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Caribbean Export-EU Media Launch

PRESS RELEASE


Three and a half years after the signing of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) the regional private sector has been urged to get on board, instead of passively standing on the sidelines.

The admonition has come from Head of the European Union Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Ambassador Valeriano Diaz, who says it is perplexing to hear business persons lamenting that they do not know much about the EPA. Continue reading

Legislative Reforms to Enhance Rule of Law and Strengthening Justice System

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, SEPTEMBER 26TH 2011 (CUOPM)

Hon. Patrice Nisbett

The present holding of a preliminary enquiry into criminal matters prior to trial is being described as “archaic, detrimentally automatic, uses up scarce judicial resources with no corresponding legal benefits to the criminal justice system and delays the conduct of trials.” Continue reading

Parliament Establishes Select Committee on Crime and Violence

Parliament Establishes Select Committee on Crime and
Violence and authorizes operationalisation of anti-crime strategy

Basseterre, St. Kitts, (CUOPM) –

A resolution authorising the operationalisation of the anti-crime strategy and the establishment of a Parliamentary Select Committee on Crime and Violence was passed in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly on Friday afternoon. Continue reading

UWI Consulting Firm Signs Contract Under Child Development Project.

The federation is now one step closer to the opening of the New Horizons Rehabilitation Centre as a team of consultants from UWI Consultancy Inc have signed a contract with the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to conduct consultancy services for the Establishment of An Institutional Framework for the Management of the Rehabilitation Centre. Continue reading

Half A Million Dollar Fine and 5 to 25 Years Imprisonment For Gang Membership Offences

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 2ND 2011 (CUOPM)

Stiff penalties are proposed for persons convicted for offences under draft legislation aimed at maintaining order and public safety and discouraging membership of gangs.

Hon Minister Sam Condor

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