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Year 61 NO. 03<br />
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, W.I.<br />
FRIDAY, <strong>15</strong> TH <strong>JUNE</strong>, 2018<br />
EC$2.00<br />
At The Pumps This Weekend Maximum Price ULG per gallon - Dated : 01/05/18 DELTA $12.12 / SOL $12.84<br />
BROTHERS SMUGGLE<br />
GUN, DRUGS<br />
(PAGE 02)<br />
Photo: Prime Minister Dr.<br />
Timothy Harris (left) and Senior<br />
Minister Vance Amory shake<br />
hands at a past public event<br />
NRP ‘VIRDEE’ DISSAPOINTED IN AMORY<br />
Photo: Image of the alleged gun<br />
(PAGE 03)<br />
Photo: (Left) Dawud Byron Jr.<br />
(son of the late Dawud ‘Mudada’<br />
Byron) accepts a certificate in his<br />
memory presented by SKNLP<br />
Deputy Leader Marcella Liburd<br />
while other family members look<br />
on including his sister (end right)<br />
Dara Byron (photo courtesy<br />
SKNLP Public Relations Unit)<br />
(PAGE 11)<br />
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> BATUMBA TAK<br />
>EARLE CLARKE<br />
> OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH<br />
>ELECTIONS SUPERVISOR<br />
> FAIR SHARE / SCOOPS<br />
DAWUD ‘MUDADA’<br />
BYRON HONOURED<br />
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2 OPINION / LOCAL NEWS<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
The Spokesman - Established May 1957<br />
Published by: The St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union<br />
Ag. Editor: Precious Mills<br />
Masses House, Church Street<br />
P.O. Box 239 . Basseterre . St. Kitts . West Indies<br />
Tel: (1 869) 465-2229 Fa: (1 869) 466-9866<br />
Email: info@sknunion.com<br />
Website: www.thelabourspokesman.com<br />
Editorial<br />
Labour Is<br />
Your Best<br />
Option<br />
The air is thick with the lies constantly being spewed by the<br />
political gadflies who, all day, each and every day, seem to have<br />
nothing to do other than call in to every radio station, trying most<br />
desperately to make evil seem as if it is good, and to convince us<br />
that good is evil.<br />
One cannot help but wonder at their capacity for twisting and<br />
distorting facts and the truth in such ways as to make even the most<br />
devout Christians want to abandon their faith and hew to the teachings<br />
and urges of darkness.<br />
As a small example, we refer to their obstinate insistence that<br />
Canada withdrew visa-free entry privileges for our people because<br />
of some abuse of a diplomatic passport. On numerous occasions it<br />
has been shown that nothing could be further from the truth.<br />
Yet their agents continue to state, categorically and in writing:<br />
“As a result of Moghadam, the Canadian government halted visa-free<br />
access for Kittitians and Nevisians into Canada.” (The Democrat<br />
Newspaper, Issue 3558, Friday June 8, 2018, Page 10, ‘Passport<br />
Pathology’.)<br />
In the face of such blatant and outrageous lying, undertaken<br />
against the reality that such was never the case, one cannot help but<br />
wonder if there is really anything which persons of goodwill can do<br />
to help such persons?<br />
But, given our experience over the years, we are convinced that<br />
such skullduggery is all a part of deliberately indulging in evil for<br />
the sole purpose of seizing and holding on to political power.<br />
It has nothing whatsoever to with you, our people of St. Kitts<br />
and Nevis. It is all about their masters, themselves, their families<br />
and relatives, and they have shown, again and again, that they are<br />
quite willing to be ‘used’ just so long as ‘something’ is in it for them.<br />
One of their latest ‘acquisitions’ rather infamously stated, some<br />
time ago, that he does not care anything about Labour or loyalty to<br />
Labour. He is only concerned about loyalty to himself, personally, and<br />
it has to be one hundred percent (100%) loyalty. For the avoidance<br />
of any doubt we state, quite categorically, that here we are NOT<br />
talking about Donald J Trump.<br />
That paragon of evil went on to say that, as far as he is concerned,<br />
he, himself, his family and his relatives come first, second, third,<br />
fourth, fifth and even sixth. The constituency comes seventh, and,<br />
if anything is left after that, whoever is left can have it.<br />
And, even as those facts play out before our very eyes, they and<br />
their sycophants try desperately to convince us that we are NOT<br />
seeing that which we are seeing.<br />
Boy, oh boy! What has become of our once beautiful little country<br />
of St Kitts and Nevis and our people?<br />
Many, though not all, are aware of the case of a certain man who<br />
once convinced us of the very evil nature of a political organisation.<br />
Inside and outside of parliament, in print and over the public<br />
loudspeakers, he told us of their wicked, deceitful and disrespectful<br />
nature. He explained to us how they fostered evil and criminal<br />
activities in our country, how they, their sons and the sons of their<br />
trumps brought the drugs trade to this country, and even took it into<br />
our schools, and how they undermined the police and our people’s<br />
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respect for law and order.<br />
Now that same individual would have us to believe that none of it is true. Really? This just goes to<br />
show that the individual does not think well of us at all.<br />
Then there is the case of ‘Madam know It All’, who really does not know anything AT ALL, but<br />
who persists in constantly and relentlessly befouling the airwaves with her pseudo intellectual claptrap.<br />
But our experiences tell us that the less said about one such as her the better.<br />
As our comrade leaders have been bringing to the attention of our people, in just three short years<br />
under SCHEME UNITY our once prosperous nation has retrogressed with unbelievable rapidity, in<br />
what can only be described as ‘a race to the bottom’.<br />
Having subjected our people to all kinds of ‘pie-in-the-sky’ promises we have all experienced the<br />
opposite taking place of virtually everything that they promised.<br />
The cost of living has gone through the roof. Staple items of food, such as bananas, potatoes,<br />
plantains, and even breadfruit, are being sold by the supermarkets, groceries, hucksters and side-way<br />
vendors for hither fore unimaginable prices. One is unable to obtain a small, forced-ripe breadfruit for<br />
anything less than twelve dollars ($12).<br />
And while our people cry out for relief from these horrors, the SCHEME UNITY lot continue to<br />
find ways to gallivant hither, thither and yon. Yes, dear people, so compulsive is their lust that, even<br />
when they are mightily scared of Scotland Yard, the FBI and the Mounties, they find it impossible to<br />
resist sneaking out of and into our of the country, into and out of the US, and into and out of secret<br />
meetings at Joe’s place.<br />
How quickly they seem to have forgotten their own warnings that ‘whatever is done in the dark<br />
MUST come into the light’!<br />
Oh, what demons these creatures be!<br />
Within fairly recent times, governmental authorities in The UK and The US have seen it necessary<br />
to issue certain warnings about St. Kitts and Nevis.<br />
In the case of the UK, it is about their citizens travelling into, within, and out of our country. They<br />
have found it necessary to urge them to exercise care and caution because of the heightened levels of<br />
crime within our borders.<br />
From the other side of ‘The Pond’ the US authorities found it necessary to warn their citizens and<br />
others about the propensity for corruption which obtains in St Kitts and Nevis.<br />
Is it not most interesting that these warnings about St. Kitts and Nevis should now be given by The<br />
UK and The US because of SCHEME UNITY, the very same people who, before they got into office,<br />
sought to, and did succeed, in blackening the good name of St Kitts and Nevis?<br />
Whatsoever you send forth is that which will be returned to you, and usually it is done by one’s<br />
own hand.<br />
During last Wednesday’s edition of Issues our beloved Deputy Party Leader, Comrade Marcella<br />
Liburd, repeatedly reminded you that “Labour Is Your Best Option”. We of this newspaper wish to join<br />
her in sending you this reminder, for there can be no doubt that in the mind of any rational person that<br />
our great movement has always been the one that truly cares for ALL of our people, and has always<br />
developed and implemented policies and programmes that cater for the greatest good for you, our<br />
people and our country.<br />
The Labour Spokesman urges one and all to stand by to set things right.<br />
We send our heartiest congratulations to our beloved Comrade Leader, Dr. The Rt. Hon Denzil<br />
Douglas, on his appointment to the PAHO committee to expand and improve health across the Americas.<br />
We are confident that he will once again makes all very proud to be Kittitians and Nevisians.<br />
After all, as Comrade Marcella has pointed out: Leadership Matters.<br />
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Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018 The Labour Spokesman LOCAL NEWS<br />
NRP ‘Virdee’<br />
Disappointed In<br />
Amory<br />
By: Spokesman Newsroom<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (June 2018)-Controversial allegations<br />
pointed at the St.Kitts-Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris<br />
concerning the Peter Virdee corruption scandal has prompted the<br />
opposition Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) to state its shock and<br />
disappointment in the support that Dr. Harris received from former<br />
Premier Vance Amory-a senior government minister- who was<br />
present at a town hall meeting held last month (May) in which Dr.<br />
Harris directly addressed the hot topic for the first time.<br />
At Dr. Harris’ Open Forum held at the Edgar T. Morris Primary<br />
School in his home community of Tabernacle (located within his<br />
constituency), he rejected calls by the opposition St.Kitts-Nevis<br />
Labour Party (SKNLP) to resign.<br />
“They say that they put in the Labour chat that ‘Timothy<br />
going go resign tonight so people must come down Government<br />
Headquarters tomorrow’. Ah well want dem go down dere like<br />
a pappy show. That is what dey put inna dey chat. I wanted to<br />
make it very clear we came here to report that I am not resigning<br />
tonight! A not resigning tomorrow, a not resigning next week!<br />
A not resigning next year so long as God give me wellness and<br />
soundness of body and mind. We will go as we promised ten<br />
years of service for Dr. Timothy Harris as the Federation’s Prime<br />
Minister. That is what we committed to the people.”<br />
While the NRP is judging Dr. Harris for choosing a platform<br />
that sought to rally his core constituency and strategically preempt<br />
any possibility of the truth telling, the St.Kitts-Nevis Prime<br />
Minister had declared before his audience that night: “I innocent.<br />
If you have evidence to the contrary bring it to the court of law.<br />
That’s all.”<br />
“Acting the role of a celebrity Prime Minister, Dr. Harris<br />
rather than addressing the country with sobriety and in a manner<br />
befitting the importance of the office he holds, chose a platform<br />
that sought not only to rally his core constituency but strategically<br />
preempted any possibility of him telling the truth,” the NRP told<br />
in its recent statement.<br />
As disclosed by the opposition body: “Invariably, we in the<br />
NRP and those on Nevis who support the Concerned Citizens<br />
Movement (CCM) were shocked and deeply disappointed by<br />
the extraordinarily explicit support that Dr. Harris received from<br />
our former Premier, the Hon. Vance Amory. His presence at the<br />
Town Hall event is indefensible and left an indelible stain on the<br />
already frayed moral and ethical fiber of Nevis.”<br />
Dr. Harris’ comments about forced resignation at the town hall<br />
meeting sparked rumours that internally within his Team Unity<br />
cabinet among some of his colleagues are of the opinion that he<br />
should resign.<br />
“To all of you who came out to show your support, to show<br />
your solidarity-the progress of the country will go on. There will<br />
be no forced resignation. I will stand with the people and the<br />
people will stand with me! Whoever carried their suit to be dried<br />
clean to get freshen up and nice up for his swearing in of the Prime<br />
Minister, tell them there is no vacancy! There is no vacancy in<br />
the office of the prime minister and I don’t care and I don’t care<br />
how much rumours they spread.”<br />
According to the NRP, “As anticipated, Dr. Harris unequivocally<br />
expressed his determination to resist the chorus of calls by the<br />
SKN Labour Party, members of civil society and allegedly by a<br />
faction of his own government to resign.”<br />
Amory praised by Dr. Harris for being a trusted figure in the<br />
early construct of Team Unity.<br />
“I trusted the word of the [then] leader of the CCM, the<br />
honourable Vance Amory who is here tonight and I would say to<br />
you my confidence in him has never one day been found wanted.<br />
Vance is an honorable man; a leader in whom you can depend. He<br />
brings the wisdom and experience and the selflessness in giving<br />
advice. You ain’t have to second guess his motive.”<br />
Brothers Smuggle Gun, Drugs<br />
Through Airport<br />
By: Spokesman Newsroom<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday <strong>15</strong>th June 2018)- On the sister isle of Nevis, two brothers,<br />
one a customs officer and the other said to be another airport employee were reportedly arrested<br />
and charged yesterday (Thursday) for drugs and a gun found in a package which entered the country<br />
from abroad.<br />
As gathered, police conducted an operation at the Vance Amory International Airport in Nevis<br />
which led to the men’s run-in with the law. Furthermore, it is understood that one brother cleared<br />
the package which was then collected by his sibling who was monitored and stopped by police<br />
after leaving the airport’s compound.<br />
Cocaine and a gun were said to have been discovered hidden in an item.<br />
More details in a follow-up report.<br />
Photo: Image of the alleged drugs<br />
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4 TRADE UNION NEWS<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
HEALTHY LIFESTYLE<br />
By: Batumba Tak - General Secretary<br />
The St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union<br />
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY<br />
In the words of Wendell Phillips, “To be as good as our fathers<br />
we must be better; imitation is not discipleship.”<br />
The origin of Father’s Day is not clear. Some say that it began<br />
with a church service in West Virginia in 1908. Others say that the<br />
first Father’s Day ceremony was held in Vancouver Washington.<br />
Furthermore, it was also said that it was the president of the<br />
Chicago branch of the Lion’s Club, Harry Meek, is said to have<br />
celebrated the first Father’s Day with his organisation in 19<strong>15</strong> and<br />
