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Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Labour MP fears new PAC legislation will undermine accountability, transparency and good governance

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 9Th 2017 – Member of Parliament, Hon. Marcella Liburd has expressed concern that proposed Public Accounts Committee (PAC) legislation by the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris could place restrictions on government official who can appear before the watchdog committee which ensures accountability, transparency and good governance.

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Published 7 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

The Basseterre Valley Aquifer must be protected from human faeces and other contaminants, says Douglas

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has welcomed professional opinion on the highly controversial decision of the Timothy Harris Team Unity Government (TUG) to build a new Basseterre High School (BHS) on the Basseterre Valley Aquifer but called upon the people of Basseterre and its environs to protect the island’s major source of drinking water.

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Published 7 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

PM Harris accuses Mark Brantley of presiding over “a non functioning Public Accounts Committee”

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, has slammed his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mark Brantley, for presiding over a “non-functioning  Public Accounts Committee” when he was its chairman for nearly 8 years (2007 to 2015).
The irony is that Prime Minister Harris and his Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Shawn Richards, were also members of the last Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.

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