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Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 24, 2022 (SKNIS): Safety first for all work crews and the public is the priority for officials at The Cable Ltd. and the St. Kitts Electricity Company (SKELEC) Ltd after a disaster. Officials from the two companies stressed the safety component during the recovery process on Wednesday’s (August 24) edition of the television […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 25, 2022 (SKNIS): Three of the eleven students awarded scholarships to pursue undergraduate university studies in the Republic of China (Taiwan) received strong words of encouragement and a fond farewell from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, the Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, at the RLB International Airport in Basseterre prior to […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 25, 2022 (SKNIS) – Taxi and tour operators and all other stakeholders within the tourism sector are being challenged to be even more innovative in their approach and marketing efforts to ensure that St. Kitts and Nevis’ tourism product remains competitive in an ever-growing global marketplace. This was stressed by the Minister […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 25, 2022 (SKNIS): Trees are an important part of survival and provide numerous benefits such as oxygen and improving air quality. It is for these reasons and more why that St. Kitts Electricity Company Limited (SKELEC) engages in dialogue to explain the importance of trees to the environment before removing them. However, trees should […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 24, 2022 (SKNIS): Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources Fisheries and Cooperatives; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and Sports and the Creative Economy, the Hon. Samal Duggins has begun work and has pledged to bring transformative change to the ministries that are under his purview. Minister Duggins, during a meet and greet engagement […]

The Honourable Samal Duggins, newly appointed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine  Resources, Cooperatives, Creative Economy and Entrepreneurship, met with staff at both  Departments of Agriculture and Marine Resources during a special walkthrough-styled meet  and greet on Tuesday 23rd August.  Upon his arrival, Director of the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Lesroy Henry, led the  Minister to […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 24th 2022 – The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) is pleased to announce that the 26th and 27th August, 2022 are the prescribed dates for the Discounted VAT Rate Days.  This will allow all approved VAT registered businesses to charge VAT at the rate of 5% on the sale of goods only. […]

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, August 23, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Three movies are on the card this weekend as Nevis’ Convergence Entertainment brings down curtains on this year’s Summer Movie Festival (SMF) big screen experience at the Nevis Performing Arts Centre (NEPAC) in Pinney’s Industrial Site. The Summer Movie Festival, which is the brainchild of Mr Jermaine Stapleton, […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 23, 2022 (SKNIS): The Cabinet of Ministers met on Monday, August 22, 2022, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew. During their meeting, Cabinet discussed several matters of national importance to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Below are the decisions that were taken. The Cabinet approved […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 23, 2022 (SKNIS): Public primary school students and young cricketers across St. Kitts and Nevis will be attending the exciting cricket matches to be staged by the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) from August 24 to September 04, 2022, at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium. At a brief handover ceremony on Monday, August […]