the day that they chose was the third Sunday in June, the closet<br />
date to Meek’s own birthday.<br />
But regardless of when the first true Father’s Day occurred, the<br />
strongest promoter of Father’s Day was conceptualized by Ms.<br />
Sonora Smart Dodd, a loving daughter from Spokane.<br />
It so happen that Sonora attended a Mother’s Day Sermon in<br />
1909 and she was struck with the noble idea that society must<br />
observe a day to honor the important contribution made by father’s<br />
in the raising of their children.<br />
In addition, she was encouraged by the love of her own father,<br />
‘William Smart’, a civil war veteran who single-handedly raised<br />
her along with her five siblings after the death of her mother.<br />
Thus, Sonora worked hard to make her concept a reality.<br />
Therefore, the noble idea of celebrating Father’s Day soon spread<br />
like wild fire. As a result Father’s Day was then recognised by<br />
a joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. However, on the third<br />
Sunday in June since 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson issued<br />
the first proclamation honoring fathers.<br />
We have listed below a few countries that celebrate Father’s<br />
Day, and the month:<br />
1. Canada Third Sunday in June.<br />
2.Japan<br />
Third Sunday in June.<br />
3.United Kingdom Third Sunday in June.<br />
4.United States Third Sunday in June.<br />
5.New Zealand First Sunday in September.<br />
6.Australia First Sunday in September.<br />
7.Brazil Second Sunday in August.<br />
8.Republic of China (Taiwan) August 8th.<br />
However, just like Mother’s Day, Father’s Day is highly<br />
commercialised in over seventy (70)) countries. It is noticed that<br />
days before the celebrations of Father’s Day, marketers usually<br />
launch an aggressive advertising campaign to lure people and<br />
cash in on the sentimental value of the occasion.<br />
Even though some critics<br />
are very much against the<br />
commercialisation of Father’s<br />
Day, many people also feel<br />
that marketing of Father’s Day<br />
helps to create awareness about<br />
the day and therefore help to<br />
strengthen the bond of love<br />
shared between father and a<br />
child.<br />
Historically, children wear<br />
roses to express gratitude for<br />
their fathers. But traditionally,<br />
if the child is wearing a red<br />
rose, it symbolises the child<br />
father is alive. Likewise, a<br />
white rose means that the child<br />
father is no more.<br />
In today’s time, persons<br />
express affection and honour<br />
fathers by presenting them<br />
cards, flowers and chocolate. In<br />
addition, several other gifts of<br />
love, including neckties, shirts<br />
electronic gadgets, stationery<br />
items are also gifted to fathers.<br />
However, another<br />
noticeable trend about Father’s<br />
Day is that apart from their<br />
biological father, people wish<br />
“Happy Father’s Day”to their<br />
grandfathers, stepfathers, foster<br />
fathers, uncles or any other<br />
man who is as affectionate and<br />
loving towards them as a father.<br />
Thus dining out with family<br />
is another popular Father’s<br />
Day tradition. It is no wonder<br />
restaurants and bars, and other<br />
eating joints witness a bumper<br />
rush on the occasion.<br />
Like many other countries<br />
around the world, right here in<br />
our very beloved Federation<br />
of Saint Christopher (St. Kitts)<br />
and Nevis, we do not miss<br />
the opportunity to honor our<br />
fathers by celebrating Father’s<br />
Day on the third Sunday in<br />
June.<br />
However, let us continue to<br />
honor our fathers, grandfathers,<br />
foster fathers, uncles or any<br />
other man who is affectionate<br />
and loving to all of us in our<br />
daily lives.<br />
As I close for today I wish<br />
every man a “Happy Father’s<br />
Day.”<br />
I leave you with a father’s<br />
day quote b y William<br />
Shakespeare.<br />
“It is a wise father that<br />
knows his own child.” –<br />
William Shakespeare.<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
Occupational Safety<br />
& Health<br />
By: Joseph Jones<br />
Workers! It’s a number of years this Union (St.Kitts-Nevis<br />
Trades & Labour Union) in its efforts in promoting Occupational<br />
Safety and Health, to my mind, it is a difficult hill but as you would<br />
be “aware”, people (workers) perceive a hill to be steeper than it<br />
really is especially if they are tired of carrying a heavy load. But<br />
I can say to you that THIS UNION IS NOT TIRED. When you<br />
are burdened and exhausted with problems that seem too big to<br />
handle, check them out. This is a fact that when encounter a trial<br />
in life, we are tempted to sit down at the workplace, home or at the<br />
base of the hill and stay there convinced that the grade is too steep.<br />
That is why the Union is encouraging you to draw near. These<br />
articles are sweet words to my taste. Ewe are creatures with all<br />
kind of needs. Without air, water or food for instance we can’t<br />
go on living. In addition to these absolutely basic necessities, we<br />
have a host of others that must be met if we are to be healthy, safe<br />
and happy. But these needs are not just physical, emotional and<br />
social, they are also spiritual.<br />
Before I close, allow me to say furthermore that the world has<br />
changed drastically but the battle still rages.<br />
We owe a debt of gratitude to the St.Kitts-Nevis Trades &<br />
Labour Union, NO MATTER WHAT! It has and still is fighting<br />
for us the worker of the Federation in terms of stress, noise,<br />
chemicals, occupational accidents and diseases.<br />
Hello! I will again touch on Body Ergonomics. What is that?<br />
Human Engineering- is a way of thinking and planning work<br />
so that it is organised to suit the abilities and needs of workers<br />
(people) doing it.<br />
Let me hit it home now. Everybody is different. People are<br />
of different heights, they are built differently. Some people<br />
are stronger than others and their temperaments and ability to<br />
withstand physical stress and strains vary. These are basic facts<br />
that cannot be changed and we must use them as a basis for<br />
planning working environments.<br />
*NOTE WELL*<br />
WORDS AND MEANING<br />
Sex- refers to being either a male or female but in this article<br />
‘sex’ is a health hazard. Mark you, it is not occupational but some<br />
people use it as a business and there is where stress and strain roll<br />
up on the back and brain. This is no laughing matter; take this<br />
very seriously. Again, the “awareness” must be there at all times.<br />
*See below*<br />
*Stress- To put in difficulties, subject to emphasis constraint<br />
and pressure.<br />
*Strain* to stretch lightly, to exert to the utmost, to over task,<br />
to carry too far.<br />
It is said that man or woman is as old as he or she feels. But<br />
the International Labour Organisation (ILO) says a man or woman<br />
is as old his or her BACK.<br />
Until next week. Thank you.<br />
www.thelabourspokesman.com
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018 The Labour Spokesman COMMENTARY<br />
THERE WAS DEFINITELY<br />
A TENTH OF <strong>JUNE</strong> IN 1967,<br />
ORCHESTRATED BY PAM!<br />
By Earle Clarke, 5|06|2018:<br />
5<br />
“All of us are Referees in the Game of Life for, as people of conscience (which is the voice of<br />
God) and Principle, we have to place that whistle to our lips and blow for the infringements we see<br />
taking place on the field of life. Were we afraid to perform in this manner, we would become the<br />
disrespected human beings in our society, drifting like the twig on the sea totally unable to chart<br />
the course of our daily existence. But, on the other hand, if we were to blow for the infringements<br />
when we witness them, we will draw the wrath of the player involved and some unconscionable<br />
spectators, but we will procure the LOVE AND RESPECT of the vast majority of our fellowmen.<br />
We will be able to hold our heads high as we tread the streets of our native land and our reputation<br />
as fair minded, honest and unafraid individuals will precede us whenever we travel abroad, for<br />
these qualities will dog our every footstep!” Kennedy Earle Clarke:<br />
Dear reader, in the year 2007, the 40th anniversary of the ATTEMPTED OVERTROW OF THE<br />
LAWFULLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF PREMIER ROBERT LLEWELLYN BRADSHAW<br />
ON 10th <strong>JUNE</strong> 1967 by PAM supporters, Anguillans and USA mercenaries, then Comrade Dwyer<br />
Astaphan and I, along with those from the Defence Force who were involved in DEFENDING<br />
THE COUNTRY, met at an office at the Sands Complex where our testimonies were recorded.<br />
Comrade Astaphan gave and account of his having to sleep on Conaree Beach that night and he<br />
also spoke about armed men at the dance at the Factory Social Centre which he and his school<br />
mates attended. He also spoke about his father informing him not to come to Basseterre because<br />
there was too much confusion in the Capital. He explained to us that his father who was looking<br />
out of a Western window of his home in down Town Basseterre saw Victor Cebron Vaugh from<br />
New Town, heading west and he the father hailed out to Cebron asking him where he was going.<br />
Cebron replied that he was going home because teargas and shooting took place at GREEN<br />
KORNER, the place where Barker and Kelly later occupied as their main office, situated immediately<br />
to the East of the Cinema in front of the Pelican Mall where Ready Fry operates. The confusion with<br />
armed men and teargas disoriented Cebron to the point that, instead of heading east to New Town,<br />
he headed west. All this was said by then Comrade Dwyer Astaphan who was Minister of National<br />
Security in the Dr. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas Labour Administration. This recording was played<br />
on every radio station in St. Kitts with the voice of Comrade Dwyer and myself distinctly featured,<br />
from 2007 – 2013. In 2014, I could not believe my ears when I heard Comrade Dwyer Astaphan<br />
changing his tune on a radio station, claiming that there was no 10th June, 1967. I immediate went<br />
and used two cotton swab tips to clean my ears before going the rounds to ask the other Comrades<br />
if what I heard the Comrade said was really what he said?<br />
In order to ease my doubts, I telephoned my good friend Captain Val Morris and he confirmed<br />
what I actually heard but did not want to believe that I heard. For 7 (seven) years ( 2007 –2013), I<br />
found the DENIAL , the ROUND ABOUT BEHAVIOUR of the Comrade to be so DISTASTEFUL,<br />
so DISHONEST because he even quoted from a BOOK entitled the ANGUILLA BATTLE FOR<br />
FREEDOM 1967-1969 written by Colville Petty and A. Nat Hodge page 84 and Chapter (4) –<br />
“ARMED ATTACK ON ST. KITTS!” How could the Comrade, sorry—the ex Comrade change his<br />
mouth like this? It would have been better for him if he had stayed MUTE, because HISTORICAL<br />
FACTS are HISTORICAL FACTS and cannot be changed to suit the whims and the fancies of the<br />
individual. We have to ask the Question, 51 years ago on 10th June 1967, did PAM supported by<br />
Anguillans and USA Mercenaries UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO OVERTHROW the<br />
Lawfully Elected Government of Premier Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw by ARMED FORCE? The<br />
answer to this QUESTION is a RESOUNDING “YES!”<br />
The young people of today cannot dismiss this HISTORICAL FACT LIGHTLY, for they have<br />
to sit, REFLECT AND PONDER what might have been their FATE TODAY, HAD THE COUP<br />
which was SPONSORED by the oligarchs been successful in OVERTHROWING A LAWFULLY<br />
AND OVERWHELMINGLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN 1966? What would have been the<br />
POSITION of the working class man and woman of the day had they succeeded? Would the working<br />
class of the land be re-enslaved 129 years 1838 – 1967 after they had been so-called liberated<br />
from their chains and shackles and 32 years after the 1935 Buckley’s Revolution in which St. Kitts<br />
played such a MAJOR PART? This is FOOD for THOUGHT for the Younger Generation of today.<br />
Would our country have been turned into another South Africa in the CARIBBEAN with the FEW<br />
OLIGRACHS controlling the vast majority Black People on the Island? What would have been<br />
the reaction of Nevisians were this to have happened, considering that they are kith and kin to the<br />
inhabitants of St. Kitts?<br />
Would Nevis have been invaded as well and its citizens forced to live under an Apartheid System<br />
as well? Because, there could not have been a NEVIS where its citizens are free and the inhabitants<br />
of St. Kitts the larger of the TWO held in bondage, especially knowing the BLOOD TIES between<br />
the TWO peoples. So, I POSE the QUESTION to my NEVIS READERS, “What would have been<br />
the FATE of Nevis and Nevisians who are just a mere 2 miles at the nearest point and 11 miles from<br />
Port to Port, were the 1967 ATTEMPTED COUP in St. Kitts successful? Ever PONDERED THIS<br />
QUESTION? Sometimes it takes a long time before reality strikes home; sometimes we act like the<br />
proverbial ostrich, burying our heads in the sand of not wanting to know, but the FACTS are there<br />
glaring and staring at us and the questions that are unanswered yesterday, just cannot be ignored<br />
any longer as they are bawling<br />
out loudly to be answered,<br />
for NEVISIANS would have<br />
been affected in some way<br />
or other, even at the thought<br />
of their families in St. Kitts<br />
being subjugated and they up<br />
there in Nevis are free. But<br />
would Nevisians be allowed<br />
to be free?<br />
And so, whenever this<br />
DAMNABLE DATE comes<br />
around, it should be a period<br />
of REFLECTION! The “IFS!”<br />
And the “WERE’S!” have to<br />
be confronted for we cannot<br />
forever play dodging hoop with<br />
them. We have to FACE them<br />
and answer them forthrightly!<br />
The 10th of June was nothing<br />
staged by the Labour Party<br />
and Mr. Bradshaw, as the<br />
perpetrators alleged. There<br />
was indeed an ATTEMPTED<br />
OVERTHROW by PAM,<br />
ANGUILLANS AND USA<br />
MERCENARIES, all with the<br />
INTENT of INSTALLING A<br />
GOVERNMENT OF PAM<br />
which was REJECTED ONE<br />
YEAR EARLIER! Now, dear<br />
reader I POSE the QUESTION<br />
and I would encourage you<br />
to answer honestly. Do you<br />
firmly believe that if the<br />
oligarchs of St. Kitts who<br />
financed the ATTEMPTED<br />
COUP were successful, that<br />
they would have spent all<br />
those monies to introduce a<br />
DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF<br />
GOVERNMENT, bearing in<br />
mind that they were vehemently<br />
accusing Mr. Bradshaw and the<br />
Labour Party of enabling the<br />
workers to live like them? Do<br />
you really believe so?<br />
Do you think that the<br />
oligarchs would have abided<br />
by the system of one man one<br />
vote when they vehemently<br />
opposed the introduction of<br />
Adult Suffrage in 1952 which<br />
drained them of their political<br />
power for they had both?<br />
..CONTINUED ON<br />
PAGE 6..
