Author: SKNISEditor

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…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 27, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Resident Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan), His Excellency Michael Chau-Horng Lin, is lauding efforts of the government through the Ministries of Education and Environment in sensitising children at a tender age on the importance of recycling waste that is generated in the country. Ambassador Lin had, on Friday June 24, joined Minister of Education, the Hon Vincent Byron Jr. and the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mr William Vincent Hodge, and other high ranking officials for the 37th celebration of Child Month’s last event, the Children’s Parade, that started at the Tamarind…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 28, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Last minute change of the route did not deter the youthful members of Philadelphia Pathfinders Club of Tabernacle Village from executing a successful fundraising walk-a-thon held in aid of the forthcoming dedication of their church. The walk-a-thon which was held in collaboration with the Men’s Ministry of the Philadelphia Seventh Day Adventist Church in Tabernacle, took place on Saturday June 25 and according to Pastor Theodore Smith, funds raised will be used during the dedication of their church that will be held on Sunday July 10. Initially the walk-a-thon was due to take…

THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES IS FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OFPOTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TWO, PREVIOUSLY TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL94.THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND SOUTHERNTHE WINDWARD ISLANDS TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, AT WHICH TIME, IT IS FORECAST TO BE ASTORM. IN THE REASONABLE WORST-CASE, THE EXPECTED TROPICAL CYCLONE POSES LITTLE TONO WIND THREAT TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, THE REST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THEBRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. NO PREPARATIONS ARE NEEDED; HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD BEPREPARED FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON.AT 8 PM ECT, POTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TWO, WAS LOCATED ABOUT 1190 MILESSOUTHEAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS MOVING…

Dear Stakeholders,Please note the cruise schedule for the period Sunday 26th June to Saturday 2nd July, 2022 :Thursday 30th June, 2022:Mariner of the Seas – Port Zante