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Margaret Dyer-Howe
Margaret (Annie) Dyer-Howe (18 November 1941 - 6 April 2019) was a Montserratian politician and businesswoman, who was the second woman to be appointed as a government minister in the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat. She held a number of ministries during her two periods as an elected representative, including as Minister for Education and Social Affairs, Minister for Trade, Agriculture, Lands, Housing and the Environment and Minister of Finance. She also co-founded the Montserrat Labour Party. Biography Margaret Corbett was born 18 November 1941 and grew up in St Patrick's. She attended St. Augustine School in Plymouth, and subsequently attended secretarial college in the USA. In 1964 she married politician Michael Dyer, who died in 1974. In 1979 she was elected as Southern district member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat, representing the New People’s Liberation Movement (NPLM), after a by-election in which she was elected to the seat previously held by her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserrat
Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is nicknamed "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean" both for its resemblance to coastal Ireland and for the Irish ancestry of many of its inhabitants. Montserrat is the only non-fully sovereign full member of the Caribbean Community and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. On 18 July 1995, the previously dormant Soufrière Hills volcano, in the southern part of the island, became active. Eruptions destroyed Montserrat's Georgian era capital city of Plymouth. Between 1995 and 2000, two-thirds of the island's population was forced to flee, primarily to the United Kingdom, leaving fewer than 1,200 people on the island in 1997 (rising to nearly 5,000 by 2016). The volcanic activity continues, mostly affecting the vicinity of Plymouth, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montserratian Women In Politics
Montserratian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Montserrat, is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea ** A person from Montserrat, or of Montserratian descent. For information about the Montserratian people, see Demographics of Montserrat and Culture of Montserrat. For specific persons, see List of Montserratians. ** Note that there is no language called "Montserratian". For the most widely spoken languages in Montserrat, see Languages of Montserrat. ** Montserratian cuisine Montserratian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Montserrat, is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea ** A person from Montserrat, or ... See also * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Euthanasia Centre in Germany, in the first phase of mass killings under the Action T4 program here. * January 1 – Thailand's Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram decrees January 1 as the official start of the Thai solar calendar new year (thus the previous year that began April 1 had only 9 months). * January 3 – A decree (''Normalschrifterlass'') promulgated in Germany by Martin Bormann, on behalf of Adolf Hitler, requires replacement of blackletter typefaces by Antiqua. * January 4 – The short subject '' Elmer's Pet Rabbit'' is released, marking the second appearance of Bugs Bunny, and also the first to have his name on a title card. * January 5 – WWII: Battle of Bardia in Libya: Australian and British troops ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lookout Public Cemetery
A lookout or look-out is a person in charge of the observation of hazards. The term originally comes from a naval background, where lookouts would watch for other ships, land, and various dangers. The term has now passed into wider parlance. Naval application Lookouts have been traditionally placed in high on masts, in crow's nests and top (sailing ship), tops. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (1972) says in part: : Every vessel must at all times keep a proper look-out by sight (day shape or lights by eyes or visual aids), hearing (sound signal or Marine VHF radio) and all available means (e.g. Radar, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid, ARPA, Automatic Identification System, AIS, GMDSS...) in order to judge if risk of collision exists. Lookouts report anything they see and or hear. When reporting contacts, lookouts give information such as, bearing of the object, which way the object is headed, target angles and position angles and what the contact i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Montserratian General Election
General elections were held in Montserrat on 2 April 2001.General Election Results - 2 April 2001 Caribbean Elections The result was a victory for the (NLPM), which won seven of the nine seats in the Legislative Council. NLPM leader John Osborne became |
Legislative Assembly Of Montserrat
The Legislative Assembly is the legislature of Montserrat. A unicameral body, it has nine elected members. History The Legislative Assembly was established following the promulgation of a new constitution in 2011, replacing the Legislative Council. Caribbean Elections The first elections to it were held in , and the most recent being in . Electoral system The nine members of the Legislative Assembly ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Montserratian General Election
General elections were held in Montserrat on 25 August 1987.General Election Results - 25 August 1987 Caribbean Elections The result was a victory for the People's Liberation Movement (PLM), which won four of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. PLM leader John Osborne remained |
Mary Rose Tuitt
Mary Rose Tuitt (December 25, 1930 – 2005) was an educator and politician from the island of Montserrat, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. She was the first woman to serve as a government minister in that country. Life and work The daughter of Edgar Peters and Sarah Ryan (née Dorsett), she was born Mary Rose Peters in Kinsale, Montserrat. She studied at the Erdiston Teachers' Training College in Barbados from 1953 to 1955. When she returned to Montserrat after her studies, she was named head teacher at St. Patrick's school. She studied for an additional year at the University of Oxford Institute of Education. In 1958, she married Adolphus Tuitt. She resigned in 1968 after being passed over for the position of inspector of schools. Tuitt was transferred to the Ministry of Social Services but resigned that position after she realized it was a dead-end position. For a short time, she managed the historic Coconut Hill Hotel on the island. In 1970, Tuitt ran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
