Published 18 June 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Prime Minister Harris attends special Father’s Day service – salutes all father figures

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 18, 2018 (PLP PR Media Inc.) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris on Sunday June 17, the day celebrated internationally as Father’s Day, joined scores of worshippers at the Wesleyan Holiness Church in Molineux where a special service was held to honour fathers.

Welcoming the Prime Minister, who is also the local area Parliamentary Representative, was the Rev Ericsson Cumberbatch who is the local pastor, while the thought-provoking sermon on fatherhood was delivered by Rev Spencer Watts, District Superintendent for the Wesleyan Holiness Church in the St. Kitts and Nevis District.

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Published 18 June 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Manufacturing output in St. Kitts and Nevis decline six percent in 2017, says ECCB

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 17, 2018 – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is reporting a six percent decline in manufacturing in St. Kitts and Nevis for 2017.

According to the bank’s Annual Economic and Financial Review for 2017, the St. Kitts and Nevis economy decelerated to 1.7 in 2017 compared to 2.2 percent in 2016, 3.9 in 2015, 6.0 in 2014 and 6.2 in 2013.

According to the ECCB, manufacturing output is estimated to have declined by 6.5 percent, evidenced by a 17.1 percent decrease in the export of alcoholic beverages. The Report gave no additional information.

Carib Brewery (St. Kitts and Nevis) in 2016 also reported a 37 percent decline in export sales.

The 2016 Report highlights that Carib Brewery produced 884,730 total sales cases in 2016 compared to 979,161 cases in 2015 and 991,046 cases in 2014.

Photo: Carib Brewery St. Kitts

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Published 18 June 2018

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

PM HARRIS LEADS ST. KITTS-NEVIS DELEGATION TO OECS HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 18, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, left the Federation on Sunday, 17th June, 2018 to join his colleague heads for the 65th Meeting of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority.

The meeting will be convened at the Harbor Club in St. Lucia.

The hectic two-day meeting is expected to cover agenda items such as the OECS Work Program and Budget, trade and foreign policy issues, and receive reports from a number of OECS Organs including the Council of Ministers of Agriculture, Education, Environment, Health and Foreign Affairs.

Prime Minister Harris is the immediate past Chair of the OECS Authority, while Prime Ministers Allen Chastanet and Dr. Ralph Gonsalves are the outgoing Chair and incoming Chair, respectively.

The St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister is accompanied by Permanent Secretaries of National Security and Foreign Affairs, Mr. Osmond Petty and Ms. Kaye Bass, respectively.

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