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Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 7, 2022 (SKNCIC) — St Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SKNCIC) extends its sincerest congratulations to St Kitts- Nevis Labour Party on its success at the August 5th 2022 General Elections.

Special congratulations are extended to Dr. the Hon Terrence Drew- Leader of the SKN Labour Party and his parliamentary representatives for leading the party to victory at the polls, and on his subsequent appointment as Prime Minister of the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis.

Yesterday, the majority of elected members of the National Assembly placed their confidence in him to commence the implementation of the party’s programs, as Prime Minister of the Federation. We trust that these programs will ensure progress and prosperity, and maintain peace and stability, in our Federation.

The SKNCIC looks forward to working with Prime Minister Drew and his Government as we seek to continue the recovery from the devastating impact that the pandemic has had on both the economy and the people of the Federation.

We wish Prime Minister Drew every success in the pursuit of his party’s plans and programs during his tenure in Government. May Almighty God keep him under the umbrella of His holy hand, grant him strength and wisdom, and guide his path as he assumes the mantle of leadership of our Federation.

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Minister for Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment, Joachim Henry has lamented the loss of values in Saint Lucia, in response to reports that young men

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Dans cette tribune, Claude Lise Azede  conseillère municipale des Abymes, et secrétaire Générale du mouvement politique EKO ZABYM,  fait un premier bilan des premières semaines du mandat de député d’Olivier Serva. N’hésitez pas, vous aussi, à adresser à la rédaction vos tribunes, réflexions et analyses à l’adresse suivante : redaction.fa@agmedias.fr.

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Popular, veteran moderator and broadcast journalist David Ellis is chastising Barbadians for sitting quietly by instead of voicing their concerns to the powers that be in an attempt to bring about positive changes.

This kind of information is not available to the public. My question is, shouldn’t it?

“You all sit down in this country and go through all sorts of stuff and say ab-so-lute-ly nothing. You don’t question these things. Behave as though it is business as usual and therefore, does it get better? No! Keeping quiet doesn’t make it any better. It gets worse.

“So is it worth it to just remain silent when you paying all of these taxes and you expect that these systems are going to work for you? And if they’re failing, you have to draw them to the attention of those who have responsibility for them,” he urged.

Ellis made the comment after complimenting the organisers behind an Eye Clinic, being held at Sandals until August 11. He said that he received reports that over 300 people were in attendance for the free Eye Clinic. And he purported that someone told him the government should see this overwhelming response as proof that Barbados needs more eye clinics; at least four, were proposed.

This led him to say, “This is an area where, you hear Barbados is a place where you can get this and get that, but try to get it sometimes. The kind of stress that some people have to go through just to get that kind of public attention is immense. Because the system does not work as efficiently as it ought to. So, therefore, if there is this rush to see these ophthalmologists the question that we should be asking is, why this is happening? And what can be done to address it?

“But there is another question we need to ask, how many people can’t see because they can’t get to the ophthalmologist that would normally be available in the polyclinic and the public health system? Of course, we don’t get these details. This kind of information is not available to the public. My question is, shouldn’t it?”

He added that in today’s Barbados the predominant issues, not peculiar to Barbados, are the rise in fuel and cost of living, and most Bajans will say, “They expect that the government of Barbados to find the solutions because they elected the government of Barbados to find the solutions.”

But he challenged, “I don’t believe that that is the only way we should look at it because we are all in this together, and we have to be mindful of the fact that Barbados has limited resources and it requires more heads, more people putting their heads together to try to find the solutions to the problems. Do not buy into that narrative that comes from some that only the government has good ideas.

“The government promised you its Covenant of Hope, that there would be greater democracy, and that people should be able to participate, this is the time to put them to the test!”

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The teachers who stand proudly behind this year’s Barbados Secondary Schools’ Entrance Examination’s top performing girl and boy were “surprised but not surprised” with their results.

Loop delivered the news unknowingly to the principal and teacher of Renelle Best over at St Gabriel’s Primary School. But it was a joy to watch as J4 teacher Susanna Gall held her chest and congratulated her student saying that she deserves it.

Moving her hand between her chest and her mask as she seemingly fought to catch her breath with not only the fact that Renelle got a raw score of 100 in both Mathematics and English, it was a fresh set of breathlessness when she processed that Renelle is the overall top student on the island for this year’s sitting.

Gall said:

“The words are…not coming. I am indeed speechless in a positive way.

“I am extremely happy for her cause she has consistently worked at that excellent peak… So I’m excited but still not surprised!”

Meanwhile, over in St George at St George Primary, a quiet and more composed Kathy-Ann Spencer said, “I’m so proud of him…I did not expect this, but I’m not surprised because he has been working consistently well throughout the two years that I taught him and I know that he was working well even before he came to me in Class 3. Sometimes we tend to forget the teachers who taught these children when they are younger but that preparation and that standard of excellence began from way down in Infants.”

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