6 COMMENTARY<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
If the Political and the Economic Power were returned to<br />
them and having the FEAR that those who they once owned were<br />
advancing too rapidly, would they have taken us up in their bosom<br />
and be chummy, chummy with us treating us as their equals?<br />
Were they to do this, better that they had saved their monies and<br />
allowed Mr. Bradshaw to continue his pilgrimage of making us<br />
live like them. But, it was because they opposed the idea, why<br />
they financed the COUP! One of the weaknesses of the BLACK<br />
RACE is that we have not yet begun to fathom our HISTORY, to<br />
determine who is working in our interest and those who aren’t.<br />
A drink of rum and a few beers make us believe that we have<br />
crashed through the social barriers and we are sitting at the table<br />
of the oligarchs. The Plantation system of upward mobility still<br />
has us gripped and clawing our way to reach by them and we<br />
fail to see that they have us at arm’s length, keeping the distance<br />
between them and us.<br />
Dear reader, in their BOOK –ANUILLA’S BATTLE TO<br />
FREEDOM 1967- 1969, the Authors in CHAPTER (4) Page<br />
84 said in the publication: The notion of attacking St. Kitts was<br />
the brainchild of Ronald Webster and a Prominent Kittitian<br />
Lawyer (if we are not daft, we know who that Kittitian Lawyer<br />
was). The ATTACK was to be carried out on Saturday 10th<br />
June 1967, which was a Holiday in those days (The Queen’s<br />
Birthday Parade). The party of armed men who landed in ST.<br />
Kitts had two principle objectives which were interrelated. One<br />
was the defence of the Anguilla Revolution. The other was the<br />
overthrow of the government of Premier Robert Bradshaw and the<br />
installation of a government sympathetic to the Anguillan cause.<br />
Ronald Webster one of the leaders of the Anguilla Revolution<br />
was fearful of an invasion from St. Kitts and reasoned that the<br />
best way of preventing this was to attack St. Kitts and overthrow<br />
its government. His philosophy was the best form of defence, is<br />
to attack.<br />
On the other hand, the main objective of the prominent<br />
Lawyer was the capture of the leadership of St. Kitts. He thought<br />
it expedient to use the armed might and revolutionary fervor of<br />
the Anguillan people to achieve it. Therefore it was not difficult<br />
for him and Webster to join forces. Both of them had goals<br />
which they envisaged could be accomplished by defeating their<br />
common enemy Robert Bradshaw. Webster was grossly misled<br />
by opposition politicians into believing that that the majority<br />
Kittitians were prepared to take up arms against their government.<br />
On page 85 –THE PLAN: (a) To capture Premier Bradshaw<br />
and Deputy Premier Paul Southwell, their transfer to Anguilla<br />
and an announcement by Reuben (RUBIE) GUMBS over the<br />
government controlled radio station ZIZ in St. Kitts that the<br />
prominent Lawyer was the new Premier (c) The destruction<br />
of the Island’s fuel depot situated in eastern Basseterre. The<br />
reasoning was that the setting of fire to the gasoline tanks would<br />
cause the Police, the Fire Brigade and the people of Basseterre<br />
to concentrate on preventing a major catastrophe, thus leaving<br />
Basseterre unprotected and making it easier for the Anguillans<br />
and the opposition forces in St. Kitts, to occupy and control it.<br />
Dear reader you might want to pose the question, “How<br />
come no one was imprisoned for this DASTARDLY ACT?”<br />
The answer to such a question is simple; the same people who<br />
financed the COUP were the same persons who were the Jurors<br />
on the cases. In those days only the oligarchs could have sat on<br />
High Court Cases as Jurors. A few of us who volunteered to<br />
guard the country were stationed at the High Court one night and<br />
witnessed a certain lawyer nearby going through the names of the<br />
Jury with the Registrar -- a Mr. James who hailed from Dominica.<br />
We reported it to Mr. Bradshaw the next morning. It was after<br />
the acquittal of the perpetrators that Mr. Bradshaw introduced<br />
Legislation empowering all persons, as long as their names are<br />
on the Voters List, to be JURORS! Was there AN ATTEMPTED<br />
COUP IN ST. KITTS ORGANIZD BY PAM AN FINANCED<br />
BY THE OLIGARCHS on 10th June, 1967? YOU CAN BET<br />
YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR THAT THERE WAS! The Book<br />
is available to whosoever wants a copy. Just contact me at 664-<br />
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From the Supervisor of<br />
Elections. Issue 59: The Election<br />
Petition<br />
Writer: Elvin Bailey<br />
The application for the discontinuance of the election petition was held on Monday 11th June.<br />
The result has not yet been finalized, but it is an open expectation that the applicant will face costs.<br />
Whose costs, and how much we do not know yet.<br />
This case makes interesting reading and may well be the first in history, certainly in our Federation.<br />
Just barely making the 21- day deadline, Mr. Hector, the losing candidate in the December 2017<br />
NIA elections petitioned the Court for “relief” from Spencer Brand, the election district winner, the<br />
Attorney General, the Supervisor of Elections and the Registration Officer. Specifically, he wanted<br />
the result to be voided by the Court.<br />
When the petition was filed, the Judge was told that the matter was urgent, and so we were<br />
summoned to Court in early February. At that hearing, the Judge gave instructions. The petitioner,<br />
Mr. Hector, was to file his affidavits (or evidence) by March 20th, the defendants were given until<br />
April 3rd to respond and file theirs. The petitioner was then granted another period of time to study<br />
the statements of the defendants, respond if they wanted to; and the case would be heard shortly<br />
thereafter.<br />
Just before the case was to be heard, the petitioner decided to withdraw his petition. We do not<br />
know exactly why; one ubiquitous blogger wrote that it is because the NRP was not financing his<br />
challenge. But the Petitioner stated that he now believes it is in the best interest of the people of<br />
Nevis that he does so.<br />
That statement encapsulates it all. It was never in the best interest of Nevisians for this petition<br />
to be brought. The best that could have possibly come out of this case is that there could have been<br />
two persons on the opposition bench instead of one, but the NRP would still have been in opposition,<br />
and the government would not have changed. Duh!<br />
There are pundits who feel that the petition was seen to be a pathway to party leadership and<br />
eventually to Premiership. Mark petitioned and look where he is now! He is both Party Leader and<br />
Premier. The win:loss record of petitions should have alerted Hector of what he was up against.<br />
Seems like it did not. Instead, he was bullish. He had discovered a ‘sinister’ plot that he had to<br />
bring to the fore.<br />
It would have been interesting and informative to have heard arguments; but now we will never<br />
know. He gambled. He gambled that the defendants would have rolled over and play dead. He<br />
gambled that we would have attacked the validity of the petition rather than contest it. None of the<br />
above happened.<br />
He clutched at straws: people who had little standing in the matter, persons who actually voted,<br />
and people who had no voting rights presented affidavits in support of their chosen candidate; only<br />
to be left in the dust. Several people signed to say they put up money; have they been released from<br />
this obligation? It cannot be a good feeling to think you are leading a charge, look back, only to<br />
realize that no one is following; no one has your back!<br />
In due course, the depositions of all the parties will be published so readers can decide for<br />
themselves.<br />
Meanwhile, the moral of this entire episode in our electoral history is yet to fully emerge. What<br />
remains pellucidly clear is that one man, one vote in the right place and fairness to all is the only<br />
right way to conduct an election.
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018 The Labour Spokesman COMMENTARY<br />
Tribute to a true friend-<br />
Pamela Annette Ferdinand<br />
By: Cedric R. Liburd, former Parliamentary Representative of St. Christopher<br />
Eight<br />
I met Pamela Annette Ferdinand over thirty (30) years ago when I became involved<br />
in Politics as the Candidate for Constituency #8, and we became friends until her death.<br />
Because of her political affiliation with the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party she said to<br />
me “do not call me by my first name just call me Annette”.<br />
Today, let us celebrate her life and remember the things she accomplished and how<br />
wonderful her life was. It is no secret that she was the political manager in Conaree for<br />
the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party after the death of her Mother Mary Ferdinand in 2005.<br />
There are many qualities for which Annette would be remembered and which I am<br />
sure, endeared her to many friends. Among them were-<br />
. Her dedication and commitment to a worthy cause<br />
. Her ability to communicate effectively<br />
. Her thoughtfulness and caring ways<br />
. Her ability to cook not only cookup but also other delicacies.<br />
. Her unwavering support and a trusted friend.<br />
During my difficult period in 20<strong>15</strong>, she always called and asked “Bossie, how are<br />
you doing?” That was a true friend. While she was sick, I would visit her and spend<br />
some quality time with her.<br />
A light has gone out without so much as a flicker, and all we have left is the precious<br />
memory of how brightly it burned and the warmth it gave us.<br />
In her passing, we have lost a true friend but her influence lives on and we will<br />
be forever enriched by and grateful for the time she spent with us. We will miss her<br />
with all of our hearts.<br />
Annette, thank you for the wonderful experience of being your friend and for<br />
the many things we have accomplished together for the people of Conaree, the<br />
Constituency and St. Kitts- Nevis as a whole.<br />
On behalf of my family I wish to extend our deepest sympathy to her children<br />
grandchildren and the rest of her family.<br />
May the angels guide you to your rest and may your soul rest in perpetual peace.<br />
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8 NEWS FROM POLITICS<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
Opposition Leader Douglas<br />
Appointed To High-Level PAHO<br />
Commission<br />
Source: Public Relations Unit, St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Part<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
Photo: Dr. Denzil Douglas<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Tuesday 12th June, 2018): Former Prime Minister and Leader of<br />
the Opposition, Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has been appointed as a member of a high-level<br />
commission that was convened by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to propose<br />
solutions for expanding health coverage and access in the Americas, with the goal of leaving no<br />
one behind by 2030.<br />
Dr. Douglas was appointed by PAHO’s Director Carissa Etienne earlier this month to be a<br />
member of the recently launched Regional Forum on Universal Health in the 21st Century: 40<br />
Years of Alma-Ata.<br />
The high-level commission is headed by former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet.<br />
The commission is composed of representatives of international organizations, government,<br />
civil society and academia from more than 10 countries of the Americas.<br />
Other members of the commission, along with Dr. Denzil Douglas, former prime minister of Saint<br />
Kitts and Nevis are Carina Vance, executive director of the South American Institute of Government<br />
in Health (ISAGS-UNASUR); Lais Abramo, director of the Social Development Division of the<br />
U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Margarita Posada,<br />
national coordinator of the Social Health Forum of El Salvador; Hernando Viveros Cabezas,<br />
president of the Afro-Colombian Global Initiative; Vivian Camacho, defender of the rights of the<br />
indigenous populations of Bolivia; Toni Reis, president of the Dignidade Group, which defends<br />
the rights of LGBTI people in Brazil; and Mirna Kay Cunningham Kain, president of the Board<br />
of Directors of the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the<br />
Caribbean (FILAC).<br />
The commission is expected to produce a report with recommendations on improving the<br />
performance of health systems, including those who are still excluded, and empowering communities<br />
and improving social participation in decisions that impact on their health, in order to advance<br />
universal health in the Americas.<br />
British Citizens Warned Of Criminal Climate In St. Kitts & Nevis<br />
Source: Public Relations Unit, St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party<br />
www.thelabourspokesman.com<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Tuesday 12th June, 2018): The United Kingdom is again admonishing their nationals to be extremely vigilant while in the Federation<br />
of St. Kitts and Nevis should they decide to travel here.<br />
In a circular disseminated earlier this month, the UK government stated that although there is no recent history of terrorism in St. Kitts and Nevis, personal attacks<br />
cannot be ruled out due to the current criminal climate.<br />
This warning follows that of yet another travel advisory issued in March 2018.<br />
An excerpt from the June 2018 advisory reads, “You should be vigilant at this time.” It continued to note that although most visits to the Federation St. Kitts and<br />
Nevis by British nationals were trouble free, there have been a number of incidents of crime including murder, armed robbery and sexual assault.<br />
British Nationals were urged that during their travels to the Federation, they should maintain at least the same level of personal security awareness as they would<br />
in the UK and make sure their accommodation is secure.<br />
Another excerpt reads, “Be vigilant at all times. Take care when walking alone off the busy main roads and avoid isolated areas, including beaches, particularly<br />
after dark. Only use licensed taxis and take particular care at late night street parties, especially during the festival season.”<br />
It was also advised that British citizens visiting St. Kitts and Nevis not to “carry large amounts of cash or jewellery. If possible, leave valuables and travel documents<br />
in a safety deposit box or hotel safe. You should check that the hotel safe is securely fixed before using it to store your items.”
