St. Kitts and Nevis

  • Photo of OAS CSEP Project Host Workshop on Energy Efficiency Designs for Office and Public Buildings in Tropical Climates
    May 13, 2013
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    OAS CSEP Project Host Workshop on Energy Efficiency Designs for Office and Public Buildings in Tropical Climates

    The Organisation of Amercan States (OAS) Secretariat through the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP) and the Energy Efficiency Working Group of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), hosted a workshop on energy efficiency designs for office and public buildings in tropical climates. The event took place at the Bay Gardens Inn in Rodney Bay from February 28th…

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  • May 7, 2013
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    Political parties gearing for general election

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The two main political parties used Monday’s Labour Day celebrations to encourage voters to be prepared for a general election that though constitutionally due by 2015, could, according to political observers be held long before that deadline. Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas, addressing a large gathering at the Allers Playing field in the St. Johnson’s…

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  • April 30, 2013
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    Government minister against opposition concept of national unity

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – A senior member of the St. Kitts-Nevis government has brushed aside opposition calls for a government of national unity. “We don't want any unity government in St Kits and Nevis. We want to remain a stable country. I don’t' have to tell you what is happening in Trinidad and Tobago where unity is crumbling fast,”…

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  • April 30, 2013
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    Strong earthquake felt in Leeward islands

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck near St. Kitts and Nevis on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of death of damage on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The U.S Geological Survey said that the quake, which occurred at 2.53 am (local time) and its epicentre was located at 17.48 degrees north…

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  • April 25, 2013
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    Opposition party says it will not contest seats held by former government ministers

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM), Shawn Richards said his party will not contest the seats now held by two former senior government ministers in the next general elections. Former deputy prime minister Sam Condor and former senior minister Dr. Timothy Harris have joined with the four opposition legislators in writing a…

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  • April 25, 2013
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    PM confident of economic growth in 2013

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Wednesday said he remains confident that the twin island federation would record near two per cent economic growth this year. He said the 1.9 per cent growth being predicted is reasonable based on “what we have seen from the performance of the local economy, having undergone a number of structural…

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  • April 12, 2013
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    ST KITTS – POLITICS – St. Kitts to explore establishing embassy in Cuba

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The Government is exploring the possibility of establishing an embassy in Cuba next year in an effort to strengthen the existing relationship between both Caribbean nations. Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas gave the commitment during a courtesy call by Hugo Ruiz Cabrera, who assumed the post of Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, following the departure of…

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  • April 11, 2013
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    St Kitts presents stimulus budget

    BASSETERRE, St Kitts— Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas Tuesday presented an EC$528.1 million budget to Parliament outlining a reduction in corporate taxes as well as extending several incentive packages that his administration had earlier implemented in a bid to stimulate the economy of the twin-island federation. Prime Minister Douglas told Parliament, which had been boycotted by the six opposition legislators,…

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  • April 10, 2013
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    Boycott

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Opposition legislators Tuesday boycotted the presentation of the national budget insisting that the long tabled vote of no confidence in the Dr. Denzil Douglas administration be debated. “We the majority of Elected Representatives in the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis will not participate in the debate of the 2013 Budget,” the six opposition…

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  • April 10, 2013
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    Stimulating the economy

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Tuesday presented an EC$528.1 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) tax free budget to Parliament outlining a reduction in corporate taxes as well as extending several incentive packages that his administration had earlier implemented in a bid to stimulate the economy of the twin-island federation. Prime Minister Douglas told…

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