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The Governor’s Office announced today, 17 June 2009, that the Hon. John A. Osborne was sworn in as Minister of Education and Health.

His excellency the Governor has agreed to the Chief Minister’s request that the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat be dissolved immediately and that a general election be held on 8 September 2008.

On June 15, 2009, Montserrat’s Governor, H.E. Mr. Peter Waterworth, revoked the ministerial appointments of the Hon. Roselyn Cassell Sealy and the Hon. Rueben T. Meade.

When questioned as to when he plans to stop dancing, Titus says, “I started dancing at the age of 8. Right now, I am 59 years old. I plan to dance at my own funeral.”

Scientist at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) report that there was a rainfall-induced pyroclastic flow early on the morning of August 25, 2008.
Reports indicate that the wind direction was to the North, at the time of this pyroclastic flow. As a result, ashfall is reported around most of Montserrat.
At 1:10am, after about an hour [...]

On Monday, July 29, 2008, the Acting Governor, Sir Howard Fergus, and the Honourable Chief Minister, Dr. Lowell Lewis, released a joint statement regarding the Soufriere Hills’ recent explosive activity and its consequences.
According to the Chief Minister’s office, “Scientists at the Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO) reported that a partial collapse of the dome at 11:30pm [...]

Today, February 26, 2008, a little after 8am when the Legislative Counsel (LEGCO) was about to adjourn, Montserrat’s Chief Minister, Hon. Lowell Lewis, tried to ask permission for one of the members of his party to address the Counsel.
The Speaker of the house cited regulations that summed up to the fact that a request could [...]

On Monday, February 25th, the Royal Montserrat Police Force (RMPF) Police Commissioner, Mr. Steve Foster, announced to the island’s public that two individual residents were missing.
According to RMPF, an investigation is ongoing regarding the missing persons report on Mr. Elston Livingston Lee, of Banks, Montserrat, and Mr. Ron Kagi Williams, of Antigua and residing in [...]