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United States: Trump Administration Launches Foundry School to Build the Workforce Behind America’s Manufacturing Comeback

On Thursday, September 3, the Trump Administration will launch Foundry School, a national program to train the entrepreneurs, engineers, technicians, and industrial leaders needed to rebuild American manufacturing. Vice President JD Vance will headline the launch event. Foundry School is a project of Pax Silica, the Department’s flagship multilateral initiative to secure trusted global supply chains […]

Kim Collins Day renews calls for national hero status

Earlier this week, St. Kitts and Nevis observed Kim Collins Day, marking another anniversary of one of the most significant moments in the Federation’s sporting history. On August 25, 2003, Collins produced the defining performance of his career when he won the men’s 100 metres at the World Championships in Paris in 10.07 seconds. The […]

GOVERNMENT SHUFFLE: Hanley Named Acting PM, Wilkin Takes National Security

A temporary reshuffling of ministerial responsibilities is now in effect as the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis moves to maintain continuity during Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew’s medical absence abroad. The Cabinet Secretariat announced Tuesday that Deputy Prime Minister Dr Geoffrey Hanley has been appointed Acting Prime Minister, assuming additional ministerial responsibilities while Drew […]

Fired for politics? Brantley says no

By Vernan George Premier of Nevis Mark Brantley has strongly denied that political victimization played any role in the termination of Mario Phillip, a former government employee who recently launched his candidacy for Constituency 11 under the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP). The termination has sparked widespread debate on social media and radio talk shows since […]

‘Nice Is Not Why We Travel’

– SKN makes its case to travel advisors St. Kitts and Nevis last week used the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) Caribbean Showcase to make a direct appeal to some of the people who help influence where travellers choose to spend their vacations. The event brought travel advisors, tourism executives and industry partners to […]