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St.Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association(SKNAAA)

Published 22 May 2017

St. Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association (SKNAAA)

CONGRATULATIONS to the Extreme Velocity Track Club for becoming the 2017 SKNAAA National Club Championships WINNERS!

They successfully outclassed their competitors by amassing a total of SEVEN (7) Gold Medals while their closest competitor, the Etonics Track Club amassed a total of Four (4) Gold Medals.

They also won the Female Category with a total of twenty (20) points while the Fast Twitch Track Club won the Male Category with a total of sixty-nine (69) points.

Congratulations to ALL of the competitors on that day!

Stay tuned for more activities on the SKNAAA‘s Athletic Calendar.

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Foreign Minister Mark Brantley was chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the previous National Assembly

Published 22 May 2017

Foreign Minister Mark Brantley was chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the previous National Assembly.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 22nd 2017 – The chair of the last Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was Hon. Mark Brantley, then Leader of the Opposition and now the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation in the Team Unity Government of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris.

Mr. Brantley, who was appointed chairman of the PAC in April 2010 by then Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, in an interview with WINNFM in April 2010, said that the Public Accounts Committee will ensure that the government’s expenditures are appropriate and all expenditure is being done in a proper and appropriate manner.

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St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Labour Party elects new executive

Published 22 May 2017

St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Labour Party elects new executive

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 22nd 2017 – Delegates to Sunday’s 85th Annual Conference of the opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) have reaffirmed their confidence in the leadership of the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas.

Dr. Douglas, the longest serving prime minister and currently Leader of the Opposition, was re-elected unopposed to continue to serve as National Political Leader.

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St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party prepares to serve again

Published 22 May 2017

St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party prepares to serve again

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 22^nd 2017 – Citing a recent Bill Johnson poll that the St. Kitts and Nevis electorate is ready to dump the ruling Team Unity administration, the National Political Leader of the opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP), the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said the party must continue to prepare itself to assume the mantle of leadership to serve all the people.

He told over 700 delegates, business representatives and the diplomatic corps that a new SKNLP Government must prepare itself to halt the social and economic decay that is progressively destroying the local institutions and undermining the livelihood of the people of St. Kitts and Nevis.

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