A small group of individuals have gotten together to develop a project with the hope of attracting private sector funding for a two-phased 18-hole golf course.

A spokesman for the group said that a site has already been earmarked in the safe north of Montserrat with sufficient land to develop a Golf Complex.

"This complex, it is hoped, will include an 18-hole Golf Course, a Club House and Villas/Condominiums," said the spokesman for the group, who for the time being wishes to remain anonymous. "We expect the project would be self sustaining and therefore attractive to investors," he said.

Planning work has just begun and it is hoped to have the input of a golf architect to design the course. Landowners will also have to be contacted immediately to secure their cooperation.

Information is that three sites were being considered, including the Foxes Bay/Delvins area currently in the Daytime Entry Zone, Salem/Friths/Waterworks, and an area in the far north.

The argument is that this situation has had a detrimental effect on residential tourism. Many homeowners have not returned since they are unable to play golf here, which had been a major attraction. Some go to Antigua, other nearby islands and other parts of the world, as far as Australia, to golf. Many have sold their houses.

It is against this background that all efforts are being made to identify and develop a suitable site for golf.

As the fallout from the "Architect story" continued, Mr. Barry Kavanagh, speaking to ZJB radio, criticized Montserrat for, as he puts it, not honouring its Protocols where it agrees to offer jobs to other regional professionals.

His statement to ZJB news reporters moved Chief Minister David Brandt to expressions of anger: "I am very offended - DFID has no 'locus standi' to speak for the people and Government of Montserrat in this regard…It is only the Chief Minister's office that has the authority in Montserrat to speak on what agreements we have entered into with our CARICOM partners, and not DFID or any other official in any other department."

In an interview with ZJB's Winston 'Kafu' Cabey, Mr. Brandt spoke at some length on Protocol Two for which entrustment is required from HMG for Montserrat to sign, but said "that no timetable has been agreed with our CARICOM partners…"

His exhortation on the matter followed that of his Chief of Staff, Salas Hamilton, who explained briefly also on radio the ramifications of the protocol. (See details in article Briefs on Protocol II)

The explanations and positions taken by both the Chief Minister and his Chief of Staff appear to follow that part of the Section of the Explanatory Note on Protocol Two that deals with the "the Commitment Process," which says: "… And in establishing any such programmes, Article 38c requires the special needs of the LDCs to be taken into account…

"Facilitating Conditions: the Protocol implicitly recognises that the economies of Member States differ in strengths and structural rigidities and therefore establishes conditions to take care of transitional problems of weaker, inflexible economies."

CM Brandt said he would make a complaint to the Minister in England on the matter.

The Chief Minister was asked for a comment in that same interview on the issue surrounding "the value for money" withdrawal of the GIS pages from the Montserrat Reporter.

He said: "I cherish the principle of freedom of the press. We entered an agreement (with Mr. Teuten) because Montserratians are scattered to the four winds of the earth, to find a mechanism for them to be kept informed.

"We agreed that we would use the Montserrat Reporter and we would pay for two pages at the same cost they would charge anyone else for like space and publish governmental activities every week. This was so that Montserratians, not so much at home but those abroad, could be informed about what is happening in their country.

"The new DFID boss for Montserrat said the Reporter was attacking the British Government too much. It is a cardinal sin for anyone who wants to cut off my people from Montserrat.

"It is a dark day for Montserrat when the UK through their public servants or agents want to cut off Montserratians from their country."

In last week's Reporter 26 May, 2000, DFID Montserrat boss Barry Kavanagh was quoted as saying that he recognised it would be wrong for Montserrat not to honour its protocols signed with other regional governments, in which it agrees to offer jobs to other regional professionals.

Mr. Kavanagh was responding to claims that DFID had plans to offer contracts to overseas architects.

Protocols are instruments or laws amending the Treaty of Chaguaramas, which gave birth to the Caribbean Community in 1973.

However, the Chief of Staff in the Office of the Chief Minister, Salas Hamilton; who is also Head of Regional Affairs, was on national radio this week explaining that Protocol Two, which deals with Establishment, Capital and Services among the Caribbean Community, was not yet implemented here.

In responding to a question from the Reporter's Editor, Mr. Hamilton explained that the CARICOM Skilled Persons Act has not been enacted in Montserrat. This means that graduates of CARICOM Universities or CARICOM Nationals who are graduates still require work permits to operate on island.

Quoting from a recent report on the Inventory of Restrictions Maintained Under Protocol Two, Chief Minister David Brandt explained that Montserrat is not open to the free movement of services, especially as it relates to the establishment of a commercial presence and the movement of natural persons, because of the need for a work permit. "…In other words, the work permit requirement precludes Nationals of other CARICOM States from receiving National Treatment and restricts Market Access."

According to the Chief Minister, Montserrat is not unlike other CARICOM States regarding its restrictions for Protocol Two. The Reporter has learned that Trinidad and Tobago, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Antigua and Barbuda also require every service provider to have a work permit to operate in those States.

It is interesting to see DFID alluding to Protocol Two, which is an arrangement among CARICOM States. Such regional affairs fall within the remit of the Office of the Chief Minister. In trying to rationalise DFID’s actions, Mr. Kavanagh has entered a jurisdiction outside his domain. Our CARICOM partners are aware of Montserrat’s challenges and its commitments to providing employment for its nationals under very unusual circumstances.

In fact the Protocol implicitly recognises that the economies of Member States differ in strengths and structural rigidities and therefore establishes conditions to take care of transitional problems of weaker, inflexible economies. Why, then, is Mr. Kavanagh making pronouncements on issues that are the responsibility of the Chief Minister?

According to the Chief of Staff, Protocol Two allows Member States to maintain monopolies in any industry or in any particular sector if it serves the public interest.

In Mr. Hamilton’s comments on ZJB, he mentioned that local architects, engineers and quantity surveyors interviewed in Montserrat made it clear that work in these areas should be offered to locals first. It is up to Government to decide when the restrictions should be removed.

According to the Chief of Staff, the scheme of drafting adopted in elaborating Protocol Two is similar to that employed in the Rome Treaty. The Protocol requires a standstill by Member States on the imposition of new restrictions upon entry into force of the instrument. This is followed by a requirement to notify the competent Organ of relevant restrictions in place upon entry into force of the Protocol. Mr. Hamilton states that the most important phase in this process of removing applicable restrictions is the establishment of relevant programmes for this purpose.

