Published 24 July 2017
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Teen and Police Service (TAPS) was first introduced by former Commissioner of Police, C.G. Walwyn in July 2014
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 24TH 2017 – The Teen and Police Service (TAPS), first introduced by then Commissioner of Police of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Mr. C. G. Walwyn in July 2014, has been reactivated after being dormant for over two years.
Published 24 July 2017
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Glenroy Blanchette warns building new BHS on aquifer will risk valuable water source, cause flooding
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 24TH 2017 – East Basseterre resident, Mr. Glenroy Blanchette said Monday he is troubled by the decision of the Timothy Harris-led Team Unity Government to build a new Basseterre High School (BHS) on the Basseterre Valley Aquifer.
“The risks to life and property are too great. This is the right time for the government to adopt the precautionary principle and do not build on the Aquifer. To do otherwise will create untold hardship for present and future generations. A word to the wise is enough,” warned Blanchette, a lecturer at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC).
Published 24 July 2017
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Resignation of Howard McEachrane as National Bank chairman confirmed
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 24th 2017 – Confirmation that Howard McEachrane, Chairman of the National Bank Board of Directors has resigned, has come from a director.
“I can also assure that being Chairman is a heavy and time consuming responsibility which can weigh on persons of Howard’s and my age. I therefore have no intention of throwing my hat in the ring,” said director, Mr. William “Willie” Liburd, a former National Bank chairman, who served in that position during the tenure of the PAM administration headed by former Prime Minister The Right Excellent and the Right Hon. Dr. Sir Kennedy Simmonds.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 20, 2017 (SKNIS): One hundred and sixty-two officers, who have given more than 15 years of dedicated service to the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF), the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Service (SKNFRS) and Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP), were honoured on Wednesday (July 19) at Government House.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 21, 2017 (SKNIS): During a press conference held on July 20 at Government Headquarters, Minister with responsibility for Public Infrastructure, Honourable Ian Liburd, stated that Basseterre High School (BHS), will be located downstream the Basseterre Aquifer. However, plans are being discussed to move the wells further upstream.
Minister Liburd explained that the Basseterre watershed spans over 5000 acres of land, which starts from the Ottley’s mountains in the west to the Canada hills in the northeast to the Conaree hills in the east.
