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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 11, 2022) — The Ministry of Water Services in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is inviting suitably qualified individuals to apply for the following vacant positions: Operations Superintendent; Water Production Supervisor; and Laboratory Analyst. The job overview, responsibilities, job requirements, salary scale and application guidelines for each post are as follows: OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT Overview: The Operations Superintendent is responsible for managing the operations section and overseeing the maintenance of all heavy equipment, machinery and tools used at the Nevis Water Department. RESPONSIBILITIES: Some of the main duties are – – To serve as the Deputy to the Operations…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 14, 2022) — In its continued fight against HIV/AIDS, the Nevis Health Promotion Unit (HPU) is hosting an open-air activity on February 14, 2022, at the War Memorial in Charlestown dubbed “Protect your Pleasure this Valentine’s Day: Make your love… safe love.” Ms. Oceana Oloughlin, Health Educator at the unit, explained that the overall theme for the event is safe sex. “The aim of this event is to promote safe sex, and safe sex is the best sex knowing that safe sex prevents [sexually transmitted diseases] STDs as well as unplanned pregnancy. “So meet us here at the Charlestown Memorial…

Nevis Water Department issues disconnection schedule for 2022 NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 11, 2022) — The following is an announcement from the Nevis Water Department (NWD) regarding its disconnection schedule for 2022. The Nevis Water Department (NWD) will be commencing its island wide disconnection programme for 2022. Disconnections will take place in March, June, September and December. Customers in arrears over three (3) months are kindly asked to visit the NWD to make payments on accounts. NWD is aware that some customers are experiencing financial hardship. Should you fall into this criteria, kindly apply for our Payment Arrangement Plan at our Customer Service Department.…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 14, 2022) — Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Ministry of Tourism wishes to advise the general public that regrettably we must POSTPONE the planned COVID-19 Industry Certificate Training scheduled for this week. The training was originally scheduled for Wednesday February 16, 2022. A new date and time will be communicated once available. We sincerely regret any inconvenience this postponement may cause. All persons already registered will be automatically waitlisted for the future session. Kindly call the Ministry of Tourism at 469-0051 for more information.

Washington D.C., 9 February 2022 (PAHO) – While cases of COVID-19 fell by a third in the Americas this week, health care workers continue to face challenging conditions due to systems that are unprepared to support them, the Pan American Health Organization Director Carissa F. Etienne said during a media briefing today. “When cases surge exponentially, as they have in the past few weeks, the burden falls mostly on the people that power our health systems,” Dr. Etienne said. “For them, there is nothing mild about this Omicron wave.”With infections reaching 4.8 million (a 31% drop from last week) but 33,000…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 13, 2022 (SKNIS): Law enforcement in St. Kitts and Nevis is reporting an improved 43 percent in the rate of detected crime for 2021, the highest number in the past 20 years. The internationally accepted crime detection rate is 33 percent. Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, shared the news on Thursday (February 10, 2022) during his first press conference of the year. He reported that the figure is an improvement over the 40 percent and 39.3 percent detection rate in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Additionally, it was noted that there…

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 13, 2022 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in its continued efforts to bolster the local economy has invested in capital projects including infrastructural and housing projects. Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, during his first press conference of the year on February 11, said “The infrastructural and housing projects should lead to more jobs for our people, resulting in higher incomes and overall improvement in the quality of life.” He continued, “The private sector investments including the Dewars Housing Development and Public-Private Sector Partnership projects such as the…

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with deep regret the passing of the former Prime Minister of Belize, the Rt. Honourable Sir Manuel Esquivel KCMG. Sir Manuel’s calm presence allied to his measured statements were the hallmark of his contributions as a member of the Conference of Heads of Government. His well-earned reputation as a man of principle, honesty and integrity as well as his efforts at economic diversification endeared him to the people of Belize. In paying tribute to Sir Manuel, the Community recalls his own words to the 1986 meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government: “The most…

Basseterre, St. Kitts. February 11, 2022. The business environment in St Kitts and Nevis will be enhanced with the introduction of a National Quality Policy (NQP). This was signaled as Premier of Nevis and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Mark Brantley pledged the country’s support to implementing the NQP for the twin-island.“I think this is a really important exercise and one that we are all committed to here in St Kitts and Nevis. I’m sure you’ll hear from the Minister of Trade shortly; she is the one who has line responsibility for the Bureau of Standards; but I think this…