Organisers of the St. Kitts Music Festival have revealed an impressive line-up of regional and international performers for the 2026 edition, as excitement builds for the event’s 28th staging. The artistes set to take the stage include Fantasia, Machel Montano, Mavado, V’ghn, Beres Hammond, Shelly & Signal Band, Luciano, D’yani, Zu, Valiant, Brandon, Rucas H.E, Masicka, Shaneil Muir, Steel Pulse, Kranium, Gharlic & The Upper Level Band, Aidonia, Voice, Rodney Tattat, Tarrus Riley, Dean Fraser & The […]

Nevis is taking deliberate steps to reduce its long-standing dependence on tourism, signalling a shift towards a more diversified and resilient economic model. Recent policy decisions by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) point to a broader strategy designed to build stability, manage risk, and better withstand global shocks, seasonal slowdowns, and growing competitive pressures. Tourism […]

By Vernan George St. Kitts–Nevis Observer Project Coordinator for the Vance Amory International Airport expansion, Alexis Jeffers, says steady progress is being made on key components of the long-anticipated project, despite earlier delays linked to land acquisition. Jeffers provided an update during his weekly radio programme ‘On Point’ on January 30, outlining preparatory works now under way near the […]

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me…” That is part of what is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, located on Liberty Island – adjacent to Ellis Island, at the gateway to the United States. […]

  On Tuesday 27 January 2026, St Kitts & Nevis appeared before the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for its fourth-cycle review, Government communications around that appearance presented the Federation’s progress in terms of governance, rights, and institutional strengthening. Those words matter most when they are tested. Rule of law […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 11,  CMC – A High Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a  member of the main opposition We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party, who had challenged the decision of a bank to  close his account. In the run-up to the regional and general elections here last September, several commercial banks cancelled […]

ROSEAU, Dominica, Feb 11, CMC – The chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew Wednesday held talks with Prime Minister Roosevelt  Skerrit on issues ahead of the February 24-27 CARICOM summit to be held in St. Kitts and Nevis. “I came to meet with senior Prime Minister Skerrit to discuss matters […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados,  Feb 11, CMC -A 27-year-old man has been released on BDS$5,000 (One BDS$=US$0.50 cents) bail  after he pleaded guilty to posting on social media a video claiming that he had received money from a candidate of the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) ahead of Wednesday’s general election. Akeem Renaldo Durant will return to […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Feb 11, CMC  -Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders say  they recognise the “urgent need” for a stable political process in Haiti following last weekend end to the mandate of  the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT) while leaving the future of the French-speaking member country in limbo. “It is expected that this would be a short interim […]

ST. GEORGE’S , Grenada,  Feb 10, CMC – Health authorities in Grenada Tuesday said they are investigating several suspected cases of tuberculosis (TB) “Of particular concern is that children are among those affected,”  the Ministry of Health isaid in a statement, adding that Grenada typically records two to three cases of TB each year. “However, […]