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April 2020
Conductors of Public Transportation Can Operate…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 19, 2020 (SKNIS): During limited operation days starting Monday, April 20, conductors of public transportation will be allowed to operate once they follow the guidelines…
Special Notice: St. Kitts Takes Continued Action…
BASSETERRE (April 19th 2020): As of today, there are now 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis. Currently, St. Kitts & Nevis has one of the highest testing…
Superintendent Henry Outlines Restricted Social…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 19, 2020 (SKNIS): As the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis moves into gradual relaxation from Monday, April 20, after being on curfew for three weeks as a result of the…
St Kitts and Nevis reports one new COVID-19 case
By Erasmus Williams Basseterre, St Kitts, April 19, 2020 - St Kitts and Nevis reported one (1) new COVID-19 case late Sunday afternoon, bringing the number in the federation to 15, all of whom are in…
COMMENTARY – ECCU ECONOMIC INDUSTRY…
By Fletcher St. Jean, MBA, Finance and Business Consultant Introduction Over the past three decades there has been an economic transformation in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) once…
Missing COVID-19 tests raise issues of…
By Erasmus Williams Basseterre, St Kitts, April 19, 2020 - Persons who have been quarantined have been waiting for weeks for their COVID-19 results, prompting medical internist Dr Terrance Drew to…
Chamber President Urges Businesses to Comply With…
Photo:President of St. Kitts And Nevis Chamber Of Industry And Commerce, Mrs Giselle Matthews Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 19, 2020 (SKNIS): Business owners in St. Kitts and Nevis who have permission…
Police Reminds Residents That Leaving Home Before…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 19, 2020 (SKNIS): Residents in St. Kitts and Nevis will enjoy four partial curfew days next week where they can go out to conduct essential business. As per the norm, the…
Retail Liquor Licences Remain Suspended
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 19, 2020 (RSCNPF): Retail liquor licences remain suspended with the extension of the State of Emergency. Section 14 of the Statutory Rules and Orders No. 14 of 2020,…
State of emergency extension resolution passes,…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (April 18, 2020) -- A resolution by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) to approve a resolution adopted by the National Assembly on April 17, 2020, to extend the state of…
Parents and Guardians Preparing For New Role in…
Basseterre: St. Kitts, April 18, 2020: “Parents and guardians can rest assured that things are in place for children’s continued education from Monday, 20th April when they were initially scheduled to…
Chairman of COVID-19 Task Force Says Curfew…
Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 18, 2020 (SKNIS): Chairman of the COVID-19 National Task Force, Abdias Samuel, says that the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is entering into a phase whereby the curfew…
Playing Politics With COVID-19: The Acts of a…
Commentary by Larry Olonzo Denville Vaughan The House met today (Friday, April 17) to extend the period of emergency powers. Upon the required vote of no less than ten members of the House, the…
Man shot and injured by police in Nevis
By: Erasmus Williams Charlestown, Nevis, April 18, 2020 - Credible reports that a member of the St Christopher and Nevis Police Force shot and injured a man in Nevis on Friday. According to reports,…
Civil servants and pensioners on Nevis to receive…
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (April, 17, 2020) -- The following is a statement from the Ministry of Finance in the Nevis Island Administration dated April 17, 2020. On the advice of Hon. Mark Brantley,…