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August 2020

Youth Impact 12 Awardees praised for their…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 14, 2020) -- The Department of Youth on Nevis awarded six young persons for their outstanding contributions in various areas of activism in observance of International…

Sarge Speaks Through His Son

He is arguably, the finest batsman ever, to come out of Nevis.  His name? Livingstone Sargeant. Recently, at the opening ceremony to commission the Cricket practice facility at the ET Willet Park,…

Through Legislative Action, St. Kitts and Nevis…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 13, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) - The passage of the Anti-Proliferation (Financing of Weapons of Mass Destruction) Bill, 2020 in the National…

OECS / USAID Early Learners Programme advances…

OECS Early grade readers will have 50,998 new Caribbean authored books for the coming school year. Thursday, August 13, 2020 — In an effort to ensure that early grade readers in the OECS have access…

68 closed stores on Front Street

Source: The Daily Herald PHILIPSBURG--There are 68 shops on Front Street that have closed since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, said Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and…

UK & US Governments Support Remote Hearings…

Press Release:- The UK’s Caribbean Security and Stability Fund (CSSF) has provided EC$200,000 to six countries in the Eastern Caribbean to facilitate remote operations of the Magistrates Courts during…

NHLDC to resume construction of affordable homes…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 12, 2020) – The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) has signalled its intent to resume the construction of affordable homes, with several housing projects planned across…

Nevis among Caribbean-G 8 islands to launch…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 12, 2020) -- The following is a press release from the Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) dated August 11, 2020, regarding the launch of an intra-regional collaboration for a…

Severance Fund Empty, But Government Promises To…

By Kevon Browne Source :WINNFM St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The Social Protection Fund, or Severance Payment Fund, of 1986, set up to protect employees from foreign companies who close their doors and…

Zoom class interrupted when student’s mother…

Source: The Hill A remote-learning class in Florida was interrupted Tuesday when the mother of an elementary student was shot and killed during an online Zoom session, police said. The shooting…

Cooperatives Ministry to collaborate with other…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 12, 2020 (MMS-SKN) -- Cooperative sector has a lot of scope and potential for export to the neighbouring islands and further afield, and the new Minister of Cooperatives…

Lands at specially discounted prices to boost…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 11, 2020 (MMS-SKN) -- The Team Unity Administration is all out to further boost the expansion of jobs in the construction industry, and Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy…