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Latin America Monitor predicts rising oil prices and wider current account and fiscal deficits in the ECCU economies

Published 26 September 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

Latin America Monitor predicts rising oil prices and wider current account and fiscal deficits in the ECCU economies

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER 25TH 2017 – Rising oil prices and the end of the PetroCaribe programme will result in wider current account and fiscal deficits in the economies of St. Kitts and Nevis and the other member states of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).

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HARRIS COMES UNDER LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OVER MOVE ON THE ST. KITTS-NEVIS CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAMME

Published 26 September 2017

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HARRIS COMES UNDER LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OVER MOVE ON THE ST. KITTS-NEVIS CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAMME

Thousands of local bloggers and callers to radio stations in St. Kitts and Nevis have forcefully decried the decision by Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris for suspending the Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF) option and slashing by fifty per cent (50%) the value of the contribution option of the country’s Citizenship By Investment (CBI) programme. One caller to a local radio station remarked that after destroying the CBI programme for political purposes whilst in opposition, the Prime Minister is now using the passage of two hurricanes as a pretext to devalue our programme in the hopes of reviving it.

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ST. KITTS AND NEVIS OFFERS MONETARY SUPPORT TO DOMINICA IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MARIA

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Published 24 September 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source 

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS OFFERS MONETARY SUPPORT TO DOMINICA IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE MARIA

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 24, 2017 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – St. Kitts and Nevis became the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to offer in kind and monetary support to the storm-ravaged island of Dominica in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

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Home Countries St Kitts-Nevis CountriesSt Kitts-Nevis “Shameful” move by St Kitts-Nevis following Hurricane Maria

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Published 24 September 2017

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Home Countries St Kitts-Nevis CountriesSt Kitts-Nevis “Shameful” move by St Kitts-Nevis following Hurricane Maria

Mahdi Mohammed, CEO of Guide Consultants, who was in Dominica during Hurricane Maria, surveys the devastation in Roseau

BASSETERRE, St Kits — A press release issued on Saturday by the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU) in St Kitts and Nevis announcing a drastic 50 percent cut in the investment requirement for its citizenship by investment (CBI) program, ostensibly to create a “hurricane relief fund”, has drawn widespread condemnation, including one CBI consultant who described the move as shameful.

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PM Harris’ action condemned by CBI consultant and renowned Caribbean diplomat in the US

Published 24 September 2017

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

PM Harris’ action condemned by CBI consultant and renowned Caribbean diplomat in the US

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, SEPTEMBER 24TH 2017 – The recent decision by St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris announcing a drastic 50 percent cut in the investment requirement for its citizenship by investment (CBI) program, ostensibly to create a “hurricane relief fund” has drawn widespread condemnation, including one CBI consultant who described the move as shameful.

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