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Celebrity Equinox Cruise Ship To Visit St. Kitts – Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
March 03, 2008 (CUOPM)

With the 2007/2008 cruise ship season carded to bring in over 400,000 passengers to St. Kitts and Nevis, it is expected that the 2008/2009  and 2009/2010 seasons will be busier.

Celebrity Cruises has just announced that its newest ship, the 117,000-ton, 2,850-passenger Celebrity Equinox, the second in the lines’ newest class of ships, sets sail in 2009, will visit St. Kitts mid-summer 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.

On November 5, 2009, the Celebrity Equinox will sail a transatlantic voyage to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she will subsequently begin a series of alternating 11-and 10-night “Ultimate Caribbean” voyages.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Keeps Inflation Rate Low

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
March 03, 2008 (CUOPM)

The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis registered the second lowest rate of inflation for the last nine months of last year, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is reporting.

According the Basseterre-based financial institution, the rate of inflation in the member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU), ranged from 1.1 percent in Anguilla to 6.2 percent in St. Vincent and the Grenadines during the first nine months of 2007.

The rate of inflation in the ECCB member countries for the first nine months of 2007 is 1.1 percent in Anguilla; 2.5 percent in Antigua and Barbuda; 3.2 percent in Dominica; 5 percent in Grenada; 2.2 percent in Montserrat; 1.6 percent in St. Kitts and Nevis; 4.3 percent in St. Lucia and 6.2 percent in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

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St. Kitts – Nevis To Issue Updated Drivers License

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 29, 2008

Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas and Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Sam Condor are the first to receive the new drivers license from the Inland Revenue Department.

The senior government officials were presented the licenses at a brief ceremony at the Inland Revenue Department on Friday. Systems Analyst Alston Johnson explained that this new card will significantly expedite the issuing of drivers license and boasts a number of security features.

“One of the major selling points is that you get your license basically in five minutes,” he said, noting that this is the estimated time that will be spent filling out the relevant paperwork, having a digital photo taken and having the card processed.

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Nevis To Offer Full Health Care To Island Residents

Charlestown, Nevis
February 29, 2008

Minister of Health the Hon. Hensley Daniel said the Nevis Reformation Party led-Nevis Island Administration (NIA) had  been working assiduously to ensure that the people of Nevis received full medical and health services coverage.
 
Minister Daniel made the statement while he gave an update on the status of medical care on the island during a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on Thursday February 28, 2008.
 
“There are presently eight doctors employed at the Alexandra Hospital and three at the District level plus the Medical Officer of Health.  We now employ 12 Medical Doctors and two Dentists and now we have complete 24 hour medical coverage at the Alexandra hospital,” he said.

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