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Vegetable oil and maize prices slightly decrease after recent surge, while rice, meat, dairy and sugar prices slightly increase and global trade prospects dim. May 05, 2022 – Rome, Italy – World food commodity prices decreased in April after a large jump theprevious month, led by modest declines in the prices of vegetable oils and cereals, the Food andAgriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today.The FAO Food Price Index averaged 158.5 points in April 2022, down 0.8 percent from the all-time highreached in March. The Index, which tracks monthly changes in the international prices of a basket ofcommonly-traded food commodities, remained…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 06, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – At a time when external forces such as supply chain disruptions and the war in Ukraine are driving up the cost of living, the Government’s ten percent increase on the salaries and wages of civil servants, pensioners and workers of the Skills Training Empowerment Programme (STEP) is unanimously welcomed—the increase comes into effect from the Government’s next pay cycle on May 25, 2022. The ten percent increase, announced by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris on Labour Day (May 02), is…

Friday, May 6, 2022 — Trade Facilitation, Trade Engagement and Competitiveness are at the forefront of the regional integration plans of the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). In April, the Commission launched the development of an Integrated Regional OECS Private Sector Trade Facilitation and Engagement Strategy. This strategy aims to broaden and deepen the holistic encouragement of the private sector in advancing strategic solutions that lower transaction costs and improve the capacity of the OECS Private Sector. Dr. Claudius Preville of Preville & Associates has been contracted to develop this critical strategy. Dr. Preville is a well-established consultant with…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 5, 2022 (SKNIS): Fires in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis are on the decline, said Acting Chief Fire Officer Garfield Hodge during his address to the nation on International Firefighters’ Day on May 4.During his presentation, Mr. Hodge said “as it relates to fire extinguishment, my department over the past year, 2021, responded to and extinguished 603 fires. This reflects an 11.5 % reduction when compared to 2020 which had a total of 682 fires reported and responded to.”He also said that the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services (SKNFRS) fights fire…

GENEVA (ILO News) – Collective bargaining can advance equality and foster inclusion says a new ILO report, the first of a series of flagship reports on Social Dialogue.The higher the coverage of employees by collective agreements, the lower the wage differences are, says the report entitled Social Dialogue Report 2022: Collective bargaining for an inclusive, sustainable and resilient recovery, which is based on a review of collective agreements and practices in 80 countries at different levels of economic development and the legal and regulatory frameworks in 125 countries. Collective bargaining – the process of voluntary negotiation between one or more employers…

5 May 2022, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts)and Nevis – Governor of the ECCB, Timothy N.J. Antoine commenced his 2022 round of Country Outreach Missions in Anguilla on Wednesday, 4 May. Governor Antoine commenced his engagements with a courtesy call on the Governor of Anguilla, Her Excellency Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam and discussions with Leader of the Opposition, Cora Richardson-Hodge. Governor Antoine also met with the Principal, staff and students of the Valley Primary School, the ECCB’s Mentorship School. He took the opportunity to visit school’s computer lab which is nearing completion. In March 2021,the ECCB made a donation of EC$100,000 toward the rebuilding of the lab which was destroyed by Hurricane Irma. On Thursday, 5 May, Governor Antoine is scheduled to meet with…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 04, 2022 (SKNIS): On Wednesday, May 04, 2022, members of the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services (SKNFRS) staged a Fun Run through the streets of Basseterre and also held an Open Day at Independence Square as they observe a week of activities to commemorate International Firefighters’ Day.The Fun Run saw the officers, escorted by a fire appliance with siren and flashing lights, leave the Basseterre Fire Station and turn left down Sand Down Road. The contingent turned right onto the Bay Road, turned right up Fort Street, left onto Cayon Street, down Church…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 04, 2022 (SKNIS): UNESCO continues to deliver strong technical support to the Federation in areas such as education, sport, biodiversity and social frameworks, said Dorothy Warner, Secretary-General of St. Kitts and Nevis National Commission for UNESCO, during her May 04 appearance on ‘Working for You.’“UNESCO has been offering technical support in a lot of different areas primarily in the area of the participation projects. We see that over the years we have benefited from a lot of the funds that UNESCO has sent on the ground and of the technical assistance through consultants who have come…

Basseterre: St. Kitts,Tuesday, May 05, 2022:​ The St. Kitts and Nevis NationalCommission for UNESCO seized theopportunity of the visit by its Paris-based envoy to the Federation atUNESCO Headquarters, to hold a seriesof special meetings with keystakeholders on Friday, April 29, 2022.  The meetings were convened with the National Commission for UNESCO, andthe UNESCO Man and Biosphere (MAB) National Committee. A separateluncheon event was held with individuals who are directly involved as localfocal points spearheading various UNESCO funded projects in the field ofeducation, natural and social sciences, culture and heritage.Ms. Dorothy Warner, Secretary General to the National Commission, explainedthat the meetings allowed members and stakeholders from St. Kitts and Nevis tomeet and be briefed by the Ambassador to UNESCO,…

Citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis and other CARICOM member or associated states are invited to apply for four undergraduate scholarships and seven postgraduate scholarships facilitated through the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). The undergraduate scholarships are valued at US$4,000 per year (2nd and final year). Students must apply at the end of their first year. Students must be registered at one of the UWI campuses and be pursuing select degrees related to Disaster Risk Management, civil engineering, geography, geology, environmental management, etc. Students must have a GPA of at least 3.0 at the end of the first year…