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Douglas raps PM Harris for “abusive behaviour” towards lone elected female MP Hon. Marcella Liburd

Published 14 February 2018

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Douglas raps PM Harris for “abusive behaviour” towards lone elected female MP Hon. Marcella Liburd

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 14, 2017 – Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris “stooped to the level of personally abusing” Hon. Marcella Liburd, the lone elected female in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on Tuesday.

Former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said Tuesday Dr. Harris “was unparliamentarily in his comments.”

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Speaker Perkins’ Suspension Null; Konris A Victim Of Targeted Abuse

Published 14 February 2018

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Speaker Perkins’ Suspension Null; Konris A Victim Of Targeted Abuse

Speaker of the House, Hon. Michael Perkins may need to refresh his memory of the rules and regulations stipulated in the Parliament’s Standing Rules and Orders, as well as the constitution of St. Kitts and Nevis as several of his decisions over the past few months, have been baseless and indicative of a stretching of the actual conventions.

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Nationals disappointed Attorney General Byron did not address allegations of sexual assault in the AG’s Chambers

Published 14 February 2018

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Nationals disappointed Attorney General Byron did not address allegations of sexual assault in the AG’s Chambers

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 14, 2018 – With allegations of sexual assault in the Chambers of the Attorney General, the Hon. Vincent Byron Jr arrived late for Tuesday’s sitting but sat stone-faced throughout Tuesday’s meeting of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly and did not address the issue.

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Speaker Perkins continues to stifle democracy by blocking two opposition legislators and suspending a third

Published 14 February 2018

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Speaker Perkins continues to stifle democracy by blocking two opposition legislators and suspending a third

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 13, 2018 – The Speaker of the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Michael Perkins, prevented two opposition parliamentarians from making their contributions on legislation before the lawmaking body on Tuesday, although there were five members of the government side still to speak.

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STATEMENT BY THE ROYAL ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS POLICE FORCE

Published 13 February 2018
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STATEMENT BY THE ROYAL ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS POLICE FORCE

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 09, 2017 (RSCNPF): It has come to the attention of the Police High Command of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) that there are false and malicious reports circulating on social media in relation to the Force’s investigation into and handling of Shaquille Pemberton’s death.
The High Command of the RSCNPF places on record that there has been no cover-up – and there shall be none – in the Force’s investigation into the death of 23-year-old Shaquille Pemberton of New Road, whose body was discovered in the Gillards Meadows area on January 27, 2018.