Residents have this week been facing a different and unusual petrol crisis, as some vehicle owners were forced to ground their vehicles from a problem which began surfacing last week, grinding much activity to a halt on the island.

Director Horatio Tuitt at the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), who handles the importation and distribution of petrol and propane gas, said on Wednesday, "we seem to have some contamination in the petrol."

Motorists have complained that very shortly after purchasing the petrol from the lone pump station at Sweeneys, their vehicles begin to 'buck' and at times the engines cut out. In addition most vehicles are observed emitting strong and heavy exhaust fumes.

Scenes at A&F Gas Station

One motorist expressed the fear of many, saying, "I suspect that diesel is mixed with the gas and that must be causing the problem."

Others quickly parked their vehicle, having run low on petrol and refusing to purchase any of the existing fuel, which they said would be disastrous to their vehicles.

Mr. Tuitt said that it is not likely that there is any mix up at the storage station down at Carrs Bay. He explains that whenever they receive both diesel and gas in the same delivery, when one item is pumped ashore, the lines are washed out with water and air is blown through the lines, before delivery begins of the next item.

Could there have been a mixup? Mr. Tuitt who said he had sent samples to Antigua for testing, is adamant. "It is not likely," he said, but he insists, "anything is possible in this life."

Yesterday evening following news from the lone petrol station that they had been advised to close and cease selling the contaminated fuel, ZJB released information from a press release which like many others was obviously withheld from the Montserrat Reporter.

The release stated the results of the tests at the West Indies Oil Company in Antigua, show that the petrol is contaminated.

A copy of the report had been accepted by the suppliers in Nevis, who according to the release had been contacted by Governor Abbott with a request to find a solution to the local problem.

The release further stated that a barge was expected to arrive here today to remove the contaminated fuel and off-load a new supply.

Basil Lee, manager at the Petrol storage site, said at 10 a.m. today that if everything went right petrol could be available by evening. The petrol boat was no where in site yet, but according to Lee, they would have to remove the bad petrol from the petrol station at Sweeneys and clean some of the tanks at the bulk site. When the petrol arrives, they would have to pump the bad petrol back to the ship before receiving the new supply. It seemed unlikely that if the boat did not arrive before mid-day petrol could be available before Saturday.

The Rotarians had to postpone their advertised function at Little Bay tonight to a later date, as motorists parked their vehicles and shared rides, while others simply emptied and cleaned their tanks and engines. Some had already kept the mechanic repair men on the island cleaning up their engines.

One young man said, "there is just enough gas in my car to get me to work today and back home and that is all I will today. I had planned to go to the big Bingo tonight, but that's out."

This week Chief Minister David Brandt on Wednesday again accused Britain of actively working against the tourism industry by its most recent travel advisory.
Chief Minister Brandt, who also holds the island's Finance Minister portfolio, said to ZJB radio: "This advisory is so dangerous to us because tourism touches everyone in Montserrat."

Speaking earlier that day at a ground breaking ceremony for a children's playground at Lookout , he repeated his accusation that ,"anyone who says anything that would harm the development of tourism is harming the people of Montserrat."

He reacted also to that part of the travel advisory which says that there is limited accommodation for visitors in the north of the island and that limited medical facilities require visitors who may need specialist treatment to travel to neighbouring islands. He repeated an early statement that every small territory (and many other places) in the world also have to send people overseas for specialist treatment, because certain situations do not arise frequently enough to allow specialist to be readily available.
The advisory also said that volcanic ash containing a toxic form of crystalline silica is known to cause silicosis following prolonged exposure and poses a serious risk to health, particularly of younger children.

Referring to this at Lookout, he said there was no ground for them (DFID) to say that our medical facilities are bad, that the ash is bad and that children should not come, since Dr. Baxter and the scientists had said the air is clean.

While expressing gratitude to the British government for the money for infrastructure, the Chief Minister lamented, "we want to release ourselves so that we can be out of grant-in-aid, but infrastructure is not all; one of the means of doing this is by virtue of tourism, but when a travel advisory is issued that has the effect of preventing people coming to Montserrat, you are taking bread out of people's mouths."
In the statement on ZJB the Chief Minister referred to the various tourism workers, including taxi drivers, bars, restaurants, hotels and guest houses, who are being made to "suffer" as a result of the advisory.

The British government is providing 50% of the budgetary requirement of the island. The other half will come from current and additional tax measures, which include, the re-introduction of the tax exit certificate (geared at ensuring payment of back-taxes); increasing the rate of duty and consumption tax on imported tobacco by 35 per cent; reverting departure tax for residents and CARICOM nationals (including Montserratians) to the pre-volcanic crisis rate of EC$25 while non-CARICOM nationals will pay EC$45. The re-introduction of work permit fees this year and an increase in hospital user fees are also expected to form part of the projected to be EC$27.2 million this year.

Governor Anthony Abbott, who had stated that he saw nothing adverse about the advisory, last Friday evening in a press release said that British Travel Advisories for Montserrat -- and whether or not DFID employees can bring their children to the island -- are two separate issues and should be addressed as such.

The Governor explains that the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in Britain issues travel advice for nearly every country in the world.

The release continues, "This advice is for the residents of the United Kingdom who are planning to travel overseas. The advice for Montserrat is part of this series of travel advisories ...The advisories share a similar format and style."

Information from the Governor's office confirms that the travel advisories information originates there, but not the final text. But in the release the Governor states that he " has asked the scientific assessment group to look at the Travel Advice and suggest a form of words to cover the volcanic situation," adding that he has also asked the visiting medical team, led by Dr. Peter Baxter, to contribute similarly on volcanic ash.

Mr. Brandt contends that the advisory is inconsistent with Britain's desire for Montserrat to reduce its dependence on British budgetary aid. He said, "Both are inconsistent (because) if you get more tourists, then there would be more fees coming into the government and the government would be in a position not to be in grant-in-aid so that they can manage their own affairs and give the people of Montserrat the tax relief which they deserve and which the British government would not allow."

The Governor's Press Release of last weekend began, "Much has been said and printed in the last few weeks about British Travel Advisories for Montserrat and whether or not DFID employees can bring their children to the island. These are two separate issues and should be addressed as such."

Maybe we should believe there is an admission that something was amiss with the travel advisory in question, when His Excellency Governor Abbott asks the scientists "to suggest a form of words to cover the volcanic situation," and for a similar contribution on volcanic ash from Dr. Baxter.

