“Building Resilience, Improving Infrastructure for long term development, A harmonized approach to economic Growth”

That’s the theme for the 2020 budget, which was presented in the Nevis Island Assembly, (today) Tuesday Dec. 3^rd.

Additionally, Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Mark Brantley, read a first time, the Nevis Appropriation (2020) Bill, 2019.

The purpose of the bill (which is to the tune of $239, 713,000 EC dollars, is to appropriate certain sums of money for the use of the public service of the island of Nevis for the financial year commencing on the 1^st day of January 2020 and ending on the 31^st day of December 2020.

According to the Premier, the 2020 budget represents an 11% reduction, when compared to the 2019 budget of $269.6 million EC dollars.

The Budget debate will commence on Wednesday Dec. 4^th, at 10:00 a.m. at the Assembly’s Chambers, in Charlestown and it will be carried live here on VON Radio 860AM, as well as www.vonradio.com.