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GOVERNMENT OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TAKES DECISIVE ACTION TO MINIMIZE ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS

Published 14 October 2018

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GOVERNMENT OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TAKES DECISIVE ACTION TO MINIMIZE ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 14, 2018 (SKNIS): With the frequency and ferocity of natural disasters globally and regionally due to climate change and its detrimental impacts, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is taking decisive action to mitigate against economic losses from disasters that can take a socio-economic toll on small island developing states with small economies of scale.

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CXC: 11,000 pupils got zero passes

Published August 13, 2018

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by: Ministry of Education St Vincent Street

CXC: 11,000 pupils got zero passes

SOME 11,000 pupils across the region who wrote the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) Exam (formerly O’levels) last May/June got no passes. So said Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) Registrar Glenroy Cumberbatch at a function for the official release of results in Grenada on Saturday.

The shocking figures came on the weekend when otherwise pupils in TT yesterday (Sunday) received their results for the CAPE Exam (formerly A’levels) from the CXC’s online portal. Pupils can access their CSEC results online on Thursday.

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ECCB reports condominium tax drops 60 percent and a double digit decline in CBI programme in St. Kitts-Nevis

Published 17 June 2018

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By: Media Source

ECCB reports condominium tax drops 60 percent and a double digit decline in CBI programme in St. Kitts-Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 18, 2018 – A decline in property tax receipts was driven by a nearly 60 percent decrease in condominium tax in 2017 in St. Kitts and Nevis, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is reporting.

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St. Kitts and Nevis records fewer stay-over visitors in 2017

Published 7 June 2018

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By: Media Source

St. Kitts and Nevis records fewer stay-over visitors in 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 7, 2018 – The number of stay-over visitors to St. Kitts and Nevis fell in 2017 for the second consecutive year.

That’s according to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) which reported declines in visitor arrivals from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the Caribbean for the period under review.

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St. Kitts and Nevis economy continues to slow down, public debt rose in 2017, says ECCB

Published 7 June 2018

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By: Media Source

St. Kitts and Nevis economy continues to slow down, public debt rose in 2017, says ECCB

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 6, 2018 – The St. Kitts and Nevis economy continues to slow down for the third consecutive year under Prime Minister Dr. Timothy Harris’ PLP/CCM/PAM administration.

The St. Kitts and Nevis economy registered a GDP of 1.7 percent in 2017, according to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Annual Economic and Financial Review, which predicted n its outlook for 2018, a narrowing of the Federal Government’s fiscal surplus, further slowing in receipts from the Citizenship by Investment Programme and increase inflationary pressures in the domestic economy.