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July 2020

Premier Brantley invites Kittitians to Nevis for…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 31, 2020) – The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) will be hosting a number of activities for the upcoming public holidays, August 3 and 4, 2020, and Hon. Mark Brantley,…

Flags to Be Flown At Half-Mast on August 1 in…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 31, 2020 (SKNIS) -The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has directed that all flags on government buildings in the Federation be flown at half-mast on August 1, 2020, the…

US Delivers Five Tons of Humanitarian Aid to…

Caption: Americans deliver over five tons of humanitarian cargo to students and families in St. Kitts and Nevis. Pictured: Etsu Bradshaw-Caines (Garden of Rebirth), Devon Edmeade (Hobson Enterprises),…

Nevis Premier delivers remarks at Nevis Island…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 31, 2020) -- The following is the full text of the remarks made by Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis, at a special sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on July 31, 2020,…

Isaias forecast to become hurricane Friday;…

Doyle Rice USA TODAY After lashing portions of the Caribbean with rain and wind, Tropical Storm Isaias is now forecast to become a hurricane on Friday, the National Hurricane Center said. A tropical…

Tropical Storm Isaias Unleashes Flooding,…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Tropical Storm Isaias battered Puerto Rico on Thursday as it continued on a forecast track toward the United States mainland, unleashing small landslides and causing…

NIA moving to address enrollment concerns for…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 30, 2020) – The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is working closely with stakeholders of public and private sector early childhood development centres, to address concerns…

Nevis benefiting from additional equipment to…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (July 30, 2020) -- Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis, says the Alexandra Hospital is better placed to fight COVID-19 thanks to additional equipment accessed by the Ministry of…

Diabetes Does Not Increase Risk of Persons…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 30, 2020 (SKNIS): Chief Medical Officer Dr. Hazel Laws said that according to a journal article published in The Lancet on July 17, 2020, diabetes does not increase the…

Wanted Man Jamal Slack in Police Custody

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 29, 2020 (RSCNPF): Wanted Man Jamal Slack was taken into Police custody Wednesday (July 29) afternoon. He was found by the Police in the West Farm Mountain area following…

Officials Reviewing Additional Income Support as…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 29, 2020 (SKNIS): The issuance of a further income relief stimulus by the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board remains under consideration. The Board previously…

Department Of Labour Focused On Processing…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 29, 2020 (SKNIS): The Department of Labour is working assiduously to process severance claims by workers terminated from their jobs. Section 26 of the Protection of…