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Published 12 October 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

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Published 12 October 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

OLDER PERSONS IN ST. KITTS TREATED TO A SPA DAY OF PAMPERING AT AVEC SCHOOL OF COSMETOLOGY

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2018 (SKNIS): A group of older ladies enjoyed a day of pampering with a wide array of Spa services compliments second year students in Cosmetology studies at the Advanced Vocational Education Centre (AVEC) as part of a month of activities for older persons. The Month of Older Persons is celebrated in St. Kitts and Nevis in October.

Every Thursday during the month of October is designated as Older Persons Spa Days, which was initiated in 2017 as a means of giving back to the pillars of the nation and allowing the students to have hands on training.

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Published 12 October 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Record number to benefit from Constituency Number Seven Help-a-Child Programme

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, October 12, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — A record 80 pupils will this year benefit from the Annual Constituency Number Seven Help-a-Child Programme which is the brainchild of the Area Parliamentary Representative, and Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris.

According coordinator Ms Myrtilla Williams, it is an educational assistance-based programme Dr Harris started as he firmly believes that the future of a nation depends on its youths who should be moulded and given every opportunity to develop to their best by providing them with whatever assistance that is necessary to help them with their education.

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Published 11 October 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS’ PRIME MINISTER UNVEILS PLAQUES HONOURING UWI’S 70 OUTSTANDING ALUMNI

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 11, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The names of seventy (70) of the most outstanding men and women to have graduated from the University of the West Indies (UWI) are now forever immortalized at the University’s Cave Hill Campus in Barbados after plaques were unveiled in their honour.

The plaques bearing the names of all seventy alumni were unveiled by Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, with assistance from Dr. Lilith Haynes, following the ceremony to honour the 70 outstanding UWI graduates who have made significant contributions in public service, the medical and legal fields, academics and economic development.

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Published 11 October 2018
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

PRIME MINISTER HARRIS PARTICIPATES IN CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE EVENT IN BARBADOS

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 11, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – While on an official visit to Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris took time out of his busy schedule to grace the official opening ceremony for the 15th Caribbean Week of Agriculture being held at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre.

Prime Minister Harris attended the prestigious regional event as a special guest of Barbados’ Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Mottley, with whom he held bilateral discussions with prior to the ceremony.

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