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The UWI Open Campus St Kitts and Nevis, Tuesday, February 21, 2023 – As one of the celebratory activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of The University of the West Indies, a group of staff, students and alumni from the Nevis Site of The UWI Open Campus, along with alumni from other UWI campuses, worshipped at the historic St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Charlestown on Sunday, February 19th. In his sermon, Father Cleverton Beckford challenged The University of the West Indies, its staff, students and alumni to work to ensure that genuine equality prevails within Caribbean societies and also for…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 23, 2023 (SKNIS): The St. Kitts Tourism Authority has negotiated a settlement with InterCaribbean Airways (ICA) to initiate a same-day travel option from Barbados and San Juan to St. Kitts and one-stop service to the wider Caribbean, thereby assisting with international airlift challenges and strengthening regional integration.This is a significant development for St. Kitts and Nevis and the entire region, particularly in the face of the challenges posed by the ongoing pandemic and external threats.Minister of Tourism, Honourable Marsha Henderson, in her address on February 23, stated that the service from the Grantley Adams International Airport in…

Wednesday 15th February saw the launch of a rebranded Kut and Shape Boys Mentorship Programme as a collaborative venture of the St. Paul’s Wesleyan Holiness Church with support from the Department of Gender Affairs and the St. Paul’s Primary School. Kut and Shape was first initiated in 2013 providing free haircut and mentorship opportunities to at-risk boys of the St. Paul’s Community. The launch ceremony, chaired by Mr. Daryll Lloyd, Christian Education Director of the St. Paul’s Wesleyan Holiness Church, brought together key stakeholders at the St. Paul’s Community Centre, all of whom reaffirmed their commitment to the successful implementation…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 22, 2023 (SKNIS): The introduction and debate on the Anti-Corruption Bill, 2023, in the Federal Parliament in St. Kitts and Nevis demonstrate that the government has “nothing to hide,” said Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament (MP) for St. Christopher #1, the Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley. The Bill had its second reading in the National Assembly on February 22, 2023, being moved by Senator and Attorney General, the Honourable Garth Wilkin. The Bill defines and creates criminal offences of corrupt conduct and creates the office of a Special Prosecutor to receive complaints, investigate and prosecute…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 22, 2023 (SKNIS): The Anti-Corruption Bill, 2023 was read for the second time in the National Assembly by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, the Hon. Garth Wilkin, on February, 22, 2023. The Attorney General described the piece of legislation as a critical component in developing St. Kitts and Nevis into a sustainable island state. “It gives me great joy and pride to be given the opportunity by elected friends and colleagues to declare loudly and clearly for all to share, Kittians and Nevisians home and abroad that good governance is finally here. Whilst…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 22, 2023 (SKNIS): Senator the Honourable Dr. Joyelle Clarke strongly supported the Anti-Corruption Bill, 2023, and deemed it a very “historic and well-needed piece of legislation for the good governance agenda for St. Kitts and Nevis.” The Anti-Corruption Bill, 2023, is a Bill to define and create criminal offences of corrupt conduct and to create the Office of a Special Prosecutor to receive complaints, investigate and prosecute acts of corrupt conduct of persons in public life in St. Christopher and Nevis. It was successfully passed in the National Assembly on February 22, 2023. Simply put, Senator Dr.…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, February 22, 2023 (SKNIS) – The Honourable Konris Maynard delivered a powerful presentation during the National Assembly today, Wednesday, February 22, 2023, in support of the Anti-Corruption Bill, 2023, which he described as an “incremental step along the journey of good governance.”The Honourable Minister used part of his presentation to illustrate to the citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis the high costs to national development associated with corruption in the public service.“One of the major threats to developing countries, sometimes singular in nature, is the cost of corruption, and the global cost…is about 2 trillion dollars…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 22, 2023 (SKNIS): The Anti-Corruption Bill, 2023 was read for the second time in the National Assembly by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, the Hon. Garth Wilkin, on February, 22, 2023. The Attorney General described the piece of legislation as a critical component in developing St. Kitts and Nevis into a sustainable island state.“It gives me great joy and pride to be given the opportunity by elected friends and colleagues to declare loudly and clearly for all to share, Kittians and Nevisians home and abroad that good governance is finally here. Whilst…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 22, 2023 (SKNIS): The Member for St. Christopher Two, Honourable Marsha Henderson supported the Bill entitled Anti-Corruption Bill, 2023 during its second reading in the National Assembly on February 22, 2023.Honourable Henderson stated that she supports the Bill in its entirety but singled out Section Five (5) in the Bill as having specific importance to her as a non-practicing attorney at law. She said, “The Bill avoids the reality and the perception of political bias” she added, “Normally, if there is not the appointment of the Special Prosecutor, what we would have is the Attorney General as the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 22, 2023 (SKNIS): Faith-based leaders in Nevis have given their full support to the Federal Ministry of Ecclesiastical and Faith-based Affairs as it seeks to establish and stage the National Day of Prayer on February 28, as an annual initiative. The leaders held their first face-to-face engagement with Permanent Secretary Elreter Simpson-Browne on Tuesday, February 21, 2023, during a meeting at the Charlestown Wesleyan Holiness Church. The meeting came on the heels of a virtual discussion last week. With support from Pastor Clive Saunders, Chairman of the Planning Committee for the National Day of Prayer, the participants…