And it is at this stage that Montserrat and other CARICOM Member States, as an attribute of sovereignty, will determine the types of restrictions to be removed, and the number, manner and time-frame for their removal.

The person who provided the newspaper clipping said: "This is a clear demonstration of how some Britons who serve here are prepared to paint Montserrat in a bad light, while they pat themselves on the backs with stories fit for the 'National Enquirer' and (which) only they themselves could most of the time substantiate.

"It shows the 'pals recruiting pals' that is becoming standard and the norm as they seek to soak up some of what they can from the £75 million."

Following are some excerpts from the article, which also carried a subtitle, "Bank raid and corruption among the trouble in paradise."

Hill wrote, "The 'adventure' began in late 1997 with the arrival of a fax at Yarmouth division police HQ offering the post of Montserrat's police commissioner and staff officer…Supt. Chris Burgess, 51 -- divisional commander in Yarmouth -- scribbled the words "fancy an adventure Charlie?" on the bottom of the fax and dropped it into his chief inspector's in tray.

"Later the same afternoon, the message returned with the word 'yes' added."

"The clear lack of disaster planning before the eruption had undermined public confidence in the civil government and police force, both of which were also widely held to be tainted by corruption," the writer wrote, without ascribing the information:

He continued: "Worse still, the 70-odd officers of the RMP had spent the bulk of their training time learning drill, the military march and the use of rifle and bayonet."

Not attributing the following to either one, the writer then said: "After two weeks on the island it also began to 'ash' -- clouds of hot ash falling from the volcano like snow and adding to the already oppressive 90- degree heat." This was followed by a quote from Mr. Burgess about having to beat the wash on the line with a stick if the ash fell on it.

DFID's Mike Wood might have enjoyed the article, except that this writer, like many before and surely more after him, did not fail to mention that "the famous Clare Short's 'Golden elephants' gaffe about the island's demands for aid had done little to endear the British to Montserratians."

Author Hill wrote of rampaging herds of cattle…"donkeys became a 'serious menace' in the north of the island, prompting moves to corral them ready for export to Guadeloupe as a culinary delicacy."

After returning to take up new posts with the Norfolk police, Hill said "(Messrs. Burgess and Greeney) are the first to admit that their work was just the foundation of a much longer-term effort to rebuild the island, while Chief Inspector Greeney said the experience left him feeling more 'West Indian' and appreciative of Britain's creature comforts.

Hill wrote that the bank story dominated their time running the RMPF, but that it "saw four people convicted and a number of police officers implicated."

The article in the Eastern Daily Press was accompanied by several photographs, one showing Commissioner Burgess at a Queen's birthday parade and another showing Superintendent Greeney standing close to the war memorial clock tower in Plymouth.

In 1997 and undoubtedly many times before and after, the world would have heard the right honourable Clare Short refer to our leaders as irresponsible and our people as crazy. At the same time she accused her own press in Britain as being "irresponsible and distorting the facts," when she was obviously very ignorant of those same facts.

We have repeatedly stated that the Reporter's aim is to protect the dignity, survival and restoration of the good portion of Montserrat, and in our very limited and constrained way we will continue that mission.

Never mind that HMG has allocated to Montserrat £75 million in addition to what they had spent during the crisis. It appears obvious that the unwilling Department for International Development (DFID) is trying in all kinds of different ways, if not to renege on their agreements with the government and people of Montserrat, at least to impede our progress to what they call, "an acceptable standard of living." Obviously what we are accustomed to as "acceptable" is not what DFID understands or wants it to be. But is muzzling the press acceptable?

Certainly, it was Clare Short herself, as Minister with responsibility for DFID, who said regarding the allocated £75 million. "The scale of the pledge reflects the devastation to the island and the constraints imposed on the private sector by the continuing uncertainty about the volcano. If the volcano enters a permanent state of repose, many of these constraints would be lifted, enabling the people of Montserrat to take greater responsibility for their own livelihoods and the private sector to play a greater role in rebuilding the island."

From the Select House Committee to the Clay evaluation report, all ring the same bell. It is understandable that DFID would like to sweep it all under the carpet and continue in the same way, as if the volcano never happened.

We are informed that the report, upon which DFID surreptitiously attempted to rely to cut off business to the Reporter and the GoM's dissemination of information to its people at home and abroad, did not in fact express any concern like that voiced by Mike Wood. Indeed it could not. The only newspaper in Montserrat charges much less than half, in some instances less than a third, the rates of any newspaper in say, neighbouring Antigua. No questions or information relating to expenditures of the Chief Minister's office reached the Enquiry or were dealt with.

Nor was the Reporter questioned or asked to justify its charges.

We often hear about the taxpayers' money. Was anyone listening to the Comptroller of Inland Revenue on Tuesday this week? Montserrat, in these very difficult and onerous times, is forced to come up 50 percent of its recurrent budget. The civil servants and many others who work with companies or businesses who deduct from payroll are no doubt very much up to date with their taxes; but it is many of those businesses and others who are being pressured today to pay their arrears from moneys which they need to reestablish their livelihoods and the economy in Montserrat. And that is still under the same devastating circumstances described.

It doesn't matter that HMG has agreed to "co-operate at promoting sustained economic and social recovery in the aftermath (still on-going) of the volcanic crisis, and sustainable development in the medium term." (Taken from the Country Policy Plan's (CPP) introduction.)

It doesn't matter that in the CPP, DFID admits "there has been delay in getting some new activity off the ground due to capacity constraints both in GoM and DFID," and that they, "intend to strengthen the GoM capacity through a variety of means…"

It is a pity that the local DFID staff is falling prey to defending indefensible positions in their efforts to continue to send moneys out of Montserrat, by discussing issues about which they are obviously either misinformed completely ignorant.

Which government in the Caribbean or indeed the world will seek to give to outsiders business that can be done by its own people, especially when it is bound to cost more? The very protocols, about which DFID speaks with no authority, recognise this. They don't prevent locals from seeking to import expertise unavailable at home in order to be competent in their delivery.

We have no problem in building trade and mechanisms to funnel money back to Britain and into the pockets of Britishers, but it should not be at the expense of the local economy. Too much waste or overreaching is incurred by DFID's attempt to achieve the funneling. Brown & Root is perhaps the biggest example. But there are more: The incredible costs in hiring numberless consultants to get Montserrat's opinion, advice and know-how on delivery of aid and on what our needs are; the extravagant cost of housing a single British employee in a three-bedroom house with swimming pool, in many instances, particularly now.

Of course all of this is very typical British upper crust attitude, but it is all coming out of the £75 million. Is it really necessary?

