Politics

Published 14 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Dwyer Astaphan to PM Harris: “What is going on with our taxes?”

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 14, 2017 – St. Kitts and Nevis is collecting less taxes in 2017 under the Timothy Harris Team Unity Government than in 2008 under the Denzil Douglas Labour Party administration.

The startling figures have been disclosed by Dwyer Astaphan, who helped put together the three-party coalition comprising the People’s Labour Party (PLP), the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) and the Peoples Action Movement (PAM).

Astaphan wants to know why millions of dollars more went into the Treasury in 2008 than in 2016 and 2017 from drivers’ licences, bank licences, corporate income tax and hotel and room tax.

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Published 14 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Duty-free concessions to PM Harris’ family members and friends bleeding the Treasury, says Dr. Douglas

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 14, 2017 – Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says duty-free concessions to every family member and close friends have led to significant reduction in revenue streams into the Consolidated Fund of the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis.

“We have seen a situation where the revenue collected is significantly down, expenditure has continued and naturally the IMF is going to insist that you have rely on steady streams of income which are taxes,” said Dr. Douglas, a former prime minister and minister of finance.

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Published 14 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Denzil Douglas slams Speaker Perkins; tells nation not to be distracted by PM Harris’ political shenanigans

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 14, 2017 – Leader of the Opposition the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has  called on citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis to remain focused on holding the Team Unity Government’s feet to the fire.

In a statement Tuesday, he called on the citizenry to continue to highlight the corruption, nepotism and cronyism practised by the government, on the poor performance of the government ministers and the hardship suffered by the people, and on the slipping of the local economy into negative territory.

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Published 14 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kits and Nevis News Source

Douglas to be absent from Tuesday’s “hastily-called” parliament; will celebrate with Remarkable Teens on Thursday

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 14, 2017 – Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is out of the Federation and will not be able to attend Tuesday’s sitting of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, but will be most present at the 7th Special Session of the 25 Most Remarkable Teens on Thursday 16th November.

A statement from the Office of the Leader of the Opposition said Dr. Douglas’ absence from the Tuesday’s sitting of the lawmaking body “is due to pre-existing travel arrangements.”

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Published 8 November 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

Public still waiting for PLP press conference on allegations of missing campaign funds

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 8, 2017 – Seven months after promising to deal with allegations of unaccounted campaign funds in his People’s Labour Party (PLP), St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris is yet to call a PLP press conference to deal with the issue which surfaced following the February 16th 2015 General Elections.

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