Just days after the Trinidad-based Republic Bank took over the operations of the Bank of Nova Scotia in St. Kitts and several other countries in the region, another Canadian bank has reportedly sold its Caribbean operations, including its branches in St. Kitts and Nevis. FirstCaribbean is...
The government has announced its approval for the usual duty concessions on food, gift packages and passenger allowances for the month of December. It also announced via press release Thursday that instead of the one Vat Reduction Day it gave for the past 4 years,...
Say good bye to the Bank of Nova Scotia St. Kitts and Nevis and welcome the Trinidad and Tobago-based Republic Bank. The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) in September approved the sale of Scotia bank’s assets in the ECCU territories to Republic Financial Holding Limited (RFHL) Effective...
The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has repatriated the 49 illegal Haitian migrants to their home country via chartered flights from Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport. Chief of Immigration Mercylyn Hughes confirmed with Freedom FM that the immigrants left St. Kitts Thursday morning. 15 of those...
Livestock farmers on St. Kitts continue to lament the loss of their animals to a tick disease, saying the government is not moving fast enough to assist them to save the remainder of their stock. Farmers reported major losses to their sheep, goat, and cattle livestock...