Daily Archives

June 24, 2013

NASPA employs eleven (11) new security officers

The Constabulary of the Nevis Air & Sea Ports Authority (NASPA) completed a two-week Basic Training Security Course for eleven (11) new employees, seven males and four females, over the period…

First Calypso Tent for Culturama 2013 at NEPAC

By: Calver Lee Swanston The yard of NEPAC came alive on the night of Friday, June 21, 2013 with calypsonians from St. Kitts & Nevis and Trinidad as part of the first calypso tent show for…

ECCB Governor Reports on the Bank’s Work to…

The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), the Honourable Sir K Dwight Venner, will report on the Bank’s thrust to maintain the soundness of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU)…

Former Deputy Premier calls for resignation of…

Charlestown, Nevis (Sunday, June 23rd, 2013) - Former deputy Premier in the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP)-led Nevis Island Administration (NIA), Mr. Hensley Daniel, has called for the resignation of…

Soaring problems for cash-strapped Bahamasair

NASSAU, Bahamas, Monday June 24, 2013 – The Bahamas government says the state-owned Bahamasair continues to suffer from high labour costs; an ageing fleet; escalating fuel costs; and a commitment to…

Mandela – Leave bitterness and hatred behind

By: Stevenson Manners I have always sought to learn lessons from lives well-lived. Among them my parents, siblings and legendary world figures like Martin Luther King Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson…

Independence Square to undergo major renovation

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 24, 2013 (SKNIS): The historic Independence Square in Basseterre St. Kitts is about to undergo major renovation in celebration of two significant milestones. The details of…

Notice: Meeting with Culturama 2013 Booth and…

All persons who will be operating booths at the Culturama Street Bashes, the Cultural Food Fair, the Cultural Village and the Cultural Complex or who will be operating as Street Vendors over the 2013…

Miss Caribbean Culture- Miss Kadija Furlonge-…

Representing the Emerald Isle of The Caribbean, Montserrat, I am 18 year old, Kadija Furlonge. Currently, I am a student pursuing a career in Midwifery. I have recently completed my A-Level…

FIFA Official Visits Nevis

By: Curtis Morton A significant and historic meeting took place on Nevis on Sunday 23rd June. The meeting took place at the award winning Nisbett Plantation Inn. On that day, Mr. Howard Mc Intosh,…

South Africans resigned over Critical Mandela

By Jon Herskovitz JOHANNESBURG | Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:53am EDT (Reuters) - South Africans adopted a mood of somber resignation on Monday to the inevitability of saying goodbye to former president Nelson…

Former Grenada PM speaks his mind

By Helen Grenade Caribbean News Now contributor ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Former Grenada prime minister, Tillman Thomas, says the people of Grenada have given him hope: “Hope that there are other people…