Politics

Published 14 June 2017

US$5 million loan from SIDF helps OTI stand out as Caribbean leader in sustainable tourism

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 14^TH 2017 – A US$5 million loan from the St. Kitts and Nevis Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF) in 2013 assisted St. Kitts’ Ocean Terrace Inn (OTI) to stand out in the Caribbean as a leader in sustainable tourism.

OTI was the runner up for the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association’s (CHTA) Environmental Sustainability Award.

Chris Ghita, General Manager of OTI accepted the award on behalf of the property at CHTA’s CHIEF (Caribbean Hospitality Industry Exchange Forum) Opening Ceremony on June 2, 2017, at the Hyatt Regency in Miami, Florida.

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Published 14 June 2017

PM Timothy Harris’ former Press Secretary Phillip says get rid of CCM, then Team Unity

BASSETERE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 13^th 2017 – With Nevis Island Administration (NIA) elections due by January 2018, Clecton Phillip, the former Press Secretary to Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, is calling for the removal from office of the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) – a coalition partner in the three-party of the Federal  government.

Premier of Nevis, Hon. Vance Amory is Minister of Finance, Statistics, Economic Planning, Education, Human Resources, Trade, Industry and Consumer Affairs in the Nevis Island administration n (NIA) in Charlestown and also Senior Minister and Minister of Labour and Ecclesiastical Affairs in the Federal Government in Basseterre.

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Published 14 June 2017

PM Harris’ move to increase penalties for gun crimes does little to change perception government lacks seriousness

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 12^th 2017 – Two St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party parliamentarians say increasing the maximum penalty for incarceration for non-capital gun crimes from 10 years to 15 years will not alone solve the Federation’s growing crime problem.

 Stating he has no serious objection to the Firearms Amendment Bill 2017 that proposes an increase in penalties for criminals convicted of offences, Sen. Nigel Carty expressed the view that the Team Unity Government brought the legislation as the linchpin of its crime reduction strategy.

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Published 14 June 2017

Dr. Douglas pledges to return decent Government to St. Kitts and Nevis

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 12^th 2017 – With 28 years of service under his belt, Leader of the Opposition, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas gave his constituents and the nation a commitment to continue to serve and a restoration of a decent government to St. Kitts and Nevis.

 “I give a commitment that you will never be last and never be in the background. You will be first and you will be in the front at all times,” the seven-term parliamentarian told his constituents at a packed Praise and Thanksgiving Service at the Bethel Moravian Church in Parsons Village, a part of his constituency he has been serving as Parliamentary Representative from  March 1989.

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Published 11 June 2017

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETS ON TUESDAY JUNE 13

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 09, 2017 (SKNIS): The Order Paper has been circulated for a Sitting of the National Assembly to be held at the National Assembly Chambers, Government Headquarters, Basseterre, on Tuesday 13^th June, 2017, at 10:00 am.

Several Bills will come before the House, some for their first reading and others for their second reading.

The Honourable Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Sustainable Development, National Security, People Empowerment and Constituency Empowerment, Dr. Timothy Harris, will seek leave to introduce and have read a first time Public Accounts Committee Bill and Saint Christopher and Nevis Citizenship (CBI Escrow Accounts) Bill.  

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