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BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 21st May 2021)-Leader of the opposition St.Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Dr. Denzil Douglas has rated the party’s recently held Constitutional Conference a success.
The event, which was held on Sunday 16th May 2021 was conducted in two parts-namely an opening/public session and a closed/business session.
“The conference has been a very successful one. A lot of the teething problems we’ve had over the years have been settled here after three hours of delegates endorsing them but almost nine month is revisiting , discussing , and focus group testing. A lot of consultations both within the party and outside of the party, bringing people who have not always been close to the center of the party.
In other words, practicing inclusiveness…This is what I think has been demonstrated here with the successful culmination of these months of hard work,” Dr. Douglas shared during an interview with this media house.” “It also now signals that after the party has stratified itself at the leadership level, its roles [and] responsibilities, the administrative support level, the party is now ready for battle.”
Party Chairman Dr. Terrance Drew, during the opening session, talked about the objective of the conference.
“What we are doing this afternoon, comrades is that we’re reorganizing to some extent, upgrading and advancing. If you have and you don’t advance it and don’t upgrade and don’t update it becomes obsolete. We are saying that even in the SKNLP that we must take a moment, a time. We must reflect on how we do things, we must reflect on our constitution and must ask those hard questions. Is the constitution as it stands now, it is serving the objective that we have which is to serve our people in a more modern era. That question has to be asked by you and among us as the executive, and the executive is a democratic aspect of our great party. We do not make decisions in isolation. We do not make decisions because you put us as the head and we think that we can do all that we want. We always consult you, the comrades of our party.”
He continued: “We would of have a number of meetings, we would have had branch meetings, zonal meetings, caucuses, we would have formed a number of committees that would have done extensive work over the last months since the last general elections and even before, and so what we have today is the culmination of that work where we will discuss here this afternoon, the changes that are proposed…”
Dr. Drew expressed gratitude saying: “To all of you who would have been involved in some way in making sure that all that work has been completed and that we can be here today, I want to say as the Chairman of this party, thank you, thank you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. So this executive is a consultative executive who listens to you, and this afternoon we’ll step further and consult with you as we seek to adjust our constitution. No other party in St.Kitts and Nevis can boast of this as the St.Kitts-Nevis Labour Party.”
Photo: A section of the audience in attendance at the Constitutional Conference of the St.Kitts-Nevis Labour Party held on Sunday 16th May 2021.
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 21st May 2021)-Individuals who use public transportation are being strongly advised to pay attention to the provisions of the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Act.
An appeal was made by the police representative on the National COVID-19 Task Force Superintendent Cromwell Henry when he spoke at an emergency session of the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) COVID-19 Daily Briefing on Wednesday 19th May 2021 which saw the announcement of the cancellation of all approved events due to a recorded case of COVID-19 involving an individual without overseas travel history.
“Persons using public transportation are particularly vulnerable to the spread of the virus due to the close seating arrangements of these vehicles. You are therefore strongly advised to the provisions of COVID-19 Prevention and Control Act which require the driver and all passengers to wear masks for the duration of the journey and maintain open windows if weather conditions permit,” he stated.
“Further, passengers entering these vehicles should be hand sanitized upon entry and the seats and other high touched surfaces of the vehicles should be sanitized before and after each trip.”It was also outlined that the Ministry of Health is involved in a comprehensive contact tracing exercise to identify possible contacts of the latest COVID-19 case.
“These contacts will be placed in quarantine in an effort to contain or prevent the spread of the virus. We solicit the full cooperation of the public in this exercise.” Superintendent Henry said the police and defense forces are mandated to provide support to the Ministry of Health “and we stand by ready to ensure that they’re allowed to discharge their responsibility in the interest of public health.”
Additionally, he said the COVID-19 Compliance Team will be stepping up their compliance enforcement activities to ensure that public health measures are complied with especially at business establishments and other public spaces. “We again call for calm as we go through this period and urge your full support and cooperation with the public health and law enforcement authorities,” he noted.
As it relates to the cancellation of all approved events, Superintendent Henry told that: “In light of the announcement by the Chief Medical Officer [Dr. Hazel Laws] and acting in the advice of the National COVID-19 Task Force, the Commissioner of Police has directed that effective immediately, all approved events are cancelled until further notice.”
