St. Kitts

St. Kitts – Nevis To Get Tough On Crime

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis March 03, 2008 (CUOPM) Lawmakers in St. Kitts and Nevis are getting tougher on crime and are expected to approve longer prison sentences for persons found guilty and convicted of attempted murder, shooting  or wounding …

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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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St. Kitts – Nevis Accepts Further Taiwanese Assistance

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 28, 2008 (CUOPM)

The Governments of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of China on Taiwan have agreed on further development assistance in the form of grants to fund various projects at the community level in the short term.

This was disclosed here Wednesday afternoon by St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Denzil L. Douglas at his monthly Press Conference.

Dr. Douglas the projects to include the completion of the Bird Rock Athletic Stadium ““ the venue for next month’s CARIFTA Games to be held here for the very first time, during the Easter vacation; the Day Care Centre in St. Paul’s, the Upgrading the Halfway Tree Pavilion and Fencing of that facility, the fencing the Verchilds Secondary School, the construction of the new sporting facility for the people of West Farm and Boyd’s, the continuing upgrade of the Saddlers Sporting Complex, the upgrading of the Challenger’s Playfield and the construction of change and wash rooms and stands for those watching games being played and of the completion of the St. Peter’s Sporting Complex.

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St. Kitts – Nevis’ PM Congratulates Cuba’s New President

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 28,2008 (CUOPM)

Cuba’s new President His Excellency Raul Castro-Ruiz has been told that the choice by the National Assembly for him to succeed his brother, His Excellency Fidel Castro, registers the trust which his “country’s top level of government deposits in you ““ a choice which from all accounts resounds well with the people.”

“This confidence is undoubtedly rooted in your decades-long display and demonstration of stalwart management which delivered the Cuban economy from its demise during the 1990’s. Your loyalty and support you rendered to your brother and predecessor Comrade Fidel bear stark evidence of the strength of your character. This moral fiber is always admirable in an individual and even moreso in a leader,” said Prime Minister Douglas in a letter congratulating the new Cuban leader.

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