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The US Government has generously gifted the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with 5.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines. This is the culmination of efforts initiated by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, who as Chair of CARICOM, wrote to President Joseph Biden of the United States earlier this year requesting a supply of vaccines for the Community. President Biden subsequently announced that the US was donating a supply of vaccines to the Region as part of its world-wide distribution of 80 million doses. US Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke with Prime Minister Rowley in June…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 11, 2021 (SKNIS): Jermine Mike, Head of Standards at St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards, said that the organization continues to collaborate effectively with public and private stakeholders before the adoption of any standard. “We believe in collaboration especially because we are trying to do good practices. So, when it comes to standards, we always take a national approach, that means we take entities from St. Kitts and from Nevis as well,” said Mr. Mike, during his August 11 appearance on Working for You. “Every time we are trying to adopt standards we always put out…

Your stay and condition of stay at Quarantine Sites, approved by the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) are guided by the provisions of the Public Health Act, Quarantine Act and the Public Health (Quarantine) Regulations. These legislations give the CMO, as the Public Health Authority, wide powers to protect Public Health. A person can be quarantined at home, on any vessel or at a site designated by the Chief Medical Officer. Any person who refuses or wilfully omits to do any act which he or she is required to do by this Act, or refuses or wilfully omits to carry out…

Bridgetown, Barbados – August 9, 2021 (PAHO) -The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Office for Barbados and Eastern Caribbean Countries is advising the public and health authorities to continue to take appropriate and urgent public health and social measures (PHSM) to safeguard lives due to an increase in cases and hospitalization related to circulation of SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern (VOC) Delta in the Eastern Caribbean.It is observed and reported from several countries the emergence of VOC Delta including from Member States in the Americas with high vaccination coverage. With the VOC Delta exhorts the importance of the preparatory…

The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) would like to inform the general public that it will be working on a Packaged Water Regulation.This national regulation will establish standards for the purity, treatment, bacteriological acceptability, packaging, and labelling of all pre-packaged water intended for use as beverages or in foods. The CARICOM Regional Code of Practice: Code of Hygienic Practice for Packaged Water will be utilized in accordance with this regulation. The regulation will not apply to water distributed by the public water supply system, to the carbonated beverage, soda water or to packaged water sold for purposes…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 11, 2021 (SKNBS): The Bureau of Standards Bill, 2021, which was read for the first time in the National Assembly on August 05, 2021, is significant as it sets the foundation for a National Quality Infrastructure (NQI).An NQI is a national framework that guides the production of local goods and services based on agreed standards that follow international benchmarks. As the bill addresses the NQI, it speaks on matters such as standardization, accreditation, metrology, and conformity assessment (testing, inspection, and certification).The Bill allows for inspection of goods and commodities at the border. It also permits the…

The General Public is asked to take note that Seabourn Odyssey will arrive to St. Kitts on Friday 13th August, 2021. The vessel will be anchored at South Friars Bay in the vicinity of the Carambola Beach Club. To ensure that we can keep our nationals and residents safe, and offer a healthy and quality experience for visitors, the following protocols are in place: Access to Carambola by the general public will be restricted or limited to mitigate any risk or interaction with international cruise visitors. Visitors will ONLY explore the destination via fully vaccinated ‘ Travel Approved’ Bubble Tours.Local tourism employees interacting with cruise passengers,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 10, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis continues to move forward with plans and programmes to enhance the protection and empowerment of differently-abled citizens, residents, and visitors. Officials from the Department of Social Development as well as the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture, were among regional delegates who participated virtually at the Special Ministerial Conference for Specific Legislation for Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean. The meeting was held on July 27 and 28. As it stands, six countries within the 20 member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have established specific legislation to protect differently-abled persons. These are…

Santilli explained that Pepsico has become an active promoter of regenerative agriculture, a concept that reconciles the challenge of producing adequate and nutritious food, on the one hand, with that of restoring ecosystems degraded by human activity. Washington, 10 August 2021 (IICA). The multinational food company Pepsico has set a goal to ensure that all the raw materials it uses are 100% sustainable by 2030. This was announced by the company’s CEO for Latin America, Paula Santilli, during a roundtable that she participated in with Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture, and other senior executives of global companies involved in the production…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 10, 2021 (SKNIS): Director of Marine Resources, Dr. Marc Williams, said that the Ministry of Agriculture is currently in the process of researching the sargassum seaweed for fertilizer use and animal feed.During an interview on August 9 at Lynch’s Bay, Mr. Williams explained the history of sargassum seaweed in the Federation.“Sargassum as we know it is a seaweed that has traditionally come to the shores of the Federation from the marine environment,” he said. “The sargassum that we see from 2012 onwards, persons thought it came from the Sargasso Sea which is the body of water around…