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Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 06, 2025 (SKNIS): Prices on goods and services in St. Kitts and Nevis should generally reflect reduced prices as a result of the six-month Value Added Tax (VAT) Relief Holiday implemented on January 01, 2025. A preliminary market assessment of four major retail outlets by the Department of Consumer Affairs last month […]

United Nations, New York (4th February 2025) – The Federation’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs Hon. Garth Wilkin was elected on Monday, 3rd February 2025 to serve as a Vice Chair on the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee to draft the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. His election is […]

Basseterre, Saint Kitts (4 February 2025) – On 4th February 2025, Her Excellency Ms. Brenda Wills, High Commissioner of Canada to Saint Kitts and Nevis, paid a courtesy call on Ms. Kaye Bass, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following the presentation of her Letter of Introduction to the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts – 4 February 2025 The Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness 4 Project, executed by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Center, hosted its final workshops during the week of January 27–31, 2025. This three-year initiative was designed to “Strengthen St. Kitts and Nevis’s National Emergency and Disaster Management” by enhancing the country’s capacity […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, February 04, 2025 (SKNIS) – Minister with responsibility for Energy in the Federal Cabinet of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Konris Maynard, is presiding over the Third Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Council of Ministers: Energy. The meeting is being held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort […]

United Nations, New York (4th February 2025) – The Federation’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs Hon Garth Wilkin was elected on Monday, 3rd February 2025 to serve as a Vice Chair on the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Negotiations Committee to draft the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.  His election is […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 4, 2025 (PMO)– Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr.Terrance Drew, has issued a clarion call for bold action and decisive implementation in the region’stransition to sustainable energy. Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the Third Council of OECSEnergy Ministers Meeting today, February 4th, 2025, held in the Federation, […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Tuesday, February 4, 2025): Management of the Regional SecuritySystem (RSS) received a courtesy call from officials of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)on Wednesday, January 22. During the meeting RCMP Regional Director for Latin America and theCaribbean, Brian Moreau, and Liaison Officer & Program Manager, Hugo Boilard, discussed a rangeof security-related matters with […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, February 03, 2025 – Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) has reported a remarkable 169 percent increase in applications during the final quarter of 2024 (October-December), a clear testament to the decisive and unprecedented reformative steps taken by the Dr. Terrance Dew-led Government to transform the nation’s Citizenship by […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts (February 3, 2025) – The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis, through the Consumer Affairs Department, continues its market surveillance efforts to ensure that the benefits of the recent Value Added Tax (VAT) reduction are passed on to consumers. The reduction in VAT from 17 to 13 percent, which took effect on […]