St. Kitts and Nevis
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Premier, Opposition confident of winning NIA polls
CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, CMC – Premier Joseph Parry says his ruling Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) will win four of the five seats at stake in Tuesday’s Nevis Island Administration( NIA) even as his challenger, the Concerned Citizens Movement, (CCM) said it too was confident of taking control of the legislative body. “We are satisfied that we have taken the national debate…
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Arrival statement of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission of Nevis Island Assembly elections 21 january 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was invited by the Government of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis to mount a CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission (CEOM) to observe the Nevis Island Assembly Elections. In response to that invitation, a four member delegation, under the leadership of Chief of Mission, Ms. Pauline Welsh, Director of Legal…
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Election climate heats up in Grenada, Barbados, St Kitts
KINGSTON, Jamaica – INSTEAD of possibly two changes in government shortly within the 15-member Caribbean Community, as originally assessed, there could well be a third later in the year. Changes forecast, and based on public opinion polls, point to expected termination of current first-term administrations with two first-time prime ministers in Barbados and Grenada. But currently, amid growing political challenges…
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Senior government ministers oppose legislation to increase senators
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The division within the Denzil Douglas administration surfaced here during the debate on legislation seeking to increase the number of senators in the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly. Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrice Nisbett led off the debate in which the government wants to increase the number of senators…
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