The Governor would note that this did not quite appease the Chief Minister, who said at a function early this week that he spoke on behalf of the government and people of Montserrat when he again expressed his disappointment in the negative impact of the Advisory.

But if we were to delve back a bit into some of what has happened and been said during the crisis, we would probably understand the Governor's reluctance to be more open in the matter.

On July 27, 1997, just before HMG was to meet with our officials to offer their plans to remove us from Montserrat, the Sunday Guardian wrote:

We should read the foregoing excerpt again to truly digest what was said there, and compare that with what we have been enduring since then. Mr. George Foulkes, undersecretary in the Department for International Deveolopment, visited Montserrat very soon after his boss Clare Short had voiced her indignation towards Montserrat. It was at that time that they pledged that there was no limit as to what would be given to help Montserrat recover.

We can easily see whether and how all this has changed.

Let us look also at a few suggestions, which came around the same time, from a J. Locker Esq. living in England. He recalled "the pyroclastic flows, ash falls and volcanic blowouts and an old lady who came to the UK under the Evacuation Scheme. In order to survive she was forced to camp out in the cold and thus was deemed homeless. This is surely a sad state of affairs."

"I am sure this letter would go straight to the heart of the Government, which will be sympathetic to the people of Montserrat. Possible solutions could be:

"The creation of a five-year plan to replace the current two-year one.

"To declare a State of Emergency in all areas that are in the Volcanic path and these be declared Danger Zones.

"Small Businesses be recompensed for what they have lost.

"People who have lost their livelihood be paid sums to start again. Teams of British engineers be sent to the island to build roads and bridges in the North.

"A new airport at Hell's Gate.

"A new city at either Rendezvous or Blake's Estate as there are hundreds of acres of land laying dormant for many years in these parts…"

Alwyn Howsen wrote: "A housing and household related items voucher" in Montserrat at this time would enable all persons on island to return to homely living. Those persons who now have land in the north of the island would have money to enter them into home construction, whilst others can buy land, contribute to mortgages or build houses.

"Mr. Editor, forced evacuation and exclusion zones are words which have been introduced into our vocabulary since June 25, 1997. A housing and household related items voucher would bring back many persons who were forced off or excluded from living on Montserrat.

"Widen the food voucher system, to a housing and household related items voucher, to redress the in- balance of housing on Montserrat."

The hope is to provide a little food for thought here and perhaps later we can talk about these matters, even though we have been talking about them for a long time now.

Dr. Baxter, during an interview on ZJB, stated he was not consulted prior to the advisory being issued nor does he know of any scientific or medical reason for it. "There is no reason at all to give that advice from the ash point of view and we haven't given any advice to that effect," he is quoted as saying. In fact, he went on to say that the air quality is measurably improved and is perfectly safe in all areas of the north all the way to the Belham Valley.
It is becoming the accepted point of view that the ban on children was or is intended solely for DFID employees and is not and was not intended to be considered anything but a general advisory for DFID EMPLOYEES ONLY wishing to bring their under 12 year old children here. The reason given for this is the health hazard of ash.

Yet this is becoming the accepted view without benefit of ANY PUBLIC COMMENT WHATSOEVER from DFID. What is inarguable is that, assuming this was intended strictly for DFID employees, the interpretation as being POSSIBLY intended for ALL travelers to Montserrat by medical personnel of Dr. Avery's ability and background, as well as persons in power such as the Chief Minister.

This immediately should have signaled, to those in a position to do something about it, the potential for extreme damage to Montserrat's recovery and ability to attract both tourists and investors. In order to minimize the damage, DAMAGE CONTROL for the island should have been immediate and excessive, in order to insure that the advisory had no capability of being misinterpreted by others even less informed (such as travel agents, airlines, etc).

And for damage control to have any impact whatsoever, it would have to have been mandated and implemented by those who issued the advisory in the first place.
I admit I haven't listened to ZJB much these past two weeks, and, of course, I have not heard any foreign broadcasts, but as far as I can tell, the official public response from DFID to the uproar over the advisory, the confusion over its intent and for whom it is intended, has been TOTAL SILENCE.

Perhaps, as is wont in Montserrat's experience, the real problem is that it's only been two weeks since this broke and no one should be surprised that there's no response from the issuers of the advisory in such a short a period of time. That's just doesn't seem to be possible in the red tape jungle. Yet, in the back of my mind, it's hard to really believe that there ever will be a response at all. Why????
Because "We're DFID, dammit!"

by Bennette Roach

The sad news of the death of Labour Member of Parliament for Tottenham, Bernie Grant, was received here early this week.

The deceased, reportedly Britain's first black Member of Parliament, died on Saturday. He was born in Guyana and went to Britain with his parents at the age of 18. He had been Labour MP for Tottenham in north London since 1987.

His name became prominent in Montserrat and as his death was reported we were reminded of an article which appeared in the Guardian newspaper in Britain which said, "When the volcano erupted in Montserrat a row broke out about British aid policy towards the refugees. Typically the Montserratian chief minister immediately telephoned Bernie Grant and invited him to plead the island's case. Bernie caused some embarrassment by arriving on the island before the government's own fact-finding mission."

For us here, we can say he caused further embarrassment, since his arrival was at the height of the beginning of the heavily British supported evacuation scheme from Montserrat. He confirmed the fact that Britain had been planning to evacuate the whole of Montserrat, which is still being denied today.

Mr. Grant was said to have championed the cause of the black community in the United Kingdom and also campaigned tirelessly for the needy, whatever their race.
He was also remembered as a "stalwart" parliamentarian who pressured successive governments to live up to their responsibilities in providing for the underprivileged.
According to a CANA report, the Caribbean High Commissioners and members of the Caribbean Advisory Group meeting in London described Mr. Grant as a proud Caribbean man, who chaired the UK/Caribbean Parliamentary Committee in the House of Commons, where he helped to promote and strengthen the relationship between Britain and the Caribbean.

They stated that with the passing of Bernie Grant, the UK had lost a fearless and outspoken Member of Parliament who made a considerable contribution to defining and enhancing the role of black people within Britain.
"He leaves behind an exemplary record of service of which all Caribbean people in Britain can be proud. The Caribbean has lost a powerful advocate and a good friend," a release stated.

We here in Montserrat wish to join in extending condolences to his wife, Sharon and his three sons, Steven, Alex and James, and the many colleagues and constituents who mourn his passing.

Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Lester Bird on Tuesday during parliamentary debate on this year's national budget has threatened to scrap Cable and Wireless' monopoly on the provision of Internet service, saying that the rates were too high and the band-width too narrow.
Mr. Bird's concerns come as this country increasingly takes advantage of the lucrative Internet gaming industry.
Cable and Wireless is responsible for all overseas telecommunications services, while the wholly government-owned Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) provides all local land-line services, including installation and maintenance.
Meanwhile yesterday, the Antigua and Barbuda branch of Cable and Wireless denied the charges by Prime Minister Bird that its Internet service was too expensive and bandwidth too narrow.
Responding to the charges made by Bird, the phone company said the bandwidth request was "unusually high" and there was an absence of "corporate references."

"I think it is also a fact that we have not explored these opportunities to trade with each other, and among the OECS to any great extent," he said.
He said the goal of the trade mission is to stimulate business activity and tap into the Dominica market.
Mr. Louisy added that there were concerns that the move towards a Single Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Market and Economy, had over taken the OECS Single Market process, and that it may be a "redundant issue".However, he said the business community in St. Lucia did not share that view.
Among the products being promoted on the mission are sports apparel, mattresses and bedding, household and industrial cleaners, printing services, soft drinks, spices, sauces and condiments, website designing and hosting, computer services, herbal products, computer services, radio and television production and liquor.
Trade and Marketing Minister Osborne Riviere said he was particularly pleased to note the inclusion of the services sector, and the information technology services in particular.
"This sector has generated considerable growth in the economies of North America, Asia and Europe, and continues to do so. By this inclusion, the Chamber of Commerce are highlighting the importance and potential of
this emerging sector to our economies," he said.

BWIA's Chairman Lawrence Duprey said he was particularly pleased that profit was achieved despite new charter competition, which cost BWIA TT$75.5 million (US$12 million) in lost revenues.
BWIA's President and Chief Executive Officer Conrad Aleong credited the executive team and employees and union for another good performing year.
Aleong is head of CA International, which was given a three-year contract two years ago with a mandate to turn around the fortunes of the airline. Aleong, an airline veteran who worked with Air Canada and ALM, said the 19 strategies in the three-year business plan are being followed and are proving to be right on target.
"The transformation has taken hold, the culture is changing and our people are enjoying the feeling of being part of a winning team," said Aleong.
He said in 2000, the third year of the business plan, BWIA will reach " cruising altitude" with six new Bowing 737-800 Next Generation Aircraft, new destinations of Washington and Atlanta, new information technology, including Internet bookings, and a rebranded corporate image.

In unrelated news it was reported on Wednesday that a BWIA International Airways flight out of London with over 200 passengers bound for Piarco was forced to make an emergency landing on a small island off the English coast Tuesday. No injuries were reported.

GOVERNMENT INFORMATION

(Government Information Services (G.I.S.) is an information service produced and prepared in the office of the Chief Minister and published as a paid for service.)

On Monday April 10, 2000, the residents of the new housing development were among a group of Government representatives and other dignitaries who gathered for a ground-breaking ceremony of a playing field in the village. The land for the playing ground was donated by the Government of Montserrat and funding for the development is provided by the Montserrat Red Cross.

Among the speakers who addressed the gathering were Dr. Ronnie Cooper, Mrs. Listra Osborne, Director of the Red Cross, the honorable Chief Minister David Brandt and Mrs. Camilla Watts. Also present at the ceremony was the wife of His Excellency, Mrs Abbott, Patron of the Red Cross. The ground-breaking was done by CM Brandt and Mrs Abbott, assisted by Camilla Watts.

The Chief Minister delivered the feature address. The following is an edited version of his speech:

"It gives me great joy to be associated with the Red Cross in this venture. No one organisation or no one person could have brought this into being. And even though the British Government is not particularly present, I would want to associate them with this venture. Because it is the funds which they have provided why this government was able to buy the land and so make this piece available. Let me say that our island has been laid waste and we have suffered the tribulations that have never been seen by any other country in the Caribbean. All our lands, all our belongings, everything we had, or most of us, have being lost.

"We are in the process of rebuilding, and no other government ever had this responsibility in the history of Montserrat. Other governments had the opportunity to build on what was there before, and to deal with situations in normal times, and even when we had Hurricane Hugo, it did not devastate two thirds of the island. Here we have to deal with emergency and we have to deal with rebuilding. And this is a difficult task. It is a task that should not only involve the government but involve the people and all non- government organisations.

"I can say without any fear of contradiction that the Red Cross have played a significant role in this rebuilding. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to give the persons involved in the Red Cross a round of applause. They have built the Golden Years Home, so they are taking care of the old. I am bound to say that the government did contribute a little thing towards the building.

Lookout Community president with children

And I am also bound to say that every year we give a significant amount to the running of this organisation, and this is what partnership is all about. We have built this community for the people of Lookout and I am proud of what I see. On Saturday Antigua Broadcasting Services (ABS) of Antigua came to Montserrat and they say the houses which we have here, they wish they had them in Antigua. So we the Government are trying to give the people the best we can in the circumstances.

"It is not only the big building physical structure we are concerned about, we are concerned about providing work for our people. And one of the areas we should provide work is in the area of tourism and anyone who says anything that would harm the development of tourism is harming the people of Montserrat, whether they know it or not. "And ladies and gentlemen not long ago the people from DFID wrote to some of their members saying that they must not bring children less than 12 years to Montserrat. Or that the ash in Montserrat is so bad, or that the medical facilities in Montserrat is so bad. "And ladies and gentlemen there was no ground for that allegation.

"We are grateful to them for giving us the money to build the infrastructure, but infrastructure is not all, we want to relieve ourselves so that we will be out of grant-in-aid, and one of the means of doing this is by virtue of tourism. They have scientists here whom they hire. They hire Dr. Baxter and the scientists are saying that the advice that DFID gave, they did not consult them. Dr. Baxter on Friday said the air is clean. When you issue a travel advisory that has the effect that makespeople not to come to Montserrat, you are taking bread out of the people's mouth. I am calling on the British Government and their representatives to withdraw that immediately. Let me say that I am speaking on behalf of the Government and people of Montserrat."

The Department of Agriculture is attempting to reduce the use of pesticides in the growing of crops. Chief Extension Officer Easton Farrell says this is one of his division’s main targets for this year. Last year the department conducted a number of workshop sessions on integrated pest management and Mr. Farrell says attempts will be made to take this knowledge to the field.

