Speaking at a press conference January 7 regarding the 46th Anniversary of Majority Rule, Prime Minister Perry Christie said that schools will mark the event with a special assembly and the government will debate whether the historic landmark event should be a national holiday. Pictured: Prime Minister Perry Christie (centre) attended a press conference January 7, where plans were announced for a special assembly at all public schools. Also present at left: Veteran broadcaster Charles Carter; and at right, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Jerome Fitzgerald. (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay)

Prime Minister Perry Christie has announced that director of immigration Jack Thompson has been reassigned to the Cabinet Office to undertake administrative duties in the 40th Anniversary of Independence Secretariat.