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FRONTLINE WORKERS, NEOC, AND HEOC RECEIVE HIGH PRAISE IN KEEPING CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS SAFE FROM COVID-19

Published 17 November 2020

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FRONTLINE WORKERS, NEOC, AND HEOC RECEIVE HIGH PRAISE IN KEEPING CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS SAFE FROM COVID-19

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 17, 2020 (SKNIS): Frontline workers and members of the National COVID-19 Task Force in St. Kitts and Nevis, who were instrumental in ensuring that citizens and residents remain safe and secure during the COVID-19 Pandemic over the past several months and in the immediate future came in for high praise during the Sitting of Parliament on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.

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MINISTER PHIPPS STRONGLY SUPPORTS COVID-19 (PREVENTION AND CONTROL) BILL, 2020

Published 17 November 2020

Basseterre

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MINISTER PHIPPS STRONGLY SUPPORTS COVID-19 (PREVENTION AND CONTROL) BILL, 2020

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 17, 2020 (SKNIS): The COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2020, which is a Bill to provide for public health and other interventions to prevent, control and suppress the transmission of the COVID-19 virus and for related matters, was strongly supported in the Federal Parliament on Tuesday, November 17 by the Honourable Senator Wendy Phipps, Minister of International Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Labour.

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COVID-19 (PREVENTION AND CONTROL) BILL, 2020, PASSES IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Published 17 November 2020

Basseterre

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COVID-19 (PREVENTION AND CONTROL) BILL, 2020, PASSES IN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 17, 2020 (SKNIS): After much deliberation, the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2020, was successfully passed in the Federal Parliament on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.

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TEAM UNITY GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO ENSURING ST. KITTS AND NEVIS IS NEVER AGAIN BLACKLISTED

Published 17 November 2020

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TEAM UNITY GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO ENSURING ST. KITTS AND NEVIS IS NEVER AGAIN BLACKLISTED

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 17, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – By making the necessary legislative amendments now, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is ensuring that the twin-island Federation is never again listed as a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction – a classification that causes significant reputational damage to listed nations. 

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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CHIDES OPPOSITION FOR MAKING A MOCKERY OF A SIGNIFICANT ELECTIONS AMENDMENT BILL

Published 16 October 2020

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DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CHIDES OPPOSITION FOR MAKING A MOCKERY OF A SIGNIFICANT ELECTIONS AMENDMENT BILL

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 16, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Deputy Prime Minister, the Honourable Shawn Richards, thwarted the feeble attempt by the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party Opposition to make a mockery of and trivialise the amendments to the National Assembly Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which was passed by a majority vote in the National Assembly Chambers on Thursday, October 15.

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