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018 The Labour Spokesman NEWS FROM POLITICS<br />
Sharon Rattan Placed<br />
As Permanent Secretary<br />
Under Patches After<br />
Defeating Harris-led<br />
Government In Court<br />
Source: Public Relations Unit, St. Kitts-Nevis Labour<br />
Party<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Thursday 14th June, 2018):<br />
Sharron Rattan is back out to work after her huge win against the<br />
Dr. Timothy Harris-led government in Court on April 10th 2018.<br />
Photo: Sharon Rattan<br />
Formerly the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social<br />
Development, et al, Ms Rattan took the THUG (Timothy Harris<br />
Unity Government) to court after they attempted to illegally<br />
demote her following their victory at the 20<strong>15</strong> general elections.<br />
Ms. Rattan took the matter to court based on claims that the<br />
demotion was politically motivated and sheer victimization as<br />
it was a decision enforced by the Public Service Commission<br />
without any consultation.<br />
Accordingly, the court outlined that the government’s move<br />
was indeed immoral and as a result, she should be reinstated as<br />
a Permanent Secretary.<br />
Miss Rattan now sits as the Permanent Secretary of Post and<br />
Urban Development under Hon. Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd.<br />
This is Ms. Rattan’s first day of work after being sent home<br />
for the last for two years and eight months.<br />
Many are using Ms Rattan’s bravery and success in the courts<br />
as motivation to stand up against the Harris-led government that<br />
continually targets, victimizes and mistreats many civil servants.<br />
Commenting briefly on the matter, Deputy Leader of the St.<br />
Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Hon. Marcella Liburd at the time said<br />
that Ms. Rattan's victory in court should serve as a driving force<br />
for other civil servants to stand up for their rights.<br />
PM Harris To Avoid Global<br />
Investment Immigration Summit<br />
in London?<br />
Source: Erasmus Williams<br />
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 14, 2018 – Do not look for St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr.<br />
Timothy Harris to go near London, the British capital any time soon as calls continued Wednesday<br />
for him to step down.<br />
The embattled St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister has been named in the Peter Virdee scandal<br />
and is not among representatives from other OECS nations down to attend the Global Investment<br />
Immigration Summit in London on June 21 and 22.<br />
St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) Deputy Political Leader, Hon. Marcella Liburd, while<br />
speaking on FreedomFM’s ‘Issues’ programme in reiterating the call for Prime Minister Harris to<br />
step down, said the “bribery scandal hangs over his head and a dark cloud hangs over the Federation<br />
of St. Kitts and Nevis.”<br />
“Timothy Harris must step down now and relieve the country of that cloud. Leadership matters<br />
and this is what good governance demands. Good governance demands that Prime Minister Harris<br />
must follow the example of Asot Michael, also named in the bribery scandal,” said Liburd, Member<br />
of Parliament for St. Christopher 2 (Central Basseterre).<br />
She is of the view that Harris intransigence is likely to worsen as he continues to deceive the<br />
people of St. Kitts and Nevis by his misleading statements that during his recent visit to the British<br />
capital to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting he dined with Queen Elizabeth<br />
and met Prime Minister Theresa May ‘and no one ask me any questions.’<br />
“But that visit to London was around April 16, 2018. Harris is giving the impression that since<br />
the handing down of the judgement in the London High Court on May 11, 2018, he went London<br />
and no one asked him any question. The Commonwealth Heads meeting was from April 16 to<br />
April 20. The judgement in the bribery scandal was delivered on May 11, nearly one month after<br />
the most recent London visit,” said Liburd, who called on Prime Minister Harris “to stop deceiving<br />
people and tell the truth.”<br />
She said she expects Dr. Harris to avoid going to London to attend the Global Investment<br />
Immigration Summit in London on June 21 and 22.<br />
“He will not go to London, not with that bribery scandal hanging over his head. And that is<br />
an important Summit for us as it has to deal with the Citizenship by Investment Programme. Our<br />
country will suffer by his absence,” said Liburd, who noted that the keynote speaker at the official<br />
opening is Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Hon. Gaston Browne.<br />
“Gaston Browne has replaced Dr. Denzil Douglas as lead prime minister in the OECS,” she noted.<br />
Representatives of OECS countries of Antigua, St. Lucia and Dominica will give an overview of<br />
their respective Citizenship by Investment Programmes and participate in active panel discussions.<br />
Presentations will also be made by Malta, Canada, Greece and the United States.<br />
The scandal has already claimed one casualty, Antigua and Barbuda’s Minister of Investment<br />
and Trade, Hon. Michael Asot, who like Dr. Harris, is also named in a judgement in the British High<br />
Court, in which British property tycoon Peter Virdee is accused of bribing Harris and Michael and<br />
other Caribbean politicians. Michael tendered his resignation from the Cabinet of Prime Minister<br />
Hon. Gaston Browne.<br />
9<br />
“Stand up for your rights! This government has been trampling<br />
on the rights of civil servants and expect victims to do nothing,<br />
say nothing or just grumble or endure the victimisation.”<br />
Peter Virdee<br />
Hon. Marcella Liburd<br />
Hon. Timothy Harris
10 NEWS FROM POLITICS<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
SKNLP Reps Bash<br />
Tourism Minister For<br />
Alleged Lies Regarding Air<br />
Canada<br />
Source: Public Relations Unit, St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Thursday 14th June, 2018): Minister of Tourism<br />
Hon. Lindsay Grant is under fire yet again, for allegedly lying to the people of St.<br />
Kitts and Nevis regarding flights by Air Canada to St. Kitts.<br />
In a release disseminate this week, Grant stated that flights into St. Kitts by<br />
the Canadian-based airline is a historic first, noting that the venture is due to his<br />
leadership.<br />
Speaking on National Radio today, representatives of the Labour Party chastised<br />
Hon. Grant for making such a statement, noting that the history of the airline and<br />
its connection to St. Kitts and Nevis states differently.<br />
Both Dr. Terrance Drew, Chair of the Labour Party and Deputy Leader, Hon.<br />
Marcella Liburd recalled that Air Canada has been flying into the Federation for<br />
quite some time, noting that it was as a result of the ingenuity of the former Minister<br />
of Tourism Hon. Ricky Skerritt.<br />
“Blatant Lies! Everybody knows Air Canada has been coming here for years.<br />
It is very sad that they will stoop to this level just to get credit,” Dr. Drew said.<br />
Hon. Liburd said, “At no point did Lindsay Grant say that Air Canada has being<br />
flying into St. Kitts since 2011. Air Canada has been flying non-stop into St. Kitts<br />
since 2011 and they fly in every year for five months from December to April<br />
during the tourist season. What Grant should be doing is thanking Ricky Skerritt<br />
for making sure we had Air Canada coming here since 2011”<br />
Hon. Liburd also noted that the additional flights by the airline are as a result of<br />
Park Hyatt being in operation.<br />
“The additional flights have absolutely nothing to do with Lindsay Grant. The<br />
month extension by the airline has solely to do with the opening of Park Hyatt.<br />
The opening of Park Hyatt, with the increased room service that will deliver; this<br />
is why the airline has extended.”<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
Labour Party-initiated<br />
construction projects helped<br />
St. Kitts and Nevis' slight<br />
economic growth in 2017<br />
Source: Erasmus Williams<br />
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 11, 2018 – As the St. Kitts and Nevis economy continues to slowdown under the Timothy Harris-led Team Unity regime, the Eastern<br />
Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), has listed construction projects initiated by the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) administration of the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil<br />
L. Douglas, helped to buttress economic activity in the twin-island Federation in 2017.<br />
The St. Kitts and Nevis economy dipped to a GDP of 1.7 percent in 2017 compared to 2.2 percent in 2016 and 3.9 in 20<strong>15</strong> when the Harris regime took office.<br />
The St. Kitts and Nevis economy grew 6.0 percent in 2014 and 6.2 in 2013 under the Labour Party administration.<br />
According to the just released Annual Economic and Financial Review for 2017, the ECCB said private sector activity in St Kitts consisted of major completion<br />
work on the Park Hyatt Hotel, Christophe Harbour which opened for business on 1 November 2017.<br />
“Other ongoing projects consisted of accelerated work on the Heldens Estate Condo Resort & Residences in the north of St. Kitts to be managed by Ramada<br />
Resorts, Koi Resort at Half-Moon Bay and the T-Loft Pirates Nest, a Radisson-branded development in Frigate Bay. Construction work also continued on the second<br />
phase of the Kittitian Hill development,” the ECCB said.<br />
All of these and many more ongoing projects began while the Labour Party was in government.
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018 The Labour Spokesman MORE LOCAL NEWS<br />
11<br />
Mudada’s Daughter Says ‘Thank You’<br />
By: Precious Mills<br />
LIQUOR LICENCES ORDINANCE, 1906<br />
SCHEDULE A<br />
To Magistrate “A”<br />
To Superintendent of Police.<br />
I, Lesroy Simon now residing in Taylor’s Ext in the town<br />
or village of Basseterre do hereby give you notice that<br />
it is my intention to apply on 2nd day of July next to the<br />
District Magistrate at District A for a Liquor retail licence<br />
in Port Zante in............<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (June 2018)- On behalf of her family, Dara Byron, 34, has expressed<br />
heartfelt gratitude that her father Dawud ‘Mudada’ Byron of Constituency One (East Basseterre)-past<br />
editor of this newspaper-was among ten (10) fallen heroes honoured during the annual Requiem<br />
Mass organised by the opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) which was held at the St.<br />
Peter’s Anglican Church on Sunday 10th June under the theme ‘LABOUR-Stronger, Safer, Better<br />
for You!’<br />
Speaking with Dara, she told this reporter: “We are honoured because he has been a comrade<br />
and a stalwart of the Labour Party for many years; for as long I’ve been born he’s always been a<br />
Labour, he has always preached Labour. He has suffered, he has endured a lot and he has always<br />
taught us that we should always know what our party is about and go forth with that on our journey<br />
and in life as well.”<br />
Commenting on one of her fondest memories of her daddy, She replied: “When we were small<br />
and he used to travel a lot and so when he came back, me my brother and my sister, we would<br />
always wait by the door to see what he brought back for us because he was into his journalism so<br />
he would come back with a million and one pictures or whatever new toy might have been out in<br />
whatever country he came from so that was a good time for us.”<br />
Dawud Mudada Byron, who was born in December 1947, passed away in November 20<strong>15</strong> at<br />
the age of 67.<br />
At the remembrance service, deceased SKNLP comrades from within the eight constituencies<br />
on St.Kitts were recognised for their contributions.<br />
A second individual of Constituency One Ralph Tota (September 1932 – December 2008) was<br />
celebrated also while the other honourees six are as follows: Joseph Hanley (August 1958 – January<br />
2016) of Constituency Two; Cyril Delaney (February 1922 – August 2006) of Constituency Three;<br />
David Samuel Humphreys (August 1912 –October 2008) of Constituency Four; Joseph Barham<br />
Buchanan (January 1914 – December 2014) of Constituency Five; Andrew Laplace (May 1939 –<br />
April 2018) of Constituency Six; Eunice Elizabeth Williams (October 1914 – November 2000) of<br />
Constituency Seven and also married couple Mr. Basil Tuckett (Aug 1922 – March 2009) and Mrs.<br />
Cynthia Tuckett (January 1925 – September 1996) of Constituency Eight.<br />
SKNLP Deputy Leader Marcella Liburd, Parliamentary Representative of Constituency Two<br />
(Central Basseterre), in her feature address at the event, expressed gratitude and delight on behalf<br />
of the Party to those who attended the event “as we pray for the souls of departed members of the<br />
Labour Movement whose love of country and commitment to us all have contributed so greatly to<br />
the lives that we are able to lead today.”<br />
She added: “The St.Kitts-Nevis Labour Party is not a new creation. We who have the honour of<br />
leading the Party today therefore stand on the shoulders of thousands. We stand on the shoulders of<br />
thousands of ordinary men and women who over the decades have worked with courage and faith,<br />
determination and thanksgiving for the good that they were able to do. Our movement was baptised<br />
by the sweat and tears of countless men and women some learned, some unschooled, some figures<br />
of history, other's names didn't by the midst of time, some whose charisma moved multitudes, some<br />
who quietly assumed whatever task they were placed before them but all determined to defend the<br />
God-given humanity of the men and women of these two islands and all striving to create a more<br />
just and fair society with the help of a merciful awesome God.”<br />
Surviving relatives (or representatives) of the deceased lit a candle in memory of their loved<br />
ones and were presented with certificates of comradery tribute acknowledgement.<br />
The annual remembrance service traditionally salutes the contribution to the nation and people<br />
by fallen stalwarts: The Right Excellent Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (first National Hero), the<br />
Rt. Excellent Sir C. A. Paul Southwell (National Hero), the Rt. Excellent Sir Joseph N. France<br />
(National Hero), Hon. Fitzroy C. Bryant, Hon. Charles E. Mills, Sir Lee Llewellyn Moore, Hon.<br />
E. St. John Payne, John Allen Joseph Samuel and James Archibald.<br />
Dated this 07th day of June, 2018<br />
Signed<br />
Lesroy Simon<br />
Section of the audience (credit: Erasmus Williams)<br />
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Samuel Julius is seeking one farmer to work on a farm.<br />
Interested persons are asked to contact : 665-4356
12 The Labour Spokesman<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
PROPERTY FOR SALE<br />
PROPERTY FOR SALE<br />
The property described below is offered for sale by Royal Bank of Canada in their<br />
capacity as Mortgagee:-<br />
The property described below is offered for sale by Royal Bank of Canada in their<br />
capacity as Mortgagee:-<br />
Description of Property: ALL THAT lot piece or parcel of being Lot No. 64 of Half<br />
Moon Courtyard Housing Development situate in the<br />
Parish of St. Peter in the Island of Saint Christopher and<br />
comprising 6,790.56 square feet bounded and measuring as<br />
follows:- On or towards the North North-West by lands of<br />
Farakhan, 80.00 feet; On or towards the East North-East by<br />
Lot No. 65, 86.50 feet; On or towards the South South-East by<br />
a Development Road, 80.07 feet and On or towards the West<br />
South-West by Lot No. 63, 83.26 feet; all the same as is<br />
described in an Indenture of Mortgage from Juliette Alicita<br />
Boon to Royal Bank of Canada dated July 12, 2010 and<br />
recorded as Deed No. 17,891 in Liber C Volume 8 at Folios<br />
1644 to 1653 of the Register of Deeds for the Island of Saint<br />
Christopher.<br />
Tenders:<br />
Interested persons may obtain the Conditions of Sale from<br />
Royal Bank of Canada’s Attorneys-at-Law, Kelsick, Wilkin &<br />
Ferdinand, not later than Friday June 29, 2018 and the<br />
closing date for the return of Tenders is Friday July 20,<br />
2018.<br />
Description of Property: ALL THAT lot piece or parcel of land being Lot No. 247 of<br />
Half Moon Heights Development Phase 3B, situate in the<br />
Parish of Saint Peter, in the Island of Saint Christopher,<br />
bounded and measuring as follows, that is to say:- On or<br />
towards the North by Lot No. 257, 98.39 feet; On or towards<br />
the East by Lot No. 246, 123.34 feet; On or towards the South<br />
by a Development Road, 46.67 feet; On or towards the South-<br />
West by a Development Road, 57.02 feet and 10.10 feet; and<br />
On or towards the West by Lot No. 248, 110.26 feet and<br />
containing by admeasurement 12,575.34 square feet all the<br />
same as is described in an Indenture of Mortgage from Keith<br />
W. Archibald and Astric Assanet Archibald to Royal Bank of<br />
Canada dated the 24 th day of August 2011 and recorded as<br />
Deed No. 18,353 in Liber D Volume 8 at Folios 2287 to 2296<br />
of the Register of Deeds for the Island of Saint Christopher.<br />
Tenders: Interested persons may obtain the Conditions of Sale from<br />
Royal Bank of Canada’s Attorneys-at-Law, Kelsick, Wilkin &<br />
