Published 31 July 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts ad Nevis News Source
Team Unity Leadership joins Spanish community in celebrating Father’s Day
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, July 31, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Prime Minister, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, along with the Minister of Public Infrastructure, Post, Urban Development and Transport, the Hon Ian Patches Liburd, and the Chairman of the People’s Action Movement (PAM) Ambassador Jonel Powell, on Sunday July 29 joined scores of members of the Spanish Community as they celebrated Father’s Day.
“I am delighted to join our Spanish brothers and sisters as they celebrate Father’s Day, which is being observed in the Dominican Republic today,” said Prime Minister Harris who was warmly embraced and kissed by over excited patrons who could be heard saying that Prime Minister Timothy Harris was in their midst, after the DJ announced his arrival.
“We are happy as a country to see that our Spanish brothers and sisters are well settled in this their new country and are able to observe traditions from their mother country,” said Dr Harris who is also the National Political Leader of the Peoples Labour Party (PLP), which is one of the three parties in the ruling Team Unity Administration. “The Team Unity Government has given its commitment to working with members of the Spanish community to ensure that they are fully integrated in the country they now call home.”
The event which was organised by one of the Spanish community leaders in St. Kitts, Mr Heriberto Torres, was held at Sport Bar El Fuerte at the corner of Malone Avenue and Bay Road in Basseterre.
Among those who attended included Mr Abdias Samuel, National Disaster Coordinator for the Government’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who last month (July) made history by being the first Dominican born St. Kitts and Nevis national to be appointed to head a government agency, and Mr Nubian Greaux, Chairman of the Peoples Labour Party’s Constituency Number Two Executive Branch.
The Chairman of the People’s Action Movement, who is also the party’s caretaker for Constituency Number Two (Central Basseterre) Mr Jonel Powell observed that the Spanish community has an important role to play, and he was happy that Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, and Minister the Hon Ian Patches Liburd had taken time to celebrate with the community.
“The reality is we have a growing Latin community here in St. Kitts and Nevis,” said Mr Powell. “Many of them were actually born here, and they form a very big part of our community. We really need to make more of an effort to reach out to them to help them, to integrate them, and to make sure we have that equality.”
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Pix captions:
1: Prime Minister Harris (centre) with among others, Mr Nubian Greaux (right), Ambassador Jonel Powell (2nd right), and the Hon Ian Patches Liburd (2nd left).
2: Prime Minister Harris (right) with Mr Heriberto Torres, a Spanish community leader who arranged the Father’s Day event. Ambassador Jonel Powell is in the back (left).
3: A member of the Spanish community hugs Prime Minister Harris when he joined the Spanish community as they celebrated Father’s Day.
