St. Kitts – Nevis To Introduce National ID Card

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 1, 2008

Persons who confirm their registration at the Electoral Offices in St. Kitts and in Nevis are eligible to receive a new National Identification Card which is due in a few weeks time.

Minister of State for Information Honourable Nigel Carty told SKNIS that the reregistration process is expected to conclude in September 30, 2008 but Cards will be issued before then in accordance to legal regulations.

“The law states that we have to put a mechanism in place that articulates how the issuance of the Card is going to work,” said Minister Carty. “That may happen in early January [or] February “¦ and once those regulations are in place we will begin to issue I.D. cards.”

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Nevis Hosts Miss Teen Caribbean Party

Miss Teen Caribbean Contestants In Nevis

Nevis Premier With Miss Teen Caribbean Contestants

Charlestown, Nevis
December 31, 2007 

“If we truly want the Caribbean to be one, we have to learn to communicate; not by words nor television, but by travelling and meeting one another,’ said Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry.

Premier Parry made the statement on Thursday, December 27 at the Digicel Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen Pageant cocktail held at the Old Manor Hotel.

The Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen pageant has been a part of St. Kitts Carnival for over 20 years.

This year, this outstanding show has played host to thirteen young ladies hailing from Anguilla, Antigua, The British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Grenada, Guyana, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda and the United States Virgin Islands. A short but rather interesting ceremony formed part of the cocktail, with the National Anthem being played on Steel pan by the very talented Leroy Parris Jr, remarks by Mr. Halstead “Sooty” Byron, as well as Committee Chairman, Mr. Antonio Maynard.

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Nevis Reaps $11 Million From Offshore Sector

Amanda Banks, Tax-News.com, London December 31, 2007 The offshore financial services sector in Nevis, which is due to undergo a regulatory overhaul this year, continued to perform well in 2007, with the industry adding $11 million to the coffers of …

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Caribbean Economic Growth To Slow In 2008

Washington, DC
December 30, 2007

The economies of Caribbean and Latin American countries grew by more than five per cent this year; but the World Bank warned of a slowdown in growth in 2008 as a result of many factors, of which one is an economic slowdown in the United States.  The international lending agency said that 5.1 per cent growth in 2007 was higher than the previous forecast of 4.8 per cent.  But it warned that growth in the region would be reduced slightly next year, as a result of the stabilisation of commodity prices and the impact of the United States economic slowdown.
 
“While countries that export commodities have benefited from high prices, others, such as Central American countries, have been hit hard, as they are net importers of foods and energy,” the bank said in a statement.
“The good news is that there is good news in Latin America,” said Pamela Cox, World Bank vice-president for Latin America and the Caribbean, during an end-of-year Press briefing in Washington.

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