Local news, News

DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL FOLKLORE EXTRAVAGANZA AT ST. CHRISTOPHER CHILDREN’S HOME

Published 24 December 2018

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MASQUERADE PERFORMANCE
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL FOLKLORE EXTRAVAGANZA AT ST. CHRISTOPHER CHILDREN’S HOME
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 23, 2018 (SKNIS): The residents at the St. Christopher’s Children Home were all smiles and in good spirits for the Christmas Season as they were greeted with several folklore renditions by local artists and staff from the Ministry of Culture on December 22 at the 2nd Annual Folklore Extravaganza.

A host of activities including masquerade, drumming, dance, and vocal renditions, was put on for the enjoyment of all. Each performance represented different aspects of the Federation’s culture.

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Local news, News

FOREIGN MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CRITICIZES EU’s ‘BLACKLISTING’ LABEL OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

Published 24 December 2018

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FOREIGN MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CRITICIZES EU’s ‘BLACKLISTING’ LABEL OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES
Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 22, 2018 (SKNIS): Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Mark Brantley, has criticized the European Union (EU) for its blacklisting of countries as non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes and said that the EU’s treatment of small island developing states is “unconscionable behaviour on the part of those who are rich and powerful against those of us who are poor and vulnerable.”

Speaking in the National Assembly on December 19, 2018, where several amendments were made to Acts to meet an EU compliance date of December 31, 2018, because the European bloc deemed St. Kitts and Nevis as a country with harmful tax practices, Minister Brantley said that “St. Kitts and Nevis together has a robust financial services sector.”

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Education, Local news, News

GOVERNMENT STANDS BY ITS DECISION TO BUILD THE NEWSTATE-OF-THE-ART BHS AT POND’S EXTENSION IN EAST BASSETERRE

Published 21 December 2018

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GOVERNMENT STANDS BY ITS DECISION TO BUILD THE NEWSTATE-OF-THE-ART BHS AT POND’S EXTENSION IN EAST BASSETERRE
 Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 21, 2018 (SKNIS): Minister of Education, the Honourable Shawn Richards, during a recent sitting of Parliament on December 13, said that according to a map provided by the Physical Department there are many developed areas sitting on the Basseterre Valley Aquifer where the new Basseterre High School (BHS) is to be built. The aquifer spans approximately 5230 acres.

“When you look at it (the map), the whole of Newtown is on the aquifer, Bird Rock is on the aquifer, here [Government Headquarters] is on the aquifer, St. Peter’s is on the aquifer, the Village is on the aquifer. All of these areas are on the aquifer. The water flows from those areas to where they have the wells,” he said. The minister added that when water flows, whether it is from rain or otherwise, the water will seep through the earth into the aquifer.

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Health, Local news, News

ADVISORY ON THE IMPORTATION OF ROMAINE LETTUCE INTO ST. KITTS AND NEVIS FROM THE USA FROM MINISTRY OF HEALTH

Published 21 December 2018

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ADVISORY ON THE IMPORTATION OF ROMAINE LETTUCE INTO ST. KITTS AND NEVIS FROM THE USA FROM MINISTRY OF HEALTH

 

Please find press release from Ministry of Health Re: Advisory on the Importation of Romaine Lettuce into St. Kitts and Nevis from the USA.

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Entertainment, Events

RESULTS || NATIONAL CARNIVAL (SUGAR MAS 47) FEMALE CALYPSO FINALS

Published 21 December 2018

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RESULTS || NATIONAL CARNIVAL (SUGAR MAS 47) FEMALE CALYPSO FINALS

CALYPSO QUEEN: Miss Independent ( 246 points)

1st runner up: Queen Brown Sugar (243 points)

2nd runner up: Queen Kibie (229 points)

3rd runner up: Charis D (221 points)

What a fantastic show by the female calypsonians! Sugar Mas 47 is off to a great start.

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