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Caribbean L 24 ife, December 13-19, 2019
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
and environments and is being used in
many countries to inform policy makers
on how best to utilize scare resources
and better plan to protect citizens from
the impacts of weather-related disasters.
It said LIDAR contract had been
signed with the US-based design,
geospatial and infrastructure management
firm, Woolpert-GDS Joint Venture
and will be managed by the Department
of Physical Planning on the island.
St. Kitts
A move by the St. Kitts-Nevis government
to limit the terms of a prime minister
has been defeated after opposition
legislators stayed away when the vote
was called in Parliament recently.
Prime Minister, Dr. Timothy Harris
had piloted the Constitution of
St. Christopher and Nevis (Tenure of
Office of Prime Minister
(Amendment Bill,
2019) and it needed the
support of the opposition
to get the required
special majority needed to amend the
constitution.
But when the vote was taken, only
seven government MPs were present to
vote and Speaker Michael Perkins said
the bill had failed to meet the constitutional
requirement.
He said it would have required eight
elected members to have supported the
bill but because seven would have voted
it needs at least one part of a member
to make it two-thirds, so it would have
required at least one elected member of
the opposition to have supported the bill
for it to pass.
But the main opposition St. Kitts-
Nevis Labor Party had criticized the
legislation, saying it would not provide
the necessary support for the special
majority needed, noting also that given
the balance of power in the current
Parliament, the bill has no prospect of
being passed without support from the
opposition.
Trinidad
The Trinidad and Tobago government
is replacing the TT$100 currency to a
new TT$100 bill which National Security
Minister, Stuart Young said will
help fight money laundering and other
illicit activities.
Speaking at a news conference held at
the Diplomatic Center in Port of Spain
last Friday, Young said certain information
had been provided
to his ministry, regarding
certain criminal
and corrupt activities
which if allowed to continue
would undermine
the rule of law, good governance and
national security.
— Compiled by Azad Ali
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