Efforts are underway in both St. Kitts and Nevis to ensure Montserratians relocated there are kept in touch with their culture.

The Targeted Assistance for Relocated Montserratians (TARMEC) is sponsoring two workshops for Montserratian children in the two islands. The workshops will be conducted by composer Randy Greenaway and psychologist Dr. Carol Tuitt, who co-authored the book "Little Island Live Volcano." Denyse Phillip, Project Officer for the TARMEC programme in St. Kitts, says the workshops, which will focus on aspects of Montserrat’s culture, have been organized because children are slowly losing their identity as they integrate in their new communities. She says 50 of the books have been purchased and will be presented to each Montserratian family. TARMEC has also assisted unemployed Montserratians. Fifty-five persons have been targeted in the form of food vouchers, rent and medical assistance.

Another 40 persons have received assistance under the unemployment Support Scheme to start new businesses with a grant of $2,500.

Members of the Hospital staff have started a workshop at the Tropical Mansions Suites in Sweeney’s on improving hospital dietetic services. The workshop, conducted by Ms. Jenny Richards of the Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI), is targeting nurses.

Among the objectives of the exercise are to improve dietetic services and to implement strategies that will facilitate by long term strengthening of the dietetic services. Officials are hoping that this would sensitize nurses to their roles in the provision of dietetic services and equip them with the necessary skills. The areas being addressed at the workshop include the collection and utilization of nutrition-related data, fundamentals of nutrition, and characteristics, standards and service of selected hospital diets. Social Development Consultant says this was a first workshop with a group of people all of whom were very strongly concerned with social issues in Montserrat, both working within the Government and the Community.

Brownies on Montserrat will go on a week-long camp at the Bethesda Education Centre in Cavalla Hill. The Brownies will take part in various activities including Art and Craft, Floral arrangements, Swimming and Water Safety Tips, and Dance. They will also be involved in sessions conducted by the Police on crime prevention and by the Nurses on healthy living and First Aid.

The Government of Montserrat has revoked its open invitation to CARICOM nationals to come to the island and work. In a letter to the Secretary General of CARICOM the honourable Chief Minister David Brandt stated that work permit requirements as stipulated by the laws of Montserrat would now have to be fulfilled before CARICOM nationals can be gainfully employed in Montserrat.

The Chief Minister has extended the government’s thanks to members of the Caribbean Community, whose residents generously accepted Montserrat’s invitations for employment. He said the human resource gained from the region have significantly contributed to Montserrat’s redevelopment. Chief of Staff in the Office of the Chief Minister Salas Hamilton says the move became necessary because of the number of Montserratians returning home and seeking work.

Meanwhile the Honourable Minister with responsibility for Labour Adelina Tuitt says work permit requirements for non-nationals must now be fulfilled. However, she says, migrant workers have nothing to fear once they have jobs. As long as they have a job they will be allowed to work.

The Montserrat Fisherman’s Co-op has received EC$65,000 from the Governor’s Office. According to a Government House press release the funds will be used to assist those fishermen who lost boats and equipment in Hurricane Lenny late last year. The funds will be used to purchase equipment and are to be administered by the Co-operative. In addition, His Excellency the Governor will formerly present to the Co-operative a fish slicer for use by fishermen in preparing for sale to the general public. The funds and equipment are additional and complimentary to those being provided to local fishermen by the Government of Montserrat.

The Governor’s Office has responded to recent comments in the media about British Travel Advisories for Montserrat and whether or not DFID employees can bring their children to Montserrat. Here is the full text of the press release:

"Much has been said and printed in the last few weeks about British Travel Advisories for Montserrat and whether or not DFID employees can bring their children to the island . These are two separate issues and should be addressed as such.

"(1) The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) in Britain issues travel advice for nearly every country in the world. This advice is for the residents of the United Kingdom who are planning to travel overseas. The advice for Montserrat is part of this series of travel advisories and can be downloaded from the Internet by travel agents and individuals. The advisories share a similar format and style. The travel advice for Montserrat is routinely amended after the completion of each of the six-monthly scientific risk meetings held to review the status of the Soufriere Hills Volcano. Such a meeting took place this week, so the next Montserrat travel advice, when published, will reflect the finding of this meeting. "The Governor has asked the assessment group to look at the Travel Advice and suggest a form of words to cover the volcanic situation. He has also asked the visiting medical team, lead by Dr Peter Baxter, to contribute similar on the volcano ash.

"(2) Just as the assessmentsare made available to individual Montserratians to make decisions about their future, so companies and others, including UK Government Departments, are entitled to do the same and make decisions concerning their employees and those under contract to them. Both FCO and DFID have a set of criteria concerning children abroad. Conditions in cities around the world are measured against those criteria to determine who may accompany officers serving in those places.

"(3) Neither FCO nor DFID is issuing Travel Advice telling adults or children not to come to Montserrat, Much of the controversy surrounding the advisory has to do with the implication that volcanic ash poses a serious risk and is dangerous for children. However, Dr. Peter Baxter, who heads an ash monitoring team here, says that the air quality on Montserrat is quite good, a point backed up by environmental expert Dr. Alison Searl.

The Emergency Department carried out a test of its response and plans last week. His Excellency Governor Anthony Abbott and the Honourable Chief Minister David Brandt headed the command post exercise, which was held, at the Emergency Operations Center in St. Johns. According to a spokesman, a field exercise is planned for next month. This will be followed by further training programmes.

The Ministry of Health is continuing a series of workshops focusing on hospital information systems. A three-day workshop, which got underway this week as part of the Health Development Project, is focusing on management and planning. Secondary health care manager Mrs. Beverly Menzies says this is part of an effort to have information at the hospital organized in a manner to enable decision makers to make timely and effective decisions. Currently most information at the hospital, including records, is not computerized.

The workshop is sponsored by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The facilitators are Dale Isil and David Taylor, both of PAHO.

The Honourable Chief Minister David Brandt says he is stepping up pressure on the British Government to change its travel advisory on Montserrat. The Chief Minister says the advisory will have a negative impact on the vital tourism industry. Speaking in a news interview, the CM said the economy, which has been decimated by the volcanic crisis, is dependent more than ever on the tourism sector for its recovery. Mr. Brandt refers to what he says is inconsistency by the British Government in its policy towards Montserrat. They are on one hand asking us to be more vigilant with our tax collections and on the other hand they are preventing money from coming into the economy. He said that if more tourists would come to the island they will generate a better cash flow in the economy, but the travel advisory is advising persons otherwise. CM Brandt is of the view that tax collection is important, but so is the tourist dollar.

