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October 2013

Nevis Education Minister calls for private and…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 30, 2013) -- Nevis’ Minister of Education Hon. Vance Amory wants the private and public school systems to work together with the skills and resources available, an…

Taiwan President thanks PM Douglas for support

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 30TH 2013 (CUOPM) – President of the Republic of China (Taiwan), His Excellency Dr. Ma Ying-jeou has thanked St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, the Right Hon. Dr.…

Huge Motorcade to Launch Tourist Season

BASSETERRE (30th October, 2013): A motorcade to celebrate the start of the tourism cruise season will take place this coming Sunday starting at 1pm from Port Zante. The Tourism Motorcade is being…

IMF gives St. Kitts and Nevis top marks for…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, OCTOBER 30TH 2013 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis has done well under its home-grown austerity programme that was implemented two years ago to bring about fiscal discipline and…

Nevis Island Administration endorses Operation…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 29, 2013) -- The official opening of the Creative Youth Academy at Cotton Ground Village on October 26, 2013, signalled the level of seriousness with which the Nevis…

PEP Project Manager attributes St. Kitts top…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (October 30, 2013) -- An official of the People Employment Programme (PEP) has said that the dedicated work exhibited by supervisors at the Parks and Beaches Unit of the Ministry…

HIGHLIGHTS TAKES DOWN VILLA

The action continued in the Nevis Football Association league on the evening of Tuesday 29th October. SL Highlights Int engaged Villa Int in what was indeed a competitive game. However, at the end of…

ECCB Hosts 18th Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial…

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) began hosting the Annual Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture series in 1996, in honour of the memory of Sir Arthur Lewis, Nobel Laureate in Economics, who made…

European banks pay heavy price for scandals

By Sara Webb and Katharina Bart AMSTERDAM/ZURICH | Tue Oct 29, 2013 (Reuters) - Four European banks paid a heavy price on Tuesday in a clean-up of the financial industry, with Rabobank fined $1…

Shillingford looking to prove himself for West…

KOLKATA, India -- Shane Shillingford was a mere spectator from the sidelines when West Indies visited India two years ago and played three Tests against Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s side. He has returned to…

Brazilian court approves extradition of former…

By Caribbean News Now contributor SAO PAOLO, Brazil -- After almost eleven months since his original arrest in Brazil pursuant to an international arrest warrant issued by Interpol, former Turks and…

JamKit’s Ja Natl Heroes Day 2013 Message

Basseterre, St Kitts, 29 October 2013: It should perhaps not strike one as odd that the last few months have seen the Jamaican landscape engaged with the issues of heroism in many shapes and forms.…