On Sept. 14, the Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division along with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the SBA Office of Inspector General, as part of a Heartland Fraud Surge announced the results of Operation No Doze, a surge of criminal enforcement actions targeting fraud in SBA’s small business COVID-era loan programs. During the […]

Abbott Laboratories (Abbott), an Illinois-based healthcare company that manufactures and sells infant formula and nutritional therapy products, has agreed to pay $384,999,040 to resolve allegations that it caused false claims to be submitted between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2022, to federal and state programs arising from its failure to manufacture certain powder infant […]

Last week, an individual in California was arrested and two others were charged for paying people on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles to sign petitions using stolen identities of registered voters to qualify initiatives on ballots in California elections. Two aliens living in Kansas, and Louisiana were charged for illegally voting. And an individual […]

Newly-returned People’s Action Movement (PAM) Political Leader Dr. Shawn Richards has pledged to rebuild and modernise the party while calling for greater national unity and a shift away from political division. Delivering an address on Monday following his return to the leadership of the historic political organisation, Richards described the development as a “moment of […]

By Vernan George – St. Kitts-Nevis Observer Premier of Nevis Mark Brantley says drilling of geothermal production wells could begin as early as October or November, following a successful inspection of the drilling rig in Iceland. Speaking on the Government at Work programme on Thursday, September 4, Brantley said representatives from the Nevis Electricity Company Limited (NEVLEC) […]

The economy of St. Kitts and Nevis expanded by 2.1 per cent in 2025, but declining Citizenship by Investment (CBI) revenues, widening fiscal deficits and rising public debt are creating significant challenges for the Federation’s medium-term economic outlook. The findings are contained in the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s (ECCB) June 2026 Economic and Financial Review, […]