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Harowe Servo St. Kitts plant expansion begins

Published 14 June 2017

Harowe Servo St. Kitts plant expansion begins

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 14TH 2017 – Expansion of Harowe Servo API in Sandy Point has begun.

It was in February 2014 that then General Manager and Head of Global Operations at API’s World Headquarters in New York, Mr. Kevin Heffler first made the announcement of the expansion during a visit to the plant at Bourkes Eastate, by the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, who was serving as prime minister of St. Kitts and Nevis.

Mr. Heffler who met with Dr. Douglas informed of the decision to construct an additional 5,000 square feet of manufacturing space with a two-story facility – 2,500 square feet on the first floor and an additional 2,500 square feet on the second floor at an initial cost of EC$250,000.

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WORLD ACCREDITATION DAY FOCUSES ON CONSTRUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Published 11 June 2047

WORLD ACCREDITATION DAY FOCUSES ON CONSTRUCTION AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 09, 2017 (SKNIS): In celebration of World Accreditation Day 2017, on June 09, the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) hosted a seminar, which was focused around this year’s theme “Delivering Confidence in Construction and the Built Environment.”

The seminar, which was held at the SKNBS office at La Guerite, not only discussed issues related to the theme, but involved accreditation and/or certification in other sectors, including the medical and testing laboratories, manufacturing and the like.

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LIAT Goes To Court To Get Pilots Back in the Skies

Published 9 June 2017

LIAT Goes To Court To Get Pilots Back in the Skies

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Friday June 9, 2017 – With pilots continuing strike action that has forced the cancellation and delays of flights across the region, LIAT has decided to turn to the court for help.

Management of the airline has filed an application for a court injunction to end the strike that began on Wednesday as pilots refuse to fly LIAT’s ATR 72 series aircraft without additional compensation.

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LIAT regrets to advise our passengers that industrial action has been taken today by the members of the Leeward Islands

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Published 7 June 201

LIAT regrets to advise our passengers that
industrial action has been taken today by the members of the Leeward Islands
Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA). In the ongoing negotiations for higher wages,
which includes the operation of the ATR aircraft, the pilots have taken action to
refuse to fly the ATR 72 aircraft until agreement is reached. As a consequence of
this action we have not been able to operate flights scheduled with ATR 72 aircraft
at this time. These actions have already resulted in a number of delays and
cancellations.

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Liburd, Drew add voice to hundreds opposed to Team Unity plans to build new High School on Basseterre Aquifer

Published 1 June 2017

Liburd, Drew add voice to hundreds opposed to Team Unity plans to build new High School on Basseterre Aquifer

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 1, 2017 – Opposition parliamentarians have been weighing in public outrage denouncing plans by the Team Unity Government to construct a new Basseterre High School (BHS) on lands of the Basseterre Aquifer.

St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party chairperson, Hon. Marcella Liburd, MP for St. Christopher 2 (Central Basseterre) Wednesday described the Team Unity Government plans as “a callous and irresponsible act to build any high school on the water table.”

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