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Labour will make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again

Published 30 March 2017

Marcella Liburd: “Harris – Deceiver in Chief;”
Labour will make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 23rd 2017 – The opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) is ready to resume the reins of Government to serve the people and “make St. Kitts and Nevis sweet again.”

This is the message from SKNLP Chairperson, Hon. Marcella Liburd, to the people of the twin-island federation as mounting scandals taint the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris and expressions of regret from the electorate in his just two-year-old administration.

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PLP INAUGURAL CONVENTION A HUGE SUCCESS. POLITICAL LEADER THANKS ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED

Published 29 March 2017

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS,March 28, 2017 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — The Peoples Labour Party’s (PLP) inaugural National Convention held on Saturday March 25 at the Recreational Grounds in Tabernacle Village is roundly being hailed as not only being a runaway success but many observers are saying it is a political game changer that has raised the bar for all the political parties in the country.

“As the Party Leader, I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming support that we saw on Saturday,” said PLP’s Political Leader Dr the Hon Timothy Harris during an appearance on People’s Choice programme on Sugar City 90.3 FM where he was the guest of host Ambassador Michael Powell on Monday March 27.

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JAMAICA: Dr Peter Phillips Elected PNP President

Published 29 March 2017

PHILLIPS … takes over as fifth PNP President

Peter David Phillips will become the fifth President of the People’s National Party by acclamation today.

Special delegates of the almost 79-year-old political party will gather at the National Arena in South East St Andrew to usher in the new leader, who will replace the veteran parliamentarian Portia Simpson Miller, following her recent decision to step down.

Phillips follows Norman Manley, the organisation’s first president, his son Michael Manley, PJ Patterson, and Simpson Miller as the persons who have held that distinguished office. All before him, except for Norman Manley, have become prime minister of Jamaica.

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GOVERNMENT SALUTED ON EFFORTS TO REALIZE FIRST YOUTH POLICY

Published 28 March 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 25, 2017 (SKNIS): Youth expert, Dwynette Eversley, has hailed the commitment of the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the staff of the departments responsible for youth affairs in St. Kitts and in Nevis for the outstanding efforts put forth in establishing the nation’s first ever youth policy.

The effort began in October last year when the Federal Youth Policy Initiative was launched by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister responsible for Youth, Honourable Shawn Richards, alongside Honourable Hazel Brandy-Williams, junior minister of youth affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA). Ms. Eversley was present at the time, having just arrived on island days earlier, assigned by the Commonwealth Secretariat to assist the policy drafting.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs attends XXIII Association of Caribbean States Ministerial Council in Cuba

Published 27 March 2017

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Honourable Mark Brantley is in Havana, Cuba to participate in the XXII Association of Caribbean States Ministerial Council scheduled for today, 10^th March 2017. Minister Brantley is participating at a time when the ACS is charting a new course for itself which will lead to a process of revitalisation and institutional strengthening. The Ministerial Council was preceded by the First Cooperation Conference which was held on the 8^th March 2017. This Conference presented two main projects: “Uniting the Caribbean by Air and Sea” focusing on connectivity and transportation and the “ACS Program to Combat the impact of Climate Change in the Caribbean”. The Conference was designed to achieve the meaningful participation of the Observer States, donor countries as well as international organisations including the United Nations (UN) funds and agencies which were specially invited given their relationship with the Caribbean region and experience in the issues of climate change and transport which were addressed at said Conference. The event was also intended to attract financial resources to the ACS Special Fund.