Basseterre 15/6/12 – On Thursday 31/5/12 representatives from the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank Limited attended the opening ceremony for the Saddlers Secondary School Library. The library project sponsored by NATIONAL, has provided the school with a state-of-the-art library which uses the Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) System. This modern library system replaces the traditional card catalog method and can be ... Read More »

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Engineering students and faculty from the University of Central Florida (UCF) are partnering with counterparts at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College to bring a state-of-the-art shade house to the CFBC main campus. Organized as part of UCF President’s Scholars annual summer study abroad and service learning programme, the international team will assemble the shade house between ... Read More »

Basseterre, St. Kitts – The National AIDS Secretariat in St. Kitts and Nevis is partnering with Scotiabank to mark the 5th year anniversary of the Regional HIV Testing Day in the Caribbean on June 29, 2012. On that day, Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) will be conducted at temporary stations at Prince’s Street, Basseterre from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ... Read More »

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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (Inland Revenue Department) – As part of its ongoing campaign of providing better information and improving the quality of services to the general public, the Inland Revenue Department will officially kickoff its Property Tax “Get Closer to You” Campaign on Saturday 02nd June, 2012. This project will see the Department move away from its traditional means of ... Read More »

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  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – Japan has agreed to a request by St. Kitts and Nevis to assist the twin-island Federation in skills training, technical and vocational development. The request came from St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas during a courtesy call by Japan’s new Ambassador the St. Kitts and Nevis, His Excellency ... Read More »

During the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 held in Barcelona Spain, two of the biggest names in the mobile industry announced their newest device line up. I am talking about big wigs, LG and Huawei. LG announced the sequel to their famous Optimus 2X the LG Optimus 4X, while Huawei announced the arrival of the Huawei Ascend D Quad XL. ... Read More »

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – Talks aimed at sending St. Kitts and Nevis students to Taiwan for vocational and technical training have been explored by the Federation’s Minister of Education, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty. The Education Minister and his Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Ione Liburd-Willet and Taipei-based St. Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to the Republic of China (Taiwan) held discussions with ... Read More »

(BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS) – St. Kitts and Nevis is expected to be represented at the upcoming Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Set for Rio de Janeiro on 20-22 June, the Conference on Sustainable Development hopes to “secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development, assess the progress to date and the remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes ... Read More »