Politics

Published 7 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

The Basseterre Valley Aquifer must be protected from human faeces and other contaminants, says Douglas

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has welcomed professional opinion on the highly controversial decision of the Timothy Harris Team Unity Government (TUG) to build a new Basseterre High School (BHS) on the Basseterre Valley Aquifer but called upon the people of Basseterre and its environs to protect the island’s major source of drinking water.

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Published 7 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

PM Harris accuses Mark Brantley of presiding over “a non functioning Public Accounts Committee”

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017 – Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, has slammed his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mark Brantley, for presiding over a “non-functioning  Public Accounts Committee” when he was its chairman for nearly 8 years (2007 to 2015).
The irony is that Prime Minister Harris and his Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Shawn Richards, were also members of the last Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.

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Published 7 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Dr. Martin finally receives compensation on August 4th

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 7TH 2017- Former Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Martin has finally received his compensation for his early retirement from the Public Service.
Dr. Martin said the check was delivered to his attorney on Friday 4th August, after previous public statements from Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris that Dr. Martin was adequately compensated when the letter immediately bringing his pre-retirement leave to an end was delivered by uniformed police officers on Friday 14th July. Dr Martin’s pre-retirement leave began in June 2016 and was scheduled to have ended in November 2017.

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Published 3 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

PM Harris not telling the truth says Dr. Martin; the former CMO praised for his professionalism

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 3RD 2017 – Former Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patrick Martin is denying a statement from Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris that he has received compensation for his pre-retirement leave which was abruptly terminated recently.
Dr. Harris told WINNFM’s the Bigger Picture on Sunday: “Dr. Martin has no reasonable and rational expectation to anything other than to get the payment which was properly paid to him, and to me for him to as it were be trying to be making a political hay about this is highly irresponsible and unprofessional.”
But the prominent paediatrician in a statement Thursday said: “I wish to state categorically that to date, I have not received any monies that are due to me as a consequence of my retirement from the public service.”

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Published 3 August 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News

Douglas: “Eustace John – a nation builder who served in several administrations for 60 years as a public servant”

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 3RD 2017 – Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has described the late Eustace John as a nation builder, who rose through the ranks of the civil service in various capacities.
“St. Kitts and Nevis has lost another nation builder,” said former prime minister Douglas in a glowing tribute.

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