Entertainment, Events

Young Money Barbershop & Entertainment Sheenseea in St. Kitts for High Fashion Detention

Published 4 May 2017

Buckie Got It….. ladies get ready for this. Young Money Barbershop & Entertainment Sheenseea in St. Kitts for High Fashion Detention

 

Read More...

Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Woman Nabbed With Coke In Her Panties Sentenced To Jail Time

Published 4 May 2017

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN); The woman busted at the RL Bradshaw international airport with a packet of cocaine in her underwear one year ago, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail.

Pia Nisbett of Spooners Village, Nevis arrived in St. Kitts on a flight from Antigua the evening of May 1, 2016. Customs searched her luggage and person and discovered the drugs in the panties the woman was wearing at the time.

Police reported that the cocaine weighed 0.25 kilograms.

She was charged with possession of cocaine, importation of cocaine, and possession of cocaine with intent to supply.

Nisbett went before the magistrate court earlier this week and pleaded guilty to all charges. She was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for the importation charge but received no penalty for the other two charges.

Read More...

Local news, News

ACTING LABOUR PS GEARED UP TO PROTECT WORKERS’ RIGHTS

https://sknis.kn/acting-labour-ps-geared-up-to-protect-workers-rights/ #

Published 4 May 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 04, 2017 (SKNIS): The new Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Labour, Ron Dublin-Collins, said that he is settling into his role and is prepared to lead the staff and support the Minister of Labour in protecting the rights of workers in St. Kitts and Nevis.

“Our vision is to have a very strong and active department that supports the workforce, ensures that conditions within the workplace will lead to a progressive and strong labour force, [and] that … decent work conditions exist,” Mr. Dublin-Collins said. “That in itself creates a culture where individuals’ lives can improve.”

Read More...

Local news, News

REVAMPED ST.KITTS-NEVIS CBI PROGRAMME LAUDED BY THE IMF

Published 4 May 2017

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 4TH, 2017 (PRESS SEC) – A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) commended the Government yesterday, Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017, on its efforts to strengthen St. Kitts and Nevis’ Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) program, the oldest of its kind in the world.

“I would like to commend the government for strengthening the processes, particularly the due diligence processes,” Ms. Inci Otker, the IMF mission chief on the 2017 Article Four (IV) Consultation to St. Kitts and Nevis, told the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, and members of the Federal Cabinet yesterday.

Read More...

Travel

Norwegian Cruise Line Sails Into Cuba For First Time

Published 3 May 2017

HAVANA, Cuba, Wednesday May 3, 2017 – Norwegian Sky sailed into Havana yesterday morning, becoming the first Norwegian Cruise Line ship to visit the Spanish-speaking Caribbean island.

View image on TwitterView image on TwitterView image on Twitter

Read more: http://www.caribbean360.com/travel/norwegian-cruise-line-sails-cuba-first-time#ixzz4g1yiq8dH

Read More...