NEWLY appointed Minister of Finance, Honorable Dr. Timothy Harris, described the St. Kitts/Nevis national debt as the “highest in our history” at the third National Consultation on the Economy held last week. He further stated that the Federation was facing its most challenging of financial times and described as limiting factors, the extremely high public debt and an overdraft which he said “needs to be conta...

It gives me great pleasure to be able to write a congratulatory message to our own Kim Collins as well as to the other Caribbean athletes that have performed in such an outstanding manner of the world’s most prestigious stage for sport. To achieve Olympic standard in a sport is the culmination of many years of hard physical and mental training; of learning to deal with pain, disappointment and competition and triumphing over significant odds. It is clear that there can be no doubt that Kim Collins has paid his dues and deserves all the honours that his country can heap upon him. It beggars belief that there would be those who could make derogatory judgments about Kim’s accomplishments.

Prime Minister Denzil Douglas owes the Nation an apology for the very callous statement he made concerning the national debt during the 2004 General Election campaign. In a show of utter disrespect and disregard for the intelligence of the citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Prime Minister unapologetically screamed at the top of his voice: “PUBLIC DEBT ME ASS!” He also encouraged his party supporters to shake their...

Kim Collins went to the Beijing Olympics as one of the oldest athletes on the track at 32 years old. As has been seen he faced stiff competition from youngsters only in their early twenties including the medalists in the 100m final in which he failed to qualify. Despite this set back the graduate of ...

Born April 5th 1975, Kim Anderson Collins, a diminutive figure of shape and size has become the most imposing personality of the federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. The achievements of Mr. Collins will perhaps become greatest as the years after his retirement accrue. In the veins of the chronically unassuming ,the opus that Mr. Collins will leave behind is astral; akin to staring into the sun; time alone, here at the sunset, will give better clarity. The shear consistency that has been the hallmark of Mr. Collins’ career is unprecedented in a field of sports where athletes can tumble down from hero status to mere sideline spectators. Tyson Gay of the USA was expected to reign supreme over his nearest competitors. By mid- Olympics Mr. Gay’s name had disappeared from amongst the elite athletes.

Not long ago there was something of a public controversy about the price of milk. The government set a standard retail mark – up for a tin of Carnation milk whilst at the same time there was a shortage in the availability of this basic commodity on supermarket shelves. Retailers complained of the increased cost of having to transport this product over from Nevis and still be hampered by the price control measure. The government was utterly unmoved and deployed its spokeswoman into the local media to make three claims; firstly that the retailers were unscrupulous and deliberately making life hard for the ordinary “man on the street”, that since the supply office in Nevis was importing there was no real increase in costs to the retailer –