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REVAMPED ST.KITTS-NEVIS CBI PROGRAMME LAUDED BY THE IMF

Published 4 May 2017

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 4TH, 2017 (PRESS SEC) – A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) commended the Government yesterday, Wednesday, May 3rd, 2017, on its efforts to strengthen St. Kitts and Nevis’ Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) program, the oldest of its kind in the world.

“I would like to commend the government for strengthening the processes, particularly the due diligence processes,” Ms. Inci Otker, the IMF mission chief on the 2017 Article Four (IV) Consultation to St. Kitts and Nevis, told the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, and members of the Federal Cabinet yesterday.

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Travel

Norwegian Cruise Line Sails Into Cuba For First Time

Published 3 May 2017

HAVANA, Cuba, Wednesday May 3, 2017 – Norwegian Sky sailed into Havana yesterday morning, becoming the first Norwegian Cruise Line ship to visit the Spanish-speaking Caribbean island.

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Horoscope

The Thought of the Day

Published 4 May 2017

Good morning my dear families and friends I hope that we all had a good night’s rest.

The thought for today reminds us that “It hurts to love someone and not to be loved in return, but is more painful to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift! . Have a blessed Thursday.

Today’s Tip

It’s strange how many people have second thoughts, especially after the times that they had no first thoughts.

 

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News, Travel

Basseterre, St. Kitts on Wednesday May 03, 2017. View captured at 7:14am.

Published 3 May 2017

Basseterre, St. Kitts on Wednesday May 03, 2017. View captured at 7:14am. SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING IN TOURISM. SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING IN ST.KITTS NEVIS !!!!!RISM. SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING IN ST.KITTS NEVIS !!!!!OMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING IN TOURISM. SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING IN ST.KITTS NEVIS !!!!!

Minister of Tourism The Hon. Lindsay F.P. Grant along with the Minister responsible for Transport, The Hon. Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd led a delegation of tourism stakeholders to witness the extraordinary berth of the cruise giant at Port Zante.

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Travel

BVI Airways Gets Approval For US Flights, But Service Won’t Start Just Yet

Published 3 May 2017

BEEF ISLAND, British Virgin Islands, Wednesday May 3, 2017 – The privately-owned, government-backed BVI Airways is a major step closer to taking off to the United States, following approval from the US Department of Transportation (DOT).

A notice from the DOT last Friday said the airline has been given a one-year exemption to the requirement for a foreign air carrier permit, following operational approval from the United Kingdom’s regulatory agency, Air Safety Support International.

However, BVI Airways will still have to get permission from the US Federal Aviation Administration and the US Transportation Security Administration to schedule flights.

Two other airlines doing business in the Virgin Islands, VI Airlink and InterCaribbean Airways, had objected to BVI Airways’ application on the grounds that they never received a copy of it, and that government’s support of the airline would put them at a competitive disadvantage. They also questioned the accuracy of the ownership structure BVI Airways stated in its application.

However, the DOT said the objections were insufficient to warrant the withholding of authorization.

“We note that the applicant served its application in accordance with the appropriate Department procedural rules, and thus find no merit in the assertions of the objecting carriers regarding improper service. With respect to the concerns of the objecting carriers with the record as to BVI Airways’ ownership structure, we find that the record presented sufficient clarity for us to proceed on the application,” it said.

“Finally, with regard to the competition issue, we see no persuasive basis to withhold authority for the introduction of these new services, particularly taking into account the strong support for approval of the application submitted by the BVI government.”

The previously bankrupt BVI Airways got a US$7 million bailout from the National Democratic Party government.

The revamped airline plans a non-stop service from Beef Island to Miami International Airport on its two 85-seater AVRO RJ 100s, four days a week.

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