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PM HARRIS LEADS ST. KITTS-NEVIS DELEGATION TO OECS HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING

Published 18 June 2018

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PM HARRIS LEADS ST. KITTS-NEVIS DELEGATION TO OECS HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING

 

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 18, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, left the Federation on Sunday, 17th June, 2018 to join his colleague heads for the 65th Meeting of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority.

The meeting will be convened at the Harbor Club in St. Lucia.

The hectic two-day meeting is expected to cover agenda items such as the OECS Work Program and Budget, trade and foreign policy issues, and receive reports from a number of OECS Organs including the Council of Ministers of Agriculture, Education, Environment, Health and Foreign Affairs.

Prime Minister Harris is the immediate past Chair of the OECS Authority, while Prime Ministers Allen Chastanet and Dr. Ralph Gonsalves are the outgoing Chair and incoming Chair, respectively.

The St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister is accompanied by Permanent Secretaries of National Security and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Osmond Petty and Ms. Kaye Bass, respectively.

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St. Kitts and Nevis records murder #16 for 2018, four in three weeks

Published 17 June 2018

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By: Media Source

St. Kitts and Nevis records murder #16 for 2018, four in three weeks
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 17, 2018 – St. Kitts and Nevis Saturday recorded its fourth murder in the last 3 weeks, when a bus driver was executed in the presence of several passengers.
Dead is Reynaldo Jeffers of St. Peter’s, St. Kitts, who was murdered as he sat in his bus “Movements” waiting on passengers, many of whom were already sitting.

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St. Peter’s bus driver was shot dead by lone gunman on a bicycle

Published 17 June 2018

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By: Media Source

St. Peter’s bus driver was shot dead by lone gunman on a bicycle
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 17, 2018 – Police said Sunday that the St. Peter’s bus driver who was murdered on Saturday night was shot dead by a lone gunman on a bicycle.

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16-year-old juvenile male charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder in St. Kitts

Published 17 June 2018

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16-year-old juvenile male charged with murder and two counts of attempted murder in St. Kitts

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 17, 2018 – A 16-year-old juvenile male has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Jamoy Stapleton of Taylors, St. Kitts. Stapleton is the Federation’s 13th murder victim for 2018.

The 16-year-old juvenile was also charged with two counts of attempted murder.

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SIXTEEN NEW HOMEOWNERS IN GREEN ACRES THANK NHC

Published 17 June 2018

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SIXTEEN NEW HOMEOWNERS IN GREEN ACRES THANK NHC

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – SIXTEEN individuals were made homeowners yesterday (June 12) after receiving the keys to their brand new houses thanks to the National Housing Corporation in collaboration with the Team Unity government in its continued effort to increase home ownership in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

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