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Published 14 June 2017

PM Harris’ move to increase penalties for gun crimes does little to change perception government lacks seriousness

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 12^th 2017 – Two St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party parliamentarians say increasing the maximum penalty for incarceration for non-capital gun crimes from 10 years to 15 years will not alone solve the Federation’s growing crime problem.

 Stating he has no serious objection to the Firearms Amendment Bill 2017 that proposes an increase in penalties for criminals convicted of offences, Sen. Nigel Carty expressed the view that the Team Unity Government brought the legislation as the linchpin of its crime reduction strategy.

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Published 14 June 2017

Dr. Douglas pledges to return decent Government to St. Kitts and Nevis

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 12^th 2017 – With 28 years of service under his belt, Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas gave his constituents and the nation a commitment to continue to serve and a restoration of a decent government to St. Kitts and Nevis.

 “I give a commitment that you will never be last and never be in the background. You will be first and you will be in the front at all times,” the seven-term parliamentarian told his constituents at a packed Praise and Thanksgiving Service at the Bethel Moravian Church in Parsons Village, a part of his constituency he has been serving as Parliamentary Representative from  March 1989.

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