Her Excellency The Governor, Mrs Sarah Tucker, welcomed and met with a detachment of the British Army Royal Engineers this morning (Wednesday January 31, 2024). The Royal Engineers are one of the Army’s three Combat Support Arms and are trained as soldiers, technical engineers, and artisan tradesmen. They perform highly specialised combat and non-combat tasks […]
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This week, The Governor’s Office welcomes two cyber specialists from UK Government to Montserrat, to undertake training and development to improve cyber awareness across the territory and to support our cyber security. The team are being hosted by Montserrat’s new Chief Information Officer (CIO), Dr John Lewis. The visit is the next stage of support,
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Her Excellency Governor Sarah Tucker will welcome Sir Philip Barton KCMG OBE the Permanent Under-Secretary from the FCDO, to Montserrat on Friday morning. A career civil servant and diplomat – Sir Philip joined (what was) the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in 1986 and has held a variety of roles during his career. Prior to his
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The UK Government and elected leaders of the British Overseas Territories have agreed a new Joint Declaration. The Declaration defines a new, more collaborative and ‘modern partnership’ between the UK and the OTs – one that’s based around our shared democratic values and respect for human rights. As part of the declaration, the UK and
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A new Commissioner of Police has been appointed following an international recruitment process. Mr Robin Hall has been a police officer for thirty years serving in a number of UK forces, the last eighteen with Cambridgeshire Constabulary. He is currently the Head of the Major Crime Unit leading a team of 150 officers and staff
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Governor of Montserrat, Her Excellency Sarah Tucker and the Premier, Hon. Joseph E. Farrell have issued the following statement on the passing of Lady Judy Martin, OBE. It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of Lady Judy Martin, OBE, wife of Sir George Martin and Mother to Lucie and Giles. At
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Her Excellency, Mrs. Sarah Tucker, and The Hon. Attorney General, Mrs. Sheree Jemmotte-Rodney are bringing together key Law Officers to Montserrat for the 2023 Overseas Territories Attorneys General conference which will take place on the 26th and 27th of September at the Cultural Centre. This is the first in-person conference since the 2019, Cayman Islands
Each hurricane season the British government commit substantial resources to the Caribbean region to be ready to support the Overseas Territories should they need it. This year HMS Dauntless spearheads this commitment. Her Excellency the Governor is very pleased to announce that HMS Dauntless will visit Montserrat this week, arriving in our waters around sunrise
Her Excellency the Governor confirms there will be a visit next week of a small team of officials from the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The team will be on island to undertake a mid-year review of the Financial Aid Mission (FAM) at official level, meeting ministries and departments, working alongside the Deputy Financial
From Governor Sarah Tucker, Premier Joseph Farrell And Deputy Premier Dr Samuel Joseph A meeting of the Central Coordination Group was held on Tuesday morning to review the current status of the electricity and water challenges that have been experienced on Montserrat. The power is holding relatively stable with a few local outages. Parts are
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