Persons with approvals were expected to receive an email shortly reflecting this withdrawal of their permission following the announcement. Members of the public have been asked to note also that spectators will not be allowed in stadiums at sporting games as was previously announced.
Furthermore, all persons are advised to adhere to all the non-pharmaceutical COVID-19 prevention measures as stipulated in the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Act. Such measures include wearing face masks in public, maintaining a physical distance of six feet, good hand hygiene practices and avoiding crowds and crowded places.
GENEVA (ILO News) – The 109th International Labour Conference (ILC) has opened, the first to take place virtually due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Omar Zniber, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, was elected President of the Conference in its opening session, on 20 May 2021. He described his election as “a source of pride” for his country and the African region.
“As it is often said, the International Labour Conference is the global parliament of labour, affording governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations of Member States a unique opportunity to hold tripartite discussions about social and labour issues, as well as matters related to the world of work,” he said.
“This year, our Conference takes on a special format and is particularly significant, in view of its deferral last year for reasons we all know too well. Needless to say, high expectations have been placed in the work we will undertake over the next few weeks, and at the resumption of our session, later this year. I shall do my best, together with my Vice-Presidents, to guide our work in that spirit, and will spare no effort to ensure that this Conference is a success for all.”
ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, welcomed the start of the ILC and the important role to be played by the newly-elected Conference President.
“After the unavoidable deferral of this session last year, I believe that all ILO constituents – Governments, Employers and Workers – shared a common determination that this Conference should go ahead at this time because we had essential work to do and because the institutional continuity of our organization depended very heavily upon it.”
“Mr President, by conducting this Conference successfully under your leadership, the ILO will be taking one more step, and a crucially important one, in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic which has devastated the world of work over the last year and a half, and in so doing will be making a crucial contribution to building forward better.”
Three Conference Vice-Presidents were also elected during the session: Chad Blackman of Barbados, representing the Government group; Ronnie Goldberg of the United States, representing the Employers’ group; and Annette Chipeleme of Zambia, representing the Workers’ group.
The session closed following the appointment of officers to the committees and working parties. It will reopen on 3 June, when most Conference committees will begin their work, and will run over a period of two and a half weeks.
The plenary will resume on 7 June and will be in session until 19 June.
Items on the agenda in June include a special outcome document on the ILO response to COVID-19, the discussion of the reports of the Chairperson of the Governing Body and the Director-General, the ILO’s programme and budget for 2022-23, the recurrent discussion on social protection, and consideration of the reports on the application of labour standards during the pandemic and related country case discussions.
The second segment of the Conference will take place from 25 November to 11 December, with an agenda that includes thematic discussions on inequalities and the world of work, as well as skills and life-long learning.
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 20, 2021 (RSCNPF): A group of sixteen (16) constables are currently sharpening their skills at a week-long Constable Advancement Training Course underway at the Police Training School. This is the second cohort for the series of training sessions.
The High Command of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) launched the initiative on Monday, May 10, 2021, also with a group of sixteen Officers who received their certificates of completion on Friday, May 14. Presenters from within the force and invited facilitators cover several areas such as writing reports and taking statements, using the Crime Management System, case file preparation and law enforcement code of ethics. The purpose of the course is to further improve the performance of the Officers.
At a soft closing event for the initial exercise, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) with responsibility for Operations, Adolph Adams, made it clear that by the end of each training course the participants should meet his three expectations.
“I expect you to be involved in the advancement of your juniors. I expect you to be better Police Officers. I also expect you to assist your supervisor or manager in the running of your stations or departments,” ACP Adams said.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Adolph Adams
He reminded the Officers of the aim of the training and urged them to be professional both on and off duty.
“Presence doesn’t come by dressing the best or looking the most beautiful. Presence comes by being the best police officer you can be…we want to see our Police Officers behaving more professionally. We want to see you handling yourselves well when you go out to the court. We want to see you able to fill out your case files. We want you to be able to deliver to the public.”
ACP Adams ended by letting the participants know that he was looking forward to seeing them progress in their careers. He added that the High Command was committed to using every opportunity to build the capacity of the men and women in the Force. He thanked them for their feedback on ways to improve the course and told them that the input would be considered when planning future training exercises.
