Published 8 August 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Jahnika Francis is in the US on Youth Ambassadors programme
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 8TH 2017 – Jahnika Francis of St. Kitts and Nevis is among seven Youth Ambassadors from the Eastern Caribbean in Vermont, United States for the 2017 Youth Ambassadors Programme for the Caribbean exchange program.
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.
Published 7 August 2017
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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.
Published 7 August 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Third Chinese supermarket robbed in two weeks
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Another Chinese supermarket was robbed Sunday….the third Chinese-owned supermarket in the past two weeks.
A video circulating on social media shows two armed and masked bandits entering the David Lee Supermarket in New Road on Sunday afternoon around 4 ‘o’ clock.
It was immediately know how much money was stolen or how many patrons were in the supermarket at the time.
Robbery of a second Chinese supermarket was also confirmed on Sunday. The “Best Grocery” on the corner of Central Street and Shaw Avenue in Basseterre was robbed two Wednesdays ago.
On Wednesday 2nd August, the Daily Foods outlet in Russell Village was robbed for the fourth time.
Police have issued no reports on these incidents.
Published 7 August 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Dr. Martin finally receives compensation on August 4th
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017- Former Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Martin has finally received his compensation for his early retirement from the Public Service.
Dr. Martin said the check was delivered to his attorney on Friday 4th August, after previous public statements from Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris that Dr. Martin was adequately compensated when the letter immediately bringing his pre-retirement leave to an end was delivered by uniformed police officers on Friday 14th July. Dr Martin’s pre-retirement leave began in June 2016 and was scheduled to have ended in November 2017.
