Published 18 June 2024
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NOTICE: EARHTQUAKE DRILL
All Stakeholders of theTucker Clarke Primary School are asked to note that the school will be participating in an earthquake drillon Friday, June 21, 2024, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Published 17 June 2024
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CHAMBER HOSTS LUNCHEON ON FREE MOVEMENT
The challenges, concerns and benefits of St. Kitts and Nevis participating in CARICOM Free Movement, were the highlights of a presentation by St. Kitts and Nevis CARICOM Ambassador Mr. Larry Vaughan, who was the featured speaker at the Chamber’s quarterly luncheon held on June 5th at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. Mr. Vaughan, who is also the Head of the Regional Integration Diaspora Unit (RIDU), chronicled the work of CARICOM in this area, its thrust towards free movement of persons among CARICOM member states and the progress and challenges.
Published 16 June 2024
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CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT UNIT IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TO BE ESTABLISHED AS A STANDALONE CORPORATE BODY
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 15, 2024 (SKNIS) – The Citizenship by Investment Unit Bill, 2024, was successfully passed in the National Assembly of St. Kitts and Nevis on Friday, June 14, effectively paving the way for the establishment of the Citizenship by Investment Unit as a body corporate. This move embodies the government’s commitment to continuously employ new measures to strengthen the Federation’s Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme in line with best international practices.
Published 15 June 2024
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Kindly see the information below on the LIFT Programme, and note that the Portal at lift.gov.kn opens on Monday, June 17th from 9:00 am, for new applicants.
Published 14 June 2024
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CONTINUING INTERNATIONAL DUE DILIGENCE UNIT TO ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF SECURITY FOR THE FEDERATION’S PREMIER CBI PROGRAMME
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JUNE 14, 2024 (SKNIS) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is moving ahead with the establishment and operationalisation of its Continuing International Due Diligence (CIDD) Unit, further underscoring its continued efforts towards strengthening the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme and further protecting the country’s reputation internationally.
The new CIDD unit will be headed by former Commissioner of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and current Ambassador for the Eastern Caribbean States to the Kingdom of Morocco, His Excellency Ian Queeley.
In making the announcement during the Friday, June 14 sitting of the National Assembly, Prime Minister and Minister responsible for Citizenship and Immigration, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew said this new mechanism will further help to protect the Federation’s reputation on the international stage.
“We are serious and we want to ensure that we engender confidence in our international partners that we are serious about their security as well,” Prime Minister Dr. Drew said during the second reading and debate on the Citizenship by Investment Unit Bill, 2024.
The CIDD Unit will be headquartered in Europe and will be responsible for conducting continuing due diligence on economic citizens worldwide.
“It will ensure that citizens holding passports issued by St. Kitts and Nevis and residing and working internationally, abide by the laws of the countries in which they reside and visit, and that they respect the international laws as well. [It will] alert the Ministry of National Security of St. Kitts and Nevis citizens who are being investigated for committing or have been arrested and/or charged with financial or other crimes internationally,” Dr. Drew added.
In addition, the unit will liaise with and report to international law enforcement, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing agencies when St. Kitts and Nevis citizens are being investigated for committing or have been arrested and/or charged with financial or other crimes internationally. It will also be responsible for retrieving passports issued by St. Kitts and Nevis which have been cancelled by the Ministry of National pursuant to the Passport and Travel Document Act Principle 5 of the US-Caribbean roundtable on CBI.
Moreover, the CIDD unit will seek to create policies to mitigate and address any risks associated with St. Kitts and Nevis citizens who obtained their citizenship via the CBI programme.
In all of this, Prime Minister Dr. Drew said the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is “making sure that there would also be strict security measures to protect ourselves and to protect our international partners.”
The Continuing International Due Diligence (CIDD) Unit will be operationalised by July 31, 2024.
