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September 5, 2013

Liats 2012 strategy plan badly damaged in 2013

Robert MacLellan CASTRIES, St Lucia, Thursday September 5, 2013 - On 28 August LIAT’s CEO, Ian Brunton, talked to Caribbean media and finally acknowledged in public some of the real facts behind the…

Kenny Anthony is new chairman of ECCB Monetary…

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Thursday September 5, 2013 – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony Wednesday began his one year term as Chairman of the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB)…

Meeting at the Brown Hill Community Center on…

The general public and particularly persons resident in Brown Hill, Prospect, Cherry Garden and Malcolm Hill are cordially invited to attend a community meeting at the Brown Hill Community Center on…

Nevis seniors to benefit from Free Utilities…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (September 05, 2013) -- All senior citizens on Nevis who live alone, have no fixed source of income and are 65 years and older stand to benefit from a new programme to be…

St. Kitts to officially open a new Haemodialysis…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER 5TH 2013 (CUOPM) – Improved medical care at the Joseph N. France Hospital for persons in St. Kitts and Nevis suffering from renal illness. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime…

Need for more hotel rooms to boost stayover…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER 5TH 2013 (CUOPM) – A need for more hotel rooms in St. Kitts to increase the stayover arrival numbers. “The challenges we still have in the stayover sector is that we…

Genealogists plan stop in St. Kitts onboard the…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER 3RD 2013 (CUOPM) – Although their stop in St. Kitts aboard the cruise ship Celebrity Silhouette is 14 months away, genealogy hosts, Gary and Diana Smith, along with…

Soft opening for Kittitian Hill late December,…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER 5TH 2013 (CUOPM) – Kittitian Hill. St. Kitts’ newest resort hotel is to open by December. St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Tourism, Sen. the Hon. Richard “Ricky”…

Tessanne voices defence

BY RICHARD JOHNSON Jamaica Observer senior reporter Thursday, September 05, 2013 SINGER Tessanne Chin is defending her decision to audition for the hit NBC talent show, The Voice. "Why not," she…

Bolt to quit after Rio Olympics

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he said yesterday. But any plans for going out to grass at the age of 30…

Kerry portrait of Syria rebels at odds with…

By Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON | Thu Sep 5, 2013 (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry's public assertions that moderate Syrian opposition groups are growing in influence appear to…

Press Conference Gives Update on Upcoming 10 K Run

By: Curtis Morton The grand 10k run which will be held as part of the activities for Independence 30, is well and truly on. A press conference was held at the Administration building’s conference room…

Changes in Education System on Nevis to bring…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (SEPTEMBER 04, 2013) -- A number of recent changes made in the Ministry of Education, are expected to bring about greater cohesion in the education system. So said Premier of…