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Basseterre, St. Kitts (June 21st, 2022)— Mrs. Claricia Langley-Stevens has joined the St Kitts Electricity Company Ltd as the new Safety and Security manager. Langley-Stevens is a disaster risk professional with twenty years of experience in the Disaster Management and Emergency Response field. Langley-Stevens previously served as the former Deputy National Disaster Coordinator (DNDC) at the local National Disaster Office (NDO) where she served as Director of the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC). Her career also goes beyond the borders of St. Kitts and Nevis. She served as the CDM focal point for St. Kitts-Nevis during her tenure at the…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 22, 2022) — The Department of Statistics and Economic Planning in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) continues to urge residents to cooperate with enumerators who visit their homes to collect data for the 2021/2022 Population and Housing Census. Mrs. Dorriel Tross-Phillip, Director of Statistics, while giving an update on the ongoing census on June 21, 2022, noted that enumerators are facing challenges with outright refusals to participate by some members of the community. She warned that it is unlawful and the culprits may face a penalty. “The enumeration in the field commenced on April 15, as we try to enumerate…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 24, 2022) — Residents not wanting to divulge their dates of birth has become an issue for the Department of Statistics and Economic Development in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), as it conducts the 2021/22 Housing and Population Census. Mrs. Dorriel Tross-Phillip, Director of the Department of Statistics told the Department of Information on June 21, 2022 that the date of birth is the most used format to compile the data received. “One of the main problems that we have been experiencing is that persons are unwilling to give their date of birth, and one of the most used…

Labour Dept. announces more vacant positions on Nevis NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (June 29, 2022) – The Department of Labour in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), wishes to advise the public of vacancies available on the island. The list of positions available to be filled are: – Full-time Security Guards – Operations Manager at the Charlestown Port and Oualie Water Taxi Facility – Supermarket Attendants – Driver, Courier Service – Driver, Bakery – Tire repair technician – Garage attendant – Accounts Clerk Interested persons are kindly requested to visit the Department of Labour located on Main Street in Charlestown from Mondays to Fridays between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 29, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has reiterated his commitment to the continuation of two key social safety net initiatives, namely the Poverty Alleviation Programme (PAP) and the highly successful Alternative Lifestyle Pathway Programme, commonly referred to as the ‘Peace Programme’. “We are saying the Peace Programme, the PAP Programme they are all social safety nets required to give people at least a basic standard of living for them to be able to hold their heads above water; for your…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 29, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has put to rest any speculation that the new correctional facility being constructed in the Estridge area will cost the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis over two billion EC dollars.The Prime Minister explained that the project is being financed by developers through the latest innovation of the country’s Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme called the Alternative Investment Option, which allows for government-approved public infrastructure projects to be constructed by private sector developers at their expense…

Paramaribo, Suriname, 28 June, 2022 (IICA). The Paramount Chief of the Saramacca Maroon, Albert Aboikoni, received on behalf of the Saramacca maroon community, agricultural inputs, seeds, small agricultural equipment and implements to assist with the immediate rehabilitation of farms, considering the devastation caused by recent flooding in the hinterland of Suriname, occasioned by higher-than-normal average daily rainfall in the past three months of this year.   The 2022 rainy season began with a much higher than normal average daily rainfall, and since from the start of April, there have been relatively heavy rains in all South Suriname and in the coastal…

29 June 2022, Bridgetown, Barbados – In recognition of the millions of small-scale fishers, fishfarmers and fish workers who provide healthy and nutritious food to billions of people globallyand contribute to eradicating hunger, The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022). The Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has the distinct honour of leading thecelebrations for the year in collaboration with other relevant organizations and bodies of theUnited Nations system. In the fishing industry, artisanal fishing or traditional fisheries involvesfishing households as opposed to commercial companies, using relatively small amount…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 28, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Statements being peddled in the general public regarding the cost to the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis for the construction of a new correctional facility have been labelled as misleading by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Mr. Les Khan.Mr. Khan, who was at the time speaking on a radio programme on Monday (June 27) evening, said the new correctional facility is one of two projects approved under the new Alternative Investment Option of the Citizenship by…

Washington D.C. 24 June 2022 (PAHO) – The six candidates nominated to lead the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) addressed Member States today in a closed forum following the organization’s Executive Committee meeting. The candidates nominated by Member States to lead PAHO in the next five years are: Dr. Camilo Alleyne (nominated by Panama)Dr. Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva Jr. (nominated by Brazil)Dr. Florence Duperval Guillaume (nominated by Haiti)Dr. Nadine Flora Gasman Zylbermann (nominated by Mexico)Dr. Fernando Ruiz Gómez (nominated by Colombia)Dr. Daniel Salinas (nominated by Uruguay) Each contender was given 30 minutes to outline their vision, proposed policy priorities, and financial…