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Issue #1115 Entry Visas Mulled... Officials Monitor SKN Passport Holders PG7 Friday , March 11th, 2016 $2.00 Taxi drivers threaten to strike in Funky Monkey dispute .pg11 Bright Lights or Lights Out? Parliamentarians Comment on Reduced Energy Costs ...pg14 Calls for parents to lead in assisting their chil - dren to do more read - ing ...pg9 Jury Acquits off-duty Policeman in shoot - ing; father calls their verdict “heartless” ...pg19 BBUULLLLEETT RRIIDDDDLLEEDD BBOODDYY OOFF MMIISSSSIINNGG TTEEEENN FFOOUUNNDD ...Page 3 C M Y K Page 2 The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday March 11, 2016 LOCAL NEWS The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday March 11, 2016 Page 3 LOCAL NEWS Bullet riddled body of missing teen found in Hermitage Estate By Staff Writer scene persons have Reports circulated via Duncan’s mother had processed the crime social media that the raised the alarm after The decomposing scene and some empty teen’s head was severed calls to his mobile body of 17-year-old casings were found and but the ACP could not phone went directly to Tyrique Duncan other things of eviden - confirm that specula - voicemail, an unusual missing since last tial value were also tion, since he did not see occurrence. Sunday, was discov - found and taken into the body. ered on Thursday police custody.” “My mother called me afternoon (Mar. 10) ACP James explained and said she had not in the Hermitage When The Observer that the District Medical seen Tyrique and that area, four days after arrived on scene, Officer, Dr. Garfield she cannot make contact he went missing. screams of anguish rang Alexander pronounced with him on his phone. I throughout area, where a the teen dead on the on then tried calling him on Assistant number of family mem - scene.” his cell phone and found Commissioner of bers and friends had that it was turned off,” Police with respon - gather, a short distance The teen was last scene the mother had told sibility for from where Duncan’s on Sunday (Mar. 6) by local media entity Operations , body was found. his grandmother with SKNVibes. Terrance James, told whom he lived. members of the media gathered at the scene that the teen’s body was dis - covered after police officers received a tip from an anony - mous caller. “Some anonymous caller called the Police Headquarters and gave us the information and we acted upon it right away and were able to main road at Hermitage According to a source, come straight away to Estate. the body was discovered the scene.” with multiple gunshot Several officers cor - wounds, to which James He said shortly after 12 doned off the vicinity had indicated that evi - noon the partially where the body was dence were found to decomposed body of the found until the crime support that speculation. Spooners resident was scene team arrived to discovered down the process the area. “At present the crime A dvisory from The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer... BEWARE THE SCAMMERS! Beware of correspondence which purports to make you rich overnight. DO NOT give out ANY information concerning your credit card, bank account, phone number or even your address. Page 4 The St. Kitts-Nevis Observer. Friday March 11, 2016 COMMENTARY Editorial Notes from the desk of Alford Tyrell ….. Of playing with the minds of people. Part 11. Cannibalism Let me follow up on my how many of them will! Constituency Allowance There is a feeding frenzy in the Unites States of America as they, last submission and pull of $2000.00 per month, some more notes from my Constituents need to that is $24,000.00 per the civilised world prepares for elections which are due in 7 desk. engage with representa - year would have been months. The Grand Old Party, Republicans, seem to have been tives on a regular basis much less twenty (20) or infected by the cannibalism virus to a greater extent than the I am always of the view and as such representa - thirty (30) years ago. Democrats. that anyone who works tives should make them - Then again, those prices should be compensated selves available to their of goods and services As if the internecine warfare isn’t enough, the Supreme Court has and as a result tried my constituents on a regular were also much less and once again been asked to determine what defines an American and best not to get involved basis. As a consequence, our representatives who is therefore eligible to run for president. The Court refused to in the ongoing “double a Constituency should still have been disenfranchise any of the candidates. Our guess is that the Court salary” discussions Allowance is paid to our able to set up an office. I knew that the real American must come from what the neo- regarding our two (2) elected representatives to would dearly love to Nevis government ensure that the needs and know what percentage of