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April 6th 2018

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (KYSS FM) – Hon. Konris Maynard has joined the many others who have been vocal in demanding that the Team Unity government release the payments owed to those whose participation and services made the 2017/2018 Carnival celebrations a success.

This call, Hon. Maynard said is overdue, as it is almost four months since the end of the carnival celebrations.

To date, the Dr. Timothy Harris-led government has failed to disburse funds owed to the carnival winners, participants, vendors and other stakeholders.

On several occasions over the last months, the Carnival Committee, directed by Chairman Noah Mills and Minister of Culture, Deputy Prime Minister Shawn Richards, have communicated dates for a prize-giving ceremony only to cancel the event soon after.

Commenting on the matter, Hon. Richards has indicated that blame for the delay is due to the Cabinet and the constant lag of those involved.

The minister continued, while he had initially indicated payments would likely be made by the end of March, he had to wait for Cabinet to approve the submission of the money.

Although the funds have now been approved, according to the Minister, other issues inhibit the payout.

In a radio interview earlier this week, Hon. Richards added that, “Cabinet approved the submission in March and the Ministry of Finance was given the go-ahead to release the funds to the National Carnival Committee, however, the prize giving ceremony had to be put off due to the Easter weekend holidays, and then there were other big events.”

He also noted that the persons required to sign the cheques are not on the island and he too would also be traveling shortly.

5th April 2018

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (KYSS FM) – Elected representative for Constituency Number Three, Hon. Konris Maynard, has accused the Dr. Timothy Harris-led government of tampering with the electoral system to gain a political advantage instead of working to genuinely win the hearts and minds of voters.

Maynard made the argument in reaction to a proposed amendment to the National Assembly Elections Act in which the government intends change the requirements for voter registration by replacing the expression ‘ordinarily resident on the registration date’ to “ordinarily resident for at least six months before the registration date’.

Once passed, the new law would exclude persons who have not resided in St. Kitts and Nevis for at least six months from registering to vote.

This includes residents, non-nationals persons working or training in the Federation, students and many others.

The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party is against this action by the government, says Hon. Maynard, noting that persons must be given the right to exercise their franchise.

4TH APRIL, 2018

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (KYSS FM) – Dr. Terrence Drew, the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party’s candidate for Constituency Number Eight is chastising Prime Minister Timothy Harris for his recent comments on the type of persons who are hired into the civil service.

Earlier today, Dr. Drew added that, by his own utterances, Prime Minister Harris continues to reveal the greed of his Team Unity government.

Dr. Drew continued that it was shocking to hear the Prime Minister suggest that a person’s experience and qualifications, would have little bearing on their ability to find employment in the civil service, as affiliation with the Team Unity government carried more weight.

During his presentation at a government town hall meeting in St. Paul’s last month, Dr. Harris admitted that his government had granted a number of ‘favours’ for persons who now refuse to return a helping hand.

The prime minister also disclosed persons had received government employment because of their political affiliation and loyalty to the Team Unity movement.

These individuals, Harris went on, owe his government and should repay their debt by ensuring that his administration remains in power by any means necessary.

4TH April, 2018

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (KYSS FM) – Team St. Kitts and Nevis put in a commendable performance at the 2018 FLOW CARIFTA Games in the Bahamas over the Easter holiday.

The team who participated in the March 30th – April 2nd event, comprised of twenty athletes and four officials, returned home on Tuesday with one gold medal and three bronzes.

National Junior and Senior record holder in the 400mh, Reandra Richards, claimed St. Kitts and Nevis’ first medal when she finished third in her signature event. Richards finished with a season’s best time of 59.83 seconds.

Trishanni Warner then copped the gold medal in the Under-17 girls 800m with a time of 2:15.73.

In doing so, the 13-year old Charles E. Mills Secondary School student became the youngest athlete from the Federation to secure a CARIFTA medal.

The second bronze and third overall medal for St. Kitts and Nevis was picked up by the quartet of Junior Rouse, Sharim Hamilton, Timothy Caines and D’Ateyel Stanley in the under-17 boys 4x400m. The team finished in a time of 3:26.85.

The team’s fourth medal was secured by the Under-20 girls’ 4x400m quartet of Reandra Richards, Jerencia Jeffers, Aliah Vanterpool and Nickeisha Howe, which placed third in a time of 4:00.53.

The St. Kitts and Nevis team was led by Manager, Denville Francis and Assistant manager, Stewart Joseph.

They were assisted by Head Coach, Roatter Johnson and Kurvin Wallace, Assistant Coach.

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Weather Bulletin

Issued at: 7am Wednesday 4th April, 2018
Present Weather: Cloudy skies with showers in the vicinity
Winds: A Gentle breeze of 12mph from the East northeast.
Temperature: 26°C/78°F Humidity: 82%
Sea Level Pressure: 1014.9mbs or 29.97″
Sunrise: Tom 6:03 am Sunset: Today 6:25 pm
Weather Forecast Valid until 8am Tomorrow

Winds: Easterly at 6 to 12mph.
Seas: Slight to moderate not exceeding 1.2 m or 4 ft.
Weather Forecast for St. Kitts & Nevis: Occasionally cloudy
with a moderate or 50 percent chance of showers.
Weather tonight: Partly cloudy with a low or 30 percent chance of showers.
Eastern Caribbean Forecast: A weak low level trough is expected to
generate some unsettled conditions for some of the North Eastern Caribbean
Islands today; thus, cloudy intervals with showers are possible. Additionally,
daytime heating could generate some isolated afternoon thunderstorms across
some parts of Puerto Rico today. Elsewhere and otherwise, despite the
presence of a mid to upper level trough restricted moisture levels will dampen
significant shower activity, thus partly cloudy conditions and isolated showers
are expected.

3rd April, 2018

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (KYSS FM) – President of Trinidad & Tobago, Paula-Mae Weekes, has declined an invitation to attend the 16th Conference of Governors-General and Presidents of the Caribbean Region in St. Kitts and Nevis this month.

A statement from the Office of the President in Trinidad and Tobago indicated that Weekes had been invited to attend the meeting which takes place from April 8th to 12th.

The invitation to the conference was extended by the Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis, Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, just one week after President Weekes was sworn into office as Trinidad &Tobago’s sixth President and the first woman to hold the position.

A statement from the President’s House said that, “In declining the invitation, President Weekes indicated that while she considered it vital to maintain linkages and continue cordial discourse with her counterparts in the Caribbean, she preferred not to attend an event out of Trinidad and Tobago so soon after assuming office.

President Weekes believes that she should use these first few weeks in office to settle into her duties and take care of urgent matters commanding the attention and input of the President.”

President Weekes assured Governor General Seaton that, in keeping with tradition and protocol, she would make every effort to attend the next such conference.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (KYSS FM) – The body of a young Guyanese man was found in the Hamilton area of Nevis on Saturday, March 31st.

Since then, the man, now identified as Marlon James, was found in bushes near the area.

Sources who were on the scene at the time of his discovery have disclosed that James appeared to have about seven gunshot wounds to his body and his remains partially burnt.

James’ death brings the number of homicides in St. Kitts and Nevis to of eight.