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As the BHS celebrates 50 years, photographs on Tuesday show decades of history in shambles

Published 21 March 2018

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As the BHS celebrates 50 years, photographs on Tuesday show decades of history in shambles

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 20, 2018 – Prompted by several persons – former students of the Basseterre High School (BHS) – the original buildings abandoned by Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, his Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Hon. Shawn Richards and the Team Unity Cabinet, were visited Tuesday morning.

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Police confirm murder of Cayon-born Sandy Point resident

Published 20 March 2018

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Police confirm murder of Cayon-born Sandy Point resident

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 19, 2018 – Police on Monday confirmed the seventh official murder in St. Kitts and Nevis for 2018, after a Sandy Point resident was shot dead on March 17.

“Police received a report that a shooting had occurred at about 9:10 p.m. on Saturday at Crab Hill. Investigations so far have revealed that 30-year-old Calvin Archibald, who resided in Sandy Point, but is originally from Cayon, was sitting in a shop when an unknown assailant shot him multiples times,” the police statement said.

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Care for an ageing population – PM Harris commends the diasporic community

Published 20 March 2018

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Care for an ageing population – PM Harris commends the diasporic community

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 20, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Prime Minister, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, on Saturday March 17 held a breakfast meeting in Frigate Bay, Basseterre, where he held discussions with St. Kitts and Nevis’ Honorary Consul in Ontario, Canada, Dr Winston Isaac, on matters of national building and the constructive engagement of senior citizens in that effort.

Dr Isaac who was rounding off a busy week-long visit to St. Kitts was accompanied by one of his associates Dr Samir Sinha, who is a geriatrician. According to the Honorary Consul, the purpose of the visit was to help and promote the care of the elderly, as St. Kitts and Nevis has an ageing population.

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Six cows killed on prison farm, later butchered for beef by inmates

Published 19 March 2018

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Six cows killed on prison farm, later butchered for beef by inmates

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 18, 2018 – Six cows, two of which were in calf, were shot and killed when they strayed into the prison farm at Needsmust Estate on Sunday afternoon.
According to a source, the prison authorities then called in several prisoners to butcher the cows to provide meat for the prison inmates at 1840.

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Two murders rock St. Kitts and Nevis over the weekend

Published 18 March 2018

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Two murders rock St. Kitts and Nevis over the weekend

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 18, 2018 – Police on Sunday said two persons are in custody for one of four gun-related incidents which resulted in two murders and two injuries within a 24-hour period over the weekend in four separate locations of St. Kitts.