For reading Et meditation -Proverbs 10:14

"Wise men store up knowledge, but the month of a fool invites ruin." (V.14)

Is it wrong to look ahead at the beginning of a New Year and consider the possibility that we may have to have to face some severe storms? I don't think so. Some may consider this approach pessimistic, but as it has been said:" Better to be a sane pessimist than a silly optimist." One preacher I know tells his congregation at the start of every year: "If there are no clouds on the horizon of your life then don't be deceived. Fasten your safety belts, because at some time a storm is going to head your way.' Without doubt, storms are most likely to affect us all at one time or another. We must be careful, of course, not to dwell on that fact and become obsessive about it, but we do well to spend a little time boring deep to see whether the foundation of our lives is built on shifting sand or on solid rock.

Now maybe when you read that last sentence you found yourself thinking: "Oh no, we're not in for another time of heart-searching: I hope. My life seems OK at the moment. Why invite God's probing when everything is going along fine?" if that is the case then consider this: the best time to find out if your house is built on firm foundations is not during a storm. A characteristic of a foolish person is that he or she is interested in short cuts and quick results. Such a person just wants to know the right way to do things, the right way to live.

Don't be foolish in your approach to the year that lies ahead, be wise.

My Father, help me to stand before .You with an open heart and mind long to know the right things to do, the right way to live. Make me wise- especially in the things that are spiritual. Amen.

Dear Mr. Roach,

Kindly refer to our conversation (Hamilton/Roach) on May 24, 2000. Please be informed that the Office of the Chief Minister will no longer be placing GIS pages in the Montserrat Reporter as of June 1, 2000.

Please accept our appreciation for the work done by your staff in facilitating GIS pages, especially under difficult circumstances. Thanks for providing photographs and other services free of cost or at reduced rates in most instances. As a trained journalist, I am cognizant of the work carried out by your paper in facilitating government information and producing two full pages from rough news clips sent at a time when there was no government Press Officer in situ.

Many Montserratians scattered overseas have benefited from GIS pages as seen on your Website. The facilitation of information is priceless to a society recovering from its most challenging experience in recent history. The Office of the Chief Minister says thanks to the Montserrat Reporter for playing its part.

Sincerely,

(An open letter to the Chief Minister.)
Dear Mr Brandt,
I was very surprised to learn in the Montserrat Reporter of May 26, 2000, that the funding for the 'Government Information' section in the said paper will be withdrawn due to DFID's assertion that it does not constitute "good value for money." Now we can all marvel at DFID Montserrat's audacity to challenge anyone with a "value for money" test, but let's leave that for another discussion.
My contention is that, regardless of DFID's opinion, or indeed what their motives are, you, sir,, have a moral and common sense obligation to keep your people informed.
One can argue as to what is the best approach to doing this, but there ought to be no debate as to whether or not it should be done.
Whatever the history of how it came to be, the government has been paying the Reporter a relatively small sum (depending on who's counting the beans) for two full pages of information, written by the government for the information of it's citizenry.

The government has two pages to print facts, or anything they deem necessary to counter any other "slants" one may find in the paper. What on earth is wrong with that?
Now whether or not the Reporter continues to be your medium for disseminating this information is entirely up to you and those individuals and Montserrat civil servants who supported the DFID view (shame on their lack of vision).
But the Reporter already has wide coverage and readership and is a highly recognised medium for the overseas populace. It targets thousands of Montserratians abroad and crucially gets to the hundreds of students in colleges and universities around the world whom we want to maintain a positive view of our country.
ZJB online, sadly, misses the mark because of the lack of text information and the absence of historical data. You could possibly develop that avenue of great potential, but I understand its days are numbered as well.

Doing it yourself is a nice ideal but I'm sure the attendant costs would be greater than what the Reporter charges. To me it makes sense to piggyback on something that already gets out to people in significant numbers.
One can only wonder if the Governor's newsletter and his press secretary are deemed "good value for money" (they are still carrying the story about the last royal visit) but again that's another story.
David, please exercise that perspicacity that most of us credited you with when you were called in to right the ship.
For the future of Montserrat and our citizenry, whom we hope to keep and attract back home to continue the rebuilding process, it is imperative that you do not kowtow to DFID on this matter.

Information; accurate and readily available, is the key to fostering and maintaining a level of optimism which will encourage people to give up the dole in the UK or a reasonably well-paid job in the U.S.
Keeping people at home abreast of government activities is absolutely crucial in maintaining their confidence and their will to continue to struggle against adversity.
I learned in the paper last week that voter registration starts in June.
Timely information like this is absolutely vital to many people. I also learned that Salem Park is to be renamed. A simple bit of information like that goes a long way towards reinforcing confidence that life goes on in Montserrat.

Because I read the government section of the paper I know why you were unable to travel and perform your duties over the past few weeks. Without it I would have believed the reports in the UK that "Brandt sick dung bad an Brunell a run de country", and all the other variations coming from people who were misinformed.

Information is crucial, Mr Brandt. Keep it coming by whatever means necessary.

Respectfully,
Gerard Silcott

Dear Editor,

As a Montserratian, first and foremost, and as a Journalist, secondly, I follow with amazement the events unfolding surrounding the saga between the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Montserrat Reporter.

It is unfortunate that our supposed allies are getting themselves caught up in yet another controversy, which quite frankly, is out of their league.

This borders on censorship, that DFID would decide to cut its budget allocated to providing a valuable source of information to Montserratians via the Montserrat Reporter, because some official believes that the information the paper provides is slanted and not objective. Where is it written that DFID must control the media in Montserrat? Have they conducted a survey to decide that the GIS page is not providing "value for money"?

I have been reading the Montserrat Reporter since it was first published back in the 1980's, I think, and find that the paper has been providing a useful service to the island. I shudder to think that because DFID does not subscribe to the views published that they would want to label the paper's standard of journalism "below par". Whose standards are we talking about here? Why not let DFID concentrate on doing what they were sent to the island for and leave the rest to us?

I am one of the thousands of Montserratians overseas who access the Montserrat Reporter online and yes, I do read the government information paid for by Her Majesty's Government. I cannot get Radio Montserrat in the British Virgin Islands and thus value the service provided by my colleague Bennette Roach.

I trust that the government of Montserrat would not allow DFID to get away with this atrocity.

In support of freedom of the press.

