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Published 30 May 2017

Job Vacancy

The Department of Environment is looking for a qualified candidate to serve as a Consultant for a period of four months from June 01- September 30. The successful candidate will be working on a Mid Term Review for the Project “Advancing the Nagoya Protocol in countries of the Caribbean region including Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Republic of Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis, Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.

The Mid-Term Review will use a participatory approach whereby key stakeholders are kept informed and consulted throughout the review process.

Applicants should have an advanced university degree in environmental sciences, international development or other relevant political or social sciences area;  a minimum of five years of technical / evaluation experience, including of evaluating large, regional or global programmes and using a Theory of Change approach; a broad understanding of access and benefit sharing in the context of the Nagoya Protocol; a Pproficiency in time management along with excellent writing skills in English; a team leadership experience and, where possible, knowledge of the United Nations (UN) system, specifically of the work of UN Environment.

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Local news, News

PM Harris fails to show up for PANCAP’s Forum for Parliamentarians, third regional meeting skipped in two weeks

Published 30 May 2017

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 30th 2017 – The Federation’s Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris was absent from another important regional meeting, the third in two weeks and the fourth known for the year.

As the current chair of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), Prime Minister Harris was scheduled to give remarks at a PANNCAP Regional Parliamentarians Forum in Kingston, Jamaica this morning but he never showed up.

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Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Illegal sale of driver’s licences now under police investigation

Published 30 May 2017

Illegal sale of driver’s licences now under police investigation.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 30th 2017 – A month after several persons were arrested for defrauding the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, another investigation is being launched into reports of the illegal sale of driver’s licenses on both islands.

Police Inspector Carl Caines who heads the Traffic Department in St. Kitts confirmed the investigation on Traffic Talk on local radio WINN FM’s Breakfast Show on Monday.

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Local news, News, Regional News, Travel

Government mum on plans by LIAT to stop flying to St. Thomas

Published 30 May 2017

Government mum on plans by LIAT to stop flying to St. Thomas.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – May 30th 2017 – Three months after the announcement that LIAT – the Caribbean Airline – will stop flying between St. Kitts and Nevis and the United States Virgin Islands, there has been no statement from the Team Unity Government.

Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, Tourism Minister Hon. Lindsay Grant and Minister of Aviation, Hon, Mark Brantley have been completely silent on the measures they intend to take to provide easier access for nationals and visitors between both destinations.

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Local news, News

Judge rules court challenge by Team Unity/ PAM supporters an abuse of the process

Published 29 May 2017

Judge rules court challenge by Team Unity/
PAM supporters an abuse of the process.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 29th 2017 – High Court Judge Marlene Carter has ruled that an attempt by Team Unity/PAM supporters Mr. Rupert Earle and Mr. William Liburd to remove two Nigerian students and all Commonwealth citizens from the Register of Voters “an abuse of process of the court.”

Earle and Liburd by claim form filed on 13th January 2014, petitioned the High Court seeking a declaration that two Nigerian students – Oluwabunmi Jesufemi Ayorinde and Osanoto Akolade Samuel who were studying medicine in St. Kitts are not qualified voters; that a person entering the Federation as a student under the Immigration Act is not a person qualified to be registered as a voter; is not a resident under the Immigration Act and that a Commonwealth citizen entering St. Kitts and Nevis are not ordinarily resident in St. Kitts and Nevis so as to be registered as a voter under the National Elections Act.

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