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 14th May 2021)-A family in St.Kitts is currently appealing to the generosity of the public to assist with raising monies to cover the medical expenses for 17-year-old Leondre Roberts who is undergoing medical treatment relating to brain injury.
Leondre, a citizen of St. Christopher and Nevis who resides in Tortola of the B.V.I (British Virgin Islands) suffered a severe asthma attack on September 25, 2020 and was rushed to the O Landor Smith Hospital unresponsive and went into a coma which lasted for three (3) months.
With sincere care and attention given to him, he came out of the coma but remained in critical condition as a result of hypoxic brain injury. After reaching out to Cuba for assistance, Leondre was recently accepted and airlifted to Cuba where he is now receiving treatment for the next six (6) months. A creative and talented young Leondre graduated with the class of 2020 from The British Virgin Islands School of Technical Studies in July 2020. He studied Automotive Repairs and Engineering, a field in which he is most passionate about.
“He hoped that soon he would become the owner of his own automotive company. He has big dreams,” his family says.
His family here in St. Kitts is hosting a Breakfast and Bake Sale fundraiser scheduled to take place on Saturday 29th May, 2021- 6am to 11am- at The Circus near Bank of Nevis (formerly the Royal Bank) is soliciting members of the general public for their support.
Proceeds will go towards assisting with overseas medical expenses. Other monetary donations can be sent to A/C#2827141 at the St.Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank or call 1-869-661-4208, 766-7000 or 661-1497 to speak to a family member so as to organise such.
Leondre’s parents are father- Andrew Roberts of St.Kitts and mother- Rozelle Glasgow of St. Vincent. He is also the grandchild of Vassil Roberts and nephew of Cleopatra Roberts both from St. Kitts.
Photo: 17-year-old Leondre Roberts and his father Andrew Roberts share a happy moment at his graduation day in July 2020 (photo courtesy family)
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 14th May 2021)- In light of an illegal entry to the island via a fishing boat, Superintendent Cromwell Henry, member of the National COVID-19 Task Force, has pointed out that unprotected and porous beaches around the island is the greatest entry threat as it relates to increased risk of community spread of the virus.
On Thursday 13th May 2021, police gave an update that a man who is a national of St.Kitts-Nevis, who entered the island on Tuesday 11th May, was found in a house in the Buckley’s Development area sometime after 3 a.m. (on 13th May). Police say the individual has been placed at a government-designated quarantine site and is under guard.
Superintendent Henry reportedly disclosed on Thursday afternoon that the COVID-19 test result for the suspect was negative and that he will be tested again at the end of fourteen (14) days.
Meanwhile, this media house understands that charges are expected to be laid against the individual.
The search for the man began on 11th May , after the police received information about 10:30am that a fishing vessel landing at Lime Kiln Bay and an individual with a suitcase getting off the vessel and running into the Lime Kiln/Village area. The vessel was taken into custody by The St. Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard. Investigations so far have revealed that it was stolen in Antigua and Barbuda on May 10.
“Our Medical Chief of Staff [Dr. Cameron Wilkinson] has always said that we can go into community spread as long as our borders are open and persons are entering from COVID-19 hot spots. Our borders include the unprotected and porous beaches around the island; this is where our greatest threat lies. Persons entering the country via this avenue do not follow any of the prescribed protocols and this puts the country at greater risk for community spread,” said Superintendent at the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) COVID-19 Briefing held on Wednesday 12th March 2021 following which he revealed that police were conducting an investigation.
“Our investigation so far has revealed that the vessel was stolen in Antigua the night before. This has led us to believe that the individual possibly came from Antigua. We are well aware of the COVID-19 situation in Antigua, with respect to community spread. This has raised concern for us as we do not know the COVID-19 status of this person who has now integrated into our society,” he stated also.
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 14th May 2021)- In observance of World Lupus Day under the theme ‘Make Lupus Visible’, a public awareness event was held on Monday 10th May 2021 in an effort to educate the public about the disease said to be affecting people of St.Kitts-Nevis likewise elsewhere in the world.