Now either the Reporter is charging exorbitant fees or DFID officials are even thicker than we may have imagined, or simply don't have our interests at heart.
I'm not going to argue that the Reporter has world class journalists, but what they do provide is effective and VERY valuable to me and most people I know.
There were no fewer than 24 different news items in the Government Information section last week. All of them have the effect of letting Montserratians abroad know that life goes on, things are progressing back home.
If that is not VALUABLE, then I don't know what is.
A simple news item about renaming Salem Park does wonders for the confidence of an evacuee considering a return. It suggests a semblance of normalcy.
How to you price that?
Pray tell me, where besides the newspaper would I have heard that voter registration begins next month? ZJB would have had the news item for one day only and anyone who missed it, well they would have missed it. Sources also tell me that ZJB will be forced to shut down their on-line feed anytime now, so something else is afoot.
How say you my friends?
Would Mike Wood prefer it if 'The Independent' were reporting on their activities in Montserrat?
Would DFID officials prefer to be interviewed by Jeremy Vine or John Snow or one of the many other bulldog-like media personalities in the UK?

I don't think DFID could possibly withstand a full UK press scrutiny. So Mr Wood's
protestations must be borne out of a different desire -- muzzle the Reporter and ZJB, and by extension muzzle David Brandt, who speaks his mind much too candidly for their liking even if he doesn't roll heavy these days. (only a suggested motive mind you)

As Mr. Roach alluded, I would have more of a difficulty with his paper if he were "slanting" everything in HMG and GOM's favor and not asking the awkward questions.
I am reliably informed that the cost for each of two full pages in the Reporter is not much more than $500 EC dollars. What a bargain? What a steal for getting information out to thousands of Montserratians and friends of Montserrat.
I don't know about the printed edition these days but certainly the online version of the Reporter has precious few ads, which equates to precious little revenue, so they have to make a few quid somewhere. They are obviously being quite generous to the GOM and DFID.
Unless of course you are of the opinion that keeping the masses informed and in touch has no merit and no financial value.

DFID Montserrat should be the last to raise any issues about value for money. I remember when I was there in 1997 they had a Toyota Rav4 and Villa for each DFID official or British employee (while people were living in shelters) They brought over accountants whose only job was to sign checks by day and drink beer by night. And their excesses did not stop there, but that's another story.
If I had the GOM's ear I would say to them, find the money somewhere, anywhere, to keep your people informed; it is the only hope we have of giving people the confidence to return. Never mind DFID's spurious verdict, which I understand was shamefully supported by uninformed and shortsighted local civil servants.
Do the right thing by your people.
Gerard Silcott

Dear Brother Roger:

You are doing an excellent job keeping Montserratians in touch with each other. In your program "Live from London," you are giving ordinary Montserratians a chance to speak and to listen to one another.

Each week I look forward to your program with excitement, wondering who the next interviewee will be. You have surprised, but have not disappointed; your choice of interviewee is refreshing.

In living memory, I know of no other person who has done quite as much as you, even though the circumstances are not comparable. Unselfishly you have given your time and energy for the cause of one Montserrat, one people.

Brother Roger, your work is unmatched. I appreciate what you are doing for the ordinary Montserratians. I also respect you and I love you. Many thanks for your wonderful programs. Truly, you are a man raised up from among Montserratians for a purpose.

May the Lord bless you and continue to inspire you for many more years.

Yours Sincerely

Man from Baker Hill

Editor:

It is with great consternation that I read the article regarding DFID interfering in relatively small potatoes of the GOM's pages in "The Reporter." Have these people nothing better to do than to worry about $500EC for each of two pages of government information? If they are worried about this piddling amount of money being spent by the GOM, then they had better start looking into all of the waste created in their offices and the Governor's office.

Why is it that every political hack that is shipped to Montserrat immediately is issued a "Rav 4" or something similar and then put up in a villa costing thousands of US dollars per month? Why is it that these civil servants must get paid "stress buster" weekends in Antiqua, when they are already being paid far more than their counterparts in other parts of the world because Montserrat is "HAZARDOUS DUTY"? These people know what they are getting into when they apply for the post, and for 99 percent of them, it certainly isn't hazardous duty.

Why is it necessary for equipment that could be obtained either locally or in the U.S. at less cost and certainly in quicker fashion to be ordered from England and shipped to Montserrat by the slowest barge they can find, thereby holding up any number of projects? Why has it been necessary to bring British engineers to Montserrat to design projects or to determine specifications for projects or to determine if a project is feasible, when these very engineers have absolutely no understanding of the conditions on Montserrat?

These same engineers decided that water would flow uphill to Lookout without a pump, therefore holding up the first houses' occupation for many extra weeks.

These same engineers decided to allow the bridge at Belham to be buried to "protect it," completely forgetting that it would be necessary to constantly clear it to allow MVO access to many areas, completely forgetting that allowing the waters to spread all across the valley would severely damage much of the infrastructure that will cost much, much more to repair than it would have cost to keep the bridge clear. To compare the Belham to Fort Ghaut is ridiculous, at Fort Ghaut it was necessary to haul the material away by lorry, in the Belham, all that would be necessary would be to bank up the material on the sides of the channel to the sea. Quite a difference!

Montserrat needs "The Reporter," now more than ever to keep the citizens that are spread across the globe informed as to what is happening in their homeland. It is also needed to keep all governing officials on their toes because someone is watching. The monthly sheet put out by the Governor's Office tells nothing of the goings on around the island. It is simply a method of stroking one's back!

A Concerned

P&B

Veteran nurse and community worker, Mary Cooper, was recently honoured in New York as "Mother of the Year" on Mothers Day. This was a fitting tribute to someone who has given of herself unsparingly as nurse, Red Cross worker, president of the Old People’s Welfare Association and as a general social and community worker.

The Montserrat Progressive Society (MPS) of New York was the organisation behind the event, including the selection of Nurse Cooper.

The Montserrat Progressive Society is the oldest Montserratian overseas organisation. Originally, the Montserrat Social League, it was formed on 25 September, 1914, by John L. Francis, George Wilkin, James E. Hunter, Joseph H. Sweeney, Henry R. Furlonge and Joseph B. Wall.

In those early days of Montserratian migration to the USA, the fraternity was formed to provide cohesion for its members and to assist in uplifting them socially, morally and intellectually. In other words it was established to promote the welfare of its members.

By 1924 it boasted several hundred members and valuable property.

