St. Kitts and Nevis

  • February 4, 2013
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    Private Sector Pressure On St Kitts and Nevis PM

    KINGSTON, Jamaica, Observer — The St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce Friday called on Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas to ensure that an opposition inspired motion of no confidence on his administration is brought before the National Assembly without further delay. In a statement, the private sector group reminded Dr. Douglas that in his address to them last month…

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  • February 4, 2013
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    Barbados and Grenada govts battling to avoid one-term:—new problems for St Kitts PM

    GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Chronicle – FINALLY, after keeping his political opponents and supporters guessing for at least the past three months, the Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, has announced February 21 as the date when Barbadians will trek to polling stations to elect a new government for the next five years. The long delay in announcing E-day had itself become…

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  • February 1, 2013
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    Deputy PM resigns

    BASSETTERE, St. Kitts, CMC – Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor on Thursday announced his resignation from the Cabinet with immediate effect, citing recent developments as his reasons for stepping aside. “The recent developments pertaining to issues of Good Governance and Constitutional Integrity have brought me to the point where I feel constrained to tender my resignation as a Member of…

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  • January 31, 2013
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    OECS emerging from four years of negative growth

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir Dwight Venner, is calling on stakeholders in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to provide the collective effort to help the sub-regional countries put their economies on the path to growth and development. In a radio and television broadcast to member countries of the Eastern…

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  • January 30, 2013
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    IMF issues new estimates for economic growth in St. Kitts-Nevis

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tuesday revised downwards the estimate of economic growth for 2012 in St. Kitts and Nevis. An IMF delegation, which has ended a one week visit to the island, downgraded the growth from minus 0.7 to minus 0.9 percent, reflecting a decline in tourism in the third quarter. “However, an expected…

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  • January 30, 2013
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    Prime Minister speaks of plans to replace his administration with unity government

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas Tuesday said dismissed senior government minister Dr. Timothy Harris had asked him to resign as head of the government last month, accusing the former minister of being part of a “conspiracy to bring the government to an end” and establish a unity government in St. Kitts-Nevis. Speaking in Parliament on…

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  • January 29, 2013
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    Deputy PM sides with dismissed senior Cabinet minister

    BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor continued his public spat with Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas by publicly opposing his decision to dismiss senior government minister Dr. Timothy Harris over the weekend. In a statement, Condor, who has sided with Harris on opposition a number of government measures and policies in the past, said he found…

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  • January 25, 2013
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    Prime Minster promises to work with new administration in Nevis

    BASSETERRE, St Kitts, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas says his administration will cooperate with the newly appointed Premier of Nevis, Vance Amory as he congratulated the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) on its victory in Tuesday’s Nevis Island Administration (NIA) election. “I once again extend warmest congratulations to you on the recent victory of the Concerned Citizens Movement. The…

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  • January 25, 2013
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    European Union providing budgetary funds to St. Kitts-Nevis

    BRIDGETOWN, St. Kitts, CMC – The European Union says it has provided Euro 15 million (One Euro = US$1.34 cents) in budgetary support to the St. Kitts-Nevis government over a three month period last year. An EU statement said that the grant aid is aimed at assisting the country in diversifying its economy away from sugar into value added and…

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  • January 22, 2013
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    CARICOM Observer team in Nevis

    CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – A four member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission arrived here one day ahead of the Nevis Island Assembly elections to monitor the conduct of the poll. The team is led by Jamaican electoral official Pauline Welsh, the Director of Legal Affairs, Development and Research at the Electoral Office of Jamaica. The mission includes former Chairman…

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