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Dr. Douglas achieves milestone of 28 years of parliamentary service

Published 30 March 2017

Dr. Douglas achieves milestone of 28 years of parliamentary service

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 23rd 2017 – Leader of the Opposition the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas on Tuesday celebrated 28 years as Parliamentary Representative for St. Christopher 6 (Newton Ground to Harris’).

Dr. Douglas first served in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly as Leader of the Opposition from March 1989 to July 2nd 1995; as Prime Minister from July 3rd 1995 to February 15th and is now on his second stint as Leader of the Opposition from February 16th 2015.

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PLP recognises and awards individuals who gave support during its formative days

Published 30 March 2017

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 28, 2017 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — When the Peoples Labour Party’s (PLP) Political Leader, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris appeared on Sugar City 90.3 FM’s ‘People’s Choice’ programme on Monday March 27, he told the host: “All is well with the Peoples Labour Party. Our support is at its strongest level.”

Dr Harris, who is also the Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, told the programme’s host Ambassador Michael Powell that the party had come thus far and especially its phenomenal growth in the Team Unity Movement because of the unwavering support it received from a number of individuals, many who gave voluntary service.

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Dr. Drew castigates Prime Minister Harris for deliberate lies

Published 30 March 2017

Dr. Drew castigates Prime Minister Harris for deliberate lies

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 22nd 2017 – The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) continues to rip into the Federation’s Prime Minister Dr the Hon. Timothy Harris for misleading public statements.

The SKNLP caretaker for St. Christopher 8, Dr. Terrance Drew is the latest SKNLP candidate to castigate Prime Minister Harris that his two-year-old Team Unity Government is responsible for projects which were under construction when he took office in February 2015.

Hours after becoming the Federation’s third Prime Minister, Dr. Harris asked for the resignation of ambassadors, directors on statutory boards and corporations, halt ongoing public sector projects and closed the electoral offices in St. Kitts and in Nevis for six months. To date no report has been submitted into the closure despite several public statements that the investilgation is on-going two years after.

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NRP’s Leadership on Decriminalizing Cannabis breaks Team Unity’s Opposition

Published 30 March 2017

NRP’s Leadership on Decriminalizing Cannabis breaks Team Unity’s Opposition

Charlestown, Nevis (March 23, 2017) After nearly a year of singlehandedly leading the national debate to decriminalize cannabis, and having to bravely withstand the merciless ridicule and opposition of the Team Unity Government, news broke on March 18, 2017 (Times Caribbean) that Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris has caved in to public demand and now intends to establish a “Ganja Commission”, to look into the matter and report back to Cabinet.

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Labour will make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again

Published 30 March 2017

Marcella Liburd: “Harris – Deceiver in Chief;”
Labour will make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 23rd 2017 – The opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) is ready to resume the reins of Government to serve the people and “make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again.”

This is the message from SKNLP Chairperson, Hon. Marcella Liburd, to the people of the twin-island federation as mounting scandals taint the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris and expressions of regret from the electorate in his just two-year-old administration.