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The international delegation stayed in the country for a week and concluded a course on school feeding 24 March, 2023 – Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic – Representatives from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries took part in an international technical mission in the Dominican Republic from March 13 to 17, organized by the trilateral south-south cooperation project Consolidation of School Feeding Programmes in LAC, carried out by the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation. The objective of the mission was to promote the exchange of experiences and good practices to strengthen the public policy on school feeding in the region, as well as…

The Ministry of Ecclesiastical and Faith-Based Affairs invites all Pastors of Evangelical Churches on St. Kitts to a special meeting on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at the People’s Evangelistic Center at Needsmust Estate. The meeting begins at 10 a.m. All are encouraged to make a special effort to attend as pertinent matters will be discussed.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 27, 2023 (SKNIS) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has procured a much-needed microscope for the Ophthalmic Unit at the Joseph N. France General Hospital that will soon lead to the resumption of certain critical eye procedures at the institution. Prime Minister and Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew stated on previous occasions that the unit needed a new scanner and a microscope to carry out certain surgical procedures. The Government has since taken the necessary steps to address the concern. Earlier today (March 27), Prime Minister Dr. Drew visited the Ophthalmic Unit where the…

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, March 26, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO): Press Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Mrs. Adelcia Connor Ferlance was invited to attend a media familiarization tour in India from March 22- 29 for Latin America and the Caribbean. The Government of India’s Media Familiarisation Tour initiative is extended to media professionals globally. Each month this year the Ministry of External Affairs has welcomed professionals from different regions to promote India’s development agenda and vision for their respective areas. The media professionals will be visiting government ministries, several major private industries, and various historical and cultural heritage sites such as the National Museum of India, the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 26, 2023 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): Two national educators in the persons of Ms. Clarice Cotton and Ms. Vanta Walters have been featured by the Organization of American States (OAS), on their social media platforms, as the organization continues to commemorate the VI Inter-American Week of People of African Descent in the Americas. The Week is being celebrated under the theme, “Fighting Slavery’s Legacy of Racism through Transformative Education in the Americas”. The OAS has therefore utilized the week to showcase amongst other things, the profiles of transformative education advocates from across the Americas, who have…

Belize City, Friday, 24 March 2023 (CRFM)—The Blue Justice Caribbean Hub, a regional hub to strengthen cooperation and coordination in the use of innovation and digital technology to fight fisheries crimes, was launched on the occasion of the two-day International Blue Justice Conference 2023, which concluded today in UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark. The establishment of the Blue Justice Caribbean Hub in Jamaica is the latest in a series of advancements by the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) and its Member States in combating illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing and transnational organized crime in the fishing industry. Jamaica and other CRFM States celebrate the Caribbean’s launch…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 24, 2023 (SKNIS): Eighteen persons have joined the ranks of certified elderly care providers in St. Kitts and Nevis, having completed a three-month course at the C. F. Bryant College in Elderly Care. The successful trainees were presented with certificates during a ceremony at the Solid Waste Management Corporation on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Lecturer Marshalette Smith-Anthony at the Division of Health Sciences noted that the course participants completed six weeks of theoretical and skills practice in the first instance, followed by clinical placement for the remaining six weeks. “The Elderly Care Provider Course was designed…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 24, 2023 (SKNIS): With the growing water shortages and lack of water conservation, among others, Cromwell Williams, Water Engineer at the Water Services Department (WSD), said that it is time to hold a national conversation on the price structure of water in St. Kitts and Nevis. “I think St. Kitts and Nevis is one of the places where water is cheapest. The last time the water price was increased was 2001, 20 years ago. Let us be realistic, $20 for water in 2023, is not sustainable if we want to provide a world-class water service. So that…

All traders, livestock owners and other agricultural stakeholders are hereby advised that the St. Kitts Abattoir will be accepting animals for one day only, which is Sunday, 2nd April 2023. All meat cutting will be done on Thursday 6th April 2023. This is in observance of the Good Friday holiday on 7th April 2023. Meanwhile, For the week ending 15th April 2023, the St. Kitts Abattoir will be accepting animals for one day only, which is Monday 10th April. There will not be any deboning within that same week. All cutting of meat will be done on Friday 14th April. This is to accommodate the smooth flow of operation ahead of the…

23 March 2023, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis –Commercial banks and financial institutions provide a range of critically important services to the citizens and residents of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. Speaking on this week’s episode of ECCB Connects, Baldwin Taylor, General Manager of Bank of Montserrat Limited, and Secretary of the Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat Bankers Association as well as the ECCU Bankers Associations, shares information about the different types of accounts available at financial institutions and discusses some common terms used in banking. Taylor outlines that the various types of accounts offered by commercial banks…