Education, Local news, News

A message from Mr Meguel Thomas, Principal Verchilds High School

Published 3 January 2021

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Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

A message from Mr Meguel Thomas, Principal Verchilds High School

Due to some unforeseen circumstances, a decision has been made for the students and teachers of the Verchilds High School to return to school on the shift system.

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Business, International news, News

Fingerprint authentication moves from phones to payment cards

Published 3rd January 2020

Basseterre

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Fingerprint authentication moves from phones to payment cards

Visa pilot in the U.S. and Europe enables fingerprints on cards to authenticate transactions.

Payment cards are gaining new capabilities as Visa has launched a pilot of a new dual-interface (chip- and contactless-enabled) biometric payment card with Mountain America Credit Union and Bank of Cyprus. This will be the first pilot in the U.S. to test an on-card biometric sensor for contactless payments.

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Business, International news, News

George Lucas Explains His “Very, Very Painful” Decision to Sell Lucasfilm to Disney

Published 28 December 2020

Basseterre

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In 2012, George Lucas gave up his baby. The man behind Star Wars, a space opera series you might have heard of, sold Lucasfilm and all of its assets, including that same space opera series, to Disney, a company you might have heard of. Lucas had been a chief architect of two separate Star Wars trilogies and was starting to look at a third — until this decision was made, and we got the ending to the Skywalker Saga that we got. What prompted this decision? Why wouldn’t he want to see how his brainchild ended?

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Local news, News, Travel

Travel Requirements for St. Kitts and Nevis Update #7

Published 24 December 2020

Basseterre

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Update #7:  
 Travel Requirements for St. Kitts and Nevis

BASSETERRE (24th December, 2020): St. Kitts & Nevis has added a new property to the list of quarantine accommodations for Nationals/Residents. 

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Business, Local news, News

Notice: Bulletin: Closure of the Ministry of Sustainable Development

Published 22nd  December 2020

Basseterre

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Community Notice

 The Ministry of Sustainable Development which includes the Department of Statistics, Lands, and Surveys and Physical Planning, as well as the Building Board, will be closed to the general public from 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, to facilitate the Ministry’s end of year staff social.

Normal operations will resume at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 24.

Officials at the Ministry of Sustainable Development apologize for any inconvenience.

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