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St. Kitts – Nevis Suspends Consumption Tax

St. Kitts - Nevis Locally Grown Produce

St. Kitts – Nevis Locally Grown Produce
Photo By Erasmus Williams

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

The consumption tax on a selected list of food and non-food items approved by the Cabinet last month, will be removed with effect from the first of next month, Minister of State with responsibility for Information, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty disclosed on Tuesday.

Minister Carty also disclosed that price control officers have been employed to ensure that the price on these food and non-food items go down so that the consumers benefit.

“Cabinet mandated that effective May 1, 2008, the consumption tax be removed from the following list: Chicken, processed cheese, pasta, corned beef, sardines, tinned tuna, vienna sausage, margarine, ketchup, diapers (for babies and adults), and baby formula. The consumption tax on these items ranges from 15 percent to 22.5 percent,’ said Sen. Carty following Monday’s Cabinet Meeting.

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S.L. Horsford Donates To St. Kitts – Nevis Netball

Horsford’s Check For St. Kitts – Nevis Police Netball Team Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis April 23, 2008 S. L. Horsford & Co. Ltd. continues to display its positive corporate spirit through its recent contribution of EC$3,000.00 to the Royal …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Reducing Dependency On Food Imports

St. Kitts - Nevis Pineapple Farm

St. Kitts – Nevis Pineapple Farm
Photo By Erasmus Williams

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

The Labour Government’s expanded land distribution to small farmers is testimony of the administration’s empowerment of the people and commitment to food security.

Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said food security and reducing the nation’s high food import bill are priorities for his Labour Party administration.

Following the allocation of some 100 acres of land to farmers in Estridge, Mansion, Phillips’ and Old Road, 44 more farmers have received 80 additional acres of land in the Fahie’s Agricultural Belt, bringing to 224 acres of land made available for farming in what is called “the Bread Basket of St. Kitts.”

“This reflects my government’s commitment to empower the ordinary man and woman in St. Kitts and Nevis in the all important area of agriculture and food security,” said Dr. Douglas at his Press Conference on Tuesday.

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St. Kitts – Nevis PM Outraged Over Murders

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

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has expressed outrage at the continued loss of life as a result of criminal activity and issued a call to the entire community to assist the law enforcement agencies in fighting crime.

Expressing sympathy to the families of the persons who died recently as a result of criminal activity, Prime Minister Douglas vowed that the law enforcement agencies will continue to do whatever is possible to reduce and eliminate incidents.

“I personally today join with my fellow citizens, my Cabinet Colleagues and the Law Enforcement Agencies and express outrage at the continued loss of life through criminal activity,” Prime Minister Douglas said at his monthly Press Conference on Tuesday.

He said that the government continues in its quest to reduce the incidents of criminal activity in St. Kitts and Nevis.

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