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18 July 2023, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis – Chairmanshipof the Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) will be transferredto the Honorable Minister of Finance and Council Member for Saint Vincent and theGrenadines, Camillo Gonsalves, following an official Handing Over Ceremony on 21 July atthe Beachcombers Hotel. Minister Gonsalves will succeed the Outgoing Chairman, the Honourable Prime Ministerand Council Member for Saint Lucia, Phillip J Pierre. The Monetary Council is the highest decision making authority of the ECCB and comprisesthe eight Ministers for Finance of the ECCB member governments. Chairmanship of theCouncil is rotated alphabetically…

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Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, July 18, 2023 [Ministry of Health] – In a significant stridetowards reinforcing the nation’s ability to manage mass casualty events, the Ministry of Health incollaboration with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) has begun the Mass CasualtyManagement System Training Course on St. Kitts and Nevis.This initiative, which spans over the course of a week, is an all-inclusive endeavor aimed atincreasing the health sector’s capacity to adequately provide services during a mass casualtyevent.The course is being facilitated by Mr. Peter Burgess. A retired army officer and medicalspecialist with over 30 years of experience in mass casualty response…

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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 18, 2023 (SKNIS): Richard Skerritt, Advisor to the Ministry of Tourism in St. Kitts, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Social Science degree from the University of Bolton in the United Kingdom for his contribution to the tourism sector. “Yesterday [July 13] was both a humbling and proud moment for me as I had the privilege to accept an Honorary Doctor of Social Science degree from The University of Bolton, an institute that puts its students at the center of its strategy and has consistently been ranked in the top five universities for student satisfaction,” Mr. Skerritt wrote in…

On the morning of July 15th, 2023, Police on Nevis received reports of a hit-and-run traffic incident in the New River area. At that time, preliminary investigations revealed that Florence Ella Merchant, an elderly lady of Hickmans, had been seriously injured in the incident. She was subsequently transported to the Alexandra Hospital for further examination and treatment. Regrettably, Ms. Merchant succumbed to her injuries on July17th, 2023.  Presently, there is one (1) person in custody assisting Police with the investigation. To date, no member of the general public has come forward to formally assist. Nevertheless, we continue to ask for…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Tuesday, 18 July 2023) – The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) visited Haiti on 12-15 July 2023, as agreed at the end of the meeting of Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica on 11-13 June 2023, to continue its facilitation of inter-Haitian dialogue by building on the outcome of the Jamaica meeting. Emphasis was placed on the major proposals tabled in Jamaica. These included the commitments made by Prime Minister Henry to enlarge the High Transition Council and to form a government of national unity in response to the call for greater inclusiveness. Concerned by the…

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San Jose, 18 July 2023 (IICA) – Fourteen ministers of Agriculture and other high-level agriculture sector authorities from 25 countries in the Americas will meet this Wednesday at the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica, to jointly determine measures to tackle the water crisis affecting a significant part of this region, which is essential for the world’s food security.  The ministers, deputy ministers and other high-level authorities will meet for two days at the annual meeting of IICA’s Executive Committee – one of the Institute’s governing bodies.IICA will use the occasion to launch the Hemispheric Initiative…