Published 20 June 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris’ Remarks

on the Occasion of the Investiture to present

Her Majesty the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours List Awards

Government House, Springfield, Basseterre

Wednesday, June 20^th, 2018

 It is a great honour to be in your presence at Government House as we pay glorious tribute to four civically engaged citizens whom His Excellency the Governor-General Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton has just formally invested with Her Majesty the Queen’s New Year’s Honours for the year 2018.

Distinguished Honourees, please accept my heartiest congratulations on being conferred the highly prestigious awards of Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E), Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E), and Queen’s Police Medal (Q.P.M).

The O.B.E is bestowed upon an individual for playing a major local role in any worthy activity, and today we salute Mrs. Patricia Anelta Hobson O.B.E for her contributions to Education and the Public Sector.

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Published 20 June 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

OECS HEADS WELCOME CLOSER COLLABORATION WITH BARBADOS ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION MATTERS

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 20, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Heads of Government of countries within the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have openly welcomed a deeper working relationship with the Government of Barbados, particularly on the matter of furthering the agenda of the free movement of people.

“I think it was refreshing to find, in the Prime Minister of Barbados, a new partner; a new partner in the context of the CSME [CARICOM Single Market and Economy] agenda, which Barbados would provide leadership to,” Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, said during a media briefing following the conclusion of the 65th Meeting of the OECS Authority in St. Lucia on Tuesday (June 19).

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