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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 28, 2022 (SKNIS): The Order Paper has been circulated for a Special Sitting of the National Assembly to award the 25 Most Remarkable Teens in St. Kitts and Nevis. The Special Sitting will be held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort Royal Ballroom, Frigate Bay, on Wednesday 30th November, 2022, at 6:30 pm. Notice has been given.The Sitting will be attended by the Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, Minister of Youth Empowerment and the Honourable Isalean Phillip, Junior Minister within the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, along with other Cabinet members. Dr. Hanley will make a statement in his capacity as…

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On 24 November 2022, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) and the CCJ Academy for Law, in collaboration with the Judiciary of Belize, launched the Inaugural Referral Workshop Series and sensitisation sessions on the CCJ’s Original Jurisdiction (OJ) at the Biltmore Plaza in Belize, Central America. Over two days, Belize’s judges, registrars, magistrates, attorneys, business community, and civil society gathered in segmented groups to deepen their understanding of the referral obligations of local courts and the Court’s Original Jurisdiction. Since the inauguration of the CCJ in 2005, less than 35 cases have come before the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (27 November 2022) St. Kitts continues to maintain its reputation as an exclusive destination by welcoming increased luxury vessels to its shores. On November 26, luxury vessel “Evrima” made its inaugural visit to the destination sporting the finest amenities and affluent guests. The superyacht has been thoughtfully designed to fuse the spacious, residential feel of The Ritz-Carlton properties with the innovative design quality of the world’s most stylish yacht interiors. Evrima accommodates 298 guests and is the first of the yachts to be introduced for the new Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection line. Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Marsha T. Henderson, expressed deep…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2022 (SKNIS): Nationals and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis are strongly encouraged to speak out and stand up against all forms of gender-based violence. Awareness about gender-based violence comes even more into focus from November 25 to December 10, when the world marks 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls.Junior Minister responsible for Social Development and Gender Affairs, the Honourable Isalean Phillip, is among the national leaders bringing greater awareness to the global observance and the local commemoration. She made a national address on Friday (November 25, 2022) to mark…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2022 (SKNIS): Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Youth Empowerment, the Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley has expressed his pleasure with St. Kitts and Antigua and Barbuda Youth Parliamentarians’ exceptional level of debate in the Federal Parliament in St. Kitts on November 25, 2022. An eight-person contingent from the National Youth Parliament Association of Antigua and Barbuda (NYPAAB) participated in the Inaugural Sitting of a Joint Youth Assembly with the St. Kitts National Youth Parliament Association (SKNYPA). This event forms part of the Youth Month Activities organized by the St. Kitts Department of Youth…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2022 (SKNIS): Friday’s (November 25, 2022) Youth Parliament Sitting created history as it marked the first time that the St. Kitts National Youth Parliament Association (SKNYPA) and the National Youth Parliament Association of Antigua and Barbuda (NYPAAB) held a mock National Assembly. The Joint Youth Parliament Sitting was held in commemoration of St. Kitts’ Youth Month. The members debated and successfully passed the Age of Minority (Amendment) Bill 2022. Two resolutions were also debated and passed. The first was a Resolution by the Joint Youth Assembly of St. Christopher and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2022 (SKNBS): On November 24, 2022, Minister of International Trade, Industry, Commerce et al., the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas alongside Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Mrs. Jasemin Weekes, attended the OECS Trade Ministers Meeting at the Royalton Hotel in Antigua. The meeting was held under the theme ‘Consolidating the OECS Economic Union Through Sustainable Trade Capacity Building.’ This is the fourth meeting of the Council of Ministers of Trade.The meeting was aimed at addressing critical trade issues that confront the sub-region, providing an opportunity for self-assessment and renewing integration efforts.The main area of discussion was…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2022 (SKNIS): Nationals and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis are strongly encouraged to speak out and stand up against all forms of gender-based violence. Awareness about gender-based violence comes even more into focus from November 25 to December 10, when the world marks 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls.Junior Minister responsible for Social Development and Gender Affairs, the Honourable Isalean Phillip, is among the national leaders bringing greater awareness to the global observance and the local commemoration. She made a national address on Friday (November 25, 2022) to mark…

21 November 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in partnership with the local Ministries of Agriculture, recently rolled out the second phase of the Innovative Protected Cultivation Systems Project in Barbados, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada from 31 October to 05 November 2022, led by FAO’s Vegetable Production Specialist, Jervis Rowe. In this phase of the project, 21 farms across the Caribbean were selected by FAO and the Ministries of Agriculture which received technical guidance on managing production in protected cultivation systems based on local conditions. Some…

THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Job Title: Human Rights Specialist (2 positions available) (Specific Funds)Organizational Unit: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights – Precautionary and Provisional Measures SectionGrade: P02Employment Announcement Number: EO/32/22 TO SEE THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES PLEASE CLICK IN THE FOLLOWING LINK:External Employment OpportunitiesWE INVITE STAFF MEMBERS TO PERIODICALLY VISIT OAS CONNECT / EXTERNAL EMPLOYMENTAND CONSULTANCY OPPORTUNITIES TO BE FAMILIAR WITH NEW POSTINGS.