The Montserrat Customs and Revenue Service (MCRS) and the Immigration Department have formally signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote and foster cooperation between the two entities. The signing of the MOU between the Director General of the MCRS, Peter W. A. White OBE ED and Chief Immigration Officer Charles Thompson took place on […]
Premier of Montserrat and Minister of Finance, Honourable Reuben T. Meade attended the 111th Meeting of the ECCB Monetary Council in Barbuda on July 18, 2025. He was accompanied by the Honourable Financial Secretary (acting) Ms. Alverna Weekes. They also attended the opening ceremony in Antigua on Thursday July 17. The meeting was chaired by
The Statistics Department of Montserrat (SDM), under the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management, will be conducting the 2025 Household Budgetary Survey – Survey of Living Conditions (HBS-SLC) under the slogan “Tracking Spending, Understanding Living”. The HBS-SLC is a comprehensive survey that combines data collection on household income and expenditure with living conditions. The primary
The Ministry of Finance and Economic Management is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Billy Brian Seaman as Deputy Financial Secretary. Dr. Seaman assumed duties as Deputy Financial Secretary as of May 1, 2025. Dr. Seaman is already working closely with the Financial Secretary and the wider Ministry team, providing valuable leadership and technical
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Montserrat’s Premier and Minister of Finance and Economic Management, Honourable Reuben T. Meade today presented a budget of three hundred and eleven million Eastern Caribbean dollars (XCD$311.78m) to the Honourable House for the 2025/26 financial year. This recurrent budget represents a 13% increase over last year’s recurrent budget, and is the largest recurrent budget presented
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The names of individuals who have not yet closed their accounts at the now-defunct Government Savings Bank, previously operated by the Treasury Department, has been published once again. The Accountant General is urging all remaining depositors of the former Government Savings Bank or their beneficiaries to contact the Treasury Department to claim their unsettled deposits.
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The Governor’s Office has announced a new substantive Deputy Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit here. Supt. Jessica Sweeney has been appointed as the FIU Deputy Director with effect from 1 March 2025. The primary function of the FIU is to receive, analyze, investigate, and disseminate reports of suspicious financial activities. The Unit is operationally
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Montserrat Negotiates 2025/2026 Budget with the UK Discussions between the Government of Montserrat and the United Kingdom Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), on the 2025-2026 budget for Montserrat begins on Monday January 27, 2025, during the Budget Support Mission (BSM). Programme Manager and member of the FCDO team, Miss Shelby Millen is currently
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The Government of Montserrat, through a Cabinet decision, has waived the customs duties and consumption tax for Christmas decorations imported between November 1 and December 24, 2024. This directive means that items such as LED electrical Christmas lights; low energy laser decorative spot lights; solar powered Christmas lights; Christmas trees; and Christmas decorations, which arrive
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The Statistics Department Montserrat (SDM) announces the release of the key labor force indicators from the 2023 Population and Housing Census in the form of an infographic. This infographic provides detailed information on the main labor force indicators, including the participation rate, unemployment rate, and youth unemployment. It also includes data on employment by major
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