The National Beach Clean Up which initially emerged as an event in commemoration of International Coastal Clean Up Day has matured into an activity designed particularly for the involvement of fourth and fifth formers.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2009 (SKNIS): The National Beach Clean Up which initially emerged as an event in commemoration of International Coastal Clean Up Day has matured into an activity designed particularly for the involvement of fourth and fifth formers.

Coordinator of the National Beach Clean Up and Conservation Officer Andy Blanchette explained that the students use the statistics generated, in partial fulfillment for CXC examinations.  He said that his department specifically targets third and fourth form students who are taking the...

General Douglas M. Fraser congratulates Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas on the twin-island 26th Anniversary of Independence, calling St. Kitts and Nevis a positive model for the Caribbean

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – St. Kitts and Nevis is a positive model for the Caribbean in security, democratic values education and prosperity.

So says Commander of the United States Southern Command in Florida, General Douglas M. Fraser in congratulating Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas on the twin-island Federation’s 26th Anniversary of Independence.

General Fraser said the United States Southern Command “values the cooperation, mutual training and support our countries share.”

He said the United States looks forward to...

British Airways introduced a second weekly flight from Gatwick-London into St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport early next year. The Tuesday flight is scheduled to begin March 2010. BA introduced the existing Saturday flight, its first scheduled into St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport, on Saturday January 10th 2009.

Summer is generally the Caribbean slow season, but this summer turned up the heat for the Christophe Harbour Real Estate team. The sales office on-site maintained a steady stream of traffic throughout the summer months, and many clients visited Christophe Harbour and St. Kitts, taking advantage of our Bungalow package. Director of Sales Brian Gooding says, “We are busier now than we were in March, which we consider our peak season. We’ve sold four more Founders’ properties at Sandy Bank Bay just this month.” Only 10 founder positions with associated benefits remain. Contact Christophe Harbour Real Estate at 800-881-7180 or [email protected] for more details.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 11TH 2009 (CUOPM) – St. Kitts and Nevis said Tuesday that the overall fiscal position of the Central Government exhibited remarkable improvement for the first quarter of 2009 compared to the revised target and the corresponding level in 2008. “The Current Account balance recorded a surplus of EC$5.1 million in the first quarter of 2009 reflecting a favorable variance when compared to the projected surplus of EC$0.9 million and the deficit of EC$3.6 million that was achieved in the corresponding period in 2008,” disclosed Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in response to a caller during his weekly radio programme on Tuesday. Dr. Douglas told listeners to the one hour programme, syndicated on six local radio stations the Overall...