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St. Kitts – Nevis Cabinet Moves Closer On Minimum Wage

St. Kitts - Nevis Government Cabinet Room

St. Kitts Government Cabinet Room
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
JULY 23RD 2008 (CUOPM)

The St. Kitts Cabinet moved closer to deciding on an increase in the minimum wage on Monday during a routine Cabinet meeting on Monday.

The present EC$6.25 per hour for unskilled workers and EC$7.50 per hour for semiskilled workers in the hotel, casino and other related workers were legislated by the St. Kits – Nevis Labour Government in 2004.

Acting Minister of National Security, Immigration and Labour, Dr. Hon Earl Asim Martin submitted to Cabinet several recommendations for consideration.

Dr. Martin updated Cabinet on a consultative session which took place in June among a wide group of stakeholders with the objective of discussing the high cost of living and the minimum wage.

He informed Cabinet that several views expressed at the stakeholders meeting included the dramatic increase in the cost of living the world over and that there should be no resistance to the recommendation to increase minimum wages for a full 40-hour work week.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Financial Service Sector Reviewed

Money Laundering Is A Global Problem

Money Laundering Is A Global Problem

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
July 23, 2008 (CUOPM)

The Federal Government in St. Kitts and Nevis continues to take measures to prevent the twin-island Federation being used for money laundering activities and the financing of terrorist activities around the world.

“Any deficiencies that we detect as we prepare ourselves for the upcoming assessment by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force “CFATF” in September, 2008, my government will take measures to correct them and ensure that the Federation’s legal, law enforcement and regulatory regimes are in compliance with international standards,” said Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas.

“We have been to Parliament on several occasions to improve existing legislation so that we can seriously make a contribution in the proper regulation of our financial services sector and prevent the use of our jurisdiction in the committal of white-collar crimes,” said Prime Minister Douglas.

In preparation for the assessment, four task force members – two legal experts, one law enforcement and a financial expert have been trained to be mutual evaluation examiners by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force.

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St. Kitts – Nevis’ ITC Has Trained Over 500 Workers

St. Kitts - Nevis Informnation Training Centre

St. Kitts – Nevis Informnation Training Centre
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
July 23, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is hailing the success to date of his government’s continued development of the information and communication technology capabilities of its people.

Prime Minister Douglas said not only are persons with a secondary and tertiary level education has access to training at the newly-established National Information and Communications Technology Center, but also workers on the industrial estates who are trained free of cost.

He said with the completion of the establishment of computer labs in both primary and secondary schools and the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College, the Republic of China on Taiwan-financed National Information and Communications Technology Centre at the C.A. Paul Southwell Industrial Park, has trained over 500 persons in the past seven months.

“Some 143 civil servants have been trained in e-administration or e-government, Webmail, Website, SPSS Course and Word, Excel, Access ““ Fundamentals for Works.  Twenty (20) teachers have been trained in Capacity Building for Technology in Schools; 45 persons from the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College have been trained in Creating E-Commerce Websites; and 40 workers from the industrial sites have been trained in Word processing, Spreadsheets, Databases, etc,” Dr. Douglas, who is also Minister of Information and Technology disclosed.

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