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SKN GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS APOLOGY FROM MEDIA HOUSE AND ITS RETRACTION OF ARTICLE ON CBI PROGRAMME

Published 21 May 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 19, 2017 (SKNIS): The Government has accepted an apology from SKNVibes and a retraction of an article published on its website with the headline “Alternatives to CBI Programme may be imperative” dated 16^th May, 2017.

Government reaffirms its commitment to strengthening the Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) Programme and to deliver a platinum standard to its agents, developers and applicants.

All the reforms that have been implemented including the most robust due diligence practices would assist in this regard.

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SKN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETS ON TUESDAY MAY 23

Published 21 May 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 19, 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 23^rd May, 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 The Firearms (Amendment) Bill and Eastern Caribbean Partial Credit Guarantee Bill.

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PM Harris rushes to appoint Public Accounts Committee ahead of CPA Conference in St. Kitts and Nevis next month

Published 21 May 2017

PM Harris rushes to appoint Public Accounts Committee ahead of CPA Conference in St. Kitts and Nevis next month

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 21^st 2017 – After nearly two and a half years of trampling on the St. Kitts and Nevis Constitution by refusing to appoint a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in the National Assembly, Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris is rushing to have one in place ahead of a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference to be held in St. Kitts next month.

Opposition Parliamentarians, both at the Federal level in Basseterre and the Nevis Island Administration level in Charlestown, have been urging their respective Prime Minister Harris and Premier Hon. Vance Amory, to appoint the PAC in compliance with the Constitution. The Nevis Island Assembly is soon to end its five year term without a PAC ever in place.

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St. Kitts and Nevis police now claim they cannot locate the Chinese fugitive wanted in Beijing

Published 19 May 2017
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 19th 2017 – Top Security officials in St. Kitts and Nevis are now claiming that they cannot locate the Chinese native wanted for fraud in Beijing, after regional counterparts had urged them to have the man interviewed.

CaribUpdate said Friday morning it has seen a note from a top Kittitian official who is claiming that the man might have changed his location since he is apparently not at the address that they had guided Chinese police agents to in April.

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At least two Caribbean leaders may have spoken to PM Timothy Harris on the Chinese fugitive matter

Published 18 May 2017

At least two Caribbean leaders may have spoken to
PM Timothy Harris on the Chinese fugitive matter.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 17th 2017 – At least two unnamed Caribbean leaders may have tried to persuade St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris to resolve the standoff with China in the Ren Biao matter.

Leader of the Opposition, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said the standoff on the Chinese fugitive matter could have implications on the Citizenship by Investment programme in the region.