Seated at the head table at the event, hosted at the Conaree Wesleyan Holiness Church, were event coordinator Delwayne Delaney, Internal Specialist Dr. Terrance Drew and also Nurse Jessica Clavier who was diagnosed with the disease in 2017. Butterfly-shaped rash, mouth ulcers, other skin rash, kidney disease, achy joints, hair loss and chest pains are some of the symptoms of lupus. Globally, May is observed as Lupus Awareness Month while May 10 is World Lupus Day.
Delaney informed that the reason for hosting the event was a two-fold one including to honour the memory of his brother Delroy ‘Bummers’ Delaney. “The reason behind the event why I decided to plan this event was for two main reasons, and more so than the other. Firstly is to bring more awareness to this lupus ailment,” he said.
A past tribute flyer in memory of the late Delroy ‘Bummers’ who lost his battle to lupus
Delaney added: “I only learnt of lupus when my brother was diagnosed with lupus back in 2018. Before then, I had no clue what was lupus or where it came from and I’m sure others can testify to the same fact. And my brother, generally around his birthday, I tend to do something in remembrance of him and his birthday is on the 14th of May do I decided to why not bring some more awareness to the lupus and also while remembering him.”
Dr. Drew outlined that lupus is a condition that is fairly common in St.Kitts but most people have no knowledge or much knowledge about it. According to him, it sounds like leprosy and so forth, and so some people can mix it up.
“But it’s really an outer immune disease meaning that the body has an immune system. The immune system is like the army for the body which fights off infection… the outer immune system fights infections and it also kills cancer cells. Every day, we produce millions upon millions if not billions of cancer cells but because of our immune system that gives us defense both from external infections and also from internal especially the development of cancer, and so that immune system regulates that. The thing with lupus is that the immune system instead of attacking infections coming from outside or even instead of attacking the cancer cells, what happens with lupus is that the immune system which is the body’s army starts to attack what it is supposed to defend.”
According to him, the disease can be mild for some people and it can be very severe but it is more severe in men. Men get lupus less than women but when men get it, they get it worse than women and so men normally develop this aggressive type of lupus.”
Dr. Drew said that it is very difficult to prevent it whilst noting “We don’t even know what causes lupus.”
“We just don’t know. We suspect that it might be the hormonal system of women as they go through their menstrual cycles and the changes that the hormones go through that that might somehow contribute. It might be some infection that you pick up that you don’t know what type of infection it is. It could be that your own immune system is already deregulated and starts to attack the body. It might be genetic, it might be because of the environment that you live in, the type of food that you eat. We just don’t fully understand what causes Lupus and so to prevent Lupus, we just don’t know how to prevent it but we say in general that just like any other disease, live as health as possible- eat well, exercise and take care of themselves but there are many people who do that and still end up with Lupus,” he explained.
He then gave an example that ‘Bummers’ “was fit for almost all his life, exercise reliably and yet he got affected with lupus.” As understood, having an anti-inflammatory diet can help which means a healthy diet devoid of processed meat like hot dogs, vienna sausage and burgers is recommended.
“These things that come out of tin and plastic; all those are processed foods and those foods hardly have any nutritional value. A good piece of breadfruit on any day is better than most of them.”
Dr. Drew said such foods give a lot of inflammation to the body and “where there’s inflammation there is disease and where there is disease, there is death. Inflammation is responsible for most of the diseases- heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and mostly it is because of what we eat and the other thing is having the extra weight. That, too, because when you have extra weight you produce a lot of estrogen and the estrogen makes a man look more feminine and it makes a woman look more feminine but that in itself can cause a lot of diseases.”
Nutritionally rich foods such as fruits, vegetables, nuts, whole food, fibre and turmeric as well as drinking water are recommended to be part of one’s diet. “Things that are natural and the least processed things are the more natural they are. The healthier they are not just for lupus but for almost any other disease,” Dr. Drew advised.
He cautioned that processed foods have “a lot of chemicals and those chemicals have consequences that lead to diseases and so we are suspicious that these foods that are processed, are contributing to these outer immune diseases where disease attacks the body just like with lupus.”
As gathered, the hydroxychloroquine is used to treat lupus and helps significantly but when that drug does not work it affects the patient’s immune system. Also, when such is not strong enough, patients have to be given cancer drugs that suppress the immune system so it cannot attack the body.
