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GREATER COLLABORATION WAS KEY AGENDA ITEM AS POLICE LEADERSHIP ATTENDS OECS REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS MEETING

Published 11 June 2017

GREATER COLLABORATION WAS KEY AGENDA ITEM AS POLICE LEADERSHIP ATTENDS OECS REGIONAL COMMISSIONERS MEETING
Commissioner Queeley and Deputy Brandy at the receent OECS Security Meeting
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 09, 2017 (RSCNPF): Enhancing Security in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) was the focus of recent meeting of Permanent Secretaries in the Ministries of National

Security and Commissioners of Police from the Member States held in St. Kitts and Nevis on Thursday (June 8).

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Mr Osmond Petty,  Commissioner of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force Mr Ian M. Queeley and Deputy Commissioner Mr. Hilroy Brandy joined their counterparts from Antigua and Barbuda, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, St. Lucia, Grenada, St. Vincent and Grenadines and representatives from the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) and the Regional Security System (RSS) at the meeting.

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LIAT Goes To Court To Get Pilots Back in the Skies

Published 9 June 2017

LIAT Goes To Court To Get Pilots Back in the Skies

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Friday June 9, 2017 – With pilots continuing strike action that has forced the cancellation and delays of flights across the region, LIAT has decided to turn to the court for help.

Management of the airline has filed an application for a court injunction to end the strike that began on Wednesday as pilots refuse to fly LIAT’s ATR 72 series aircraft without additional compensation.

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Four suspects in police custody after failed Scotiabank robbery

Published 9 June 2017

Four suspects in police custody after failed Scotiabank robbery

One of the suspects, source saying his name is Otto from Saint Kitts.

This morning Friday June 9th at approximately 09.00 a.m. the 911 Emergency Dispatch received several calls of an armed robbery at Scotia Bank in Simpson Bay involving several men. The calls which came in also gave descriptions of the suspects and the type of vehicles they were driving in.

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LIAT regrets to advise our passengers that industrial action has been taken today by the members of the Leeward Islands

http://www.liat.com/navSource.html?page_id=946 #

Published 7 June 201

LIAT regrets to advise our passengers that
industrial action has been taken today by the members of the Leeward Islands
Airline Pilots Association (LIALPA). In the ongoing negotiations for higher wages,
which includes the operation of the ATR aircraft, the pilots have taken action to
refuse to fly the ATR 72 aircraft until agreement is reached. As a consequence of
this action we have not been able to operate flights scheduled with ATR 72 aircraft
at this time. These actions have already resulted in a number of delays and
cancellations.

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Burrell … died overseas this afternoon after a long struggle with illness.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170606/jff-president-captain-horace-burrell-dead #

Published 6 June 2017

Burrell … died overseas this afternoon after a long struggle with illness.

Jamaica’s football has suffered a major blow with the passing of Captain Horace Burrell, the president of the Jamaica Football Federation.

Burrell died overseas this afternoon after a long struggle with illness.

Burrell was 67 years-old.

Known as a strong leader, Burrell a captain in the Jamaica Defence Force rose to prominence with the military team before being elected to the JFF presidency in 1994.

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