Americans refer to as First Nation. Ministers who sit in the problems of constituents the people you meet on Federal Cabinet. The are properly addressed. I the sidewalks of Amidst this frenzy, one hears of absurdly high sums of money being Constitutional loophole find that this particular Charlestown have a take- spent on campaigning just for the right to contest the prize. Some is there and they simply allowance is so abused, it home pay that is equal to of the figures called amount to almost the GDP of some countries. leaped right through it. is a scandal. This or greater than a repre - We cannot imagine what would have been happening if there was - My view on the matter is allowance has always sentative’s annual n’t campaign financing laws in place. simply this. Since our been meant, I think, to Constituency Constitution permits it, hire someone for a few Allowance! Please be Donald Trump, despite his contrived hair and structured mouth, is until we sit down like a reminded that this is an the front runner for the Republicans. He isn’t the winner yet mature people and cor - allowance, not a because there are more against him than there are for him. rect these initial imper - salary ! Let’s go fur - fections, ranting and “I find this not only ther; if that representa - But the more is too divided to matter. And nobody wants to yield, raving will solve noth - unconscionable but tive spends a full five not even Carson. And the more they fight against him, the more ing. What this situation (5) year term in the does, is to prevent these contemptuous and Assembly, that seven outrageous his comments, the more zealot groups like KKK members from (a) (7) year old grandson endorse him, the more he seems to win. effectively performing disrespectful , to say of mine would use his their duties as represen - Primary School Math Meanwhile, Clinton (Mrs) is attempting to make history as the first tatives of their respec - the least! ” and tell me that’s woman president, the first first-lady to contest and win the tive constituencies in $120,000.00 in Presidency and, if she wins, America will have its first first-man. Nevis and (b) oversee - Constituency She seemed to have been a shoo-in in the early stages of the con - ing the proper adminis - Allowance for one (1) test, but is now in a not-so-dog-fight with a septuagenarian, Bernie. tration of their respective hours a week, rent a term in office! Since Ministries in the Nevis space with a phone and there are no offices in All of this dirty linen is available on television, twenty four hours a Island Administration desk to accommodate the our constituencies, I day, seven days a week. (NIA). As a conse - meeting of an elected repeat that it has to be quence, both the people representative with its assumed that it is never There are many who feel that the Presidency will be contested of Nevis and the people constituents. Just two (2) used for the benefit of of St. Kitts are being weeks ago one evening, I constituents. But it gets between Trump and Clinton, and that Clinton will win. At least, the shortchanged. Nevis and realized that the repre - unbelievably more behaviour of mainstream high profile Republicans seems to sug - Nevisians cannot get the sentative for St. George’s amazing; suppose this gest this. level of service that is was meeting his con - member represents his required from them and stituents in the Public constituency at both lev - We do not know. What we know is that this is war, and all appears Kittitians are literally Market at Market Shop, els of Government, his to be fair in war. shortchanged; they are Gingerland. Not good Constituency Allowance stuck with paying them a enough at all. My first now doubles to Personally, may the best woman win. salary which is greater thought was, where is the $240,000.00 for one (1) than what they are paid Constituency Office! I term in office. That is in Nevis, for running a went checking again and $10,000.00 short of a couple of St. Kitts found that the St. Quarter Million Ministries. Suffice to George’s representative Dollars paid by both lev - say, I find this not only has been representing the els of government to run unconscionable but con - constituency since 1987. the same constituency temptuous and disre - I must give the late office over the five (5) spectful, to say the least! Malcolm Guishard some years that has never been What did the Mighty credit for being the only set up in the first place! Sparrow say? We like it representative that I can Unbelievable! Publisher/Editor-in-Chief: Kenneth Williams so! think of, during the peri - od when he was Leader No wonder the people on Managing Editor: Lakesha Hewlett This present breed of of the Opposition in the the sidewalks keep General Manager: Julio Rosario politicians will not be National Assembly, who mumbling about “double inclined to correct the has ever opened an office salary”.