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Government Passes Landmark Environment Management Act In Saint Kitts And Nevis – Paving The Way To A Sustainable Island State

Basseterre, Saint Kitts  – The Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis has taken a major step forward in its journey toward sustainable development with the passage of the National Conservation and Environmental Management Act (NCEMA). The new legislation, introduced by the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Action, Honourable Dr. Joyelle Clarke, replaces the […]

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Ministry Of Sustainable Development Advances Land Regularisation And Strengthens Land Use Coordination

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – The Ministry of Sustainable Development is continuing its land regularisation initiative in Saint Kitts, ensuring that nationals are empowered through land ownership, and zoning guidelines are strengthened, addressing the access and use of appropriately designated lands. During the Statement by Ministers segment during the October 31, 2025, Sitting of the National […]

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Vincentians to Head to the Polls on 27 November 2025

By Vernan George St. Kitts-Nevis Observer Voters in St Vincent and the Grenadines will go to the polls on 27 November 2025, following the official dissolution of Parliament announced by Prime Minister Hon. Dr Ralph Gonsalves at a “Labour Strong” rally in Richmond Hill on 28 October. Dr Gonsalves told supporters that he had initially […]

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The Troubled Origins of St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prison System

In the annals of Caribbean history, the period following emancipation is often celebrated as a time of newfound freedom and opportunity for formerly enslaved people. However, beneath the surface of liberation—which we celebrate the first Monday of August every year—the systems that evolved in St. Kitts and Nevis tell a more troubling story—one in which […]

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Coercion in Daylight: The World Must Outlaw Arbitrary Detention

By Sir Ronald Sanders The practice has an ugly name and an uglier intent: arbitrary detention in State-to-State relations means this: tyrannical regimes seize innocents to make other governments submit to their wishes. As I said on October 28, 2025, at the United Nations, this is “not diplomacy; it is coercion in daylight.” The principle at stake […]

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