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SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES INNOVATION AWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMEN

Published 24 September 2018

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SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUNCHES INNOVATION AWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Commonwealth, September 24, 2018: The Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Innovation for Sustainable Development Awards was launched to celebrate the most outstanding innovators and innovations from any of the 53 Commonwealth countries.

With a total of £30,000 available in prize money, the Awards seek to showcase impactful innovations and forward-looking solutions that are helping Commonwealth countries and people achieve sustainable development, while advancing the values in the Commonwealth Charter.

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M HARRIS AND PREMIER BRANTLEY REPRESENTING ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AT THE 73RD SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Published 24 September 2018

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PM HARRIS AND PREMIER BRANTLEY REPRESENTING ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AT THE 73^RD SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 24, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris and Premier the Honourable Mark Brantley are representing the twin island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis at the 73^rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, USA, where world leaders will address issues of critical global importance.

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Female National Heroes: An oversight Government is looking towards correction

Published 24 September 2018

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Female National Heroes: An oversight Government is looking towards correction

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, September 24, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — While the five National Heroes whose life-size bronze statues were unveiled on Monday September 17 at the National Heroes Park were males, Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris has hinted it might have been an oversight that no female is among them. He has advised that his administration is looking towards making correction.

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Tropical Depression Kirk tracks westward but its future is uncertain

Published 24 September 2018

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By Leigh Morgan

Tropical Depression Kirk tracks westward but its future is uncertain

Tropical Depression Kirk continued on a fast track toward the Caribbean — but there’s a chance it may not make it there, according to forecasters.

The National Hurricane Center on Monday is also tracking Subtropical Storm Leslie and two other areas in the Atlantic.

Kirk is the only storm that could affect land, and if it did it wouldn’t be until later this week.

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One person shot and injured in New Road Sunday afternoon

Published 23 September 2018

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One person shot and injured in New Road Sunday afternoon

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2018 – The quietness of the Sunday afternoon has been punctured by reports of shots being fired in the New Road area.

Residents say one person has been shot and injured and rushed to the J. N. France General Hospital.

More to follow on this developing story