St. Kitts and Nevis holds Thanksgiving Service after PM Drew returns home

St. Kitts and Nevis: A national thanksgiving service was held at National Heroes Park in Conaree on Sunday, October 25, 2026, following the return of Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew after medical treatment and rehabilitation overseas.

With the successful, safe and healthy return of the Dr. Drew on October 24, 2026 to his own homeland, at Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport, St. Kitts and Nevis, following the green signal clearance received from the doctors.

The ceremony was organized in the honour of the Prime Minister’s safe and sound health expressing the gratitude to the almighty.

Each and every citizen of the country was invited to join the government at the National Heroes park and pay their respects and express their gratitude to the God for saving the life of their precious Prime Minister. The Thanksgiving ceremony follows after a year of ongoing treatments carried out for the recovery and betterment of the PM Drew, after he experienced a stroke.

PM Drew’s treatment and recovery

After initial treatments and discovering that it was a stroke that Prime Minister, Dr. Drew suffered from, he was flown down to Florida, USA in order to make sure that the Prime Minister gets access to the best possible medical aid and assistance timely. In Florida,USA he had to undergo a surgery following which he had to spend the next two months under constant medical care and rehabilitation.

Dr. Hanley led government during PM Drew’s absence

Meanwhile, in his absence, Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Geoffrey Hanley took care of all the matters for the time Prime Minister focused on resting and recovering and getting back to the normal routine he originally had.

Even though Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew officially took the full in office responsibilities post his return, he had resumed work a while ago with limited pace and capabilities advised as per the medical teams. As a result, he first attended the US-Caribbean dialogue and then went on to conduct individual meetings with his cabinet ministers to get aware of exactly what has happened in the nation in his absence.