BRIDGETOWN – July 19, 2022 – From July 5th to 6th, the Canadian Government funded Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) Project hosted a Symposium on Prison Reform at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort, Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis. The Symposium was attended by representatives of 9 CARICOM prisons virtually and […]
(By J. K. Roberts, Sound Public Policies Advocate; Circulated on Wednesday, 5th August 2020). Amidst vehement outcries from a broad cross-section of the general public, including ‘unusually’ the legal fraternity and the youthful generation, the government of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell had been pressured to assemble in order to delay for “formal public consultation”, a […]
By J. K. Roberts (Sound Public Policies Advocate); Circulated on Wednesday, 15 January 2020 A conspicuous area requiring serious electoral reform relates to the ‘primary and exclusive’ constitutional use of the Voter Identification Card, which is issued to an elector after registration in accordance with section 24 of the Representation of the People Act (RPA, […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, JULY 25TH, GIS: – Minister for Trade, Industry, Co-operatives and Caricom Affairs Hon. Oliver Joseph says while one batch of workers will be paid pension and gratuity retroactively, negotiations are ongoing for those who joined the service after February 22nd 1985, to agree on a formula for payment. In the first instance, fifty […]
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FEB. 21, 2018, GIS: Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell has described as ‘revolutionary’, an agreement between the Government and the Trade Union Movement on a formula to restore State Pension. Prime Minister Mitchell was addressing a rally ahead of Monday’s exchanged of a Memorandum of Understanding involving Unions, Associations and Government. “This […]
