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Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 29, 2022 (SKNIS): Several artists in St. Kitts and Nevis are participating in a virtual creative showcase to commemorate the Inter-American Week for the People of African Descent in the Americas. The week ran from March 21 to 25, 2022, under the theme “Stories of Courage in the Americas: Resistance to Slavery and Unity Against Racism.” The digital showcase is posted on the Facebook Page of the Organization of American States – Saint Kitts and Nevis. Artists are welcome to submit original preexisting or new pieces of art that speak to the theme. Submissions can be made…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 29, 2022 (SKNIS): Numerous sporting facilities across St. Kitts and Nevis will soon be outfitted with new light-emitting diode (LED) lights as part of the government’s thrust to utilize more energy-efficient and cost-effective technologies and upgrade the infrastructure available to the local sporting communities.The installation of the new sports lights is a component of the ongoing project entitled the ‘Street and Flood Light Retrofitting Project’ which is financed by a loan through the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and represents a collaborative effort between the Ministries of Sustainable Development; Finance; Public Infrastructure, and Sports, as well as St. Kitts Electricity…

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) concluded its 6th sitting of the OECS Assembly on March 18, 2022, at the House of Parliament in Antigua and Barbuda. In attendance were elected representatives from both Government and Opposition parties in Member States. At this year’s sitting, the primary matter for consideration was environmental sustainability, with a focus on climate change, under the theme: The SHIFT: Embracing New Platforms and Innovative Models for Leadership in Sustainability. At the commencement of the meeting, Chairman of the OECS Authority and Prime Minister of Grenada, the Right Honourable Dr. Ketih Mitchell,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (SKNIS): Civil servants across the Federation received good news on Saturday last as Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon Timothy Harris, announced plans for an increase in wages and salaries during the People’s Labour Party (PLP) Convention 2022 on March 26, 2022. “I have asked the Financial Secretary to consider what it will cost to give civil servants an increase in wages and salaries. I love you all but when the money comes please spend it well. Money will help but still discipline yourself, do not start to plan to spend yet, remember I did not say how much…

Living Soils of the Americas is a program that seeks to act as a bridge between science and public policies aimed at the restoration and protection of soils in the Americas, whose degradation threatens the position of Latin America and the Caribbean as guarantors of global food security. San José, 28 March 2022 (IICA) – The progress and achievements of the Living Soils of the Americas initiative were presented at the first meeting of the program’s Steering Committee, which brings together stakeholders from the public and private sectors, universities and international and civil society organizations, in a common effort to fight…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Team Unity-led Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is actively formulating policies to contain the spiraling cost of living – triggered by international events beyond the country’s control – that is adversely affecting the citizens and residents of the twin island Federation. “We are going to bring some measures that will bring some relief to you. These will include measures to reduce gas prices at the pumps and we will reduce certain taxes on certain items of groceries to make the cost of living…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation): The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is honoured to welcome the newly accredited Ambassador of Romania to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Her Excellency Theodora Magdalena Mircea. Ambassador Mircea is scheduled to present Letters of Credence on Monday 28th March to the Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis, His Excellency Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton. While in the Federation, Ambassador Mircea will pay courtesy calls on a number of Senior Government Officials including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, the Honourable Mark Brantley, Minister of Tourism et al., the…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Tuesday, March 23, 2022:​ Over 160 students across the twin island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis received The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (ROC) Annual Monetary Scholarship. The ceremony was held under the auspices of His Excellency Michael Chau-Hirng Lin, Resident Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Honourable Jonel Powell, Minister of Education, etal. Ambassador Lin congratulated the awardees and highlighted the pivotal role played by education in the development of human resources. “As we all know human resources lay the foundation for national development and that education is the key…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – During his party’s highly energized and electric National Convention on Saturday, March 26, 2022, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris reaffirmed his People’s Labour Party’s (PLP) commitment to the Team Unity movement, of which it is a founding member. “We are grounded with our brothers and sisters. PLP has no ambition to go alone. PLP is saying that we will work with all interested parties—interested in unity to ensure that together, as one people, we can take St. Kitts and Nevis forward and make it…