name? 2. A clerk at a butcher shop stands five feet ten inches tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?
Answers
1. Johnny.
Every day, Big Sheep and Small Sheep would go out to the fields to play together and to look for grass to eat. One morning, as always, the two sheep went out. Big Sheep and Small Sheep gambolled out to the fields to look for grass to eat ... (Get the children to gambol together “to the fields.”) Now it has not been raining for many days and most of the grass had dried up.
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2. Meat.
Once upon a time, there were two sheep. One was a small sheep ... so small (separate hands to show size). It has a soft voice ... baa! The other was a big sheep ... so big (stretch arms to show size). It has a loud voice ... BAA! The two sheep are brothers.
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on the right. (Hold up a big pillow against your chest and have the children take turns to butt their heads against the pillow.) Together Big Sheep and Small Sheep were stronger than the big bad wolf. So the big bad wolf cried .... all the way home. Big Sheep and Small Sheep took care of each other. Big Sheep tried to protect Small Sheep from the big bad wolf. But when the big bad wolf proved too strong for Big Sheep, Small Sheep returned to help. United Big Sheep and Small Sheep were strong. The big bad wolf went and called his other wolf friends to help. So a whole pack of three wolves came and pounced upon Big Sheep and Small Sheep. Big Sheep and Small Sheep tried to fight with the wolves but there were too many of them. “Run and get help” shouted Big Sheep to Small Sheep. Small Sheep ran toward home as fast as he could. Meanwhile, the Shepherd heard the noises. When he saw Small Sheep running back alone without Big Sheep, he knew something was wrong. He picked up his rod and ran towards Small Sheep. He saw the three wolves attacking Big Sheep. He used his rod to hit the wolves and chased them away. Both Big Sheep and Small Sheep were hurt. The Shepherd picked up Big Sheep and lifted him up to his shoulders then he carried Small Sheep in his arms. He brought them home and put medicine on their wounds. The Shepherd took good care of Big Sheep and Small Sheep. Whenever Big Sheep and Small Sheep have troubles, the Shepherd is always there to help them. Jesus is our Shepherd and He will always take care of us.
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Government to communicate better on the reforms and commitments despite some progress cont’d. from page 3 previous liberal government in the UK,” while the UK conservative government feels very strongly that the overseas territories should get investment, that they should be able to grow, should be able to develop and that the UK government would help them do that with significant investments and infrastructure. In Montserrat’s case he said that meant a new town and a new port, but with as he stressed: “if the government of Montserrat does everything it can to make Montserrat a good place to do business in, making Montserrat attractive to the private sector…”
At the press conference: l-r: Eric Arnold, Principal Consultant, GIC Consulting Ltd.; Tom Kelly, Head of OTD, DFID, team leader; Angella Greenaway, Kato Kimbugwe, DFID Resident Rep.; Allan Clarkin, Deputy Programme Manager, OTD, DFID.
That he referred to was the bargain between the UK and GoM. In the MOU it was mentioned as a “deal.” Kelly confirmed later at a press conference after questions, that the private sector referred to local, international and the
diaspora. The team received presentations from the Montserrat Development Corporation (MDC) on the status of plans for building a new town in Little Bay; held discussions on the government’s investment policy; as well as immigration
Acting Commissioner of Police of the Royal Montserrat Police Services (RMPS) Bradley Siddell, hosted on Friday, October 26, 2012, the newly constructed biweekly press conference, the first of which was hosted by the Commissioner, absent on enforced leave following allegations of
on Monday 7p.m. Junior citizens day on Thursday between 9am and 4pm of Commissioner Foster and Deputy Siddelll at course that involves the fire first bi-weekly press conference service extensively. Games night is still a go on Wednesday at 6:30pm and unfortunately on Thursday we had to cancel the lecture, which the Commissioner said, “and so I’m told that a popular event but unfortunately our guest speaker is unavailable for that, but we do have the “inappropriate behavior”. church service from tomorrow to dance. Possibly, we may or may Among other things the Com- Sunday because of the funeral not have the Karaoke on Friday missioner was pleased to promote on tomorrow which we will be 7:30 p.m. the Police and Fire Community attending, the venue there is Mr. Siddell explained the week of activities. He gave a going to be the Cavalla Hill Methabsence of the sports day was run-down of the activities: The odist Church on Sunday. changed. “We sort of had some launch of the week is going to ocThe family fun-day would pre-police week such as the footcur here on site Saturday at 7:30 also be Sunday at the Brades ball tournament the two other p.m. We’ve changed our opening Basketball court. Gospel concert
DFID team at Grand View Bed & Breakfast and tax policy, environmental management; Tourism’s demand and supply constraints, along with access, a matter heightened with the recent woes of FlyMontserrat.
The DFID team reported at the press conference on the progress of the reform commitments outlined in the MOU, but also said there were areas that were not as good.
Police and Fire Community Week begins on Friday with changes
The team through their lead Kelly, said: “there was good progress…it’s very clear that the government of Montserrat is very committed to the MOU process. They have performed in some areas and even better than we had thought when we agreed the MOU…there are also areas inevitably where we could have made more progress and we have agreed where we should rethink some of the milestones to see how we can meet the February targets…” One of the milestones that was commended and noted by the Cabinet Secretary, was that of outsourcing, after the team said that they were aware that some progress had been made, although there were concerns as to how some areas are being developed. Mrs. Greenaway reported that following consultants reports going back to 2008, GoM had selected four areas in this financial year to be outsourced. These she said, “are school bussing, school needs program, care of the elderly and GoM cleaning services.” All of these, she said
further, “are at various stages of implementation.” The team was critical on the issue of communications of the Government strategy and the reforms. “…it was clear to us that we think (GoM) needs to do a better job in reaching out…” particularly to the small businesses, as they acknowledged, they didn’t expect, “that the average Montserratian in the street is really interested in milestones…” Checking a Summary Assessment of Achievements, obtained (not from GoM), it reveals that 21 of the 35 milestones showed “fully achieved” under a yes/no/ partial column. Of the 21 fully achieved, 13 were done by Cabinet. The 14 incomplete milestones are expected to be completed by February 2013, but suggestions by the Review team regarding improvements in co-ordination, monitoring and reporting hint at stringent requirements on GoM. Video and voice clips can be seen or heard at www.themontserratreporter.com
tournaments; a hike and those is going to impact the speed powere sort of a different approach tentially at which we can deliver to some of the activities.” certain initiatives but I’m goanna Impact from absence of Com- work very hard at attempting to prevent any unnecessary delays missioner Foster Meanwhile, the Ag. Com- - so there is goanna have to be missioner responded, when asked further delegation of some of the about the effect of Commis- commissioners responsibilities to sioner’s possible absence for some other officers so that we can move time. “… it’s not affecting our forward on these plans.” As to the investigation into ability to move forward our plan…. Obviously from anorganizational the allegations against the Compoint of view we will not have of missioner he said that their role direct access to the commissioner will be minimal and will just be a of police so that’s an additional from “a logistical administrative resource that the organization role on ensuring transportation is available, accommodation is relies on for leadership. He said that from an execu- available, equipment and supply, tive leadership level, “we’ve gone a place for these officers to work from two one, so that obviously from…”