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NRP’s Leadership on Decriminalizing Cannabis breaks Team Unity’s Opposition

Published 30 March 2017

NRP’s Leadership on Decriminalizing Cannabis breaks Team Unity’s Opposition

Charlestown, Nevis (March 23, 2017) After nearly a year of singlehandedly leading the national debate to decriminalize cannabis, and having to bravely withstand the merciless ridicule and opposition of the Team Unity Government, news broke on March 18, 2017 (Times Caribbean) that Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris has caved in to public demand and now intends to establish a “Ganja Commission”, to look into the matter and report back to Cabinet.

Local news, Politics

Labour will make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again

Published 30 March 2017

Marcella Liburd: “Harris – Deceiver in Chief;”
Labour will make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 23rd 2017 – The opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) is ready to resume the reins of Government to serve the people and “make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again.”

This is the message from SKNLP Chairperson, Hon. Marcella Liburd, to the people of the twin-island federation as mounting scandals taint the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris and expressions of regret from the electorate in his just two-year-old administration.

Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Young man killed in Newton Ground

Published 30 March

Basseterre, St. Kitts- The federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has recorded another homicide with the shooting death of an individual in Newton Ground on Tuesday evening shortly after 9:00p.m.

Details surrounding the incident are still sketchy, but The Observer has confirmed the name of the individual as Akeem ‘Ratty’ Bryan. Police are investigating the matter.

This is the sixth homicide for 2017 and the third since Saturday night.

Crime/Justice, Local news

ONLINE VIGILANCE IS BEST WAY TO PREVENT CYBERCRIMES, SAYS COMMISSIONER QUEELEY

Published 30 March 2017

ONLINE VIGILANCE IS BEST WAY TO PREVENT CYBERCRIMES, SAYS COMMISSIONER QUEELEY

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 27, 2017 (RSCNPF): Commissioner of Police Mr. Ian M. Queeley is underscoring the need for internet users to be vigilant and protect themselves from becoming victims of Cybercrimes.

This warning comes on the heels of increased phishing activity in the last few days where internet users in St. Kitts and Nevis have seen an increase in attempts made by persons using duplicate “fake accounts” to capture information from individuals posing as friends, requesting that they participate in an opportunity to receive funds from a United Nations Democracy Fund. There is no such fund in existence.

Crime/Justice, News, Regional News

Estranged lover disguises as female, douses woman with acid

Published 30 March 2017

Buckie Got It….this happen early this year

Estranged lover disguises as female, douses woman with acid
Jan 21, 2017
Months after ending an abusive relationship, a 26-year-old woman is now a patient at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital after being doused with a corrosive substance on Thursday evening.
Shondel Williamson of New Street, New Amsterdam, a mother of two boys – aged six and three – is said to be in a stable but critical condition.
According to police officials, the woman suffered first degree burns to her face, hands and abdomen. She is also unable to open her left eye, and it is unclear if the eye was damaged.
A close relative told Kaieteur News that at around 8pm on Thursday, the woman was returning home and noticed a man clad in women’s clothing coming towards her direction.