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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2022 (SKNIS): Positive changes in relation to caring for senior citizens and differently-abled persons in St. Kitts and Nevis are expected in the coming weeks and months as a number of changes are rolled out by the ministerial leadership. Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister with portfolio for Social Development, Ageing and Disabilities et al, met with the staff in the various departments to applaud them for their hard work, hear their concerns, listen to ideas to improve efficiencies, and to spell out new initiatives and programmes. A particular area that will be given attention is…

San Jose, 21 September 2022 (IICA) – Ministers, secretaries and senior officials of the ministries of Agriculture of 30 countries of the Americas; as well as representatives of multilateral credit agencies and global climate funds will meet this week in Costa Rica to discuss the strategic role of the region’s agriculture sector in addressing climate change, ahead of the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP27) in November. The meeting, which will take place on September 22 and 23 in San Jose, will be entitled “Challenges for agriculture in the Americas to address the climate crisis”. Organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA),…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2022 (SKNIS): The 2021 Population and Housing Census is expected to be completed by October 15, 2022 and the general public is encouraged to give their full participation when the enumerators arrive at their doors. “I am encouraging our citizens to participate in the Census as we make this final push to complete this Census by the middle of October. We are resuming the Census. We had a delay and a number of factors such as COVID-19 and the 2022 General Elections would have influenced the delay. However, we have set a new target date of October…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2022 (SKNIS): His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of the Portuguese Republic, has expressed congratulations to St. Kitts and Nevis for achieving 39 years of political Independence. A letter to Governor-General, His Excellency Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton, was dispatched from the Embassy of Portugal in Caracas on September 16, 2022, with best wishes for the twin-island state. It stated, “On the occasion of the National Day of Saint Kitts and Nevis, I would like to convey to Your Excellency my congratulations and sincere wishes for your personal well-being and for the progress and prosperity of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2022 (SKNIS): The Department of Statistics in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, will hold an island-wide drive-through on Saturday, September 24 scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. from the office located at Bladen’s, Basseterre, and traveling east around the island. The purpose of the drive-through is to further educate the general public on the Population and Housing Census which was rolled out in April 2022. Corneil Williams, Social Statistician and Deputy Census Officer with responsibility for field operations for the Population and Housing Census, explained the aim of the drive-through. “The purpose of this drive-through is to go across…

At this moment, the world is confronted with different challenges: from stalled efforts on climate change to the energy shortage and disruption of supply chain in wake of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations, as the largest and most important forum of global cooperation, bears the burden of tackling these challenges. Taiwan, with the willingness to work with the international community to resolve these issues, is once again excluded from participating in the current 77th United Nations General Assembly, due to the relentless suppression by China. Taiwan has proven again and again its willingness and capability to advance…

Washington, D.C., 21 September 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Ministers of Health and other high-level representatives from countries and territories of the Americas will meet from 26-30 September in Washington, D.C., for the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference. The Pan American Sanitary Conference is the Organization’s highest decision-making body, meeting every five years to determine general policies of the Organization to improve the health and well-being of the population in the region.The conference will open on Monday, September 26 at 9.00 a.m., with the participation of the PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez, President of…

Governor General: On theoccasion of the 39 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, I convey the warmest congratulations to you and to the people of the Federation.Receive the testimony of my highest consideration and esteem, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez President of the Republic of Cuba Excellency Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton Governor General of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Buenos Aires, 21 September 2022 (IICA) – Argentina’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MinCyT) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) took the first formal step in their collaborative effort to strengthen bioeconomy development and the digitalization of the rural and agrifood sector in the country and in the wider hemisphere. Leading experts participated in an academic conference and shared experiences and best practices, in the presence of agricultural producers and researchers from the public and private sectors. The event was staged in the modern auditorium of the Cultural Center of Science in Buenos Aires and featured a presentation…