Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 18, 2007 (CUOPM)

The Travel Section of the Daily News, New York’s City’s No. 1 newspaper, the fifth largest in the United States and the fifth-best-selling Sunday paper in the United States, carried a story Sunday in the Travel Section entitled:  “Surf & turf on St. Kitts” written by David Handschuh and co-incides with the inaugural flight from New York to St. Kitts by American Airlines.

He (Handschuh) writes: “The day began with the chef at the market, picking out produce for a banquet; now the diners sit back and watch the evening’s entertainment.

As the plane banked hard to the left 14,000 feet over St. Kitts, the sight of gray, ominous clouds hovering over lush, green mountains momentarily put dreams of a sun-drenched tropical vacation on hold.

But as the beachfront of this Caribbean paradise came into view, there suddenly appeared a good omen that set the tone for our visit – a bright, beautiful rainbow.

There’s a lot to like about colorful St. Kitts, the largest of the two-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, a former British colony in the West Indies.

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Charlestown, Nevis
November 16, 2007

The Nevis Island Assembly adjourned sine die on Thursday November 15, 2007, but not before a total of seven Bills were introduced and six passed and another received its first reading. All were introduced in the name of Minister of Finance in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Joseph Parry. The Assembly had commenced one day before.
 
The Nevis Tax Administration and Procedures Ordinance, 2007 will revise and consolidate the law relating to the collection and payment of taxes and fees in the nature to taxes in the island of Nevis and to provide for related or incidental matters
 
The Nevis International Mutual Funds (Miscellaneous Amendments) Ordinance, 2007 was also passed. It will deal with the promotion and the development and furtherance of the financial services, Industry businesses and trades in and from Nevis and the general economy of the island.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 16, 2007

The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has not made a decision about introducing a Value Added Tax (VAT) as suggested in certain quarters, but residents have been promised that they will be involved in any discussions on the matter.

Minister of State for Information the Hon. Nigel Carty told scores of young people at the National Youth Dialogue held earlier this week that a number of regional countries including Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda and St. Lucia have implemented a VAT.

He noted that government remains committed to having a simple and fair tax structure that is designed to make revenue collection more efficient. Minister Carty added that a VAT is one possible measure under consideration that could serve to eliminate any nuisance taxes.

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