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The 2024 International Higher Education Scholarship Program of Taiwan International Cooperation and Development Fund (Taiwan ICDF) is now open for application.  Those who are interested are encouraged to check the Taiwan ICDF website at https://www.icdf.org.tw/wSite/np?ctNode=31561&mp=2#aC for detailed information including the list of programs and the application information of each partner universities. All applications along with the requisite documents are to be sent to Ms. Carol Boddie at the Ministry of Education in St. Kitts and Nevis by 15th February, 2024 for onward processing. Applicants should submit the documents listed below to the ROC (Taiwan) Embassy. Applicants must ensure that they submit accurate and complete…

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, December 11, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMOSKN)- A high-profile delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis, comprising Dr. Garfield Alexander, Chief Executive Officer of the Cannabis Commission in the Ministry of Agriculture; Dr. Machel Emanuel, Professor at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica; and Dr. Hadiya Claxton, Special Envoy for Investment, Development, and International Business Relations, recently concluded an insightful visit to the Southern Institute for Medicinal Plants, a division of Southern University and A&M College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Building upon the momentum generated by a previous delegation led by the Minister of Agriculture, Hon. Samal…

No. 5 of 2023. Anti-Corruption Act, 2023. Saint Christopher and Nevis. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS  Sections PART I  PRELIMINARY  1. Short title and commencement. 2. Interpretation. 3. Objects of the Act. 4. Authority not affected. PART II  THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR  5. Appointment of the Special Prosecutor 6. Disqualification from being the Special Prosecutor. 7. Functions of the Special Prosecutor. 8. Signing of documents. 9. Powers of the Special Prosecutor. 10. Duration of appointment. 11. Resignation. 12. Vacancy. 13. Appointment of the Acting Special Prosecutor. 14. Removal of the Special Prosecutor. 15. Appearance of the Special Prosecutor. 16. Staff of the Special…

AN ACT to amend the Integrity in Public Life Act, Cap. 22.18. CLICK ON LINK BELOW: https://dochub.com/sknisfacebook/DL7JlEGV13M2emORrWe0oa/skn-integrity-in-public-life-amendment-act-no-3-of-2023-pdf

No. 4 of 2023. Freedom of Information (Amendment) Saint Christopher Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2023 – 4. Act, 2023. and Nevis. I assent,  MARCELLA LIBURD Governor-General 28th March, 2023.  SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS  No. 4 of 2023 AN ACT to amend the Freedom of Information Act, No. 6 of 2018.  [Published 20th April 2023, Official Gazette No. 20 of 2023.] BE IT ENACTED by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis, and by the authority of the same as follows:  1. Short Title.  This Act…

No. 16 of 2023. Unauthorised Disclosure of Saint Christopher Official Information Act, 2023. and Nevis. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS  Sections 1. Short title and commencement. 2. Interpretation. 3. Unauthorised disclosure prohibited. 4. Disclosure related to matters of national security. 5. Defence for disclosure of national security or intelligence services information. 6. International relations. 7. Crime and special investigation powers. 8. Other unauthorised disclosures. 9. Information resulting from unauthorised disclosures or entrusted in confidence. 10. Information entrusted in confidence to other States or international organisations. 11. Authorised disclosures. 12. Safeguarding of information. 13. Penalties. 14. Regulations. No. 16 of 2023. Unauthorised Disclosure…

No. 20 of 2023. Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2023. Saint Christopher and Nevis. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS  Sections 1. Short title. 2. Interpretation. 3. Protected Disclosures. 4. Special procedures for matters relating to national security etc. 5. Legal professional privilege. 6. Content and form of disclosure. 7. Anonymous disclosures. 8. Whistleblower protections. 9. Presumption of sanction resulting from protected disclosures. 10. No Protection where Whistleblower was Perpetrator or Accomplice. 11. Protection of associated persons, wrongly identified persons etc. 12. Prohibition of disclosure of information to identify whistleblower. 13. Provisions for non-disclosure void. 14. Confidentiality. 15. Offences and Penalties. 16. Application. 17. Regulations.…

No. 6 of 2018. Freedom of Information Act, 2018 Saint Christopher and Nevis.   Freedom of Information Act, 2018 – 6. I assent, SAMUEL WEYMOUTH TAPLEY SEATON Governor-General 23rd May, 2018. SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS AN ACT to make provision for the disclosure of information held by public bodies or  by persons providing services for them and for connected purposes.  [Published 7th June 2017, Official Gazette No. 31 of 2018.]  BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and  consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis and by the authority of  the…

ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS  CHAPTER 22.18 INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC LIFE ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS  PART I  PRELIMINARY MATTERS  1. Short title  2. Interpretation  3. Application of Act PART II  CODE OF CONDUCT AND DECLARATION OF INTEREST  4. Code of Conduct for public officials 5. Declaration of interest 6. Contents of declaration 7. Blind trusts 8. Examination of declaration by Commission 9. Request for further particulars 10. Commission may require attendance of public official PART III  INTEGRITY COMMISSION  11. Establishment of Commission 12. Disqualification from Membership 13. Tenure of, and removal from, office 14. Resignation of members 15. Vacancy in membership…

Greetings to all, Thank you Madam Moderator, and all those who are a part of this panel, I thank all of you for coming. I am always proud of multilateralism because it allows someone like me, from a small country in the Western Hemisphere, can grace the stage and offer our own approach, and solutions, to what is happening with climate change. I speak of course for SIDS (Small Island Developing States), especially those that are ocean states, rather, in the Atlantic and the Pacific, specifically in the Atlantic. Coming from Saint Kitts and Nevis, we are on the frontline…