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Vat Day, Tax And Duty Concession Approved For December 2017

Published 21 October 2017

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Vat Day, Tax And Duty Concession Approved For December 2017

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): The usual duty and tax concessions given in December will be in effect this year, the government has confirmed.

From December 1st to December 31st packages of food items would be allowed free of duty and taxes for the first 400 lbs and imported non-commercial packages and the passenger allowance up to US$200 would also be allowed free of duty and taxes.

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More than eleven hundred (1,100) medical students are being relocated temporarily to the Federation

Published 20 October 2017

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More than eleven hundred (1,100) medical students are being relocated temporarily to the Federation to attend classes and live on the floating campus. More than one hundred and fifty (150) faculty and staff will also be here – children and families will accompany some of them – and many of them will be living on land. Some students began arriving by charter on Wednesday, October 18th. The spillover economic effects are expected to be significant.

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NRP blasts supervisor, Electoral Commission; sends letters to regional and international bodies

Published 20 October 2017

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NRP blasts supervisor, Electoral Commission; sends letters to regional and international bodies

Charlestown, Nevis, October 20^th 2017 – The opposition Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) is threatening legal action against the newly-appointed Supervisor Mr. Elvin Bailey and the Electoral Commission over apparent clandestine attempts to disenfranchise voters and has copied letters documenting concerns on several issues to the Federation’s Governor General, Prime Minister, Electoral Commission and regional and international organisations of attempts by the St. Kitts and Nevis Electoral Office.

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PM Harris’ spokesman: Government still trying to get FINCEN lifted after paying out US$96,000

Published 20 October 2017

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PM Harris’ spokesman: Government still trying to get FINCEN lifted after paying out US$96,000

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 20th 2017 – Nearly two years after St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris paid two American lobbying firms over US$96,000 (EC$259,000) to get the United States Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) removed, the advisory is still in place.

“It is a work in progress and we are in fact actively engaged with the authorities to do all we can in an effort to have it lifted,” Valencia Grant, Prime Minister Harris’ press secretary told the Texas-based Caribbeannewsnow on Thursday.

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Fire at Indego store located at Port Zante in St. Kitts

Published 19 October 2017

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Breaking news….fire at Indego store located at Port Zante in St. Kitts