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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 20, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has expended more than $8 million in direct payments to citizens and residents who qualified for assistance under its second stimulus package. This comes as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris confirmed that the third tranche of payments under the Team Unity Government’s second comprehensive stimulus relief package was made to successful applicants this month. The second stimulus relief package was announced by Prime Minister Harris in July of this year to lend…

DUBAI, 18 October 2021 – Space Week, the second of Expo 2020 Dubai’s Theme Week, continues until 23 October. It presents an array of content, discussions and more that will probe the benefits, solutions and challenges of exploring beyond our planet’s orbit. View content from Day 2 below: Italy Pavilion tackles space debris, sustainability and accessibility during animated Space Week discussion ‘Borderless world’, as seen from space, highlights need for collaboration and inclusivity, astronauts and NASA experts say A beautiful place in the country: why Apulia’s aerospace sector matters Omran Sharaf, Emirates Mars Mission Director: The goal of space missions is to serve humanity Shella Brunswick, Space…

DUBAI, 19 October 2021 – Ahead of his showcase at Expo 2020 Dubai, ‘Beyond the Stars’, which features performers from a number of different cultures and backgrounds, British composer, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, arranger and producer Sami Yusuf spoke to the Expo News Service about his influences for the event, which included the theme of Expo, ‘Connecting Minds, Creating the Future’, and the Holy Quran. What can audiences expect this weekend? “I will be giving visitors to Expo 2020 an hour-long musical extravaganza called ‘Beyond the Stars’. We’ve been working on it for a while now, with an amazing and talented team.…

DUBAI, 20 October 2021 – Space will help humanity to secure its future, and international collaboration is critical to further exploration, according to speakers at the US-UAE Business Council – Leveraging International Partnerships in Space Exploration event on Tuesday at Expo 2020 Dubai’s USA Pavilion. Distinguished panelists from Boeing, Jacobs, Lockheed Martin, and StarLab Oasis discussed the latest breakthroughs in space technology and how cross-border exchange will help advance innovation as part of Expo 2020’s Space Week. Kuljit Ghata-Aura, President, Middle East, Turkey and Africa, Boeing, outlined the benefits of space exploration: “If you go to the beginning of intelligence gathering, we put powerful satellites in…

DUBAI, 19 October 2021 – Mechanical engineer Nora Al Matrooshi is the first Arab woman to train as an astronaut. Following the successful launch of the UAE’s Hope probe mission earlier this year, Al Matrooshi, alongside Mohammed Al Mulla, was chosen from more than 4,000 candidates to join the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme and receive training for future exploration missions. The Expo News Service (ENS) team caught up with the 28-year-old Emirati at Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) during Expo 2020 Dubai’s Space Week (17-23 October), in association with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the UAE…

DUBAI, 19 October 2021 – Sultan Al Neyadi is one of the first two astronauts from the UAE, along with Hazza Al Mansouri. Al Neyadi has completed his first year of training at NASA’s Johnson Space Centre – flying supersonic jets that travel faster than the speed of sound. The Expo News Service (ENS) team caught up with Al Neyadi at Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC) during Expo 2020 Dubai’s Space Week (17-23 October), in association with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) and the UAE Space Agency – one of 10 Theme Weeks that will take place throughout Expo, as part…

UN Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean made the call on her three-country Caribbean mission to Jamaica, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago With the glaring gap in financing for women-owned enterprises (only 22% of impact investing in Latin America and the Caribbean for women-founded businesses), burgeoning responsibilities of care for children and the elderly because of COVID-19 school closures and movement restriction, forcing women out of the formal economy, UN Women is focused on working with its development partners to prevent women and their families from falling into poverty. On her inaugural mission to the Caribbean, UN…

Consortium of Banks to acquire the banking operations of CIBC FirstCaribbean in Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (12 October 2021): Today, a Consortium of leading Banks in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the branches and banking operations of CIBC FirstCaribbean in Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The agreement executed on 12 October 2021 is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. Commenting on the transaction, Consortium Lead, and…

19th October, 2021 – BASSETERRE (NEMA): The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is once again collaborating with the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA-BHA) to conduct a Damage Assessment and Needs Analysis Workshop on St. Kitts. The training is being conducted by local Facilitators Terry Morris and Livingston Pemberton, as part of the on-going arrangement between the two agencies and in support of NEMA’s disaster management mandate. Messrs. Pemberton and Morris are both certified by OFDA and remain a vital component of that agency’s regional resource base. The three-day event, which is taking place at NEMA HQ, Lime Kiln,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 19, 2021 (SKNIS): The management of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis will be the special topic on the popular government radio and television programme “Working for You” on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. The special guests will be Nurse Mary Caines, Head of Case Managers; Mr. Josef Markman, Leader of Contact Tracing Team, and Dr. Dwain Archibald, responsible for Hospital Management of Cases. The discussion will focus on the roles and responsibilities of case managers and contact tracers; the link between contact tracing and testing; protocols for testing and dissemination of results; and…