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Labour Party Candidate – Denzil Douglas

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
May 21, 2012 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas was Sunday re-elected unopposed for the 24th consecutive year as National Political Leader of the ruling St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party.

Dr. Douglas was first elected Party Leader in 1989 and was unopposed on Sunday as all 8 constituencies on St. Kitts submitted his name.

Delegates to the Labour Party’s 80th Annual Conference at the St. Kitts Marriott on Sunday night also  re-elected unopposed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,  Labour and Social Security, Hon. Sam Condor as Deputy National Leader; Senior Minister and Minister of Agriculture, International Trade, Industry, Consumer Affairs, Fisheries and Constituency Empowerment, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris as National Chairman; Minister of Education and Information; Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty as National Vice Chairman; Mrs. Diana Williams-Humphries as National Secretary and National Treasurer is Dr. Norgen Wilson.

The new National Assistant Secretary is Karen Crossman. She replaces, Ms. Ghislyn Williams who did not seek re-election.

The three elected members to serve on the Executive are Dr. Vance Gilbert who received 201 votes; Thamesha Fyfield, 163 votes and Meshack Alford, 129 votes.

Other members of the National Executive representing the constituencies in St. Kitts are Sharylle Richardson (Constituency #1); Mr. Rudolph Morton (Constituency #2); Mr. George Dixon (Constituency #5) and Miss Ruby Taylor (Constituency # 6).  Constituencies 3, 4, 7 and 8 and Labour Women are to name their representatives shortly.

Miss Vincia Herbert is the representative for Young Labour

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St. Kitts – Nevis PM – Dr. Denzil Douglas
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
May 15, 2012 (CUOPM)

The St. Kitts – Nevis Government’s move to ensure that jurors empanelled to serve on criminal cases do not lose income is an important step in the preservation of justice.

“In addition, we certainly do not want only the well-off to be able to serve, free of financial anxiety because the role of a juror is an important one,” said Prime Minister Douglas during his weekly radio programme “Ask the Prime Minister” on Tuesday.

He was at the time commenting on legislation now before the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly that obligates employers to pay employees their full salary or wages while they perform jury duties.

“It is the cornerstone of the criminal justice system in countries large and small. And we want Kittitians and Nevisians to understand the enormous importance of their service to the nation, in this regard. As a result, we will, this week, be introducing legislation to ensure that those who are called for jury duty will no longer have to be worried about the financial implications of such service because, by law, their employers will be required to provide them with their normal salary during the period that they are serving on a jury,” said Dr. Douglas.

He told listeners it is an important step forward in terms of the entire society being more involved in the pursuit and preservation of justice.

“I very much look forward to the day when this will, indeed, be the law of the land.  Indeed, under the language as proposed by Attorney General the Honorable Patrice Nesbitt, an employer who fails to pay the salary of an employee on jury duty will be made to pay a fine – and this fine could be as high as EC$10,000. So it is important that we all take this proposed change very seriously,” said Dr. Douglas.

One caller from Nevis suggested to Prime Minister Douglas that the government find a way to ensure that self-employed are compensated for loss of income when they serve as jurors.

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Pom-Pom Girls Enjoy The March
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
May 07, 2012 (CUOPM)

Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, Leader of the political arm of the Labour Movement in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis showered praises on the massive turnout by residents for the annual Labour Day March through the streets of Basseterre on Monday.

Starting his message to the workers and supporters of the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union and the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party as the rain began to fall, Dr. Douglas expressed thanks to Almighty God for the blessings.

“I want to thank you for yet again demonstrating your full support for the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Movement. I want to thank the leadership firstly of the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union and jointly with the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party and the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis for putting on yet again, a massive Labour Day March in 2012. It has been a successful march through the streets of Basseterre,” said Prime Minister Douglas.

Dr. Douglas said the massive turnout on Monday inspite of all the challenges “is there is no stopping of the Labour Movement. There is no stopping of the Labour Party. There is no stopping of the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union.”

“With all that we are facing, Labour has demonstrated its firm commitment to move this great country forward,” said Prime Minister Douglas.

He said that although Labour Day is a day to celebrate and salute all the workers in St. Kitts and Nevis, “it is also a day to demonstrate that Labour is mobilised for action as of today, Labour Day.”

“I call on you wherever you are in your constituencies, in your communities to get on the move and become mobilised, mobilised for action, because neither you or I know when the action is going to be called for the Labour Movement of this country,” said Dr. Douglas.

He called on the membership of the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union and the supporters of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the founding of the Party during the 80th annual conference later this month.

“Become mobilised, vigilant, to be steadfast and to hold on to what you have, hold on to your Labour Party. There is none that can be better than us and that is why I say, none of them, none of them, not one of them can measure up to what we have to deliver to the people of St. Kitts and Nevis,” said Prime Minister Douglas.

The March began following the traditional laying of wreaths at the gravesides of former Labour Movement stalwarts including Father of the Nation, First National Hero and First Premier, the Rt. Excellent Sir Robert L. Bradshaw; First Chief Minister, Second Premier and National Hero, the Rt. Excellent Sir C. A. Paul Southwell; Trade Unionist and former Minister of Social Services and National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir Joseph N. France; Third Premier and former Attorney General and Ambassador, His Excellency Lee Llewellyn Moore; former Minister of Education and Attorney General Mr. Fitzroy Bryant; former Minister of Agriculture and Labour and Ambassador His Excellency Mr. E. St. John Payne and Trade Unionist, Mr. Fidel O’Flaherty.

The March, led by the leadership of the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union and the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, was preceded by the Pom Pom Girls.

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