Politics

Published 24 January 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Denzil Douglas to NGO’s: Rein in Team Unity Government in its attempt to stifle democracy; warns of “social discord”

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 24, 2018 – Leader of the Opposition in St. Kitts and Nevis, The Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, has called on the non-governmental agencies in the twin-island Federation to rein in the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Harris in its deliberate attempt to stifle the voice of the opposition in the lawmaking body.

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Published 24 January, 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Former PLP Chairman questions alleged sale of Brighton Estate house to a sister of PM Harris

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 24, 2018 – Douglas Wattley, the former Chairman of Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris’ People’s Labour Party (PLP), is questioning the alleged sale of the Brighton Estate house at a reduced price, to one of Dr. Harris’ sisters.

In a recent FaceBook posting, Wattley noted that the Brighton’s Estate house was put up for sale by the Privatization Unit – an organization set up under the Denzil Douglas Administration to, among other things, sell off stale Government assets. Estate properties have been offered for sale, across the island, to the public under this arrangement.

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Published 24 January, 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 24, 2018 – The Timothy Harris Government in St. Kitts and Nevis continues its onslaught on the young people in the twin-island federation.

Five young persons with families to feed were forced to join the long unemployment lines when their right to work and engage in employment were taken away by Prime Minister Harris.

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Published 23 January 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Prominent Kittitian accuses Speaker Michael Perkins of “gross incompetence”

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 23, 2018 – A prominent Kittitian has labelled as “gross incompetence” and “cannot be an act of good governance” the actions by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Michael Perkins, during Tuesday’s sitting of the lawmaking body.
“…in St. Kitts and Nevis, a democratically-elected parliamentarian and Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition is suspended for a full session of the House because he did not fall over his feet to get out of the Assembly room on the request of the Speaker of the House, it does boggle the mind,” said former United Nations economist, Mrs. Willa Liburd.

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