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Fellow Citizens, Residents and Youth: Today as a Caribbean people, we pause to recognize, celebrate, and cherish the accomplishments and indelible contributions of young people across the region. For almost four decades, today, the 30th of September has been observed as Caribbean Youth Day with this year’s celebrations held under the theme “Adding Global Value Taking Charge of Our Future.” Across the globe, Governments have finally begun placing an emphasis on strengthening young people and therein preparing them for their roles as leaders. Additionally, never before have we seen, with such great magnitude, multitudes of young people rising up and agitating for…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 29, 2022 (SKNIS) – Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew has said that there is a great need for true diversification of St. Kitts and Nevis’ economy, so as to reduce the country’s dependency on the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme. “We need, as a country, to understand where we are with the CBI programme and to make meaningful decisions so that we can still benefit from it. However, we cannot allow it to continue to be the mainstay of our revenue generation,” Prime Minister Dr. Drew said in a recent interview. In this regard,…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 29, 2022 (Ministry of International Transport) –Today, September 29th, we celebrate World Maritime Day under the theme: New Technologies for ‘Greener Shipping’. The annual purpose of the day is to focus attention on the importance of shipping and other maritime activities that are critical to trade on a global and individual level. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of our maritime activities and seafarers has never been more evident. I am positive that many of us never really thought of the significance of the maritime community until we experienced the lack of necessities and…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 29, 2022 (SKNIS) –Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew has said that there is a great need for true diversification of St. Kitts and Nevis’ economy, so as to reduce the country’s dependency on the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme. “We need, as a country, to understand where we are with the CBI programme and to make meaningful decisions so that we can still benefit from it. However, we cannot allow it to continue to be the mainstay of our revenue generation,” Prime Minister Dr. Drew said in a recent interview. In this regard, the honourable Prime Minister said his administration has already put together…

The Inter-American Development Bank (BID), the Ministry of Agriculture of Argentina, and the Parliamentary Front Against Hunger addressed strategies and actions to reduce and prevent food loss and waste in Latin America and the Caribbean. September 29, 2022. Santiago de Chile- The Regional Office of the United Nations Organization for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO), the Inter-American Development Bank, the Ministry of Agriculture of Argentina, and the Parliamentary Front Against Hunger, commemorated International Food Loss and Waste Awareness Day with an event to share initiatives and actions to mitigate the impact of this problem on food security in the region. During…

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua- West Indies Women secured a thrilling one-run victory over New Zealand Women in the first T20 International at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. Player of the Match Chinelle Henry said, “The coaches told us to go out there and be fearless. We wanted more than 115 but that didn’t happen, so we went out there as a bowling unit to get the job done. Going into the second game, we’re obviously looking to improve in both batting and bowling. To see Aaliyah going out at number three and almost getting her maiden T20I half-century showed that we have…

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, September 29, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — In its sustained effort to encourage citizens and residents to become better environmental stewards, the St. Kitts and Nevis Solid Waste Management and Recycling Project has reached out to members of the teaching fraternity in Nevis, seeking their support as project enters its second phase of establishing recycling models and mechanisms. At a monthly meeting for education officials and school heads in Nevis, held at the Pond Hill Community Centre in St. Georges, Gingerland, on Tuesday September 27, Project Technician Mr Geofhani Gumbs updated the participants on the progress that has been made as the project…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 29, 2022 (RSCNPF):Members of the High Command and several other ranks of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) thanked Valston Graham for his years of dedicated cooperation with the organization and his contribution to the administration of justice in the Federation at a farewell ceremony on Tuesday, September 27, 2022. The event was organized by Commissioner of Police Hilroy Brandy who told the gathering that he thought it was important for the organization to show its appreciation to Mr. Graham who served as the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for the past six…

Thursday, September 29, 2022 — A Special Meeting of the OECS Council of Ministers: Tourism was held on September 13, 2022 in Grand Cayman under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Denise Charles, Minister of Tourism, International Transport and Maritime Initiatives, Commonwealth of Dominica. Tourism ministers from the OECS were in the Cayman Islands for the Caribbean Tourism Organisation Business Meetings. As Chair of the OECS Council of Ministers: Tourism, Hon. Denise Charles captialised on the opportunity to convene this special meeting to receive an update from the OECS Commissions on the decisions taken at the 7th Meeting of the OECS Council of…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 28, 2022 (SKNIS) – Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew said his administration has already commenced the process to re-introduce the I-literacy One to One Laptop Programme in secondary and primary schools in St. Kitts and Nevis. The honourable Prime Minister highlighted this during an interview with SKN Newsline that was broadcast via Youtube on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. The innovative programme that once provided laptop computers to all Form One students in private and public secondary schools in both St. Kitts and Nevis was unceremoniously halted by the former administration. “Like any other new…