Ferdinand, not later than Friday June 29, 2018 and the<br />
closing date for the return of Tenders is Friday July 20,<br />
2018.<br />
KELSICK, WILKIN & FERDINAND<br />
Attorneys-at-Law for Royal Bank of Canada (Mortgagee)<br />
Fred Kelsick Building, Independence Square South, Basseterre, St Kitts<br />
Tel: (869) 465-2645 Fax: (869) 465-7808<br />
Attention: Mr. Garth L. Wilkin<br />
Email: GLW@kwfonline.com<br />
KELSICK, WILKIN & FERDINAND<br />
Attorneys-at-Law for Royal Bank of Canada (Mortgagee)<br />
Fred Kelsick Building, Independence Square South, Basseterre, St Kitts<br />
Tel: (869) 465-2645 Fax: (869) 465-7808<br />
Attention: Mr. Garth L. Wilkin<br />
Email: GLW@kwfonline.com
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
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Community Notice<br />
The Government of the Republic of Chile is pleased to invite<br />
nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis to apply for a scholarship to earn<br />
a Diploma in Public Management.<br />
Prospective applicants are required to complete an application<br />
form and attach the following documents: notarized copy of a<br />
university degree, copy of curriculum vitae, photocopy of passport,<br />
medical certificate that indicates the applicant’s mental and physical<br />
health, and a letter of recommendation and support from the<br />
applicant’s place of work.<br />
Section of the audience at the recently held Requiem Mass (credit: Erasmus Williams)
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16 MORE LOCAL NEWS<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
Police:<br />
Grandson Killed<br />
His Grandma<br />
By: Drizel Hanley<br />
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (June 2018)- A 28-year-old man<br />
has been charged in connection with the death of his 82-year-old<br />
bedridden grandmother found dead in her Ponds Estate home<br />
last week.<br />
Police are reporting that on Thursday 7th June, the accused<br />
Michael Nicholas was formally arrested and charged on a warrant,<br />
in the first instance, for the offence of murder.<br />
He was charged for causing the death his grandmother, Bernice<br />
Iona Nicholas, at their residence.<br />
At about 9:<strong>15</strong> p.m. on Sunday 3rd June, the elderly woman<br />
was discovered dead in her home by one of her grandsons.<br />
An autopsy performed on the body of the octogenarian on<br />
Monday 4th June determined that the woman, who had been<br />
confined to bed for some time, was manually suffocated.<br />
Forensic Pathologist Dr. Valery Alexandrov in his findings,<br />
according to police, concluded that her death was as a result of<br />
mechanical asphyxia due to obstruction of the airway”, a police<br />
release said.<br />
Police investigations into the matter are ongoing.<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
Fishermen Still Missing Despite<br />
Extensive Searches<br />
By: Drizel Hanley<br />
BASSTERRE, St. Kitts (June 2018)-Two fishermen who went on a fishing trip last weekend<br />
are still missing despite the joint efforts of both local and regional and searches.<br />
According to a police report, Vernon Pemberton of New Road was last seen by members of his<br />
family Sunday, June 3rd, sometime after midday after indicating that he was going on a fishing trip<br />
with Hayden Langley of Buckley’s. Neither men have been seen since. Hence, they were reported<br />
missing and the searches began.<br />
“The Coast Guard launched a search operation for the two missing men. On Tuesday, the<br />
organisation conducted a day-long search exercise that included three search operations: one<br />
south of Nevis; and two near Redonda down to the St. Eustatius channel. The Coast Guard has<br />
also asked for assistance from within the region. As a result of that request, two fly-over searches<br />
were done by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre based in Martinique. The neighbouring<br />
Dutch islands have also planned fly-over exercises for this week. Notification of the situation was<br />
sent to the Department of Maritime Affairs as well. That entity has asked vessels passing through<br />
the identified areas to look out for debris, a submerged vessel of persons in distress. If anything is<br />
found in relation to the case, they have been asked to report it immediately,” a police release said.<br />
The fly over exercises mentioned above were to no avail.<br />
The duo went out to sea aboard Motor Vessel V4-537-BW, which is owned by Pemberton.<br />
Since then, police have reported that they were in the possession of a number of person effects<br />
belonging to Pemberton that were found at sea by another fisherman.<br />
Photo Caption: Motor Vessel V4-537-BW<br />
2018 Hurricane Season:<br />
NEMA Urges Preparedness<br />
By: Drizel Hanley<br />
BASSTERRE, St. Kitts (June 2018)- The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)<br />
is making an appeal to residents and businesses to briskly prepare for the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane<br />
Season, which began on June 1st.<br />
Senior Officer at St. Kitts Meteorological Services Elmo Burke said that the predicted number<br />
of hurricanes\storms for the year 2018 are 14 storms and 7 hurricanes.<br />
“Predictions suggest the potential for 3 major hurricanes,” he said, “however, we must be<br />
reminded that even in that eventuality, developing systems will not necessarily impact us here in<br />
St. Kitts-Nevis.”<br />
The Deputy Disaster Coordinator (DNDC), Claricia Langley-Stevens, noted that the message<br />
for residents to be prepared “cannot be overstated”.<br />
“Persons ought to do whatever is possible to minimise impacts now, before a disaster happens,<br />
thus reducing challenges to your recovery process,” she said.<br />
Residents were further advised to adhere to warnings issued by the disaster management officials,<br />
particularly if it relates to evacuating certain areas and also to have a disaster plan for their families
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
Culinary Arts To Be Included At<br />
Zack’s Music Workshop<br />
By: Precious Mills<br />
MORE LOCAL NEWS<br />
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and not wait until the last<br />
minute to find out where they<br />
have to go, in the event their<br />
homes would be compromised.<br />
According to the DNDC,<br />
the following is a list to follow<br />
when getting prepared for the<br />
hurricane season:<br />
Check your roofs, walls,<br />
structure for vulnerabilities and<br />
begin to collect non-perishable<br />
goods, portable lights such as<br />
flash lights, batteries and clean<br />
receptacles for water storage;<br />
Store additional medicines at<br />
home for long-term illnesses<br />
and other supplies in the<br />
event that you have to stay<br />
indoors for long periods,<br />
or that businesses such as<br />
pharmacies are impacted and<br />
remain closed; Turn off all<br />
electronic equipment at the<br />
source during an event; Turn<br />
your refrigerator to the coldest<br />
setting leading into an impact;<br />
Share emergency numbers with<br />
all members of your household<br />
and create a family plan to<br />
identify important activities<br />
such as where to reconnect after<br />
impact, if you are separated;<br />
Keep a transistor or other<br />
portable radio device on hand<br />
to receive alerts and updates<br />
from the relevant authorities<br />
and Remain indoors during and<br />
after an event, until the ALL<br />
CLEAR has been given by the<br />
Authorities.<br />
The 2018 storm names:<br />
Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby,<br />
Ernesto, Florence, Gordon,<br />
Helene, Isaac, Joyce, Kirk,<br />
Leslie, Michael, Nadine, Oscar,<br />
Patty, Rafael, Sara, Tony,<br />
Valerie and William.<br />
The Atlantic Hurricane<br />
Season which started on June<br />
1st runs through November<br />
30th. And, occasionally, storms<br />
can form outside those months<br />
as happened in 2017 when<br />
Tropical Storm Arlene formed<br />
in April.<br />
This year, Subtropical<br />
Storm Alberto was the first<br />
tropical cyclone of the year<br />
to enter the Gulf of Mexico<br />
in May since Hurricane Able<br />
in 1951.<br />
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (June 2018)-For the upcoming 12th annual Traditional Music<br />
Workshop, coordinated by Cultural Preservationist Winston ‘Zack’ Nisbett, food will be a new<br />
hands-on topic for the children featuring the culinary arts of cultural dishes namely cassava bread<br />
and conkie.<br />
“This year, it would be completely different. We will be teaching the children how to do cassava<br />
bread. I have the dish already and the rings and I will be bringing somebody to teach them the<br />
things we are going to incorporate and one other thing is how to make conkie,” said Nisbett during<br />
a sit-down interview this week.<br />
Under the theme ‘Discipline Continues To Be The Key’, the month-long summer workshop<br />
is expected to run from Monday 30th July to 25th August for the second year at the new location<br />
dubbed Zack’s Historical-Cultural Library & Museum located at the Buckley’s Estate aback<br />
Kawaja’s Food Centre east of the Caribbean Cinemas.<br />
Classes will be held from 9am to 3pm with music lessons on four instruments-banjo, quarto,<br />
guitar and fife.<br />
Asked about the inspiration behind the cultural food aspect of the workshop, Nisbett said: “Well,<br />
it is our culture and the workshop that I have is basically a cultural workshop and the museum and<br />
library in general deals with history, culture which comprise of dress, the type of foods we eat and<br />
so on.”<br />
He added: “We need to go back to the more indigenous types of food which is the basic sweet<br />
potato, the roast potato and those sort of things because looking at most of the old people today,<br />
they live until they’re 80 and 90 something, and also more people are living to 100 now and so it<br />
means that something they did right in their days than today. This therefore gives me this impetus<br />
to go back to basic in a sense in getting the youngsters to understand the more indigenous type of<br />
food and the local drinks. Yes, we have bottle drinks and so that are being manufactured here in<br />
St.Kitts-Nevis but we also need the local drinks like the ginger beer, mauby, soursop, passion fruit,<br />
lemonade and guava. Those are the type of nourishment we need in our bodily system.”<br />
Nisbett further told that in the old days, the basic thing was the cassava bread (made from the<br />
cassava flour) as well as other byproducts like and dumpling and porridge and also the conkie<br />
-wrapped in the grape bush or the fig plant leaves- which is like a whole meal because it is filling.<br />
“Those are indigenous things and we need to preserve them and go back to them because not<br />
only do those things make us healthier but also stronger and the food itself gives you a sense of<br />
motivation. It’s time we preserve our culture as we are number one as the mother colony and we<br />
need to stand up and be counted which is important.”<br />
Additionally, Nisbett informed that reading classes will also be another highlight of the workshop.<br />
According to him, poor reading in some children is not only a challenge in the Buckley’s<br />
community and its environs but throughout St.Kitts as a whole whilst pointing out “There are many<br />
books that we have there that could assist them.”<br />
The Cultural Preservationist is hoping that the children would be consistent in their attendance<br />
to the workshop.<br />
“We want them to come to experience the entire duration of the workshop; not to come two days<br />
and then miss because in order for you to become an expert in that field, you have to go through the<br />
day to day learning of holding the chords and different things. However, different to the workshop,<br />
they will be having extra things to do.”<br />
Persons interested in the workshop are asked collect registration forms or contact Nisbett at<br />
664-9016.<br />
Photo: Students performing at the 2017 graduation ceremony (Spokesman Snap)
18 PUBLIC INFORMATION<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
Editor's Apology and Note of Correction: At page 17 of last week's edition of<br />
the paper (Year 60, Number 52, Friday 8 June 2018, Column 1) we re-published<br />
an written by Professor Scott W Allard of the University of Washington, which<br />
dealt with the reasons why poverty is rising faster in suburbs than in cities. It<br />
had been correctly published the week before (Year 60, Number 51, Friday<br />
1 June 2018, Page 13, Column 1). The caption used last week was in fact the<br />
descriptive note of a photograph which should have accompanied the correct<br />
article intended for last week, both of which we now correctly reproduce<br />
below. We apologise very sincerely for that error, a case of the printer's devil<br />
at work once again.<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
Reuters - News - World - Asia Pacific - Thursday 7 June 2018<br />
Taiwan Holds Large-scale Military Drills<br />
Amid China Tensions - By Jess Macy Yu<br />
TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan simulated repelling an invading force<br />
on Thursday and used civilian-operated drones for the first time as part of annual<br />
military drills on the self-ruled island amid escalating tensions with China.<br />
The drills were presided over by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and<br />
watched by the visiting King of eSwatini, the African kingdom formerly known<br />
as Swaziland, at the center of a diplomatic tug-of-war between Taiwan and China.<br />
China claims self-ruled Taiwan as its sacred territory, under its "one China"<br />
policy, and Beijing has never renounced the use of force to bring what it sees as<br />
a wayward province under its control.<br />
China's air force has conducted a series of military maneuvers near the<br />
island in recent months that Taipei has denounced as intimidation.<br />
"Our armed forces' combat effectiveness is the guarantee of our national<br />
security. It is the flourishing basis of society, and it is the back-up force for our<br />
values of democracy and freedom," Tsai said at the Han Kuang drills in the central<br />
Taiwanese city of Taichung.<br />
"So long as our armed forces are around, Taiwan will surely be around,"<br />
she added.<br />
More than 4,000 personnel and over 1,500 pieces of equipment were<br />
deployed in the annual exercise, with drones flying overhead to provide battlefield<br />
surveillance and construction workers practising repairs to an airbase runway.<br />
King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch and Taiwan's only<br />
remaining African ally, was the first foreign leader to observe the Han Kuang drills<br />
since Tsai took office in 2016.<br />
China has called on eSwatini to sever relations with Taiwan before early<br />
September, when Beijing will host a summit of African leaders.<br />
Taiwan has accused China of using dollar diplomacy to lure away its allies,<br />
promising generous aid packages, charges Beijing has denied.<br />
"In the process of the drills taking place, our armed forces' displayed their<br />
fighting capacity and our ally nation was able to observe," said Taiwan Defence<br />
Ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi.<br />
"This is one way we hope to deepen our dialogue on both sides," he added.<br />
Taiwan has said it has received assurances from eSwatini that ties are<br />
secure.<br />
Taiwan has recently lost two diplomatic allies, the West African state of<br />
Burkina Faso and the Dominican Republic which established relations with Beijing.<br />
Taipei has official ties with just 18 countries worldwide.<br />
In a move certain to rile Beijing, Chen said Taiwan was eager to take part<br />
in a US-hosted naval drill. The Pentagon last month withdrew an invitation to<br />
China in response to what it sees as Beijing's militarization of islands in the South<br />
China Sea.<br />
The Rim of the Pacific exercise, known as RIMPAC, is billed as the world's<br />
largest international maritime exercise, held every two years in Hawaii in June<br />
and July.<br />
Tension between Taiwan and its big neighbor has increased in recent<br />
months, with China suspicious Tsai's administration wants to push for the island's<br />
formal independence.<br />
Tsai has said she wants to maintain the status quo, but will protect Taiwan's<br />
security and not be bullied by Beijing.<br />
Taiwan is equipped with mostly US-made weaponry and wants Washington<br />
to sell it more advanced equipment, including new fighter jets.<br />
Military experts say the balance of power between Taiwan and China has<br />
shifted in favor of China, which could probably overwhelm the island unless US<br />
forces came quickly to its aid.<br />
(Reporting By Jess Macy Yu; Writing by Anne Marie Roantree; Editing by<br />
Darren<br />
SKNAAA Notice-National<br />
Championships<br />
The St. Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, SKNAAA, wishes<br />
to inform all<br />
track and field fans that the 2018 National Championships will take place this<br />
Sunday, 17 th June, from 12:00 Noon-6:00PM, at the Kim Collins Athletic<br />
Stadium.<br />
All the top athletes, including those based overseas, will be here for this all<br />
important championships.<br />
All athletic fans are therefore encouraged to provide their usual support to our<br />
youth, junior and senior athletes.
