How we run cabinet meetings- Jeff Ramsay

In the interest of public understanding this office feels compelled to clarify issues surrounding press coverage of cabinet.

In the process we hope to dispel the false suggestion that longstanding restrictions barring reporters from witnessing the deliberations of Cabinet and its committee's are somehow an assault on any section of the media.

Ordinary Cabinet meetings are chaired by H.E. the President and they are attended by His Honour the Vice President, Ministers, the Attorney General and the Permanent Secretary to the President, whose duties include serving as cabinet secretary.  The only officials who otherwise attend the said meetings are the clerks of cabinet.

Editor's Comment
Prosecutors deserve better

These legal professionals, who are entrusted with upholding the rule of law, face numerous challenges that compromise their ability to effectively carry out their duties.Elsewhere in this edition, we carry a story on the lamentations of the officers of court.The prosecutors have raised a number of concerns, calling for urgent attention from all relevant stakeholders, including the President, Minister of Justice and the Attorney General. Their...

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