Yearly Archives

2020

Eight Cruise Ships Being Prepped to Bring Crew…

Eight different ships from the Holland America Line Group, part of Carnival Corporation, are being readied to get crew home in repatriation efforts, according to a letter sent to crew on board. The…

LIAT Passenger Flights Further Suspended

CMC (ST JOHN’S): – Regional carrier, LIAT, will be extending the suspension of passenger services to May 15, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Chief Executive Officer Julie…

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…

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…

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…