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Liburd: “proposed Public Accounts Committee Bill a mockery.” Maynard: “Not all saints in the halls of power”

Published 10 August 2017

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Liburd: “proposed Public Accounts Committee Bill a mockery.” Maynard: “Not all saints in the halls of power”

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 10TH 2017 – Ahead of Thursday’s parliamentary debate on new legislation to govern the functioning of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the future, the opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) has accused the Timothy Harris-led PLP/CCM/PAM coalition of decimating the duties outlined in the existing Standing Orders which govern the watchdog committee.

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PM Harris spokesman declines to comment on WICNews story on plans by his government to build new BHS on aquifer

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

PM Harris spokesman declines to comment on WICNews
story on plans by his government to build new BHS on aquifer

LONDON, ENGLAND – London-based WICNews is reporting that a spokesman for St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, has declined to comment on a story in which Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has urged the government to think again about building the new Basseterre High School on an important aquifer.

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St. Croix-based Nevisian beaten, robbed and tied up on the road in Nevis

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Croix-based Nevisian beaten, robbed and tied up on the road in Nevis

CHARESTOWN, NEVIS, AUGUST 9TH 2017 – A Nevisian who returned to Nevis for a funeral and who decided to stay on for Culturama is in serious condition at the Alexandra Hospital in Charlestown after being beaten and robbed.

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Man drinks beer full of dead geckos: suit

Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Man drinks beer full of dead geckos: suit

A California man filed a stomach-turning lawsuit against Heineken beer and Kroger supermarket — claiming he sipped suds loaded with dead, canned geckos.
George Toubbeh said he got violently ill and “suffered from extreme anxiety and post traumatic stress disorder” from the beer he purchased and drank on Aug. 7, 2015, according to his lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court.

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DMX could be sent back to prison for violating bail

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Published 9 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Rapper DMX, accused of cheating the IRS out of $1.7 million in taxes, could be headed back to prison for violating the conditions of his bail.
Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff on Wednesday said he received a report indicating that the rapper/actor, who real name is Earl Simmons, “may have violated the terms of his pretrial release in numerous respects.”