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  ALL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS GO THROUGH OPEN AND TRANSPARENT TENDERING PROCESS, SAYS DIRECTOR OF PWD

Published 27 May 2019

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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 27, 2019 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – All contracts for Government projects are awarded after an open and transparent tendering process, as stipulated by the Procurement and Contract (Administration) Act, 2012.

That assertion was made by Director of Public Works Department, Mr. Cromwell Williams, while appearing as a guest on the Thursday, May 23, 2019, edition of “Straight Talk” on WINNFM 98.9, with host the Honourable Ian Patches Liburd.

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GOVERNOR GENERAL H.E. SIR S.W. TAPLEY SEATON ISSUES PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING FRIDAY 31ST MAY, 2019, AS CENTENARIANS DAY

Published 27 May 2019

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Please find pdf link below to press release Re: His Excellency the Governor General, Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, issues Proclamation designating Friday 31st May, 2019, as Centenarians Day.

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f9c18edcb5e81ee00df9977e6/files/e45d165e-f868-4d99-96f9-7f76ccf7adf8/Centenarians_2019_1_.pdf

Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP

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PRIME MINISTER HARRIS TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019

Published 27 May 2019

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File photo: Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris at his recent press conference
PRIME MINISTER HARRIS TO HOST PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019

 

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 27, 2019 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris will once more update citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis on matters of national interest when he hosts his next press conference on Wednesday, May 29, 2019.

The press conference will be held in the Parliamentary Lounge at Government Headquarters from 2:00pm. Members of the media are therefore asked to have all equipment in place by 1:45pm.

The Prime Minister’s press conference will be broadcast live on national media and will be streamed live by the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS) via its Facebook page, www.facebook.com/sknismedia/.

Nationals can also tune in to live coverage of the Prime Minister’s press conference on Freedom (106.5) FM, Sugar City (90.3) FM, VON Radio (860 AM), WINN (98.9) FM, ZIZ Radio (95.9, 96.1, 96.3 or 96.9 FM) or ZIZ TV (https://zizonline.com/tv/channel-5/).

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SECURITY FORCES FOOTBALL TEAM WINS EASTER CUP AND FINAL FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Published 27 May 2019

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Photo – Security Forces Football team pictured with winning trophy after defeating Trafalgar Southstars on May 14, 2019.   
SECURITY FORCES FOOTBALL TEAM WINS EASTER CUP AND FINAL FOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 25, 2019 (RSCNPF): The Security Forces Football Team also known as the “Polstars FC” has been named the Easter Cup and Final Four Tournament champions for the 2018-2019 season. This accomplishment has landed the team a spot in the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Association (SKNFA) Premier League.
Team Manager, Inspector John Bergan said that they competed against teams like the KFC Trinity/Challengers United, Hard Times and the Trafalgar South Stars who they defeated for the championship title on May 14, 2019.

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AUDIO, TEXT AND PHOTO: Prime Minister Harris at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Friday, May 24th, 2019

Published 25 May 2019

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Prime Minister Harris speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. as Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak, health policy correspondent on NPR’s Science Desk and the 112th president of the National Press Club, looks on (standing at right).

Apart from journalists, attendees of note included William Hughes Watson, vice president and governor of the U.S. Maritime Security Council (pictured seated at far right) and Ms. Jan Du Plain, the Vice Chair of International Correspondents Committee, National Press Club and Principal of Du Plain Global Enterprises, Inc, an international Public Relations and Special Events company that represents a variety of media and cultural organizations (pictured seated next to Mr. Watson).

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