Health, Local news, News

DRAFT UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE PLAN IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS EXPECTED IN OCTOBER 2018

Published 31 August 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

DRAFT UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE PLAN IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS EXPECTED IN OCTOBER 2018

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 31, 2018 (SKNIS): Government’s plan to introduce Universal Health Coverage in St. Kitts and Nevis is drawing closer with the expected completion of a draft proposal and the launch of public consultations in early October 2018.

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Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Breaking News!!!!One shot and killed in an exchange between wanted suspect and police & military force in Sandy Point.

Published 31 August 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Breaking News!!!!Gun shot exchange between wanted suspect and police & military force in Sandy Point.

 

Update: An official police report will follow in due time.

At the moment Buckie Got It have confirmed that someone was killed and an Officer injured during a shooting incident in Sandy Point. The Officer is in a stable condition at the JNF Hospital.

Suspect was also shot

Here more from persons who was in the area

“listen careful It alleged that “ Apparently it’s the fella who the police was looking for. It happened at Bouncing Hill”

“One police was also shot in the shoulder. It appeared to have been a shoot out with the alleged suspect and police.”

More to follow

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Crime/Justice, Local news, News

PRIME MINISTER HARRIS NOT CONVINCED OF OPPOSITION’S SINCERITY FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON CRIME

Published 31 August 2018
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PRIME MINISTER HARRIS NOT CONVINCED OF OPPOSITION’S SINCERITY FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON CRIME

 

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 31, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris stated clearly on Thursday (August 30) that he is open to having productive dialogue with members of the Opposition on the issue of addressing crime and violence in the country, as long as those calls for discussions are genuine.

“We would really want him [Dr. Denzil Douglas], as we would want all entities, every individual to be committed honestly to help get the country on track on the matter of law and order,” Prime Minister Harris said, while addressing a question posed at his press conference.

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Local news, News

PM HARRIS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF MR. CLEMENT BOUNCIN WILLIAMS

Published 31 August 2018
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PM HARRIS EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF

MR. CLEMENT BOUNCIN WILLIAMS

 

Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris extends his heartfelt condolences, and those of the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis, to the family and loved ones of Mr. Clement David Obadiah Williams, who is affectionately known as Bouncin.  Mr. Bouncin Williams has died at the age of 70 years old.

“Bouncin possessed inventive and multifaceted talent that made him excel in a number of arenas, including acting, writing, teaching mathematics and natural sciences, as well as directing and producing community theatre,” Prime Minister Harris said today, Friday, August 31st, 2018.

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Local news, News

Team Unity and NHC are about building communities says Ambassador Jonel Powell

Published 30 August 2018

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Team Unity and NHC are about building communities says Ambassador Jonel Powell

 

Basseterre, St. Kitts (August 31, 2018) — People’s Action Movement (PAM) Chairman, and Team Unity Caretaker candidate for Constituency Number Two (Central Basseterre), Ambassador Jonel Powell has said that Team Unity through the National Housing Corporation (NHC) is about building communities.

Ambassador Powell made congratulatory remarks on Tuesday August 28 when Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris delivered feature address at a ceremony held in Pine Garden, in Central Basseterre, where sixteen families received keys to their houses under the National Housing Corporation’s Unity Housing Solution Programme.

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