PAM going to court
The opposition Peoples Action Movement (PAM) in St Kitts and Nevis says it intends challenging the outcome of Monday’s general election in which Prime Minister Douglas’ Labour Party retained power with a slightly reduced majority.
Labour won six of the eight seats on St Kitts with the other two going to PAM.
PAM leader Lindsay Grant lost by a mere 29 votes, and that’s one of two results that officials of the party say they’ll challenge in the high court.
Party chairman Cheslie Hamilton alleges that there were a number of irregularities that PAM wants addressed.
A warning to illegals
The Bahamian government is clamping down on illegal immigrants in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti and is warning those hoping to start a new life in the Bahamas not to try and enter that country illegally.
Immigration patrols in the territory have reported a surge in the number of vessels carrying illegals attempting to enter the Bahamas.
A group of Haitians was on Tuesday charged and detained after being found guilty of entering the Bahamas illegally on Monday.
In Nassau, there are widespread fears of an influx of Haitians into the Bahamas following the quake which has left up to a million people destitute.
Caricom soldiers for Haiti
Caribbean defence forces are discussing the deployment of a contingent of soldiers to Haiti under the Caribbean Community (Caricom) umbrella.
So far, 150 soldiers from Jamaica, the regional disaster response focal point for that northern zone, are working alongside foreign troops under the United Nations banner.
They are assisting in relief efforts in the aftermath of the massive earthquake earlier this month.
