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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 17, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – By making the necessary legislative amendments now, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is ensuring that the twin-island Federation is never again listed as a non-cooperative tax jurisdiction – a classification that causes significant reputational damage to listed nations. “A blacklist is a signal to the rest of the world, with whom you are engaged, that something is awry with some aspect of the governance agenda. Therefore Mr. Speaker, we will not chance those things. We have come a long way. We have, in…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 17, 2020 (SKNIS): As cases of the novel coronavirus continue to surge in islands around St. Kitts and Nevis, the Federal Minister of Health, the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, has thrown her full support behind the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2020, that had its second reading in the National Assembly on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.The Bill was introduced in parliament on October 15, 2020, and was moved for its second reading by the Attorney General, Honourable Vincent Byron Jr., in his capacity as Chair of the Disaster Mitigation Council. It seeks to provide for public health and…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 16, 2020 (MMS-SKN) — Diabetes is one of the four major types of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and the Federal Minister of Health the Hon Akilah Byron-Nisbett is making an appeal for everyone to support persons living with the disease. Minister Byron-Nisbett made the remarks on World Diabetes Day, Saturday November 14, at the War Memorial in Fortlands, Basseterre, at the end of the St. Kitts Diabetes Association’s organised Grand Walk held under the theme ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’. The walk had taken the participants from the War Memorial to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank via Bay Road and…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 17, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has reaffirmed that the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has no intention of introducing Personal Income Tax or increasing Corporate Income Tax. Theprime minister made this statement during the Tuesday, November 17 Sitting of the National Assembly in response to the misinformation that is presently in the public domain surrounding the tabling of the Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2020. PrimeMinister Harris said the Amendments to the Bill seek to clarify the application of…

No. of 2020. Public Health (Amendment) Saint Christopher Bill, 2020. and Nevis. SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS No. of 2020 A Bill to amend the Public Health Act Cap. 9.21 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis, and by the authority of the same as follows: PART I – PRELIMINARY 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Public Health (Amendment) Act, 2020. 2. Amendment of section 2. Section 2 of the Act…

No. of 2020. COVID-19 (Prevention and Saint Christopher Control), Bill, 2020. and Nevis. Arrangement of Sections. PART I – PRELIMINARY PART II – ADMINISTRATION PART III – PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS PART IV – TESTING AND TREATMENT. PART V – MISCELLANEOUS SCHEDULES No. of 2020. COVID-19 (Prevention and Saint Christopher Control), Bill, 2020. and Nevis. SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS No. of 2020 A Bill to provide for public health and other interventions to prevent, control and suppress the transmission of the COVID-19 virus and for related…

Global Themes for 2020: Education, Ecosystems, Inclusion and Policy. National Long Term Theme: No One Must be Left Behind: Creating Sustainable Livelihoods for All, Through Entrepreneurship Delivered by Minister of International Trade, Commerce, Consumer Affairs & Labour Hon Wendy Colleen Phipps Sunday, November 15, 2020 Fellow Citizens and Residents of St. Kitts and Nevis: From November 16-22, 2020, our Federation will be joining about 180 countries in the celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020. This international observance, which was started in 2008 by the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN), is meant to showcase the importance of entrepreneurship to economic development, job …

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 16, 2020 (DBSKN) — In celebration of a week of activities in observance of World Diabetes Day, the St. Kitts Diabetes Association held a Grand Walk on Saturday November 14, the actual World Diabetes Day. The walk, which was held under the theme ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’, took the participants who included the Minister of Health the Hon Akilah Byron-Nisbett and the Permanent Secretary Dr Delores Stapleton-Harris, from the Cenotaph at the War Memorial to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank and back via Bay Road. “The St. Kitts Diabetes Association we have been having our week of activities…

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, November 16, 2020 (IICA-SKN) — Twenty backyard farmers on Nevis are the recipients of raised seed beds, Grow Boxes, thanks to the collaboration between the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the ministries of Health and Gender Affairs, Social Development, and Agriculture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA). “This initiative came out the Covid experience, understanding that a lot of people have lost their jobs and to help with food security,” said Technical Specialist, St. Kitts and Nevis IICA Delegation, Ms Sharon Jones, on Thursday November 12 at a ceremony held at the conference room of the Department…

Paris, France—16th November 2020: In a brief courtesy visit last week on Ambassador François Chih-Chung WU, head of the Taipei Representative Office (TRO) in France, St. Kitts & Nevis Honorary Consul to France, Dr. David P. Doyle, reiterated messages of mutual friendship between the two countries. The TRO represents the interests of Taiwan in France. Both envoys exchanged views on the long-standing bilateral relations between Taiwan and St. Kitts and Nevis, which have been characterised by shared values and mutual respect since they established diplomatic relations in 1983. Dr. Doyle, who also serves as the Federation’s Ambassador to UNESCO in Paris, expressed the deep gratitude of Hon.…