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August 2, 2013

Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Closure

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to announce that its offices will be closed to the general public on Thursday 8th and Friday 9th August, 2013. Work will resume on Monday August 12, 2013,…

Miss NEVLEC Vanessa Destouche

Beautiful, talented, energetic, ambitious and cheerful are just a few words to describe this rare gem, Vanessa Destouche. Vanessa was born on the 24th day of April 1995 on the island of Dominica but…

Christena Disaster memorial should remind all of…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (AUGUST 02, 2013) -- Nevisians were served with a dose of advice from Premier of Nevis Hon. Vance Amory, when he delivered remarks at a memorial service hosted by the Premier’s…

CDU Workshop Closes On a High Note

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 02, 2013 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Education, through its Curriculum Development Unit (CDU) has completed its July 29 to August 01 intensive Curriculum Review and…

Body Building Nevis Representatives Off To St.…

Nevis Representatives Off To St. Maarten ARepresantative Team  of Nevisians Body Builders was set to leave the Vance Amory Int Airport today Friday 2nd August, en route to St.Maarten. The team of…

Youth to Shape Message on Climate Change

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 01, 2013 (SKNIS) The Water Services Department (WSD) in St. Kitts, is tapping the creativity of young people between the ages of 14-17 to tackle climate change through…

Caribbean personalities to facilitate high-level…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 1ST 2013 (CUOPM) – Two prominent Caribbean personalities will be in St. Kitts and Nevis this weekend to participate in a high-level retreat for Cabinet Ministers and…

TB control requires coordinated response, says…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 01, 2013) -- Effective tuberculosis (TB) control requires a coordinated response involving providers in the public and private sectors, patients and the community. This…

Dollar falls broadly after U.S. jobs report

By Wanfeng Zhou NEW YORK | Fri Aug 2, 2013 9:13am EDT (Reuters) - The dollar tumbled against the euro and the yen on Friday after mixed signals about the U.S. labor market quashed expectations the…

Berlusconi conviction leaves Italian government…

By Roberto Landucci ROME | Fri Aug 2, 2013 8:52am EDT (Reuters) - Italy's fragile coalition government, already struggling to contain deep divisions over tax and economic policy, woke up to a whole…

St Kitts Warner Park upgrade begins next week

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (SKNIS) -- The upgrade project to the Warner Park Cricket Stadium in St Kitts, which will see the installation of lights to facilitate night matches and mounting of a jumbotron…

Civil asset forfeiture proposal to go to Barbados…

By Julia Rawlins-Bentham BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbados’s ability to seize ill-gotten gains from criminal activity through civil procedures will soon go before Cabinet for consideration. This…

Withdrawing from CARICOM could have serious…

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) -- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson, says there would be far reaching implications if Jamaica withdrew or suspended its membership from the…