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November 13, 2013

Aquino under pressure over typhoon aid, U.S.…

BY STUART GRUDGINGS AND ANDREW R.C. MARSHALL TACLOBAN, Philippines Wed Nov 13, 2013 (Reuters) - Philippine President Benigno Aquino was under growing pressure on Thursday to speed up the distribution…

Valu Mart Nevis’ 2nd Anniversary Customer…

Give-aways including cell phones, FREE Groceries and up to 30% discount on almost 2000 items The Horsford’s Valu Mart IGA-Nevis opened its doors to the Nevisian and Kittitian public 2 years ago on…

Social Protection Strategy for Nevis’ poor and…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 13, 2013) -- The Ministry of Social Development on Nevis, plans to implement shortly a new programme for the island’s poor and indigent. Junior Minister responsible for…

NIA’s new approach to road works provides…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 13, 2013) -- Junior Minister responsible for Communications and Works on Nevis Hon. Troy Liburd, revealed that the new approach to road works on Nevis would provide…

Nevis Gender Affairs Division takes aim at…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 13, 2013) -- In its continuing efforts to root out domestic violence against women and children on Nevis, the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) issued an appeal to men…

PM Douglas leads delegation to CHOGM 2013 in Sri…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is leading a three-man delegation to this week’s Commonwealth Heads of…

MONC no longer relevant: Land for Debt Swap…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (November 13, 2013) -- Minister of Health, the Hon Marcella Liburd, has scuttled the Opposition’s stand on Land for Debt Swap Agreement, which was a basis for the Motion of no…

Republic Bank (Grenada) Ltd Captures 2013 Best…

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has presented the 2013 Best Corporate Citizen Award Among ECCU Commercial Banks to the Republic Bank (Grenada) Ltd for its outstanding contribution to the…

Nevis to Celebrate International Men’s Day

(CHARLESTOWN –NEVIS)—Tuesday 19th November will be a historic day on Nevis. On that day, the Gender Affairs division of the Social Services Department will be hosting an event to celebrate…

VIEWPOINT by Xenophon – The Tough Decisions

One of the inescapable facts of life is that the person exercising leadership in any organization remains in that position by virtue of a delicate balancing act. On the one hand, the leader must be…

St. Kitts and Nevis and Taiwan ink new five-year…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, NOVEMBER 13TH 2013 (CUOPM) – The new 2013 – 2018 Information Communication Technology (ICT) Agreement between the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of China…

Desperate Philippine typhoon survivors loot, dig…

BY ANDREW R.C. MARSHALL AND STUART GRUDGINGS TACLOBAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Desperation gripped Philippine islands devastated by Typhoon Haiyan as looting turned deadly on Wednesday and survivors…

Washington Archibald High Trounces CSS

By: Curtis Morton The action continued in the inter High schools’ Netball championships on Monday 11th November as the Washington Archibald High School team journeyed across to Nevis to engage the…