“but if those antibodies are also to fight cancers and also to fight infections, if you are suppressing them to protect you from the surge of lupus…now you are exposed to all types of infections and you’re also exposed to having cancer do it means therefore it is a double whammy,” Dr. Drew pointed out.
The Internal Specialist talked about liking this year’s theme in bringing more public awareness because a good number of people in St.Kitts are dying from lupus “and people are like ‘What is lupus?’ and so a lot of people don’t know [about this disease]. A lot of females are affected by it.”
“We (the medical fraternity) don’t understand how people can go through life [and] have a lot of difficulty with this disease and therefore we need to know so that we can support them in whatever way we can.”
An illustrative image for lupus awareness (source:digjamaica.com)
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Friday 7th May 2021)- Here in the Federation of St.Kitts and Nevis, firefighters, along with protecting lives and rescuing human beings from dangerous situations, are also involved in saving animals as part of their duties.
“Any life, we hold sacred. That of human beings and also animals.”
That information was revealed by Fire Sub Station Officer Timothy Martin of the St.Kitts-Nevis Fire & Rescue Services department during an interview with this media house, stemming from the observance of International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD), commemorated worldwide on 4th May in the aftermath of a deadly bushfire incident that claimed the lives of five (5) firefighters on duty in Australia in December 1998.
“This is not an easy job. On a regular basis, you don’t find people sacrificing their lives to save other people unless it is for a family member or close friend but as firefighters, we do this on a daily basis for people we don’t even know.”
He added: “We are rescuers. We are trained extensively to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property and environment as well as to rescue people and also animals from dangerous situations.”
Providing details of past rescue scenarios involving animals, Martin highlighted that “We have had dogs trapped in holes, cats that got their heads stuck in a wire fence and a cat stuck in a tree situation that we had to do a rescue for a family. We’ve even had a cattle that fell into a septic tank at a new home that was under construction.”
On the day of observance (Monday 4th May 2021), fire officers on the island caught the eyes and ears of onlookers running through the streets for an official run exercise coupled with drill display.
Highlight of a Run event organized by the St.Kitts-Nevis Fire & Rescue Services as fire officers are seen going about the Bay Road (photo provided)
The routes included leaving the department’s compound located on Pond Road turning on Sandown Road and onto the Bay Road heading west then on to Fort Street next westerly along Cayon Street then down Church Street, east along Liverpool Rowe then up Fort Street.
The display was staged at the intersection of Central and Fort Streets.
Martin highlighted that this time around instead of a regular hosting of an IFFD week of activities, due to the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s observance was narrowed down to that day’s activity along with a shirt sale geared towards bringing awareness.
In rating the day’s event, he said: “It was very good. The officers enjoyed it. I wish to thank the public for their support for coming out and seeing what fire officers do.”
He said the shirt sale went well also and that only a few were left.
Additionally, he thanked persons and businesses who contributed towards a recent donation to fire fighter colleagues in St.Vincent and the Grenadines due to the current volcanic activity.
Martin informed that as a result of the public’s assistance his Department was able to send off 100 cases of water.
Efforts continue in this regard, and members of the public are being encouraged to give further assistance to the cause. To this end, interested persons can visit the department and make contact with Martin, Fire Sub Station Officer Romel Williams or sports coordinator Linel Richardson.
In sharing details about the fatal 1998 incident in Australia, he stated: “On that day, there was a huge bush fire and additional firefighters were called to assist in the area where it took place. Linton is a populated area in Victoria, Australia. They (the five fire officers) were heading to the scene, there was a shift in the wind and the flames engulfed their appliance (truck). Anyone who knows about bushfires in Australia knows that they are serious wildfires and with the vast amount of shrubberies, the fire was immense. These fire officers essentially lost their lives while battling an inferno and ever since then, the day has been commemorated because of their bravery and heroism.“
Killed were: Matthew Armstrong, Jason Thomas, Stuart Davidson, Chris Evans and Garry Vredeveldt.
Williams has extended gratitude to all past fire officers around the world “who would have paved the way for present fire officers and the future ones to come.”
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts (Friday 7th May 2021)-With ‘Our Federation’ being the current Social Studies topic for Grade Two students of the Irish Town Primary School, Teacher Brenda Hazel thought it best to give the children an outing in the heart of the island’s capital of Basseterre, St.Kitts on Wednesday 5th May 2021 so as to see and learn more about the various significant buildings covered in class.