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018 The Labour Spokesman PUBLIC INFORMATION<br />
19<br />
Ireland Attains Test-Cricket Status - By J C Andrews<br />
After more than a decde of playing top-class international cricket Ireland were<br />
recently admitted to 'Test' status. In that run-up they had featured in three successive<br />
World Cups, and, during the same period, they managed to inflicted defeats on<br />
notable test giants England, The West Indies and Bangladesh.<br />
During the 1800s the English introduced cricket to Ireland, who fielded their<br />
first team in 1855. They toured Canada and the United States laterin that century<br />
(the 19th) and, from time to time, hosted matches against international sides<br />
touring England.<br />
In Ireland cricket grew in popularity until the early 1880s. However the game<br />
suffered some setbacks as a consequence of what was known as 'The Land War',<br />
which had started in 1879, resulting from the 'Irish Land Commission', and the<br />
Gaelic Athletic Association placing a ban on the playing of 'foreign' (read British)<br />
games, and all those who did so were subsequently debarred from playing truly<br />
'Irish' games, such asGaelic football and hurling.<br />
They played their maiden first-class match in 1902 while on a tour of England,<br />
over the course of which they were able to secure one win and two draws, and<br />
suffered one defeat, a most commendable performance by what was essentially a<br />
non-cricketing country against one of the top teams in the world.<br />
That very first match was played on 19 May 1902 against a London County<br />
side which included the legendary W G Grace. Under the captaincy of Sir Tim<br />
O'Brien the Irish won by a very convincing 238 runs.<br />
In 1894 Ireland had played Souht Africa, their first game against a Test-match<br />
side, which they lost. However they defeated South Africa when they played against<br />
them again in 1904, their first victory against a Test-match team.<br />
Ireland and Scotland began playing a series of annual first-class matches in<br />
1909. Those lasted until 1999, only interrupted by the two world wars. Begining<br />
in 1924 the Irish played a series of annual first-class matchesagainst the MCC.<br />
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Kittitian and Nevisian students studying at the undergraduate level have just a few days left to<br />
apply for the 2018 TDC Michael King Scholarship Grant.<br />
With the deadline of Friday <strong>15</strong>th June 2018, citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis (expect employees of<br />
the TDC Group or its related Companies), who are normally resident in the Federation pursuing<br />
full-time undergraduate studies and intend to return after completion of their course of study have<br />
just about one (1) week left to submit their respective applications.<br />
The Annual award is intended to assist Nationals who are desirous of pursuing higher education in the<br />
following areas, but is not limited to, Agriculture, Architecture, Accounting, Business Management,<br />
Construction Management, Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, and Pharmacology.<br />
All applicants are required to maintain a minimum cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher<br />
and must demonstrate exemplary scholarship to receive a one-time disbursement of five thousand<br />
(US$5000) dollars for one (1) calendar year.<br />
Additional information can be obtained from the following sources:<br />
TDC Human Resources Department, Fort Street, Basseterre (869) 465-2511<br />
TDC General Office, Pinney’s Industrial Estate, Charlestown, Nevis (869) 469 5430<br />
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The Michael L. King Scholarship Grant was introduced in 2007 and is an honorary bursary named<br />
after the company’s second Chairman, who was a staunch advocate of Educational excellence.<br />
National Caribbean Insurance Company Limited having made<br />
sworn deposition that policy number 73905 on the life of<br />
Ju’Zariyah Clarke has been lost, and having made application to<br />
the directors to grant a special policy, notice is hereby given that<br />
unless objection is raised within one month of the date hereof,<br />
the special policy asked for will be issued.<br />
Dated: <strong>15</strong>/6/2018<br />
By Order,<br />
Cedric Jeffers<br />
General Manager
20 PUBLIC INFO<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
They developed a habit of<br />
surprising test-cricket sides,<br />
much as they had done to South<br />
Africa in 1904. In 1928 they<br />
played their first match against<br />
The West Indies. It was a threeday<br />
match, played in Dublin,<br />
and they won by 60 runs. In<br />
1969, in a match played at<br />
Sion Mills in County Tyrone,<br />
the Irish again defeated The<br />
West Indies, this time by nine<br />
wickets, they having bowled us<br />
out for a truly paltry 25 runs.<br />
That West Indies side included<br />
players of the calibre of Clive<br />
Lloyd and Sir Clyde Walcott.<br />
They became an Associate<br />
Member of the ICC in 1993,<br />
and it was not long before<br />
they had attained the status of<br />
'leading Associate'.<br />
Ireland qualified for Cricket<br />
World Cup in 2007 and have<br />
played in that tournament ever<br />
since.<br />
They also qualified for the<br />
World Twenty-20 contests<br />
of 2009, 2010, 2012, and<br />
2014, and have won the ICC<br />
Intercontinental Cup four times<br />
since 2005, their most recent<br />
win being that of 2013.<br />
In 2006 Ireland played their<br />
first One Day International.<br />
That was against England.<br />
Since that time they have<br />
played 117 ODIs, chalkingup<br />
51 victories and 3 ties,<br />
experienced 57 defeats, and<br />
7 games without any results.<br />
They are currently ranked<br />
twelth (12th) in the ODI form<br />
of the game.<br />
They became a 'professional'<br />
side in 2009 when they began to<br />
retain players on a contractual<br />
basis, and in January 2012<br />
Mr Warren Deutrom, chief<br />
executive of Cricket Ireland,<br />
announced to the public their<br />
ambition to play Test Cricket<br />
by the year 2020, a goal which,<br />
to their credit, they attained 3<br />
years early. Before then Irish<br />
cricketers capable of playing<br />
at 'Test' standards were able to<br />
do so only by using 'residency'<br />
rules to which enabled them to<br />
play for England.<br />
Very significantly their<br />
maiden testmatch was played<br />
against Pakistan, one of the<br />
world's leading teams, but also<br />
one which they defeated, most<br />
memorably, in the 2007 World<br />
Cup, it having been Ireland's<br />
first win against a test cricket<br />
side in recent times.<br />
At first it seemed as though<br />
mother nature was going to<br />
cause a washout of their first<br />
game, but the rain eventually<br />
held off and allowed play to<br />
take place at the Malahide<br />
Cricket ground in Dublin,<br />
begining on Friday 11 May<br />
2018.<br />
The Irish team was: William<br />
Porterfield (Capt), Andrew<br />
Balbirnie, Ed Joyce, Tyrone<br />
Kane, Andy McBrine, Tim<br />
Murtagh, Kevin O’Brien and<br />
Niall O’Brien (brothers), Boyd<br />
Rankin, Nathan Smith, Paul<br />
Stirling, James Shannon, Stuart<br />
Thompson, and Gary Wilson.<br />
The opening bowlers were<br />
Boyd Rankin, who had played<br />
for England, and Australian<br />
born Nathan Smith. That was<br />
a clear indication that the Irish<br />
were truly 'out for business', and<br />
the whole side turned in a truly<br />
commendable performance.<br />
Having won the toss the<br />
Irish sent the Pakistanis in to<br />
bat. It was a gutsy move, and<br />
the Irish also played bravely<br />
throughout the match. Even<br />
so it ended in defeat. Pakistan<br />
decalerde at 9 for 310, with half<br />
centuries having been achieved<br />
by batsmen Faheem Ashraf,<br />
Asad Shafiq and Shadab Khan.<br />
With 4 for 45 Tim Murtagh<br />
turned in the best bowling<br />
performance for Ireland.<br />
Ireland repled with a mere<br />
130 runs all out. For Pakistan<br />
Mohammad Abbas took 4<br />
wickets for 44 runs and Shadab<br />
Khan took 3 for 31.<br />
Forced to follow-on the<br />
Irish put on a much better<br />
performance in their second<br />
innings, with Kevin O'Brien<br />
scoring 118 runs, and Stuart<br />
Thompson 53, ending<br />
the innings at 339 all out.<br />
Mohammad Abbas turned<br />
in another outstanding spell<br />
of bowling with 5 for 66. It<br />
was his second five-wicket<br />
achievement Test cricket.<br />
With Pakistan needing 160<br />
runs to win the Irish got off<br />
to a very good start, quickly<br />
capturing three wickets to<br />
with Pakistan having a mere<br />
14 runs on the board. That was<br />
during the Tuesday morning<br />
session. For quite some time<br />
the Pakistanis were extremely<br />
nervous. Indeed, they were<br />
truly scared and very much<br />
on edge. However opening<br />
batsman Imam ul-Haq and the<br />
number 5, Babar Azam, turned<br />
in a partnership of 126, which<br />
took their side safely across<br />
'the finishing line', winning by<br />
5 wickets.<br />
Kevin O'Brien was<br />
adjudged the Man of the Match<br />
for his century.<br />
Even though Ireland's<br />
historic Test debut ended<br />
in a five-wicket defeat their<br />
accomplishment is most<br />
worthy of note, and should<br />
serve as a strong motivation<br />
for those sides now languishing<br />
in terms of their test-match<br />
performances.<br />
The Irish cricket team<br />
represents ALL of Ireland,<br />
namely both north and south<br />
of the border. Their journey to<br />
test-status has been a long and<br />
truly ardous one. It should serve<br />
as a guiding light to others, not<br />
only interms of cricket, but also<br />
where all of life's endeavours<br />
are concerned.<br />
H e a r t i e s t<br />
congratulations to the people<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
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LIQUOR LICENCES ORDINANCE, 1906<br />
SCHEDULE A<br />
LIQUOR LICENCES ORDINANCE, 1906<br />
SCHEDULE A<br />
To Magistrate “A”<br />
To Superintendent of Police.<br />
I, Lewis Richardson now residing in #135 Ivy Battice<br />
Street in the town or village of Basseterre do hereby give you notice<br />
that it is my intention to apply on 2nd day of July next to the District<br />
Magistrate at District A for a Liquor licence in CockleShell Beach Street<br />
in............<br />
Dated this 07th day of June, 2018<br />
Signed<br />
Lewis Richardson<br />
To Magistrate “A”<br />
To Superintendent of Police.<br />
I, Caroline Rogers (The Exotic Gardens) now residing in Upper Market<br />
Street in the town or village of Basseterre do hereby give<br />
you notice that it is my intention to apply on 2nd day<br />
of July 2018 next to the District Magistrate at Basseterre for a<br />
Retail licence in respect of my premises in Upper Market Street in<br />
Basseterre<br />
Dated this 08th day of June, 2018<br />
Signed<br />
Rogers
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018 The Labour Spokesman COMMENTARY<br />
COMMUNITY<br />
POLICING TEAM<br />
ADDS TOWN HALL<br />
MEETINGS TO THEIR<br />
OUTREACH PLAN<br />
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 14, 2018 (RSCNPF): The Community Policing<br />
Team decided to spread their arms a bit more and have added town hall meetings<br />
to their list of outreach activities.<br />
According to team member, Officer Lauston Percival, every Thursday the<br />
group will be visiting a different community. This Thursday (June 14) they will<br />
be at the Bronte Welsh Primary School at 5:30 p.m. That meeting will be for the<br />
residents of Challengers, West Farm and Boyds.<br />
“Yes we’re in the schools and we have done walk-throughs in the different<br />
communities, but we think it’s time to have a sit down with members of these<br />
various communities. We want to explain to the persons who attend what<br />
community policing is about, what to expect from community policing and what<br />
we expect from them,” Officer Percival said.<br />
The Community Policing Team has been a key part of the Ministry of<br />
National Security’s Explorer Movement. The Officers are the ones coordinating<br />
the various youth groups and also work along with primary and high schools.<br />
The idea to have town hall meetings came about as a result of feedback from<br />
principals, children and other members of different communities. The team has<br />
planned a series of meetings in both St. Kitts and Nevis.<br />
“We want to meet with the community, but also important is meeting the<br />
parents in the communities. They will be held in St. Kitts and Nevis. The thing<br />
about it is, when it comes to community policing, any avenue you can get to<br />
reach out to people you should use it, any time you can get to even one or two<br />
persons you should use the opportunity. So any avenue you can use to speak to<br />
people you should take it,” said an enthusiastic Percival.<br />
Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for the position of<br />
IT MANAGER at the St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation, Lower<br />
Bourryeau Estate, St. Kitts.<br />
Job Description<br />
The selected applicant will be responsible for maintaining all<br />
computerized platforms, print and network services at the facility. Primary<br />
responsibilities will include:<br />
• Contributing to the validation and implementation of computerized<br />
systems, generation and modification of facility Standard<br />
