Published 27 July 2017
Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News
MP Liburd labels interest rate for Fresh Start programme “criminal’; urges Tim Harris to “ease the squeeze”
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, JULY 27TH 2017 – The St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) chairperson, has labelled as “criminal” an 11 percent interest rate and an additional 1 percent interest on loans given to small business under the Fresh Start programme at the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis.
During Wednesday’s edition of Issues” on Freedom 106.5 FM. Mrs. Liburd, the Parliamentary Representation for St. Christopher 2 (Central Basseterre) spoke of the hardship of people unable to provide adequate shelter and food for their families and appealed to Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris to “ease the squeeze.”