Published 20 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth Shawn Richards, will be the guest storyteller at the Dasani-Harper’s Heritage House Children’s Storytelling Series, this week Saturday July 22nd, at the National Trust Museum.
Published 20 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Culturama 43 Calendar of Events
Pre Activities
Published 20 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
Construction Equipment Accident
Consumers in Green Teee, Old Road and surrounding areas have lost electricity service due to a construction equipment accident.
A truck has damaged equipment in the area leading to a loss of electricity supply.
Consumers should note that our crews are already working on repairing damaged poles and lines. A restoration time will be announced in future updates.
SKELEC apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Please assume electricity supply service points are live at all times.
To report outages call 465-2013 (or 600 from cellphone only), www.skelec.kn, www.facebook.com/skelecltd
Published 20 July 2017, 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News.
Slumping St. Kitts-Nevis economy brings hardship; residents, business people feeling the squeeze
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 20TH 2017 – The slump in the St. Kitts and Nevis economy over the past two years is causing increased hardship in the twin-island Federation.
Gross Domestic Product has shrunk from seven percent in 2014 to a projected three percent in 2017 and 2018.
The media in the Caribbean quotes the Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Article IV Consultation as stating that the slump in economic performance of St. Kitts and Nevis is a result of a decrease in Citizenship-By-Investment (CBI) receipts, a deceleration in tourism-linked sectors, a contraction in manufacturing output, a narrowing of the overall fiscal surplus and a significant widening of the current account deficit.
Published 20 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
West Basseterre MP: calling out Defence Force a sign of escalating crime wave
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 20TH 2017 – Parliamentary Representative for St. Christopher 3 (West Basseterre) Hon. Konris Maynard, has accused the Timothy Harris Government of not informing the nation that a Proclamation has been issued by the Governor General “calling out the St. Kitts and Nevis Defence Force with its arms and ammunition for six months.”
“This Government does not have the decency, the decorum, the leadership to inform the public that these are the steps that have become necessary in their view to help address the escalating crime wave here in St. Kitts and Nevis,” said Maynard, who pointed out that it was the opposition St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party that informed the public this week, although the decision was taken by the Cabinet on May 22nd and the Proclamation printed in an Extra-Ordinary Issue of the Gazette on June 23rd it
He took umbrage to the secrecy of the decision, pointing out that the public was never informed although there has been Post Cabinet Briefings, meetings of the National Assembly and statements from the Office of the Prime Minister.
