Lack of compliance has emerged a major issue for the Inland Revenue Department.

This has forced the IRD to take action, according to acting comptroller Roland Irish, who appeared on MCRS Keeping You Informed.

Premier the Honourable Joseph Farrell is attending the 54th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in Ottawa this week.

The meeting is held under the theme “Partnerships for Resilient Prosperity” to advance a common vision to address global threats such as climate change.

Meridian Construction Company, contractors for the new port development project in Little Bay, is reporting that they are pushing ahead with the building and placing of the concrete caisons at the site.

Project manager, Peter Wattenhoffer says they are in a much better position now that they have more capable equipment to assist with the stepping up of production. The requirement is 300 caisions.

The Leader of the parliamentary Opposition has written officially to governor, Her Excellency Sarah Tucker, asking her to make public the findings of a study she commissioned on Aircraft Suitability to Operate at John A Osborne Airport.

The leader of the parliamentary Opposition here is calling for the contents of a a consultancy on an early market engagement for the supply of air transportation services for Montserrat to be made public as was originally promised.

Nearly thirty years after the Soufriere Hills volcanic eruptions, former students of the Kinsale Primary School have come together to produce a sequel anthology to their original work written in the height of the eruptions.

An agriculturist here is encouraging more young people to look into different agricultural sciences that can help boost the island’s economy.

President of the Montserrat Farmer’s Association, Claude Browne, says that farming is far from old-fashioned and there are many fields individuals can choose from such as crop production, food science, agricultural chemistry and forestry.

Montserrat is expected to be in attendance at the 13th regional Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) conference later this year.

St. Kitts and Nevis have joined forces with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency- CDEMA to host the (CDM) conference in December.