When an angry hurricane devastated Montserrat in 1924, the MPS responded positively and sympathetically, sending shipments of food and clothing. It has since maintained an outreach programme contributing significantly to education including the provision of scholarships to the Montserrat Secondary School. Some early leading figures like Fred Samuel and Herbert Samuel became household names in Montserrat. The present president is Ashton Daley of a much younger generation of emigrants.

Distinguished Montserratian intellectual and artist, Dr. James Irish, was also honoured at the organisation’s gala event on 14 May, 2000, along with nurse Mary Cooper. Both have in different ways contributed significantly to the social advancement of the island.

Thomas Alfred Lee, though born in Trinidad on April 13, 1921, was a Montserratian whose parents lived at Whites. He was the husband of the late Eva Dunbar Lee and the father of Robertine Chaderton of Caribbean Consulting Group of St. Kitts, Enid Lee of Enidlee Consultants, California and Irvine Lee of Antigua Commercial Bank. Among those left to mourn are his brother, William Lee, sisters, Sarah Dyer-Warner and Mary Gaskin.

Thomas Lee was the former Principal of the Leeward Islands Teachers’ Training College now the Antigua State College and former Chief Education Officer of Antigua and Barbuda.

He entered the teaching profession at Bethel Methodist School in Montserrat while a very young man and continued there until he received a scholarship to attend Teachers’ College in Trinidad. Education was then and continued to be his love and his life. He attended Teachers’ College, Columbia University where he earned a BA in Education in 1958. He did further studies at Oxford University and at Bloomington, Indiana.

Mr. Lee held the position of Head Teacher at Cork Hill and St. Patrick’s Primary Schools in Montserrat and of Senior Teacher at the Montserrat Secondary School.

In 1959 he moved with his family to Antigua to take up the position of Vice Principal of the Leeward Islands Teachers’ Training College, now the Antigua State College and became Principal in 1962. He held that position until 1971. On January 1^st 1972, he became Chief Education Officer and served in that position until April1977 when he retired.

Mr.Lee was known as a pioneer in the field of education throughout the Leeward Islands. His love and enthusiasm for teaching caused him to be re-employed at the Antigua State College as Head of the Teacher Training Department in 1978. He resigned from the position in 1990 having spent 25 years of life at that institution. Many hundreds of persons around the Caribbean, in the USA in the UK were inspired by his devotion, learning and quest for knowledge.

Besides being an educator, T. Alfred Lee loved music. He was involved with several choirs and his distinctive tenor voice was well recognized at Bethel Choir in Montserrat, at Beulah Methodist in New York when he was there as a student and at Ebenezer Methodist here in Antigua where he worshipped. He possessed a deep faith in God and served as a local preacher in the Plymouth, Salem, Cavalla Hill, Judy Piece Circuits in Montserrat. He was Choir Director of Ebenezer Senior Choir in Antigua for several years. His other church involvement included The Boys’ Brigade where he served as the 2^nd and 9^th Presidents.

At the national level, he was one of the founders of the National Choir of Antigua and Barbuda and for this and other public service he was awarded the Order of Merit (Antigua and Barbuda) Gold in 1990.

A.T. Lee passed peacefully from his early home on Fort James Road to his

heavenly home on 24^th May just after midnight.

Mrs. Eudora Fergus represented the Montserrat Ministry of Education at the funeral and Montserratian Elder Edwin R. White a contemporary educator now residing in the U.S Virgin Islands gave tribute.

May his soul rest in peace.

A young Montserratian left the island more than five years ago in search of an education in The Bahamas, after which she hoped to return to serve Montserrat. Instead she has found a new life in Nassau as the future wife of a young Anglican priest.

An essay about her impending marriage recently won her finalist's honors for the Bahamas Journal's Wedding of A Lifetime.

She is Brenda Daley, daughter of Elizabeth Daley of St. Johns and Wendel Harris. She left the island in December 1994, hoping to further her education at the College of the Bahamas, to which she eventually won a scholarship. It was during her time as a student there that the Soufriere Hills volcano devastated much of Montserrat.

Despite extreme loneliness, she was advised against returning home. When she finally graduated, it was without the support of family and friends who were unable to attend.

At a benefit she and a fellow Montserratian later held to raise funds for the island, Ms. Daley met Enrique McCartney, a quiet Ordinand training to be an Anglican priest. Despite prolonged separations for Mr. McCartney's study at Codrington College/University of the West Indies, and to complete requirements in Freeport, Grand Bahamas, for his new life as a priest, their long-range friendship turned to romance

Upon the young priest's return to Nassau the couple became engaged, and it was the prospect of the approaching marriage that prompted Ms. Daley to write, "Why I Should Be The Winner of The Wedding of a Lifetime."

The life to which she looks forward, Ms. Daley wrote, is "nowhere close to what I had mapped out for myself or certainly anticipated when I left Montserrat."

"It is a privilege to even be considered as a finalist for the Bahamas Journal’s Wedding of a Lifetime," she wrote. "We do not have much but we have each other, and what the relationship has shown both of us is that neither fire nor rain or distance nor personal trails could keep us from what we now share. We depended on love, trust and faith in God to bring us thus far. Only those things will keep us as one."

H.E. the Governor, Mr. Anthony J. Abbott, OBE has signed a Proclamation paving the way for the enumeration of voters and the preparation of a preliminary voters list.

Section 42 of the Elections Ordinance (Cap.153) as amended provides that a list of voters be prepared every fifth year after 1970 between 1 June and 31 August in every enumeration year.

The Order gives effect to constitutional changes made necessary by the recommendations of the Election Commission in 1999, chaired by Dr. Howard Fergus CBE, and subsequently endorsed by the Government of Montserrat (GOM) and Her Majesty's Government (HMG). The Order will, on dates to be determined, abolish the office of nominated member of the Legislative Council, increase the number of elected members of the Council to nine, and increase to three years the residence qualification for elected membership of the Council.

In addition the new system will see a one constituency system replacing that which operated up to 1996 with seven constituencies.

Mrs. Claudette Weekes, Clerk of Council, has been sworn in as the Supervisor of Elections and the Registration Office for the enumeration process is at the Clerk of Council ‘s Office in Brades, while Dr. Fergus who previously held that post has been appointed as Advisor to the Supervisor of Elections.

Any queries regarding the enumeration process should be addressed to the Brades office.

The proclamation states that 1st June, 2000 will be the date on which the preparation of the preliminary list of voters commences and a team of trained enumerators has been sworn in to assist in the process.

Every person 18 years and over will as usual be encouraged to register so as not to miss their opportunity to vote in the next General Election.

