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April 7, 2023 Today is World Health Day!  It is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on 7th of April under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO). However, today’s celebration is a milestone because the World Health Organization is observing its 75th birthday. The World Health Organization (WHO) was founded 75 years ago, to promote health, serve the vulnerable and keep the world safe. Today, we should reflect on all the public health successes that improved our life expectancy and quality of life over the past decades. As a collective, we hope that today’s activities will…

(Permanent Mission of St. Kitts and Nevis to the United Nations, New York, April 6, 2023) – In further demonstration of St. Kitts and Nevis’ commitment to the people of Haiti during this period of crisis, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis, through its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, H.E. Nerys Dockery, has joined the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, a group charged with following closely and providing advice on the long-term development strategy of Haiti to promote socioeconomic recovery, reconstruction and stability, with particular attention to the need to ensure coherence and sustainability in international support for the…

The Human Resource Management Department wishes to invite persons to apply for the position of Assistant Human Resource Manager.Relationship and Responsibilities:The Assistant Human Resource Manager works under the direction of and reports to Chief Personnel Officer, Director and the Human Resource Managers. The Assistant Human Manager will work under the following conditions: Required Skills/Abilities: Education and Experience: Salary will be commensurate with qualifications & experience and in accordance with current Civil Service salary structures. (K33 $4,495 – K38 $6,078)Submission of applications ends on 13 April 2023.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 06, 2023 (SKNIS) – Students in St. Kitts and Nevis received some good news today (April 06), as Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew officially launched the Government’s Graduate Finance Project that will see the interest rate on student loans accessed through the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis (DBSKN) reduced to five (5) percent per annum. Prime Minister Dr. Drew made the announcement during a brief televised address to the nation. “As of today, Thursday, 6th April, 2023, the interest rate on student loans accessed through the Development Bank of St.…

Seafood Value Chain Specialist – CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM) SECRETARIAT Marine Spatial Planning Specialist – CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM)SECRETARIAT Regional Project Coordinator – CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM) SECRETARIAT

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL FISHERIES MECHANISM (CRFM)SECRETARIAT CAF/FAO/CRFM/GEF – BE-CLME+ Project: Promoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus TERMS OF REFERENCE Regional Project Coordinator CARICOM recognizes that blue economy opportunities is in line with the stated goal of ensuring food security having developed a regional food and nutrition security policy and that climate change impacts are a key issue to address for future development for all Caribbean SIDS. Among the key CARICOM priorities involving blue economy planning include: i) improve marine and coastal biodiversity and conserve ecosystem health; ii) scaling up SIDS Marine…

CAF/FAO/CRFM/GEF – BE-CLME+ Project: Promoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus TERMS OF REFERENCE Marine Spatial Planning Specialist CARICOM recognizes that blue economy opportunities is in line with the stated goal of ensuring food security having developed a regional food and nutrition security policy and that climate change impacts are a key issue to address for future development for all Caribbean SIDS. Among the key CARICOM priorities involving blue economy planning include: i) improve marine and coastal biodiversity and conserve ecosystem health; ii) scaling up SIDS Marine Protected Areas and Marine…

CAF/FAO/CRFM/GEF – BE-CLME+ Project: Promoting National Blue Economy Priorities Through Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean Large Marine Ecosystem Plus TERMS OF REFERENCE CARICOM recognizes that blue economy opportunities is in line with the stated goal of ensuring food security having developed a regional food and nutrition security policy and that climate change impacts are a key issue to address for future development for all Caribbean SIDS. Among the key CARICOM priorities involving blue economy planning include: i) improve marine and coastal biodiversity and conserve ecosystem health; ii) scaling up SIDS Marine Protected Areas and Marine Management Areas Initiatives; iii)…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 5, 2023 (SKNIS): Constituency representative for St. Christopher #3, Honourable Konris Maynard supported the Bill entitled the Banking (Amendment) Bill, 2023 that moved through all its readings in the National Assembly by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew on April 4, 2023.Honourable Maynard said, “St. Kitts and Nevis, unfortunately, finds itself either last or second to last in a number of issues relating to the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank agenda for strengthening our finance sector and sometimes you have to look a little beyond the veil as to why that might…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 05, 2023 (SKNIS): The government’s new Seniors’ Day Programme is off to an excellent start, according to participants who attend the weekly five-hour sessions.Jason McClean Payne, popularly known as King Pharaoh, resides in East Basseterre and attends the sessions at the Newtown Community Centre. He said that he eagerly joined the programme after being invited to attend. He used one word to sum up his experience to date – “Excellent.”“We are able to interact and speak about the past, and everyone has a different view of the past, and I think it is fruitful,” he said,…