http://www.manxherald.com/ &copy;2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.1 2010-07-30T20:12:45-04:00 http://www.manxherald.com/index.php/news/617.html 2010-01-07T16:19:00-05:00 2010-01-07T16:19:00-05:00 Herald Editor At the end of last year, Rushen MHK Juan Watterson published a consultation document proposing reforms to the budget system to allow people to comment http://www.manxherald.com/index.php/news/617.html 2010-01-08T08:34:59-05:00 2010-01-08T08:34:59-05:00 Premier Shareholders Group The Premier Shareholders Group is equally disappointed that the Treasury Minister, Mr. A Bell, could not be bothered... er did not take the time in the last seven yeas to address the matter of how the directors of the Premier Low Risk Fund plc obtained the life savings of hundreds of pensioners by advising them that the Fund offered &quot;Capital Security and Guarantees&quot; similar to a Building Society.<br /> <br /> Then the pensioners lost up to 50% of their money to rescue it from the clutches of the Fund<br /> <br /> Fortunately for Mr Juan Watterson he has the luxury of holding meetings in the Attorney General’s chambers to happily consult with interested parties about his &quot;reforms&quot; – a resource denied to the pensioners whose lives have been reduced to misery and despair by a fallacious Isle of Man based company and a government that exhibits little interest in upholding basic human rights.<br /> <br /> But then that’s how things are done on the Isle of Man and the reason why people should never invest or deposit a single penny on the Island.