Meetings are still being held to explain to Montserratians all over how the new system will work. Meantime many evacuees from Montserrat since the onset of volcanic activity in 1995, are still grappling with the ruling that they would have to undergo residence qualification to vote in the next elections.

ST. JOHNS, Antigua -- The search continues for three prison escapees, Charlesworth Christopher, Attiba Chiddick and Jay Peters.

Police Commissioner Truehart Smith says persons have reported seeing them in various areas around the island but attempts to recapture them have so far been unsuccessful..

He is appealed to the public to call the nearest police station if they should see any of the prisoners. He stressed that the public should to the police attempts to apprehend the escapees, considering the types of offences they have committed.

Peters was serving a 12-year sentence for rape. Chiddick a 15-year sentence for robbery, while Christopher was serving a 12-year term for rape, two years for robbery with an additional two-years for escaping custody last year.

Anguilla will submit itself to a Mutual Evaluation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force in July, the governor said.
"With a state-of-the-art 24-hour electronic business registration service available to licensed agents world-wide Anguilla is already emerging as a territory with an ambition and determination to deliver services that the customer wants in a quality environment," the governor added.

Leewards Tournament cricket returns to Montserrat next weekend for the first time since 1995. Montserrat take on arch rivals Antigua in the three-day encounter on Friday, June 9, Saturday, June 10, and Sunday, June 11, while the one-day match will take place on Whitsuntide Monday, June 12. Hours of play at Salem Park are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day and the local cricket association expects large numbers to come along and support the team.

MCA President John Smith who conditionally withdrew his resignation, said, "The matches against Lashings in January showed the popularity of matches involving visiting teams. We have the smallest population of those competing but I am confident that we will have the largest attendance at our two home matches throughout the tournament. It wasn’t automatic that we would be allowed to host games here and I hope the public will demonstrate to all our friends in the Leewards cricket community that it was the right decision."

The Montserrat team are currently playing against Nevis at Grove Park in Nevis, having so far lost to Anguilla and beaten the combined Virgin Islands team in Tortola.

Asked about preparations at Salem Park, Mr. Smith said he was satisfied all would be ready. "There are a small number of jobs outstanding but nothing that cannot be completed early next week. I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to getting the ground in good condition for the match."

The MCA has also discussed parking arrangements with the police and those attending the game are encouraged to use the former Monlec site and Arrow's car park. One line of cars will be permitted down the Monlec site access road, but anyone parking in the vicinity of the park on the main road will do so at their own risk. Barricades will be erected across the Monlec site access road by the police once the car park is full.

The MCA is also inviting vendors who wish to sell food to the public during its forthcoming Leewards Tournament matches at Salem Park to contact Secretary Rawle Kelsick, telephone 491-5571, evenings after 6.30 p.m, on or before Tuesday 6^th June. A fee will be payable in advance.

Adding a note of thank you's, the MCA is thanking all those organisations and individuals who responded to their appeal to send young cricketers to see the test match in Antigua last Saturday. Many thanks to Cable & Wireless, The Chief Minister’s Office, The Red Cross, Mr. Manu Chandiramani, Mr. Dwayne Maughn, Mr. Franklin Greenaway, Mrs. Edith Herman, and Mr. Bertram Osborne,

Give Praises! Shout for Joy! We are satisfied. We may not be entirely happy with our cricket product but we should be satisfied. After a traumatic experience with the West Indies Cricket Team, the players made us proud because they have given a commendable account of themselves in our very presence.

Did you know that West Indies beat Pakistan by one wicket on the fifth day of the third and final Test match against Pakistan at the Antigua Recreation Ground (ARG), Antigua and Barbuda, on Monday May 29, 2000, to win the series 1-0?

They did it, and in the process, may have shortened the life span of many of their supporters. There may not be another Test-playing nation that often make a challenging victory targets (in their case, 216) such mountains and provide spectators, television viewers, radio listeners and Internet surfers with as many heart-stopping moments as they often do.

Faced with the equation of getting 72 runs on the last day, only a miracle or some other divine intervention would have saved the Pakistanis from a series defeat, but the West Indies, after subsiding to 197 for nine, seemed out of the reckoning. But newly elected captain Jimmy Adams was West Indian Messiah, as former captain Brian Lara had been a year earlier against Australia at Bridgetown in that memorable Test win with the identical result. Adams' unbeaten 48 scored off 212 balls with no boundary carried them to the magic number. He batted for just under four hours on the last day and shepherded the bottom-half of the batting to deny Pakistan their first series win in the Caribbean in five tries, maintaining West Indies record of losing only once at home in the last 27 years. Would you believe that Courtney Walsh, "the most successful bowler ever" but "the worst batsman ever," featured in two historic moments in international cricket? As a batsman, Courtney Walsh is more known for his world record number of ducks in Test cricket, but inexplicably he managed to bat through the last hour and 15 minutes to help Adams formalise the result, as he had done with captain Brian Lara a year ago.

Pakistan may argue that they had both batsmen in the dying stages of the match. Appeals for close-to-the-wicket catches denied by both umpires, the debutante Billy Doctrove from Dominica and ICC's Doug Cowie, from New Zealand, whose ruling on a bat-pad catch offered by Walsh off Saqlain Mushtaq was clearly a mistake that should never be made at that level.

But they also had a chance to break through when like Adams and Ambrose earlier in the day, the two batsmen ended up in the crease at the strikers end only for Adams to regain his ground after Saqlain failed to gather a return from the outfield at the bowlers end to effect a run out.

Adams and Walsh chipped away at the last 19 runs and, though Wasim Akram, the champion Pakistan left-arm fast bowler and eventual Man-of-the-Match, ended with his second five-wicket haul in the Test (taking 11 wickets in the match), they finally crossed the finish line in the 91^st over to a deafening noise from the half-filled ground.

The West Indian supporters on the ground, and around the world, would have been hoping to celebrate a victory for the Caribbean side, after they had witnessed Sir Vivian Richards, the great Antiguan and former West Indies captain, formally receiving his knighthood from Antigua and Barbuda Governor General, Sir James Beethoven Carlisle, in an investiture ceremony during the lunch interval.

Moreover, we contended that the team’s perennial batting would find it almost impossible to withstand or counter the bowling armoury of the Asians; the quality of batsmanship remained at the lower end of the international market. We agreed that the biggest problem was how our batsmen deal with the web of uncertainty spun by Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq, the threatening swing of Wasim Akram and the lethal speed of Shoaib Akhtar.