The Governor’s Office is assisting the Montserrat National Trust in developing a Trails and Campsite Project. The project, known as The Golden Oriole Walk, will see an old agricultural trail from Hilltop to Cassava Ghaut turned into a scenic walking area with picnic spots.

The trail is being developed with a grant of over EC$23,000 from the Governor’s Small Grant Scheme. The National Trust, the Forestry Department, the Tourist Board and the Tour Guides Association are all co-operating in the project. The trail will pass through nesting grounds of the Montserrat Oriole and will incorporate signs, bridges and steps to Lawyer’s Mountain. It will afford visitors and residents scenic views of the north of the island. The Governor’s Office says it is pleased to be associated with the project.

Participants in a Participatory Poverty Assessment Workshop this week received additional training in this field. That’s according to Social Development Consultant Sue Jones. Speaking to GIS Miss Jones says this was the first workshop with a group of people all of whom were very concerned with Social issues in Montserrat.

Miss Jones says also the workshop was aimed at getting the experience of everyone working in this field, getting a brief introduction to some new skills, and beginning to design together the framework for an assessment within Montserrat.

The present activity at the volcano is not expected to pose a threat outside the Exclusion Zone. That was one of the conclusions from a review of the Soufriere Hills Volcano conducted last week by a team of international scientists. The team, however, feels that if the new dome eventually grows to a large size and threatens the northern flanks, or the eruption rate increases significantly, then the boundaries of the Exclusion Zone may be re-assessed.

But according to the scientists, the possibility of the risk increasing outside the Exclusion Zone over the next six months is thought to be low. The most likely situation is for the lava dome to continue to grow, causing further dome collapses to occur to the east down the Tar River Valley. The volcano is now in a second phase of dome growth, which is likely to approach heights of activity similar to the period 1995 to 1998.

The assessment that the volcano will be "persistently active" for the immediate future will once again fuel debate on the options for an airport. Before the resumption of dome growth the authorities were actively considering rebuilding Bramble airport. But Director of the volcano observatory Dr. Simon Young says, in his words, "the clock has been reset" on this. In other related news, all preliminary work at Gerald’s, a proposed site for an airport, has been stopped. This is at the request of the Honourable Chief Minister David Brandt. He says a joint private/public sector committee headed by the minister of communications and works has reported that the overwhelming preference is Thatch Valley.

The National Trust is hoping to raise over $600,000 to complete its five-year development plan. The plan includes proposals for a museum, botanical gardens, natural history center and a library. One of the fund-raising events planned is dubbed "Buy A Block". Persons can buy a block for $10, $20 or $100 to help build the natural history center. The names of the participants will appear on a plaque at the center.

Over the past few weeks we have been bringing you some common symptoms which indicate that the body is not functioning properly.

As we all know, when something goes wrong with our car, we can detect it because the car makes a peculiar sound, or it won’t start, or there is an unusual feel about it when we drive it.

Similarly when the body is overtaken by illness it often reveals specific evidence that something is wrong.

Although we believe in prevention of disease there are times when we get sick. Therefore, creating an awareness that there is a problem will allow you to seek medical help and effect an early cure.

This weeks focus however is on a different topic – That of Posture.

Posture is the position or carriage of the body when sitting, standing or lying down. A person’s posture depends on the use of the muscles of the body in order to be able to rise from the bed and stand upright. For example, the large muscles of the thighs and legs stabilize these parts of the body, enabling your legs to bear your body weight. Similarly the large muscles of the back on both sides of the spinal cord helps the body to maintain the position required.

Additionally, muscles in the shoulders, arms and neck play an important part in helping us to maintain proper position.

1. A person’s body build can affect posture. A large or heavy frame person will have a different posture to an individual with a small or slender frame.
2. The amount of body fat will also affect the posture.
3. However, the most important factor is habit. This means that a person could allow his muscle to become limp so that he stoops or slumps. Or he may allow himself to stand upright and move gracefully.

Posture is important for two (2) reasons.

1. It has a definite relationship to a persons general appearance e.g. a person who maintains a gracefully upright posture most time has a positive out look on life and the extra spring in his step in admired by others around him.
2. Posture influences the functions of the body e.g. in enabling us to breathe properly and to digest the foods we eat.

Poor posture in the form of slumping forward and stooping could affect the general flow of blood throughout the body.

The person who allows his shoulders to droop causes crowding of the organs in the chest especially the lungs and the heart. This could cause breathing problems, as well as putting the person at risk for disease since the blood is prevented from flowing freely.

In addition, the foods that are eaten takes a longer time to be digested. In closing, I am encouraging everyone to try to adopt good posture. With a bit of effort every day, good posture can be achieved.

Of the 45,000 pineapple suckers distributed to farmers last November, at least 95 percent have shown satisfactory growth and development. Extension staff has been closely monitoring the production to ensure that growers are using the appropriate crop husbandry practices associated with the crop.

Hand weeding of small plots around the house is recommended and chemical weed control is recommended for those farmers with large plots. Pineapple plants are very tolerant of HI Vare.X and that is therefore the recommended weedicide to use. Contact your extension Officer for further information.

A number of farmers have achieved success with inter cropping in their pineapple plots. Sweet potato is one popularly used. Crop farmers are fully satisfied with this economic practice. Other crops that can be used are peanuts and carrots.

The soil moisture is adequate now for farmers to apply fertilizers to their pineapple plants. The rate is 300lbs. per acre, using an N.P.K fertilizer.

A good knowledge of the life cycles of parasites affecting your animals helps in fighting against them.

The use of anthelmintic or ‘dewormer’ drugs is important, but must be accompanied by good husbandry practices at all times. In using the drugs care has to be taken to use them correctly, at the right time and dosages.

1. Provide adequate nutrition
2. Minimise continuous ingestion of larvae after treatment, (i.e. clean pens, do pasture rotation)
3. Treat all animals in herd
4. Repeat treatment at 2-3 weeks intervals
5. Alternate drugs to avoid parasite resistance (seek advice from the veterinarian)
6. Give correct dose. (seek advice from the veterinarian)

Is it foreseeable or conceivable that some of our children who were exposed to volcanic ash could, in years to come, develop health problems directly caused by that ash?

Is it conceivable that visitors to Montserrat could sustain direct physical injury or loss as a result of volcanic activities?

