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Southwest Airlines Is Launching New Flights to a Caribbean Island Famous for Easy Vacations, Chef’s Tables, and Beach Resorts

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A table with 18 seats wrapped around an open kitchen. A swim-up room steps from Palm Beach. An afternoon under a palapa on Eagle Beach followed by dinner from a chef serving an eight-course tasting menu a few miles away. The Caribbean island of Aruba has developed a particularly easy vacation formula, one where a beach-resort […]

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In St Kitts, A Move to Protect Witnesses

Above: Justice Minister and Attorney General Patrice Nisbett (Photo: CUOPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff With increased incidence of witness tampering and other interference with criminal trials in St Kitts and Nevis, Attorney General Patrice Nisbett says new legislation has been introduced to tackle the problem. The Evidence Bill 2010 seeks to re-examine the law […]

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St Kitts, Singapore Meet at UN

Above: delegates at the UN General Assembly Meeting this week (UN Photo: Susan Markisz) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Sam Condor met with Singapore Foreign Minister K Shanmugam at the UN General Assembly session this week in New York. The two sides discussed ways of […]

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New St Kitts Police Commissioner Walwyn Offers Gangs an Olive Branch

Above: from left, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and Commissioner CG Walwyn By the Caribbean Journal staff New Commissioner of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force CG Walwyn is extending an olive branch to the gangs, along with a chance to leave. “I am not now, nor ever will be, tolerant of the actions […]

St Kitts, Singapore Meet at UN

 Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) The federation of St Kitts and Nevis is sending 16 nationals to Taiwan to begin courses at the country’s National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism. The students will be focusing on restaurant management, tourism marketing, hotel management and casino management, among other fields, Prime Minister Denzil Douglas told […]

Official Warns Against Calls for St Kitts State of Emergency Declaration

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Nevis’ Deputy Governor General Eustace John warned against calls by the Concerned Citizens Movement and the People’s Action Movement to declare a State of Emergency in the Federation. While the deputy governor general said the increasing incidence of criminal activities in the federation was a serious threat to peace, stability […]

St Kitts and Nevis Delegation Concludes High-Level Talks in Israel

 By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis Works Minister Dr Asim Martin has concluded a three-person delegation in Israel for high-level talks. Dr Martin participated in talks with President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. The minister said his team, which was brought to Israel through a group […]

St Kitts and Nevis Project Positive Growth

 Above: Charlestown, Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) By the Caribbean Journal staff The economy of St Kitts and Nevis is projected to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent his year, with a slightly higher rate in 2012, according to the federation’s government. “Several projects are ongoing and even though they may be progressing at a […]

Taiwan Funds St Kitts Solar Project

 By the Caribbean Journal staff The Taiwanese government is funding a project to install solar panels in the government headquarters of St Kitts and Nevis, according to Prime Minister Denzil Douglas. Douglas accepted a cheque from Taiwan’s resident ambassador to finance the project, which is part of a green movement in the federation. “The government […]

Citing Rising Crime, St Kitts PM Douglas Assumes Police and Defence Forces

 Above: St Kitts and Nevis PM Denzil Douglas (UN Photo: Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff Citing escalating crime in the country, St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, who is also the current chair of CARICOM, announced he had been assigned the Police and Defence Forces by the country’s Governor General, Sir […]

World Bank Report: St Kitts and Nevis Broadband Use Highest in Caribbean

 Above: the narrows between St Kitts and Nevis (Photo: Caribbean Journal) St Kitts and Nevis has the highest fixed broadband subscription rates in the Latin American/Caribbean region, according to a report by the World Bank’s infoDev group. The rate of fixed broadband usage in the federation is not just the highest in the Latin American/Caribbean […]

IMF: St Kitts and Nevis Showing Recovery

 Above: St Kitts viewed from Nevis (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The International Monetary Fund has approved a three-year Stand-By Arrangement for $84.5 million with St Kitts and Nevis, in a bid to support the federation’s economic program and help it with comprehensive debt restructuring. Of that amount, $35.6 million is available for […]