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Nevis Taxi Operator Honoured at 2026 Business Excellence Awards

Bernadette Rivera of Keturah Tours Luxury Chauffeurs has received the Service Excellence Award at the 2026 Business Excellence Awards, hosted by the St. Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce. In a congratulatory media release, the Ministry of Tourism Nevis described Rivera’s achievement as an important recognition of the standards of service within the tourism industry. […]

Government Begins 2027 Budget Estimates Committee Meetings

Basseterre, St. Kitts (October 28, 2026) The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis began its 2027 Budget Estimates Committee Meetings on Wednesday, October 28, bringing together Cabinet Ministers, senior government officials, Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Departments to review spending proposals and establish priorities for the upcoming fiscal year. The discussions are taking place in […]

Great Britain: British Exporters To Be Given Greater Access To Finance As UKEF Strengthens Support For Ukraine

Smaller businesses will find it easier to access millions of pounds of government-backed finance to grow their exports under an expansion of UK Export Finance (UKEF) support announced in the Budget. UKEF will work with participating lenders to implement an expansion of its General Export Facility (GEF), increasing from £10 million to £15 million the […]

United States: Under President Trump, DHS Blocks Chinese Genomics Companies Linked to Forced Labor

Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF), announced the addition of three Chinese companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List. The action means goods made by these companies are prohibited from entering the United States unless the importer can demonstrate, under […]

United States: Ohio Man Convicted for Lying About His Involvement in the Rwandan Genocide

A federal jury convicted Eric Tabaro Nshimiye, also known as Eric Tabaro Nshimiyimana, 54, yesterday on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice related to his concealment of material information concerning his involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Specifically, the jury convicted Nshimiye of lying to a federal jury during the 2019 trial […]

United States: U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon Delivers Remarks on the Trump Administration’s Efforts to Restore Public Trust in Higher Education

Today, the U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon delivered remarks as part of her “The Next 250: American Education” speaking series. The Secretary is delivering these speeches to highlight the Trump Administration’s K-12 education, workforce, and higher education accomplishments, and to lay out the vision for the next 250 years of education in our nation. […]