The concern was how would our batsmen face the Pakistanis bowlers who can bowl and will be permitted to bowl at will for long hours or for a full session if the captain so desires. The captain and bowler may employ any legitimate offensive or defensive tactic to apply pressure, to exploit a weakness, to test the temperament, to inflict pain and mental anguish, or to inflict bodily harm. Moreover, the lethal bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar and Waqar Younis, and the mesmerizing bowlers, Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq, can bowl in tandem for long hours or for a full session if that is functional for the team.

We recalled the real concern, however, was our batsmen's inability to deal with the mystic of Mushtaq Ahmed and the speed and accuracy of Shoaib Akhtar. The conventional wisdom was that neither our young batsmen nor our senior batsmen possess the requisite technique, craftsmanship, artistry, tenacity, perseverance and consistency that must transform them into pedigree batsmen in the short term. There were weaknesses in foot movements, restricted repertoire of strokes, limitations against quality spin and swing bowling, inability to negotiate threatening fast bowling, and incapacity to adapt in difficult batting conditions.

Many, like me, even quantified my position, drawing from the experiences in the unfortunate finals of the triangular tournament between West Indies and Pakistan to establish our arguments. We called attention to the West Indian batsmen’s incapability to play quality bowling – the vulnerability of Sherwin Campbell, Jimmy Adams, Wavell Hinds, Christopher Gayle and Ricardo Powell against the spin bowling, the collapse against the genuine spin of Mushtaq Ahmed and Saqlain Mushtaq. We particularly noted that Wavell Hinds was destroyed like a novice, standing in his crease stupidly, mesmerized by a Mushtaq’s leg-break and bowled off-stump, and Christopher Gayle who was literally undone by his inability to read the leggie from the hand.

Well the band of talented but inexperienced, and experienced but technically limited, batsmen have prevailed over our Goliath and have outplayed their adversary by playing determined cricket more consistently over the one-month period.

The series produced two batsmen of the future for us, Wavell Hinds and Ramnaresh Sarwan. Both are very confident, West Indian in approach, and fearless. Wavell Hinds, the typical Clive Lloyd type, the glimpses of Roy Fredericks, who run away with the Man-of-the-series prize for scoring most runs in the series, and Ramnaresh Sarwan, who reminds of the great Lawrence "Yagga" Rowe. Captain Jimmy Adams confirmed his return to form even if we will often be angered with his welfare-state-of-mind approach. But after all, in most cases that high-colour middle approach has been functional and effective.

We are satisfied with their performance and their resilience. We continue to be concerned with the limitation of the team; are buoyed by the graduation of the two young batsmen, and are comforted as they depart to London by the thought that the world-leading batsman is with them to boost the batting stock.

They are about to battle with the Mother Country on her own territory.

Very best wishes!

PHOTO CAPTION: Vivian Richards, knighted and inspired the victory (Photo: Peter Adrien)

EFFECTS OF BLOOD LOSS

Blood accounts for 7-9 percent of the body’s weight; this means that an adult human body usually contains five or six quarts of blood. A person can be suddenly deprived of a pint of blood with little adverse effect, but when greater amounts are lost symptoms develop. The greater the amounts the more serious the symptoms. Symptoms of severe sudden losses will include pallor, thirst, cold sweat, buzzing in the ears, dizziness, blurred vision, restlessness, rapid and faint pulse, rapid and shallow breathing and unconsciousness. Such symptoms develop regardless whether the blood escapes from an external wound or by internal haemorrhage of the body cavities. Any severe loss of blood, either apparent or suspected, justifies immediate attention of a Nurse or Doctor.

BLEEDING AS A RESULT OF EXTERNAL INJURY

Blood loss from a crushing injury is not as rapid as from one resulting in a severed (cut) artery. In a sharply severed artery the blood escapes in spurts, one spurt with each heartbeat. Such severe loss of blood must be controlled promptly by firm pressure directed onto the wound.

BLEEDING FROM INTERNAL INJURY

This may occur whenever a person has received a hard blow, has fallen, has been thrown from a horse or moving vehicle or has suffered a crushing injury. The symptoms mentioned above like dizziness and blurred vision, even though no bleeding is apparent, make it very urgent to consult a physician.

BLEEDING FROM THE BLADDER

Blood appearing in the urine may come from either the bladder or the kidneys. The common causes are cancer, kidney stones, acute nephritis and infections causing hemorrhagic cystitis.

BLEEDING FROM THE LUNGS

Inasmuch as blood from the lungs is expelled through the mouth, it may not be easy to tell that the blood is coming from the lungs. Usually, however, blood from the lungs is coughed up or spit up rather than vomited. The causes of blood from the lungs include tuberculosis and cancer. Blood-streaked sputum occurs commonly in chronic bronchitis.

Please contact your Nurse or Doctor at once if you experience any of these symptoms.

Sex as a Runaway Train

Men tend to view sexual arousal as a runaway train; once in motion, it should not be stopped or deflected until it reaches its destination.

Males get very upset when they are not allowed to find culmination (partner sex finishing in orgasm) after becoming aroused. Some nasty scenes occur with men claiming that women have led them on when the women have wanted to stop the sexual events from progressing further or when they haven't wanted to have sex at all. Some of the male statements are undoubtedly intended to play on the woman's guilt and to manipulate her into doing more than she wants. But whether or not there is such an intention, there does seem to be a strong male attitude of "If you don't want to play, you shouldn't look or act like you do," or "Don't start anything you don't intend to finish."

Women tend to have a somewhat different attitude. They do not feel the same urgency about sex. Many are accustomed to being aroused without orgasm and many feel sex is, or should be, a process that can be interrupted by either party at any point.

Men tend to get aroused quickly. Given a sexual stimulus, men will say sooner than women that they are ready for explicit sexual activity. For many men, erection is all they think they need. As soon as they have one, they're ready for intercourse or some other sexual act. For women, however, being lubricated does not necessarily mean a readiness for intercourse or even genital touching. This difference commonly leads to problems with the man pushing for genital fondling and even intercourse before the woman feels interested or ready.

Pleasuring Your Soft Penis

Time Required: 15 minutes

The goal is to get comfortable with touching your soft penis and learn what kinds of sensations that produces. Put some lubricant on one or both of your hands and touch your penis in ways that feel arousing. Try different kinds of touches and strokes. You want to focus on the sensations and feel as sexy as possible, but you don't need an erection. In fact, an erection will only get in the way. Don't try not to get hard, just follow the instructions already given. If you find your penis getting hard, just pay attention to the sensations as it does so. But when it's reached what you consider to be about 50 to 80 percent of fullness and rigidity, stop touching it. Enjoy looking at it and let it go down. The session is over for you.

