Published 13 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
TAMPERING WITH AND VANDALIZING INSTALLED CCTV CAMERAS IS A CRIME; CITIZENS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT THOSE WHO DO
Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 13, 2017(RSCNPF) The High Command of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force is making an appeal to citizens to report persons seen tampering with or vandalizing components of the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) System being currently installed in several areas throughout the Federation.
Published 13 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Sorry state of health in St. Kitts as Team Unity Government breaches constitution
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 13th 2017 – Former Minister of Health, Hon. Marcella Liburd has accused the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris of breaching the nation’s constitution with several vacancies in the Ministry of Health.
Section 61 of the St. Kitts and Nevis Constitution states: “every department of the Government shall be under the supervision of a permanent secretary whose office shall be a public office.”
Ms. Liburd points out that although there are two ministers of health, Hon. Eugene Hamilton and Junior Minister of Health, Sen. Hon. Wendy Phipps, there has been no permanent secretary performing duties for several months.
Published 13 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Memorial Service for Poesy Southwell on Sunday in New Jersey; One tentatively planned for St. Kitts early August
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 13TH 2017 – A memorial service for the late Poesy Southwell, a son of National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir. C. A. Paul Southwell, will be held in St. Kitts in early August, a family spokesman said.
Rustum Southwell, a brother of Poesy said a memorial service will be held on Sunday, July 16, 2017 at VFW Bogota, New Jersey from 12:00 – 4:00pm,
Poesy died peacefully at the age of 73 on Friday, June 30, 2017 at 6:15pm at the CareOne Teaneck nursing facility after an extended illness.
Published 13 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News.
Chairman of a financial institution resigns; a reflection of Team Unity political interference
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 13TH 2017 – Prominent persons appointed to positions by the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris in government ministries, departments and state-owned corporations are quietly resigning due to frustration and political interference.
Without naming the individual, SKNLP chairman, Hon. Marcella Liburd disclosed Wednesday that the latest resignation is the chairman of a financial institution in which the government has majority shareholding.
Published 13 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
PM Harris cannot be trusted on crime figures
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 13TH 2017 –Dr. Terrance Drew, the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) caretaker for St. Christopher 8 said Prime Minister Harris in his capacity as Minister of National Security, cannot be trusted when he provides figures on crime for St. Kitts, pointing out previous statements were found to be grossly false.
He noted while Dr. Harris was boasting to the nation that crime was trending downwards, statistics released by Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ian Queeley indicated a near 60 percent increase in crime in 2016 over 2015.
