St Kitts: Article archive
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Digicel Brand Lanches Services in Anguilla, Bermuda and St. Kitts & Nevis
Digicel, the fastest growing GSM mobile telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, has reached a significant milestone in its mission to expand its pan-Caribbean GSM network with service launches in three new territories: Anguilla, Bermuda and St. Kitts & Nevis.These launches are a result of Digicel's agreement to acquire Cingular Wireless'...
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St. Maarten/St. Martin entices U.S. exporters with duty-free status
The island of St. Maarten/St. Martin wasn't blessed with good soil and plentiful water, but its bountiful natural beauty serves as a mecca for U.S. and European tourists, and those tourists enjoy a meal prepared with the finest ingredients. The 76,000 people of St. Maarten, an island of the Netherlands Antilles, and St. Martin, a dependency of...
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Caribbean integration finds its rhythm
Gary N. KleimanAfter years of discussion on forging a unified trade zone among the fifteen members of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), a smaller version was launched in February between core countries, dos, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. Their Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) envisions free cross-border goods and services flows, and...
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Caribbean Pride
Liz BorodByline: Liz BorodMany magazines tout the romance of the Caribbean as a tourist paradise, but few have targeted the 1.5 million Caribbean people who have recently immigrated to the U.S. Addressing that demographic has been a long-held dream of P. Nigel Killikelly, a Guyanese native who has launched his own quarterly general-interest...
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Caribbean: a sea of investment opportunities - Caribbean Development Bank plays major role in financing development related projects
As one of the largest U.S. trading partners, the Caribbean region offers numerous opportunities for private-sector investment. In traditional sectors like tourism and financial services, as well as healthcare, education and technology, the island nations of the Caribbean provide a hospitable climate for foreign investment.A wide array of national...
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