This reporter spotted the field trip group along Church Street that morning while Masses House building, the headquarters of the St.Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union (SKNT&LU)-a workers’ representation organisation- was being talked about.
Notably, this media entity which is owned by the SKNT&LU is housed in that building also.
In an interview with Teacher Hazel, she highlighted: “Right now we’re doing the topic ‘Our Federation’ in Social Studies. We did the capital of St.Kitts and Nevis so we’re covering significant places in St.Kitts so we’re looking at the Independence Square, the St. George’s Anglican Church, St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union, The Treasury, Government Headquarters, the Development Bank and now we’re going across to Basseterre Police Station [Police Headquarters].”
The Irish Town Primary School’s Grade Two field trip group seen on their outing with the St.George’s Anglican Church in the background (Spokesman Snap)
She jokingly told the students to be on their best behaviour for that next stop (the police station) which saw the children giggling in response as well as the reply of a male student who claimed to be a police.
When asked the importance of having children participating in such an outdoorsy activity, she shared: “It is very important because some of the children have never been to town as young as they are and so they have not been exposed to these significant places; they know that they see them but they don’t know what they mean or how important they are, and so I decided to bring them so that they could actually see them first hand not just telling them so I just wanted them to see the places and say ‘I have been here and I have seen these things’ so that is why I am bringing them out today.”
Additionally, she gave her thoughts on the importance of citizens and residents knowing such details about significant places, in general, saying: “It’s our culture so it’s very important because we can hand it down to our children, and those children can then hand it down to other children. Even so the teachers because even though they are familiar with places, they themselves would become familiar too because we don’t know everything and so if we go to a place and someone (a worker) is there, that person can explain, and we (teachers) in turn can get more information so that we can share with the children.”
Commenting on the reception of the children during the outing, Teacher Hazel commented: “They are very excited because they actually know some of the places but they didn’t know what they were called so they’re saying ‘Oh, I know this building. I’ve been with my parents there before but they didn’t know what they were called so now we’re here, they are exposed to the significance of the buildings. For example, when I took them to the Development Bank they said ‘Oh, this is where you get money’ and so I told them ‘When you get older this is where you can get a loan to go off to study’ and stuff like that.”
Tagging along on the outside classroom trip were Principal Avonelle Carey-Fraites and at least two other workers attached to the school including a traffic warden.
Irish Town Primary is located in Basseterre at Fort Thomas Road on the outskirts of Central Basseterre.
BASSETERRE, St.Kitts (Friday 7th May 2021)-The Opposition St.Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) recently concluded its weekend of activities in observance of the annual Labour Day (International Workers’ Day) in St.Kitts-Nevis.
Monday 3rd May 2021, saw the yearly wreath laying ceremony. The St.Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union partnered-as usual- to salute the solemn occasion in memory of those fallen stalwarts recognised in the labour movement. Honoured were: Owen Caines, Charles E. Mills, Fitzroy Bryant, Robert Bradshaw (the country’s first national hero), Lee L. Moore, E. St. John Payne, Fidel O’Flaherty and his son J. E. O’Flaherty Jr., Sir Probyn Inniss, Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Joseph N. France and C. A Paul Southwell.
Later that day saw a ‘Labour On The Move Food Fair’ at Ponds Pasture and also at Green Tree Lawn.
A Church Service was held on Sunday 2nd May at Antioch Baptist Church located at Lime Kiln followed by a ‘Wine and Cheese Soiree’ event at the Galxay located at Port Zante that night.
Church Service photo highlights
A Health and Wellness Club Walk was held on the morning of Saturday1st May from the RLB Memorial National Heroes Park to Kittitian Hill Resort and back followed by a Backyard BBQ at Dewars Estate that night.
Notably, the SKNLP usually organises a worker’s day march to commemorate Labour Day which has been on pause since the COVID-19 pandemic.
The march has usually been held under the banner of the SKNLP celebrating its position that the social and economic progress of workers in the federation is credited to the labour movment.
Labour Day is a worldwide observed holiday which highlights the economic and social accomplishment of the working class people.