Operating Procedures (SOPs).<br />
• Providing technical training oncomputerized platforms, routine<br />
hardware maintenance, software platforms and provides logistical<br />
support to the Chief Technology Officer, Director of Research<br />
Operations, Facility Manager and contract IT support.<br />
Preferred Experience Requirements<br />
• Familiarity with Google G-Suite administration<br />
• Familiarity with Synology NAS devices and user administration<br />
• Familiarity with Ubiquity Unifi network devices<br />
• Basic knowledge of AWS platforms and administration<br />
Education & Additional Experience Requirements<br />
• BA, BS, or equivalent in a technical field of study (such as computer<br />
science, electrical engineering, or mathematics) or equivalent work<br />
experience<br />
• 2+ years experience supporting IT help desk functions or equivalent<br />
• 2 or more years of experience implementing and supporting IT<br />
systems including server and client-side applications and operating<br />
systems<br />
• Technical expertise in two or more IT related fields including PC<br />
or Mac hardware repair, Windows or MacOSX IT support, Office<br />
365, network storage and data archiving, network configuration and<br />
management<br />
• Understanding of core internet technologies - DHCP, DNS, mail<br />
transport, TCP/IP<br />
• Security-focused knowledge of one or more of the following:<br />
Databases, Networking, Virtualization, Cloud (IaaS)<br />
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills<br />
21<br />
Photo: Community Policing Team in Nevis having a discussion with<br />
Development Bank employees.<br />
Applicants not meeting the above requirements will not be contacted for<br />
an interview.<br />
Kindly forward all applications to: hr@skbrf.org and/or to the below<br />
mailing address:<br />
St. Kitts Biomedical Research Foundation<br />
Attn: General Manager<br />
P.O.Box 6018<br />
Lower Bourryeau Estate<br />
St. Kitts W.I.
22 NEWS<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
URBAN<br />
DEVELOPMENT<br />
UNIT HOSTS<br />
OPEN FORUM<br />
TO DISCUSS<br />
CHALLENGES<br />
AND SOLUTIONS<br />
TO PROBLEM OF<br />
STREET VENDING<br />
IN BASSETERRE<br />
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 13, 2018 (SKNIS): The Urban<br />
Development Unit within the Ministry of Urban Development<br />
hosted an open forum on Tuesday, June 12, for street vendors<br />
and key stakeholders to discuss challenges faced by both in the<br />
capital, Basseterre.<br />
“We all recognized that there are challenges regarding street<br />
vending. Challenges to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic and<br />
challenges by the vendors themselves,” said Director of the Urban<br />
Development Unit, Rhon Boddie. “So, we thought it best to have<br />
this forum to get an idea as to what challenges are faced by the<br />
vendors and stakeholders and to inform them about what we are<br />
going to do as a possible solution to these issues.”<br />
Mr. Boddie explained that the solution will be carried out in<br />
phases, but the grand solution is still in the works.<br />
In the first instance, a registry will be created for vendors to<br />
document what they sell and their current location.<br />
In addition to this, the Urban Development Unit has devised<br />
a plan to move vendors who sell from food trucks.<br />
“We plan to create a small food court at North Square Street<br />
on a property that belongs to government and have these truck<br />
vendors park there instead of around town, especially around the<br />
Independence Square.<br />
One of the plans put forward by the Urban Development Unit<br />
was to have Liverpool Row, between College Street Ghaut and<br />
Shear Lane, blocked from vehicular traffic and set up what will<br />
be termed “vendors alley” where spaces will be issued to different<br />
vendors to sell in that location.<br />
The director shared that there are also a number of challenges<br />
faced by the stakeholders.<br />
“We had the police who expressed their concerns with regards<br />
to vehicular traffic and pedestrians speaking about vendors who<br />
take up the sidewalks,” he said. “The pedestrians have to walk<br />
in the street, which causes an issue for both pedestrians and<br />
vehicular traffic.”<br />
Representatives from the Ministry of Tourism spoke about<br />
nuisances that can be created from vendors in various unfavourable<br />
locations around the capital.<br />
Also, there was representation from the Environmental Health<br />
Department whose concerns were the preparation of food and the<br />
possession of a food handler’s permit among other things.<br />
The Solid Waste Department expressed concerns about the<br />
disposal of waste especially patrons who do not properly dispose<br />
of their items.<br />
Mr. Boddie expressed that he was pleased with the turn out<br />
of the vendors.<br />
“In fact, we had a packed house. They did express their<br />
feelings from wanting to know first and foremost if they have to<br />
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
move where they would have to move to,” he said.<br />
The director noted that one of the surprising thing that came out of the forum was both the<br />
government and the vendors coming to an agreement that there must be a measure of control on<br />
street vending.<br />
“I expected that to be more from our end, but it was highlighted more from the street vendors<br />
end. That was a positive in my opinion,” he said.<br />
Representatives from the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, along with Minister of Public<br />
Infrastructure, Post, Urban Development and Transport, Honourable Ian Patches Liburd, and senior<br />
staff of his ministries, were present at the forum.<br />
Vendors in meeting with Government Officals. SKNIS Photo
Friday, June <strong>15</strong> TH 2018<br />
The Labour Spokesman<br />
COMMENTARY<br />
SMOKE. FIRE AND FAMALAAYYY!!!<br />
By: FAIR SHARE FOR ALL<br />
23<br />
By Vigilante<br />
Dey say dat de queen offer to wine and dine Humpty Dumpty<br />
if he come up for de big meeting. But Humpty Dumpty ain<br />
even acknowledge receipt a she invitation. Dey say Ole Mother<br />
Hubbard tell him is a trick and anytime he go anywhere near<br />
England, is lock dey gon lock him up.<br />
Poor Ole Mother Hubbard and de bad wud minister carn go<br />
near England air space either. Dey done wuk out dat any time<br />
dey mek a mistake, is divert dey gon divert de plane and lock<br />
dem up in England.<br />
Dey done start extradition procedure gainst Humpty Dumpty<br />
and dey trying to get Ole Mother Hubbard to tun crown evidence<br />
gainst him. But she tell Scotland Yard to give her some time to<br />
tinkbout it.<br />
De bad wud minister tell Humpty Dumpty dat he gon have<br />
to give him everyting he ask for if he ain want him tun crown<br />
evidence gainst him. He say dat he pull he piece on people and he<br />
get way plus de underage girl story. He help he family get way wid<br />
stuff. If he ain want to go jail where everybody know him and<br />
he know everybody, is no way he gon tek any jail in England.<br />
After Humpty Dumpty had he big meeting and say what he<br />
say bout de rest a dem, de frilly mout deputy tell de Marriott man<br />
dat he not surprise. He tell him dat was why he was trying to tell<br />
dem to leave Humpty Dumpty alone. Because now he say what<br />
he say and all a dem had to back dung, it really look like PAM<br />
dead and one really more dan four.<br />
Dey say dat Humpty Dumpty and he brother fly out even<br />
before de Social Security shingdig done for him to go visit he<br />
spiritualist. He say dat Ole Mother Hubbard believe in all kinda<br />
ting and does do all kinda ting to keep de jumbie dem far. And<br />
he say like how Aunty come back, he had was to go way quick,<br />
quick to gird he loinsdem.<br />
But people in de know say dat he went go visit de herbalist dat<br />
de lady tell him bout. Dey say dat even though he mek de lady<br />
tek dung she post, he did call de herbalist and he tell him dat de<br />
lady right. De stuff inside a him for over two years. It look like<br />
dey dump all de __it from Dubai in he belly.<br />
Dey say dat because even PAM people saying dat PAM dead,<br />
de PAM politician dem say dat dey not tekking on Humpty<br />
Dumpty and dey going on whatever radio station dey want. And<br />
if he ain want to listen to de radio station dat is he business. He<br />
done busedem and say dat all a dem a tief and he never trust dem<br />
before and he still ain trust dem now.<br />
People want to know if is true dat Humpty Dumpty family is<br />
who does have de herb to sell when it scarce in de rest a de country.<br />
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Every time that I hear of a drug bust or a<br />
gun bust and it involves customs officers, police<br />
officers or some other persons sworn to uphold<br />
the law, I become more and more convinced<br />
that ninety-nine percent of the illegal firearms<br />
in our beloved federation came through our air<br />
and sea ports.<br />
It seems that the importers of these illegal<br />
weapons and drugs have people working for<br />
them at the air and sea ports who facilitate, for<br />
thirty pieces of silver, the easy movement of<br />
these illicit goods into our country.<br />
If this is so, we have a serious problem. And<br />
because these rogue officers have no conscience<br />
and don’t care how many persons are killed by<br />
the guns they allow to pass through or don’t<br />
care how many drug addicts they create, the<br />
authorities have to find a way to not just weed<br />
them out of the system, but to expose them and<br />
jail them.<br />
But we have a bigger problem when the<br />
importers are the customs officers and the police<br />
officers themselves.<br />
I believe that for how many times there has<br />
been a bust involving those who are being paid<br />
to guard us and protect us, those honest persons<br />
at the top have to do things differently.<br />
Perhaps it is time for lie detectors to be part of<br />
the vetting process. If I could be hearing names<br />
of people who “do things” and are involved<br />
in “things” and I do not work in the Customs<br />
Department nor in the police station, certainly,<br />
senior persons must also be hearing “things”.<br />
And while I am not encouraging witch<br />
hunting at all, most times where there is smoke,<br />
there is fire.<br />
Take for instance this story going around that<br />
thousands of fake driver’s licences were issued<br />
in the federation.<br />
I can bet my watch and my shoes that if this<br />
story is true, those at the top had heard rumours<br />
before.<br />
The federation is too small for somebody big<br />
not to have heard something.<br />
But the problem is that everybody has a<br />
friend. Or worse yet, the politics of the deviant<br />
is of critical importance.<br />
It seems as if these entities are so contaminated<br />
that only a complete and thorough purge done by<br />
some big name body or bodies from the USA,<br />
Canada or the UK will produce the results that<br />
fair minded persons want to see.<br />
Team Unity said that they had the solution to<br />
every single problem that befell the federation<br />
so they should not have any difficulty finding<br />
the will to do what needs to be done to rid the<br />
Customs, the Police Force and all such entities of<br />
all these undesirable characters who are sullying<br />
our good name.<br />
But as I write this, I am reminded that it might<br />
not be in the best interest of some people in Team<br />
Unity to make a big song and dance about trying<br />
to clean up the Police Force nor the Customs<br />
Department, for example.<br />
It might not be in their best interests to raise<br />
it at all.<br />
For when a prime minister can say for all<br />
the world to hear that not one member in his<br />
cabinet can hold a candle of correction to him,<br />
how then will he be able to accuse the police or<br />
the customs or anybody for that matter of any<br />
wrong doing?<br />
It seems to me that sleeping dogs will be<br />
allowed to sleep.<br />
Nobody in Team Unity has the moral<br />
authority to tell nobody else, in cabinet or out<br />
of cabinet, that they are doing wrong.<br />
None of them can hold a candle of correction.<br />
None of them has clean hands.<br />
This is not good for the federation.<br />
Not good at all.<br />
And it is not coming from Labour. It is<br />
coming from the person in charge of all of them.<br />
You know, since Team Unity got into power,<br />
I cannot think of one week that has gone by<br />
without some drama of some sort.<br />
Team Unity is a soap opera. A soap opera<br />
government.<br />
Drama and scandal. Scandal and drama.<br />
We need an end to this. We need to feel<br />
settled.<br />
Trust me. Traffic lights all around St. Kitts<br />
will excite for a while. The second cruise pier,<br />
once no more machinery topples into to the sea,<br />
will also excite for a while.<br />
But the excitement will not last forever.<br />
Both Labour and Unity supporters are<br />
unsettled. Worried about all these scandals.<br />
You see how life is.<br />
When in opposition, Team Unity used to<br />
make up scandals. Now in government, their<br />
scandals are real.<br />
We have had the opportunity to see Timothy<br />
Harris in action. And what he has shown us is<br />
not good.<br />
We saw Douglas too. And while it was not<br />
perfect, we were not embroiled in these weekly<br />
scandals.<br />
So we have to end the scandals.<br />
We have to get rid of Team Unity.<br />
