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Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2022: Under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, the Cabinet of Ministers met on Monday, October 10, 2022, to discuss significant matters of national interest and made several significant decisions to improve the well-being of the people. The following are the decisions taken: The Cabinet of Ministers received a presentation from the Director of Policy Planning & Projects in the Ministry of Social Development and Gender Affairs, Ms. Azilla Clarke, on the status of the Poverty Alleviation Programme (PAP) and has approved the recommendations for the reformation and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2022 (SKNBS): Director of the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS) and Chairman of the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ) Council, Stuart LaPlace, has stated that the development of CARICOM’s Regional Quality Infrastructure has not been hampered by global challenges and that projections for its future looks promising. Mr. LaPlace was at the time speaking at the 41st Meeting of the Council of CROSQ in Barbados on October 10th. He noted that demand for quality improvement services has increased, especially in response to recent and ongoing global challenges, such as…

No. 23:2022 11 October 2022 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dismissed the appeal of two brothers, Orwin Hinds and Cleon Hinds against their murder convictions and reserved judgment in relation to their appeals against sentence in the consolidated Guyanese appeal of Orwin Hinds v The DPP, CCJ Appeal No GYCR2022/001; Cleon Hinds v The DPP, CCJ Appeal No GYCR2022/002. The appellants, Orwin Hinds and Cleon Hinds as well as two other men, were charged with the murder of Clementine Fiedtkou Parris on 30 June 2011, following an arrangement where money was intended to pass from one person to…

Castries – Saint Lucia – 11th October 2022 – It’s official, the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) accedes to the Caribbean Community Administrative Tribunal (CCAT) as its final arbiter for employment disputes.Following submission of the signed Declaration of Recognition of the Jurisdiction of the CCAT, ECTEL participated in its first Plenary Session of the CCAT on 27th September 2022 during which ECTEL was accepted as an eligible institution of the CCAT.According to ECTEL’s Acting Managing Director, Ms. Cheryl Hector Fontenelle, “It was important for ECTEL to accede to CCAT because it provides all employees with cost-effective access to an independent…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2022 (SKNBS): Three standards, which have been adoptedby the St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards (SKNBS), are in the process of becomingtechnical regulations, which means they will no longer be voluntary, but mandatory to follow.The three standards include Specification for Packaged Water, Labelling of Pre-Packaged Foodand Labelling of goods — General requirements.For Specification for Packaged Water, the bureau will be regulating the safety aspects within thestandard. For example, businesses would have to ensure that any water that is produced withinSt. Kitts and Nevis would have to meet the microbial and chemical requirements as well…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 11, 2022 (SKNIS) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew has extended heartfelt congratulations to the Government and people of the Republic of China (Taiwan) on the observation of its 111th National Day on October 10. “I want to congratulate you on the 111th National Day celebration and to convey to your President and to your people our warmest congratulations. We do wish you much more success,” said Prime Minister Dr. Drew, who was at the time speaking at the end of a well-attended health walk on Saturday, October 08, held as…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 11, 2022 (SKNIS): Frances-Ann Prince of Cayon is the newest centenarian in St. Kitts and Nevis. On Tuesday (October 11, 2022), the family and friends of Ms. Prince were joined by many well-wishers who stopped by to celebrate the milestone. Students from the Cayon Preschool lustily sang the happy birthday song for Ms. Prince. Other visitors included students from the Cayon Primary School, nurses from the Cayon Health Center, representatives from the Green Valley Committee, officials from the Department of Community Development and Social Services, and the retired Deputy Director of Community Development and Social Services Mary Ann Wigley, who presented her with a personalized…

How to make sure we really leave NO-ONE behind Leave NO-ONE behind – this is the theme of this year’s World Food Day, and also an urgent call for the world to face the alarming reality that more and more people are being left behind amid a spiraling global food security crisis as a result of multiple drivers. These include the impacts of ongoing and protracted conflicts including the war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis. Further exacerbating the problems are inflation spikes and dramatic rises in the prices of food, feed, fuel, fertilizers and energy, threatening…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 10, 2022 (SKNIS): The Department of Gender Affairs will recognize 18 girls from the public primary schools across St. Kitts as the twin-island Federation commemorates the International Day of the Girl Child. The international observance is celebrated annually on October 11. However, the government department is using the period October 10 to 17, 2022, to recognize local students. The first presentation was made on Monday, October 10, 2022, at the Newton Ground Primary School. Ten-year-old Faith Francis was selected by her school as a girl who exhibits respect, compassion, discipline, kindness, an exemplary attitude and positive behaviour.…