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BASSETERRE (11th May, 2023): The St. Kitts Music Festival Committee has announced that telecommunications provider Digicel will once again serve as Gold Sponsor of the St. Kitts Music Festival which is celebrating its 25th anniversary from June 22nd to June 24th, 2023.Allister Williams, the Chairman of the St. Kitts Music Festival’s Executive Committee, expressed his excitement to partner with Digicel to create an event that exceeds all expectations, saying that the festival is open to new ideas and eager to find more ways to work together.Digicel’s Marketing Executive, Ashma Chaseau, congratulated the St. Kitts Music Festival on its milestone anniversary and…

By Mario Lubetkin, FAO Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin Americaand the Caribbean According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises, in 2022, almost 258 million people in 58countries faced the highest levels of acute food insecurity, which includes the categories of”Crisis”, “Emergency”, and “Catastrophe”, meaning that it can range from malnutrition to the riskof death due to lack of food. The number of acutely food-insecure people in Latin America and the Caribbean reached 17.8million. Haiti reports one of the most challenging situations, with 4.72 million people affected,representing 26% of the region’s total. This situation has led the affected…

 Today is a demonstration that the European Union is “walking the talk”.  Last October, here in Barbados we unveiled our new partnershipframework with the region, anchored on a stronger policy and politicaldialogue and on the Global Gateway. Climate change is obviously a centraltheme in this framework, captured in the EU-Caribbean Partnership for aGreen Deal.  At the time, Euroclima was presented as the new flagship programme thatwould turn that political commitment into an operational reality.  Today, a few months later, we are telling our Caribbean partners that we arestarting to implement. In these months, a lot of…

In commemorating Europe Day, the European Union (EU) officially launched its €35-million climateaction programme Euroclima in the Caribbean region. Today’s launch follows October’s Ministerialmeeting, where EU Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen and Caribbean Ministers agreed to put just greentransition at the core of the partnership between the EU and the Caribbean region. The launch tookplace at Walkers Reserve, an eco-forest located on the east coast of the country, which is also acentre for regenerative agriculture, further highlighting the focus and commitments of Euroclima. Euroclima is the EU’s flagship programme for green action to all 33 countries across Latin Americaand the Caribbean (LAC)…

The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) is investigating thecircumstances that led to an overseas visitor’s untimely demise at a local hotel. Theunfortunate incident occurred around 8PM on May 9th, 2023. Emergency services (EMS) received a call for assistance for Gary Welch, an elderlyCaucasian man who had fallen down some stairs to the hotel’s ground floor. Mr. Welch, who arrived earlier that day on vacation with his family, lost his balance whileascending the stairs from the first floor. Both EMS and the RSCNPF responded to thescene and Mr. Welch was promptly transported to the Joseph N. France GeneralHospital…

A delegation from the Federation comprising Denasio Frank from the Energy Unit in St. Kitts and Nelson Stapleton from the Nevis Electricity Company (NEVLEC) joined Caribbean counterparts for an energy workshop in Tokyo, Japan, from April 9 to April 21, 2023.The delegation with Japanese officials in JapanEnergy Officer within the Ministry, Denasio Frank, in an interview on May 3, 2023, said that the workshop was extensive and saw representatives from St. Kitts and Nevis, Japan and Barbados.The reason for this workshop is that the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is invested in promoting and developing energy efficiency and renewable energy…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 10, 2023 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Ageing and Disabilities is planning to deliver several activities designed to promote societal awareness of persons who are blind and partially sighted, thereby, changing the perceptions amongst sighted individuals. This was according to Mrs. Marecia Browne, Coordinator – Disability Services within the Ministry on the May 10th Edition of Infocus. She highlighted an activity in Guyana where Government Ministers walk certain areas in the country while blindfolded. This, she said, will be replicated in St. Kitts and Nevis. “The Ministry is preparing to do the same thing here on May 19 and we…

BASSETERRE (10th May, 2023): Reggae star Anthony B is set to swoon and sway reggae lovers at the St. Kitts Music Festival with past hits as well as new music from his latest album “Bread and Butter,” which was released in March 2023 and is a testament to his love and respect for reggae music. Originally slated to perform at the Festival in 2020, the pandemic forced the cancellation of the event. Fans have been eagerly awaiting his return after missing out on last year’s edition. Minister of Tourism The Hon. Marsha Henderson is excited to welcome Anthony B to St. Kitts. “We are…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 10, 2023 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of Cuba established diplomatic ties 28 years ago today. The friendship between both countries for almost three decades has been mutually rewarding with St. Kitts and Nevis speaking up for Cuba, especially for the lifting of the US economic sanctions levied on the Spanish-speaking Caribbean country for over six decades. St. Kitts and Nevis, on the other hand, has benefited tremendously from the relationship especially in the area of human resource development with many educational opportunities afforded to nationals through scholarships to study at…

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