Scoops<br />
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LIQUOR LICENCES ORDINANCE, 1906<br />
SCHEDULE A<br />
LIQUOR LICENCES ORDINANCE, 1906<br />
SCHEDULE A<br />
To Magistrate “A”<br />
To Superintendent of Police.<br />
I, Jeanette K Huggins now residing in Market Alley<br />
Street in the town or village of Lower Cayon do hereby give<br />
you notice that it is my intention to apply on 2nd day<br />
of July 2018 next to the District Magistrate at Basseterre for a<br />
Retail Liquor licence in respect of my premises in Main Street in Lower<br />
Cayon.<br />
Dated this 28th day of May 2018<br />
Signed J Huggins<br />
To Magistrate “A”<br />
To Superintendent of Police.<br />
I, Yogini Devi Samaroo now residing in Lot D18 Earl Mourne Drive<br />
Street in the town or village of Basseterre do hereby give<br />
you notice that it is my intention to apply on 2nd day<br />
of July day of 2018 next to the District Magistrate at Basseterre for a<br />
Liquor licence in respect of my premises in Village Walk Food Court<br />
Street in Basseterre<br />
Dated this 11th day of June 2018<br />
Signed Yogini Devi Samaroo
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AUTHORITIES AT RLB<br />
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT<br />
IN ST. KITTS SUCCESSFULLY<br />
TEST EMERGENCY RESPONSE<br />
PLAN<br />
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 12, 2018 (SKNIS): Airport<br />
authorities could be meeting as early as this week to tweak their<br />
emergency response plan after it was tested over the weekend.<br />
St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA)<br />
officials at the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw (RLB) International<br />
Airport took the lead in executing a simulation of a plane crash<br />
on Saturday, June 09, during which they were able to successfully<br />
test their emergency response plan. The activity fell under the<br />
human assistance and disaster relief component of the Tradewinds<br />
2018 exercise currently taking place in St. Kitts and Nevis. In the<br />
simulation, the circumstances were that a Boeing 763 aircraft, with<br />
290 passengers and crew members was en route to Antigua and<br />
Barbuda from Puerto Rico and made a crash landing just short<br />
of the runway after both engines failed. The scene was set with<br />
the use of actors who played the roles of victims, a container for<br />
part of the fuselage and piles of crates that were set ablaze as the<br />
flaming scattered debris.<br />
The objectives of the drill were many, but chief among<br />
them were to test emergency response procedures, response<br />
times and mechanisms for several groups and entities including<br />
Air Traffic Controllers, Fire and Rescue Services, Emergency<br />
Medical Services, Police and Airport Security. The activity<br />
was also meant to assess mass casualty protocols at the RLB<br />
International Airport, multi-agency response and coordination,<br />
victim transporting capabilities for the hospital, as well as the<br />
activation and management of the Emergency Operating Centre<br />
(EOC).<br />
Airport Manager at the RLB International Airport, Ellsworth<br />
Warner, described the simulation as an opportunity for airport<br />
authorities to check the readiness of their emergency plan. Mr.<br />
Warner disclosed that he and his team would be meeting soon to<br />
discuss the way forward.<br />
"It was an opportunity for us to really see where we are and<br />
actually work towards improvement. So I'm not feeling bad about<br />
anything, it was a great opportunity to measure ourselves and to<br />
move on....we have a lot of work to do and we have to do them<br />
as quickly as possible because they are very crucial in some<br />
areas...," Mr. Warner said.<br />
He also encouraged members of the public to expose<br />
themselves to training in responding to disasters as well.<br />
"They need<br />
to know that<br />
disasters are<br />
possible and<br />
so even they<br />
themselves<br />
can get<br />
involved, get<br />
some training,<br />
and be part<br />
of the whole<br />
operation if it<br />
does happen.<br />
They don't have<br />
to be a part of<br />
SCASPA, but<br />
they can get<br />
some training<br />
wherever they<br />
work, whatever<br />
they do and in<br />
cases like this<br />
they can come<br />
in and provide<br />
assistance,"<br />
said the airport<br />
manager.<br />
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PROPERTY FOR SALE<br />
The property described below is offered for sale by Royal Bank of Canada in their<br />
capacity as Mortgagee:-<br />
Description of Property: ALL THAT lot piece or parcel of land with building thereon<br />
situate at Dieppe Bay, in the Parish of St John, Capistere, in<br />
the Island of Saint Christopher containing by<br />
admeasurement 3,134 square feet bounded and measuring<br />
as follows, that is to say: On or towards the North-East by<br />
lands in possession of M. Pringle and A. Pringle, 25.1 feet and<br />
46.7 feet; On or towards the South-East by a road, 44.7 feet;<br />
On or towards the South-West by lands in possession of I.<br />
Ferguson, 74.2 feet; and On or toward the North-West by an<br />
Access Road, 43.8 feet all the same as is described in an<br />
Indenture of Reconveyance in favour of Brenda Daniel,<br />
Diedre Daniel and Kishma Daniel dated the 24 th day of<br />
August 2012 and recorded as Deed No. 18,779 in Liber E<br />
Volume 8 at Folios 2099 to 2104 of the Register of Deeds for<br />
the Island of Saint Christopher.<br />
Tenders:<br />
NEWS FROM POLITICS<br />
Interested persons may obtain the Conditions of Sale from<br />
Royal Bank of Canada’s Attorneys-at-Law, Kelsick, Wilkin &<br />
Ferdinand, not later than Friday June 29, 2018 and the<br />
closing date for the return of Tenders is Friday July 20,<br />
2018.<br />
KELSICK, WILKIN & FERDINAND<br />
Attorneys-at-Law for Royal Bank of Canada (Mortgagee)<br />
Fred Kelsick Building, Independence Square South, Basseterre, St Kitts<br />
Tel: (869) 465-2645 Fax: (869) 465-7808<br />
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COAST GUARD UNIT ENGINEERS CERTIFIED TO<br />
DIAGNOSE AND REPAIR MERCURY OUTBOARD<br />
ENGINES<br />
Photo: A section of engineers trained and certified during Phase One of Exercise Tradewinds 2018<br />
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 14, 2018 (SKNIS): Three engineers from the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence<br />
Force (SKNDF) Coast Guard Unit are now fully certified and equipped with the skills and knowledge<br />
needed to diagnose issues and repair mercury outboard engines.<br />
The trio, Privates Shaquille Fredricks, Tristan Thomas and Romain Stanley, received their<br />
official certification from representatives of the Mercury Headquarters in Florida, U.S.A., during<br />
Phase One of Exercise Tradewinds 2018, which was held in St. Kitts and Nevis from June 04-12.<br />
Midshipman and Engineering Officer, Lenn Daniel of the SKNDF Coast Guard Unit, explained<br />
the practical need for the institution to have officers certified as mercury repair men.<br />
“The main purpose of having mercury certified engineers is to overcome the issues that surround<br />
warranty, due to the fact that we do not have a mercury dealer on the island. Our fast response vessels<br />
are fitted with mercury engines, which are very sensitive and expensive equipment that require<br />
specially trained personnel to work on,” said Midshipman Daniel. “We do have qualified outboard<br />
motor engineers, however, mercury requires all engineers working on equipment under warranty<br />
to be certified by their organizations’ standards. Therefore, these certifications will eliminate the<br />
need for having a dealer fly into the country to deal with minor issues that can easily be resolved<br />
by one of our own qualified engineers.”<br />
Private Fredricks noted that the training was important and extremely useful given that it<br />
broadened his knowledge and skills.<br />
“The training became useful because I had little knowledge of the mercury engines, but after the<br />
week and three days of doing the mercury training, I got a lot more knowledge. I learnt about how<br />
to use the computer that diagnoses the engines when they have mechanical and sensor problems,”<br />
he said, adding that the facilitator was quite clear and ensured that participants fully understood<br />
what was taught.<br />
Private Thomas said that the training was a good reminder for him as he undertook the basic<br />
course in Barbados prior to participating in Exercise Tradewinds 2018. He shared his views on<br />
having certified engineers living and working in St. Kitts and Nevis.<br />
“It is really useful to me to say that we have mercury engines and now qualified persons to<br />
work on them. First thing the facilitators did was to make sure that we knew the engine parts as it<br />
was the most important thing so that if we are called upon to assist we will know what to do,” he<br />
said, while noting that he had an exceptional time during the exercise. “The experience and the<br />
friendships were rewarding and they do impart some great training that affords us the opportunity<br />
to return to our place of work and teach others.”<br />
Based on feedback from members of the SKNDF Coast Guard Unit who were directly involved<br />
in all maritime tracks, the events appeared to be very well organized and exercises executed<br />
exceptionally well.<br />
To date, the United States Government through its Embassy in Bridgetown, Barbados, has<br />
donated a total of 14 mercury outboard engines to SKNDF’s Coast Guard Unit for use on the Coast<br />
Guard interceptors.<br />
Four Youth Parliamentarians to represent Nevis<br />
in CPA Regional Youth Parliament Debate in<br />
Cayman Islands<br />
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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 14, 2018) -- Hon.<br />
Farrel Smithen, President of the Nevis Island Assembly, says<br />
four youth parliamentarians will represent the Nevis Branch of<br />
the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), at the<br />
14th Regional Youth Parliament Debate in the Cayman Islands<br />
on Friday June 22, 2018.<br />
Mr. Rol-J Williams of Nevis Sixth Form College, Ms. Lauren<br />
Lawrence and Ms. Celestial Hanley from Charlestown School<br />
(CSS) and Ms. Charlyn Myers from Gingerland Secondary<br />
School (GSS) were chosen from a 32 students who participated<br />
in a Youth Parliamentary sitting at the Nevis Island Assembly<br />
on May 25, 2018. They will be chaperoned by Ms. Uta Taylor,<br />
a teacher at CSS.<br />
The debate is part of the 43rd CPA Regional Conference of<br />
the Caribbean, the Americas and the Atlantic Region, which will<br />
be held at the Marriott Hotel in the Cayman Islands from June<br />
<strong>15</strong> to 23, 2018.<br />
Mr. Smithen said the students will join counterparts across the<br />
region to debate on the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom.<br />
“In accordance with the resolution that was forwarded to<br />
us, this year’s debate will be in relation to the United Kingdom<br />
Brexit referendum results that was announced on the morning of<br />
the 24th day of June, 2016, that showed a 51.9 percent of those<br />
who voted in favour of the United Kingdom leaving the European<br />
Union,” he said.<br />
The President of the Assembly, added that the youth<br />
parliamentarians were actively preparing and, are looking at the<br />
pros and cons of the resolution. He believes they would do the<br />
topic justice at the debate.<br />
Nevis has participated in the youth parliamentary conference<br />
since its inception in 2000 in the Bahamas and has been successful.<br />
“Nevis has been in the forefront, to a large extent, within the<br />
youth parliament. We have had successes. I recall in 20<strong>15</strong>, Mr.<br />
Rol-J Williams was the Best Speaker and he was showered with<br />
gifts because of that. It was decided that they…do not have it as<br />
a competition.<br />
“I agree with that, let the children speak freely without trying<br />
to compete but at the same time, they have been getting rewards<br />
here and there in terms of their approach…but the idea for me<br />
is the expression, the knowledge that one would gain from<br />
participating in forums like these,” he said.<br />
Mr. Smithen believes that the benefits of participating in the<br />
debate are two-fold. The participants are given the opportunity<br />
to discuss among their peers in the region and provided with a<br />
better understanding of the workings of parliament which augurs<br />
well for their future.<br />
He noted that the attendance at the conference is not a<br />
government matter but a parliamentary one. However they do<br />
receive a stipend from the government to assist with some of the<br />
cost as well as financial assistance from the private sector to help<br />
defray cost for accommodating the students and airfare.<br />
Mr. Smithen is expected to leave Nevis for the Cayman Islands<br />
to attend the 43rd CPA Regional Conference on Saturday June<br />
16, 2018.<br />
Photo: Privates Fredricks (left) and Thomas (right)<br />
Photo caption: Hon. Farrel Smithen, President of the Nevis Island<br />
Assembly, introducing Youth Parliamentarians taking part in the<br />
14th Regional Youth Parliament Debate in the Cayman Islands<br />
on Friday June 22, 2018; (sitting left) Ms. Uta Taylor, chaperon;<br />
(standing l-r) Ms. Celestial Hanley, Mr. Rol-J Williams, Ms.<br />
Charlyn Myers and Ms. Lauren Lawrence
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