Is it foreseeable that legal action could ensue from the representatives of children, who developed severe health problems that were caused by volcanic activity on Montserrat?

Is it conceivable that a visitor to Montserrat, who sustained direct physical injury caused by volcanic activity, would take legal action against the Government of Montserrat?

If the answer to any of the foregoing questions is remotely -- maybe, then appropriate warning must be given to all foreseeable visitors to Montserrat, now.

I have lived on Montserrat throughout the volcanic crisis. And I recall some very influential people threatening to sue the British if harm should come to Montserratians because of volcanic activity.

I do not believe that there was any intention to sue the Government for negligence in the circumstances which caused the deaths.. But it might still happen.

It is also my opinion that despite the warning given to travelers about the state of affairs on Montserrat, the people of the world will continue to sympathise with us and help us. People will visit us. People will live with us inspite of any increased hazards of living on Montserrat.

Therefore we do not need to panic over information that seems to be negative. Yet we must be forthright and allow people to be with us at their own risk.

You guessed it. I have no problems with the advisory issued to travelers by the British Government. And I see no reason why they should not impose restrictions on persons who are contracted to work for them on Montserrat.

There is another vexing matter which concerns many ordinary Montserratians. And that is the confrontational way that our leaders and their 3-6-9 supporters deal with the Airport issue. They are so wrapped up with Thatch Valley. They say Thatch Valley or no Airport at all.

They are uncomprising. They say that Thatch Valley would open up the land. They say that Thatch Valley has potential for Golf Course, Hotels, Condominiums, exclusive property development, and opportunity to make money from the sale of land.

That’s fine for them. But as many as 3,000 ordinary Montserratians have a need that cannot wait on Thatch Valley. We need to be able to fly in and out of Montserrat now -- and safely. We are tired of vomiting to and from Antigua traveling on the Ferry. And we are prepared to support the British with their plans for a temporary Airport.

Look at the economy today! It is dying. We need to revive and maintain a manageable economy and to return to affordable living standards, instead of fussing over expensive dreams.

We ordinary Montserratians have no problem with the desire to have a dream Airport at Thatch Valley. We have no problem with the Golf Course at Thatch Valley - even with the strain that would be placed on our water system. We have no problems with opening up land at Thatch Valley. But open up lands for whom, and at what cost?

If, at present, accessible lands in the north are beyond the means of ordinary Montserratian at $4 per square foot, how will we be able to purchase land that will cost over $20 million to make it accessible? Most importantly -- we ordinary Montserratian have no problems with the British. We are satisfied with their performance at Lookout. Even though Montserratians couldn't afford to buy the land, the British have created a development where nobody had to purchase land.

No, we have no problem with the British. But the problem is, our leaders only want to fight with them.

And when the British Elephants and the Montserrat Elephants fight -- the ordinary people - the grass, suffer.

We cannot continue in this way!

We need an opportunity to participate in a functioning economy that ensures each of us fairness and justice. We need to begin to rebuild the social threads of our society that ensure each of us normality.

We plead with our leaders, do not frustrate our basic needs any more. Be less confrontational and be more compromising with the British; negotiate within the boundaries of reality.

And for the time being, accept the temporary Airport at Geralds for the sake of ordinary Montserratians.

It has been a thrill to pick up the Montserrat Reporter these days and to see by the different responses and issue articles that Montserratians are speaking out.

Following others is not usually my style. However, I have decided to join the bandwagon and air my views on a few matters.

To date we have heard nothing from the Minister of Education, Health & Community Services, Mrs Adelina Tuitt, on the matters of the Advisory against children under the age of 12 years visiting the Island and the Social Welfare problem that is now becoming a Social Welfare Crisis. Some mothers with young children, who have been disadvantaged by the discontinuing of the Food Voucher System, are not able to get support through an alternative system.

Some months ago Mrs. Tuitt commented in a news brief that the Social Welfare System would be reviewed in six months. But here are some questions for you Madame Minister; are you waiting for a few malnourished children to surface, or are you trying to see how much further you can push the less fortunate into a state of desperation? Are you forgetting where you came from or have you always been well off?

Lady Minister, you have been elected by the people of Montserrat to look out for their welfare. At this point your silence or your unconcern leaves much to be desired.

It will be interesting to hear the explanations given for the contaminated petrol that was delivered to Montserrat. The Manager and owner of the A & F Servicentre, Mr. Alton Lindsey, also has a lot of questions to answer. The public should be aware that Mr. Lindsey and his staff were well aware since Saturday April 8, 2000, that the gas being sold was contaminated. Reliable sources say that the Gas Station tried to contact the Director of EOC, Mr. Horatio Tuitt, on Saturday, only to find out that he was off Island. Instead of disallowing the sale of the petrol and closing down the Gas Station, Mr. Lindsey continued to sell the "Bad Gas." To further humour the situation his staff were promoting the sale of fuel injectors as a means of combating the pollution of the petrol. When asked by some customers why the petrol was being sold still, workers said that they were advised by the EOC to sell what was in the tank. Although Mr. Lindsey on Thursday, April 13, 2000, decided to close his Gas Station until the new batch of Petrol arrives on Island, he has allowed Montserrat to suffer a great disadvantage.

Vehicle owners who bought the "Bad Gas" paid extra for petrol and many will spend further hundreds of dollars to repair the damage which the contaminated petrol caused. Mr. Lindsey, on the other hand, has benefited greatly at the expense of his fellow countrymen.

The last issue I want to touch on is that of Labour Speaks. That program is beginning to sound more like a political campaign than that of a labour issues program. Since most people, I am sure, will agree to that, it is time for the Manager of Radio Montserrat to address this issue. The name of a program should be indicative of its contents, and since most of the topics aired on Labour Speaks are not labor-related, then the name of the program needs to be changed. If Mr. Hilroy Bramble needs a Political Platform, let him use the correct forum to do so. Labour Speaks is not the place.

Let us take a look at the statement made by the Honourable Chief Minister, Mr. David S. Brandt, about the building of sheds at Lookout. Irrespective of space impediments and all the other drawbacks of the houses at Lookout, each tenant was required to sign a lease before moving into their house at Lookout. One of the clauses in the Lease is that no additions or adjustments can be made to the houses without the approval of the Housing Department.

