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Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 19, 2018 (SKNIS): After a period spanning five days, from the presentation of the Budget Address 2019 by Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, to the rebuttal by Leader of Opposition, The Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, and debates by parliamentarians, The Appropriation (2019) Bill, 2018, with total estimates for 2019 of EC$ 772, 881,833 for recurrent expenditure, capital expenditure and net lending, was passed into law on Tuesday, December 18, 2018.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 19, 2018 (SKNIS): The well known saying “The Health of the Nation is the Wealth of the Nation,” reigns true for the Government of National Unity, says Senator and Deputy Speaker in the National Assembly, Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, during the 2019 Budget debate on December 18, adding that she strongly supports the Minister of State responsible for Health, Honourable Wendy Phipps.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 18, 2018 (SKNIS): The second Reduced VAT (Value Added Tax) Rate Day is on Thursday, December 20, 2018, as was agreed upon and confirmed by the Ministry of Finance in conjunction with the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

The first Reduced VAT Rate Day was on December 14, the day that the government paid an additional month’s salary, commonly called “a double salary”.

Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said that the decision by the Cabinet to continue to have Reduced VAT Rate Days is a part of the Government’s agenda of re-calibration of the economy in the context of renewed fiscal discipline.

Shortly after assuming power in the February 2015 General Elections, the Government of National Unity removed VAT from food, medicines and funeral expenses for 365 days of the year as one of its Manifesto promises to the people.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 18, 2018 (SKNIS): Senator and Deputy Speaker in the National Assembly, Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, stated during the 2019 Budget Address, 2018, that the government is putting people first in the pursuit of sustainable development.

Senator Byron said that throughout the past year, 2018, it is evident that the programmes, policies, and capital projects pursued by the government were truly focused on putting people first.