Repeat this exercise two or three times, until you feel comfortable touching your non-erect penis and feel that you've improved your ability to focus on the sensations in your penis.

If you don't have a partner with whom to do the couples exercises, you should attend to steps I through IV given above and do the two masturbation exercises below. When you do get into a relationship, get into sex very slowly. Also consider telling your partner about your problem. Then, as you desire it, just play. If it seems necessary, you can also do the partner exercises in this chapter with your new friend. An alternative is to go through the surrogate therapy discussed later in this chapter before you enter a new relationship.

Masturbation Exercises For Better Erections

If you're willing to masturbate, I recommend doing these masturbation exercises before you begin working with your partner. If you're not willing to masturbate and have a partner, you can begin with the first partner exercise.

Now DFID steps out to declare

We islanders must learn to share;

It isn't contending

It seeks onshore spending;

No, just what's 'transparent and fair.'

Aid does get clogged, and to unjam it

GOM has run the gamut;

But now displeasure

Can block such treasure,

With a gruff, 'Don't Fund It, Dammit!'

Jus wonderin what is the criteria used by DFID to ascertain the 'Value for Money' of government information being passed on to us.
Jus wonderin if the post of Governor's Press Secretary is considered 'Value for Money'?

Jus wonderin why Dr. Never ready always has an excuse for Britain by saying he was never aware of that.

Jus wonderin what nationality the manager of the radio station holds.

Jus wonderin why all the cook shops' menus are almost the same.

Jus wonderin if Dr. Baxter would make a sigh of relief for those parents, who were worried about their children’s health.

Jus wonderin why the Christian Council making an up roar about money making in the country and still they are looking for the poor old people's money every Sunday to make their living.

Jus wonderin why teachers aren’t dressed respectfully if they want to be respected by the school boys.

Jus wonderin if Montserratians only sleep and wake to the next day, but Montserrat really lock dung.

Jus wonderin if the clinics at the neighboring Island is really telling us something else.

Jus wonderin why we don’t listen to that man from Baker Hill

Jus wonderin why Montserratians in Antigua always say that they can’t come back here to live.

If the fishermen realize how lucky they are because they took no heed to the weather warnings the day before.

Jus wonderin if Lola will ever get a decent phone and spoil our game of "guess the digits".
Jus wonderin if the owners who will donate land for a new airport and golf course will do the same for
the new Lookout.

Jus wonderin why the road to the Belham Bridge and the road to the dump is better than around the Government Headquarters.

Jus wonderin why there are books closed up in Salem Library and not in the current Library.

Jus wonderin what the young debutante can be learning from short skirts and painted face.

Jus wonderin if the British visitors who wear shorts like underpants know about the Dress Code which of the robbers lied .

Jus wonderin if whites who live here and have Montserrat passports are foreigners.

Jus wonderin why if you live in Salem you have to listen to noise every Friday and Saturday night and can’t live in peace.

Jus wonderin why the black bird flew from Dominica and went to the CM's Office.

Jus wonderin why the Minister just over there doesn't like the black bird.

Jus wonderin why they expelled the student when he retaliated after the teacher told him he was stupid.

Jus wonderin why the P officer no keep off gossip shop back.

Jus wonderin if DFID is responsible for all the bad weather we havin - in England?
Jus wonderin who dem people be that prefer to go and trus' down de shop dem and no want to pay when time come, when they would have already benefited from the goods.

Jus wonderin what the Heavy Roller has to say about the CPP of the PPU being so abruptly dismissed.

Jus wonderin what the teacher's responsibility is in that school for the pregnancy of the third form student.

Jus wonderin if the mother of that teenager was paid off to keep that quiet.

Jus wonderin if the Minister made any investigation into the pregnancy of the secondary school girl.

Jus wonderin if we should stop worrying about the boys and girls on the street and focus on our male teachers who should be teaching and protecting them.

Jus wonderin where that certain teenager gets money to rent a car every weekend.

Jus wonderin if the Pertinent Issue man has found the woman of his dreams.

Jus wonderin why the big mouthed young man from the new village is so annoying.

Jus wonderin why if it is the half done hurricane shutters in Look Out causing migraine headache.

Jus wonderin when the supermarkets will take pattern off those in the neighboring island now the food voucher system is over.

Jus wonderin if there was ever a mountain lion in the Silver Hills.

Jus wonderin why a certain teenager from Baker Hill will visit Look Out and then discuss the following surroundings with hospital maids.

Jus wonderin if it is because of uncivilized behavior the young man packed-up and left his girl friend to suffer.

Jus wonderin when the traffic department will take drastic measures about the vehicles lying permanently between Cudjoe Head and Baker Hill.

Jus wonderin which one the British secretaries will win the big, stallion-looking local guy.

Jus wonderin why a particular set of young women don't want to see others achieve.

Jus wonderin when a certain young man from customs gonna stop bad mouth other people and look upon himself.

Jus wonderin if the CM has forgotten about those Montserratians who remained during the crisis and has gotten nothing for it except ash in their systems.

Jus wonderin if there is an active Price Control Officer or some merchants are active in payoff.

Jus wonderin how come some married women are always saying they tired.

Just wondering why the farewell cocktail party of the Chief Physical Planner has been postponed.
Jus wonderin what Agriculture and the ministry suddenly gone too.
Jus wonderin why Montserratians are so grudge minded, covetous, back biting and everything that is not good.
Jus wonderin if it could really happen that the Sen. Building Insp. is now bragging that he was told of a confidential memo to the P S from the C P P, which was given to P P to draft a reply.
Jus wonderin who was bad talking the Chief of this Country at the Attic over lunch with his buddies.
Jus wonderin why the husband think the wife has so much POWER.
Jus wonderin who runs Agriculture when it looks like the minister and PS is never there.
Jus wonderin if they think we forget about the green steel from the company Inter nothing who built the jetty.
Jus wonderin who started jus wonderin and when it will end.
Jus wonderin if it is true that the police officer from Montserrat that was at the training school in Barbados had his stay cut short and returned home.

Jus wonderin if the young recruit allegedly raped in Barbados is the daughter of a regional commissioner?

Jus wonderin if the young junior female officers are now at any risk from any of their seniors.

Jus wonderin if the COS and the CM are blood relations and if it affects their relationship.