Property Tax Due    May 16, 2012    The Inland Revenue Department wishes to remind all property owners that Property Tax becomes due and payable on or before June 30, 2012. Failure to pay property tax on time will attract interest at a rate of 1% per month.  Persons who require assistance or clarification on matters relating to the payment of property tax are urged to contact the Inland Revenue

Minister Powell led Federal delegation to energy conference BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 16TH 2012 (CUOPM) – Nevis Junior Minister responsible for Energy, Hon. Carlisle Powell, represented the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis at a sustainable energy conference in Barbados at which new actions were announced to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and end poverty. Mr. Powell, who was accompanied by the Assistant Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Energy, Mr. Paul Lloyd, attended the sustainable energy conference in Barbados, organized by the United Nations and the Government of Barbados last week.  The Barbados Declaration calls for universal access to modern and

Former Nevis Fisheries Director supports Gallows Bay Project  NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May15, 2012) -- Former Director of Fisheries in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Captain Arthur Anlsyn, continued to give his blessings to the construction of the new Charlestown Community Fisheries Complex at Gallows Bay, years after the project he was initially a part of  has started to bear fruit.

CDB names 13th William G. Demas Memorial Lecturer  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 14TH 2012 (CUOPM) - Professor Amar Bhidé, Thomas Schmidheiny Professor at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, is to deliver the thirteenth William G. Demas Memorial Lecture.  The Barbados-based financial institution said his topic for the Demas Lecture will be "Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy ,” and will be delivered on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in the Orchid Ballroom of the Marriott Grand Cayman Resort, as part of the activities for the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).

CDB Board of Governors to participate in panel discussion on crime  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 13TH 2012 (CUOPM) – When Governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) meet later this month, they will participate in a panel discussion on improving citizen security in the region.  CDB said the May 23 event in the Cayman Islands is among the activities planned for annual meetings of the CDB Board of Governors.  “Crime and violence is a developmental issue which the CDB has identified as an important area of focus over the next strategic plan period 2012-2014,” the CDB said in a statement, noting that “increasing 

Pension rights for Government Auxiliary workers now before parliament  BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 12TH 2012 (CUOPM) – A commitment to extend pension coverage to Government Auxiliary Employees is one step further to becoming a reality. Legislation to streamline and coordinate the appointment, terms and conditions of employment, discipline and dismissal of Government Auxiliary

St. Kitts and Nevis now has "almost zero-rated tariff access" to Brazilian market    BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 11TH 2012 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has declared the twin-island Federation “now the only Caribbean country with almost zero-tariff access to the Brazilian market.”  “Manufacturers currently based in St. Kitts and Nevis, therefore, or

Biosphere Reserve Fosters Multisectoral Action Plan  Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 11, 2012 (SKNIS): It was the general consensus, at the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Committee launch, that nothing less than a multi-sectoral approach would be accepted when it came to the development of the St. Mary’s Biosphere Reserve. Dr. David Doyle, Permanent Representative for St. Kitts and Nevis to UNESCO, noted that the Madrid Action Plan for

Parry says his Administration is charting economic growth for Nevis  Charlestown, Nevis (Wednesday, May 9, 2012) -- Premier and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Joseph Parry, said on Tuesday (May 8) that the path of economic growth he chose for Nevis after world recession set in, is the same path American President Barack Obama used, and the results are bearing them out.

St. Kitts and Nevis moves towards establishing a National Maritime Policy and Action Plan BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 9TH 2012 (CUOPM) - There is a need for an integrated approach that marries environmental management directly with economic, fiscal and social policy and objectives. So says Minister of Tourism and International Transport, Sen. the Hon. Richard Skerritt. A new approach is needed in managing our maritime

Ministry of Trade holds consultation on Culture, Trade and Innovation  Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 2, 2012 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs sought to heighten cultural and other cooperation between St. Kitts and Nevis and the rest of the world in a national consultation held here recently.   The April 24 consultation held at the St. Kitts Marriott evidenced collaboration between the

PM Douglas says agriculture is important to economic diversification BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, MAY 2ND 2012 (CUOPM) – Government has made it abundantly clear its seriousness in the diversification of the St. Kitts and Nevis economy. Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says evidence of this was visible at last week’s agricultural exhibition although there are still some