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Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 28, 2021 (SKNIS): The Bubble Experience at Port Zante will continue for the time being as the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Tourism and the National COVID-19 Task Force work to mitigate any spread of COVID-19. On days when cruise ships are docked at the main cruise port, persons who are unvaccinated against COVID-19 are not allowed into the bubble. A temporary barrier is erected around Port Zante to prevent anyone from going in or out of the Bubble. The Bubble allows the fully vaccinated excursionists to patronize the stores and restaurants, thereby generating economic activity…

Wednesday, October 27, 2021 — The Commission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) extends to the Government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines warmest congratulations on the occasion of the nation’s 42nd Anniversary of Independence. This year, the celebrations are being held under the theme “With Strength Honour and Dignity, We Stand Resolute at 42 and Beyond.” A virtual flag-raising ceremony was held at the OECS headquarters in Saint Lucia on Wednesday, October 27th 2021 to commemorate the event. The brief ceremony featured a recorded message from the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves; and an address by…

Coordinated, cohesive participation by the Americas at COP26 is crucial to achieve global objectives in the fight against climate change and to ensure that the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere will not put food production at risk. Top: Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture of the United States; Cleber Oliveira Soares, Undersecretary for Innovation, Rural Development and Irrigation of Brazil; and Pedro Álava González, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Ecuador. Middle: Víctor Villalobos Arámbula, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico; Augusto Valderrama, Minister of Agricultural Development of Panama; and Alfred Prospere, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries,…

Three virtual capacity building workshops provided education professionals with the skills and tools to build resilient education systems in the face of pandemics and other emergencies. Thursday, October 28, 2021 — In February 2021, the Education Development Management Unit (EDMU) of the OECS Commission hosted 3 virtual workshops on COVID-19 Resurgence Contingency Planning for 130 education officials from the 9 English speaking OECS territories. The workshop aimed to build technical competence for Ministries of Education staff in key areas needed to nurture and sustain resilient education systems in the face of pandemics and other emergencies. The workshop, held on February 11, 18…

60 Tablets were Donated to Roseau RC Combined School and Derniere Riviere Combined School Thursday, October 28, 2021 — In an effort to support initiatives by the Ministry of Education, Saint Lucia, to ensure effective home-learning for students amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the OECS Commission in partnership with Spirit of America provided a total of 60 tablets to the Roseau RC Combined School and the Derniere Riviere Combined School in a Handover Ceremony on Friday, 22 October 2021. The donation is intended to target students who are under-performing and are socio-economically deprived or disadvantaged and will support the Conquer Mathematics Initiative – a…

Cruise Schedule UpdateCruise Ship Schedule for November, 2021Dear Stakeholders,Please note the following tentative cruise schedule for November, 2021.Cruise dates that are highlighted in blue will be inaugural calls to the destination. Copyright © 2021 St. Kitts Tourism Authority, All rights

Thursday, October 28, 2021 — Port of Spain, October 25, 2021 – Stakeholders are being invited to input into development of a Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Development of this Strategy will fulfil a mandate from the OECS Council of Ministers for Environmental Sustainability (COMES) and contribute to efforts aimed at the management and sustainable use of marine and terrestrial biodiversity in the region. The Strategy will provide guidelines for engagement of civil society (including national and community-based and indigenous groups) and private sector stakeholders (including resource users, user associations and nature-based micro-enterprises). It will be…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 28, 2021 (SKNIS): School bullying is detrimental to children on both sides of the exchange and causes physical and emotional harm and even triggers mental illness. Glennika Richardson-Govia, a student at the Verchilds High School (VHS) highlighted several ways schools can assist in preventing any form of bullying. One such approach is to create a positive school climate as a school’s success is highly dependent on the positive energy that teachers and students adapt. “They can start from the ground up. They can start building a community where they reward them for good behaviour and not just academics and…

DUBAI, 27 October 2021 – The greatest challenges of our time demand the minds of talented women, and Expo 2020’s Women’s Pavilion in collaboration with Cartier is an “excellent and timely” reminder of the women who have led the charge for positive change in our societies, Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), said on Wednesday. “We simply cannot afford to leave talented women behind when we tackle the great challenges that await us, such as climate change, such as inequality,” Lagarde said during the inauguration of the pavilion, offering her remarks virtually alongside in-person speakers including Her Excellency Reem…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 28, 2021 (SKNIS): Tracey Wattley, Guidance Counsellor at the Cayon High School, identified several forms of bullying affecting students and encouraged parents and guardians to educate their children on the harmful impacts of bullying. “The traditional one that we normally look at is in terms of physical bullying where it has things that we can see [such as] the hitting, pushing, shoving, but over time we have seen that it goes beyond the physical aspect of things,” said Ms. Wattley, while appearing on the October 27 edition of Working for You. “There is also social bullying and…