In any case it is ridiculous for people to try to deface their environs by adding old shacks and sheds to their houses in order to store animals and tools. If you want to build extra space, go about it the right way and seek the necessary permission. A lot of the people at Lookout who need these additions have the means to build their own houses, and so should have taken the Building Material grant so that they can build the mansions they desire and put up all the sheds around them as they see fit. The houses at Lookout are meant to be Emergency houses, built to alleviate the pressure of shelter life and to assist the unfortunate in acquiring a comfortable, private place to lay their heads. Those at Lookout who have new or reconditioned vehicles parked outside their doors should be ashamed to complain of discomfort, when money used to buy new vehicles could have been used to build a house of their dreams.

Montserratians, stop complaining and just be thankful for life. One song writer says "the good things that you’ve got are for many just a dream, so be thankful for the good things that you’ve got."

Z.A. Shutting

The budget for fiscal year 2000 has been passed. The Chief Minister concludes that it can be called a Budget of Assistance, but it should more correctly be called "The Budgetary Aid Reduction Plan." You will note that this document boasts of Government's controlled expenditure and the exercising of fiscal prudence, but what does all this mean to us? Let us examine the measures taken and proposed to reduce budgetary assistance.

Decline in emergency expenditure.

1. Decrease in amount allocated to rental of shelters
2. Disembodiment of the Royal Montserrat Defense Force.
3. Rationalization of the social welfare system.
4. Increase in duty and consumption tax on imported tobacco.
5. Re-introduction of Departure tax.
6. Re-introduction of Work Permit fees.
7. Increase in Hospital user fees

It is reasonable to expect some reduction in emergency expenditure, and with shelters returned to their original use rental would be saved. The problem here is that since the crisis is not over, funds saved in these areas should be placed into housing or even the soft mortgage loan scheme instead of reflected as a decrease in the budget.

The disembodiment or the demise of the Royal Montserrat Defense Force is still a sore point, as this organization has served this country with distinction during this crisis. It would appear now that the disembodiment was seen as a Budgetary Aid reduction vessel and not really for the reasons offered. It is shameful for Government to even mention this cowardly act as part of their reduction programme.

What this single act did was make a number of young Montserratians jobless, shelterless and consequently led to many seeking a better life in other countries, thus decreasing the already too small population. Perhaps it was designed to do just what it did, and sad to say our ministers were not insightful enough to see the long-term effect.

The Social Welfare reform was necessary, I'll admit, however the rationalization should be to ensure that persons who needed assistance received it and not to allow needy people to fall through the cracks. For instance, a single parent with three school-aged children working for EC$25 a day should in all conscience be given some assistance and not be turned away just so we can boast Reduction in Aid. This means test we have adopted doesn't work even in the metropolitan countries, as it for most part leaves many below the poverty line. We are few in numbers and everybody knows one another, so the board members should know whom they are dealing with rather than a number.

With the present state of the economy, and with more people being forced out of work and off welfare, the smokers are asked to pay higher for their cigarettes, which may be their only comfort regardless of what the rest of us think. Travelers are asked to pay more, hospital users more and employers to pay for work permits. All this in order to decrease the budgetary assistance, while Government calls on the population to be in the redevelopment mode.

As a sweetener a few measures of tax relief were offered, namely:

1. Exclusion of landing charges in calculating customs duties on imports.
2. No Duty on tools of trade.
3. No Duty and Consumption Tax on heavy equipment.
4. Reduction of Wharfage dues from EC$56.00 to EC$27.00 per ton for Montserratians returning home.

These measures certainly do not assist the masses; for instance the landing charge exemption from the calculations will be so negligible that it would not be passed on to the consumer. In an attempt, I suppose, to boost small industries, duty is taken off tools of trade and duty and consumption tax off heavy equipment.

Now if there are no Tools of Trade or Heavy Equipment there can be no tax to take off and therefore no income for the Treasury. This feeble attempt to do something for the masses is like blowing bubbles in hot air. The wharfage dues reduction may be the only area where a large number of persons could benefit.

Those of us who stayed here through thick and thin would have welcomed some form of assistance, even though we are happy for those who will return.

All these measures would have been in order, except the disembodiment of the Royal Montserrat Defense Force, if in this Budget Government had outlined a programme to resuscitate the productive sector.

In an Aid Reduction Budget such as this, it would be reasonable to expect to see a number of initiatives to create jobs.

1. Since Government decide to reduce Budgetary Aid or, as they claim, are called upon to do so, then together with the British 's help "The Offshore Banking Sector" should be up and running. This Sector has in the past created a number of jobs, and also placed much needed funds in the Treasury. It is not enough only to pass laws to regulate the sector.
2. Given Nature's gift of an erupting Volcano, Tourism should be out front in the revenue raising /job creating department. We must, if we are to survive, sell what we have, and simply put, WE HAVE A VOLCANO. So every effort should be made by both British and Montserrat Governments to dissuade all Negative Travel Advisories on the island and one-day/weekend excursions to the island be promoted vigorously in the first instance.
3. The information sector should have been earmarked for job creation in this budget by way of some incentives.
4. Industries like the Montserrat Mills should be encouraged to return and others, like the Water Bottling Plant, pursued to start operations here. Incentives to industries like these should have been included in this budget
5. Cutting roads to HellsGate, Thatch Valley and Baker Hill Mountain would provide much needed jobs and reduce the dependence on welfare. This would also open up lands for Agriculture and other development
6. Develop projects to utilize the Neem Tree to its full potential.

It is quite clear that this hands-tied Government lacks vision and consequently presented a budget which assists us to remain underdeveloped. There is still hope, and as a people we will have to rally together to redevelop our island.

Men are interested in a variety of sexual partners for the sake of variety.

This notion is well captured in the old saying, "So many women, so little time."

I recently had lunch with a colleague who has an incredibly gorgeous and sexy wife. We got to talking about what we fantasize about and this is what he said: "It sounds crazy, but I always fantasize about other women, even fat women and old women. They don't have anything she doesn't have except one thing: They're not her."

It's hard for a man to see an attractive woman without wondering what she'd be like in bed and without wanting to find out. Many prostitutes and call girls report that a significant portion of their clientele consists of happily married men who come to them only for some variety. And men are more likely than women to have affairs, and not necessarily because something is lacking at home, except for a variety of partners.

Men are more promiscuous even in their fantasies. In one study of college students, 32 percent of the males, but only 8 percent of the females, reported that they had had sex with over 1,000 different partners in their fantasies. Men also are far more likely than women to switch partners during a fantasy.

Men are concerned with sexual performance.

