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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 8, 2022 (SKNIS): The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) commemorates International Literacy Day on September 8th annually. To commemorate this important Day and to underscore the importance of literacy to human development, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley on September 7, 2022, announced that the Ministry of Education will be observing the Day with a number of activities.   “The Ministry of Education is pleased to accept the invitation of UNESCO to partner in observing International Literacy Day on Thursday, 8th September, 2022. The theme ‘Transforming Literacy Learning Spaces’ has been appropriately chosen for…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 07 (SKNIS) – During a visit to the Power Station at Needsmust Estate earlier this morning (Wednesday, September 07), Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew expressed his appreciation and support for the hardworking staff there. The Prime Minister’s visit to the Power Station comes as the St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd (SKELEC) commenced a load shedding exercise on September 05 as a result of a failure on the alternator of one of the company’s main generators. According to SKELEC, that failure, in addition to overhauls and other equipment failures reduced the power plant to half of its…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 08, 2022 (SKNIS): The official final Calendar of Events for the 39th Anniversary of Independence of St. Kitts and Nevis was officially released on Thursday, September 08, 2022, with a wide range of activities. The 39th Anniversary of Independence is being celebrated under the theme “Refocus, Re-create, Redesign: Independence 39”. Activities will spread throughout September and run into October 2022. The first event on the Calendar is the start of the National Colours Week, which kicks off on Friday, September 09 with the colour green. Additionally, Cabinet Members are slated to visit primary schools located in the east and west zones. The Basseterre Zone will be done on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 7, 2022 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, said to the staff of the St. Kitts Electricity Company (SKELEC) that the energy sector is a top priority of his government during a visit to staff working at the Needsmust Power Plant on September 7, 2022.“I understand that the production of power is under significant stress at this time and what you all are doing here to a great extent is a herculean type of work to make sure that the country can move and the economy can move and people…

(Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 7, 2022): Mr Miguel S. Flemming has been named Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry ofAgriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives. His assignment took effect onMonday, September 5 2022 as part of a transition from the former Permanent Secretary, who hasretired. Mr Flemming holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Crop Production and a Master’s Degree in AquaticStudies from the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan.Prior to his acting assignment, Mr Flemming was Manager of the Bayford’s Livestock Centre ofExcellence. His other roles have included: Head of the Livestock Division in the Department ofAgriculture, St Kitts…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 07, 2022 (SKNIS): His Excellency Jair Bolsonaro, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, congratulated the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew on his appointment as the fourth Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.In a congratulatory letter addressed to Prime Minister Dr. Drew, His Excellency Bolsonaro wrote:“I offer my congratulations to the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the recent general elections and congratulate Your Excellency on your inauguration as Prime Minister. I wish you full success in the high position of Head of Government of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 07, 2022 (SKNIS) – The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) convened a special meeting today September 7 at the site of the Taiwan Technical Mission at Needsmust to update the members of the Federal Cabinet, led by Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, on the various programmes and projects being undertaken by the Taiwan Technical Mission here in St. Kitts and Nevis.The members of the Cabinet were guests of His Excellency Michael C. H. Lin, Resident Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.Giving a brief…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 07, 2022 (SKNIS) – The faculty and staff rolled out a grand welcoming reception for the new and returning students of the Cayon High School, as the 2022-2023 academic year officially got underway today (Wednesday, September 07).The welcoming was capped off with a special visit by Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, the elected Parliamentary Representative for the area. It was the first school Dr. Drew visited since assuming the post of Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis.Prime Minister Dr. Drew extended his own personal welcome-back greeting to the teachers and students.In his brief remarks,…

Washington D.C., 7 September 2022 (PAHO) – With the Americas now accounting for highest numbers of monkeypox cases in the world, and COVID-19 remaining a “significant threat” to the region, prevention is key to avoiding infection and protecting peoples’ health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne said.Despite a decrease in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the Americas, “hundreds of people are still dying every day from COVID-19 across our region,” Dr Etienne said during a media briefing today. “Yet countries have scaled back their public health measures while millions remain unvaccinated.”While most vaccines delivered in the…

Bridgetown, Barbados – 30 August, 2022 – The importance of shifting from water-centric resource management to holistic planning and integrated decision-making in the Water, Energy, Food, and Environment (WEFE) sectors using innovative nexus tools was a key message of the World Water Week session that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) co-convened on 30 August 2022 with five other organizations from the region. Around the Caribbean and Latin America, the need to focus on the full value of water to society is becoming increasingly important, like in the rest of the world, as the resource continues…