Tag: Mary Lawrence
Ex-speaker accuses CIG of secrecy on port
(CNS): Mary Lawrence, who served as Speaker of the House during the last UDP administration, having been appointed by McKeeva Bush from outside the Legislative Assembly, has criticised the current Government of National Unity for the way it has handled the proposed cruise port project. “There has been this veil of secrecy,” she said about […]
JPs call for full review of SAR ops
(CNS): The two justices of the peace, who were supposed to work with UK Coastguard Commander Andrew Jenkins on the search and rescue report into an incident in which five people lost their lives in March, have called for a full review of local search and rescue operations because of weaknesses identified in his work. […]
Mac: JPs to file own report on rescue review
(CNS): The opposition leader has raised questions about the report conducted by a UK Coastguard Commander Andy Jenkins and has said the two local JPs who were supposed to work on the report did not see or sign the final document but would be publishing their own report. Speaking in the Legislative Assembly Friday as he […]
Ex-speaker and former fire chief to work on rescue review
(CNS): The speaker of the Legislative Assembly during the last UDP administration, Mary Lawrence, has been nominated by the opposition leader to assist the expert from the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency who will be conducting a review of the RCIPS’ handling of the report of five missing people at sea. The premier has appointed […]
Health insurance law changed to cover Lawrence
(CNS): The government is making a minor amendment to the health insurance law in order to provide medical cover for the former Legislative Assembly speaker, Mary Lawrence. Sitting in the chair for the duration of the previous UDP term and the subsequent temporary minority government, between 2009 and 2013, Lawrence was never a member of […]