It makes sense that those who see sex as a performance should worry about not being able to perform adequately. This is not to say that women don't also have sexual worries. They do. But women have a different perspective than men. They tend not to see sex as primarily a performance, despite the pressure for them to perform in certain ways, to lubricate and have orgasms, and they have fail-safes -- artificial lubricant, the ability to have intercourse even when not aroused, and the ability to fake orgasms -- that most men don't.

By and large, men don't have any fail-safes. The lack of erection is obvious, as is quick ejaculation. Given who men are and what they learn, it's not surprising they are greatly concerned about performance and greatly distressed by the lack of it.

It can help men to realize that most women are less concerned about a man's performance than they are to his reaction to it and to her. Women are more likely to get upset about the man's negative reaction to a performance problem (anger, guilt, constant apologies, withdrawal) than to the problem itself.

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Menopause is a natural condition marking the end of fertility. It literally means the cessation of menstruation. Menopause is considered "official" when a woman hasn't had a menstrual period for 12 consecutive months. For most American women, this happens between the ages of 45 and 55, with the average at age 51. But natural menopause can also come as early as the 30s and as late as the 60s.

Menopause is considered "premature" when it occurs before age 40. Premature menopause can be a natural menopause, but it can also result when the ovaries are damaged, either by radiation therapy ("induced menopause") or because of an autoimmune disease. It also results when ovaries are removed by surgery for cancer, benign tumors, or pelvic inflammatory disease ("surgical menopause").

Perimenopause
If menopause refers to the time when a woman's sex hormones hit the road, perimenopause is when they start packing their bags. This happens about three to five years before a woman's last period, usually in her 40s, but sometimes in her 30s. Hormone levels may decrease in an erratic manner, causing irregular menstrual cycles and heavy bleeding. Some women, for example, find that their cycles get shorter, others that they lengthen.

Menopause
Menopause marks a dramatic decline in sex hormones, notably estrogen. Estrogen is produced mainly in the ovaries from the time a girl goes through puberty until menopause. Estrogen builds up the lining of the uterus. After menopause, the adrenal glands continue to pump out an estrogen precursor called androstenedione, which is converted in fat cells into a less powerful form of estrogen called estrone. Obese women have extra fat cells so they produce more estrone and as a result may have few menopausal symptoms.

Two other hormones are also involved. Progesterone, secreted by the ovaries and the adrenal glands, triggers the sloughing off of the uterine lining when fertilization hasn't occurred. After menopause, only very small amounts of progesterone are produced. Testosterone -- an androgen, or male sex hormone, thought to drive libido -- is produced by the adrenal glands and the ovaries in premenopausal women. But with menopause, testosterone levels fall, too.

The decline in estrogen levels can lead to a range of menopausal symptoms. Early symptoms include hot flashes and moodiness, although menopause does not cause depression. Later symptoms -- which can appear after several months and last for years -- include vaginal dryness, incontinence, and thinning skin. For more on these symptoms, go to Are you in menopause?

Postmenopause
The most serious consequences of menopause, which can take decades to show, include an increased risk for osteoporosis and coronary heart disease.

A woman may be at an even greater risk of developing heart disease if she had an early menopause (before age 40), either naturally or through surgical removal of her ovaries, because she will spend more years without the protective benefits of estrogen.

Often the first sign of heart disease is a heart attack. That's why it is important to assess your risk for developing the disease, and if your risk is high, take steps to lower it. Our decision chart can help.

Jus wonderin why the heartless stop the kind hearted from bathing the poor people dem.

Jus' Wonderin how GoM makes such noise about UK advisories when their own web page still shows the world a 1997 risk map with Salem in the exclusion zone!
Jus wonderin how Montserrat can ever hope to be a tourist destination when a bank sends customers overseas to cash International Money Orders.
Jus wonderin why "dietetic" has only three syllables on the evening news but four syllables in the morning

Jus wonderin who is responsible for public safety when house construction in Woodlands undermines the paved surface of the northbound lane of the main road.

Jus wonderin, if they so carefully clean the line between gasoline and diesel transmissions, do they transport both to Sweeney's, and if so, do they clean the truck with the same zeal?

Jus wonderin when someone is going to do something about the education system.

Jus wonderin what they doing about the lazy head of department, that keep putting the government in an embarrassing situation.

Jus wonderin why they appoint a person who can’t get along wid people to be in charge of our heritage.

Jus wonderin if the caucus meeting is in the Spice Isle.

Jus wonderin why the in-laws holding the child at ransom.

Jus wonderin why soap opera featuring on the Government radio.

Jus wonderin if the new computer system will improve efficiency at the Treasury.

Jus wonderin how the CM is going to assist the fishermen as he promised.

Jus wonderin why the two longer serving girls at HE office did not get cocktail party like the policeman.

Jus wonderin if is true the boss vex because them no go de a Andrew lunch party and not de cacktail one why he move them.

Jus wonderin if dey jus allow him to wheel e big stick at every bady as he please.

Jus wonderin where is de cultural program for Montserrat.

Jus wonderin if the UK officials trying to undermine progress in Montserrat with the travel advisory.

Jus wonderin why there is no proper security system at GHQ.

Jus wonderin when someone can't be trained to fix Govt. photocopiers.

Jus wonderin what is the idea behind the kindergarten children General Science examination.

Jus wonderin if the businessman don’t know that too many unfinished projects is not good for business.

Jus wonderin who is going to be accountable for the damage the bad gas doing to people vehicle.

Jus wonderin what action the C.O.S. took with the Broadcast cases.

Jus wonderin what the EOC has that the Lookout does not have.

Jus wonderin if the condoms on the beach did really belongs to the school children from the night of the Shadow Show.

Jus wonderin why bar de good old merchant from selling de good-ole saltfish when people can't afford to buy for $12 a pound

Jus wonderin if the cliff cat had a safe landing or made a clean get away

Jus wonderin how many more 'balloons' Glendon will pop before they are stopped.

Jus wonderin if Glendon gone lackadaisical or they are jus negligent.

Jus wonderin why Catwoman flew out the window when retired Waterman came in.

Jus wonderin if Meals on Wheels didn't see de Waterman in Brades why they collided.

Jus wonderin if because the IceMan had so many pertinent issues why he was not on the show.

Jus wonderin why the show host was papi-showing his shelf on top a container at the Shadow show

Jus wonderin if the Cork Hill and Weekes evacuees going to be in shelter forever, now that they can't get house and no chance in sight to go back for a while.