The Hon. Premier Meade acting in the capacity of governor of the British Overseas Territories: Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Montserrat delivered this address at the opening ceremony of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of (CDB) Caribbean Development Bank held in St. Lucia: 43rd Meeting Of CDB Board Of [...]
BRADES, Montserrat – The Disaster Management & Coordination Agency (DMCA) hosts its annual Hurricane Preparedness Conference on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. The conference is held prior to the start of the hurricane season which is June 1 to enable all government agencies and community groups to have their emergency plans finalised and to get a [...]
BRADES, Montserrat – Montserrat received an improved rating following the end of the final review of the Strategic Growth Programme from DFID but has work to do in several key areas including tax reforms. According to a statement from the Department for International Development (DFID), the government “sustained its commitment to the reforms process since [...]
BRADES, Montserrat (May 21, 2013) – The Montserrat office of the Department for International Development announced on Monday, that following detailed discussions and negotiations with Government of Montserrat (GoM), a budget aid settlement amounting to EC$70.3million has been agreed. The settlement will enable continued provision of essential services, including assistance across health, education services and [...]
BRADES, Montserrat – The Honourable Premier Reuben T. Meade has been invited along with heads of all Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies to a meeting with Prime Minister David Cameron to discuss tax transparency. In a letter with themed “The G8 and tax and Transparency,” Cameron said he is looking to all the Overseas Territories [...]
BRADES, Montserrat – The Public Works Department recently announced that they have reached the desired depth on the first geothermal well and moving to drill the second one. In four weeks, after temperatures have stabilized they will test to estimate the capacity of the well to generate geothermal energy. According to PWD Director Ron Beardsley, [...]
BRADES, Montserrat – The United Kingdom is making good on its commitment to support Montserrat’s redevelopment and move towards financial independence. In a letter to the Hon. Premier Reuben Meade, signed by DFID Minister of State the Rt. Hon. Alan Duncan and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the FCO Mark Simmonds, the UK Government reaffirmed [...]
Drilling of geothermal well referenced “Mon-01″ continued down to a depth of 2,298M. On Saturday/Sunday temperature and pressure surveys were undertaken in the well by a geophysicist (Thorstein Egilson) using specialist measuring tools. His report was studied by Mike Allen (GoM Geothermal Adviser), Paul Brophy (Senior Geologist), Graham Ryan (Senior Geophysicist) and George Scheid (Geothermal [...]
BRADES, Montserrat – The UK Government has agreed to give Montserrat additional time to pursue new investor options for the development of the Carrs Bay Port and the new town at Little Bay. In a letter to the Hon. Premier Reuben T. Meade, DFID Minister of State the Rt. Hon. Alan Duncan and Parliamentary Under-Secretary [...]
BRADES, Montserrat – The Governor’s Office is inviting applications to the Governor’s delegated fund 2013/2014. A total of EC$ 200,000 is available to be disbursed to special projects submitted by government and non-governmental organisations and departments. According to Staff Officer Tom Regan, there is no thematic preference this year but bids that are ambitious and [...]
