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Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 11, 2022 (SKNIS): The Skills Empowerment Programme (STEP) is capitalizing on the three-week Easter break for schools in St. Kitts and Nevis by offering soft-skills training for its interns attached to public primary schools. The training will cover Communication in the Workplace, Teamwork, and Conflict Management – three key areas that are extremely useful in any school environment. A new cohort will participate each day in the one-day sessions that began on Monday (April 11, 2022). This will allow for a more personalized experience for participants and encourage interactive exchanges with facilitators. “This training exercise, in my…

Monday, April 11, 2022 — The Member States of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) have declared their support and endorsement for the bid by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to host the World Expo 2030 under the theme ‘’The Era of Change: Leading the Planet to a Foresighted Tomorrow.’’ The World Expo has increasingly become a major global opportunity for international cooperation, for showcasing scientific/technological innovation, and for displaying the diversity of cultures, languages and accomplishments of the human family. World Expo has become a platform for expressing the highest aspirations of humanity’s conception of its future. The Kingdom…

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Her Excellence Carla Barnett stressed the importance of climate change and agriculture to the Region as she began a three-day official visit to Saint Lucia. Dr Barnett met with the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia the Honourable Philip Pierre who is Lead Head of Government for Sustainable Development in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet and updated the Cabinet of Saint Lucia on current issues being addressed by the Community. She drew attention to issues of climate change and the approach to COP 27 to be held in Egypt later this year, agriculture and the recovery…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 11, 2022 (SKNIS): Several persons on the Skills Training Empowerment Programme (STEP), who are attached to public primary schools in St. Kitts, will benefit from a one-day soft skills workshop held at the Caribbean Confederation of Credit Unions (CUNA) in Basseterre on Monday, April 11. Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for STEP, Osbert DeSuza, described the training as timely and extremely important. He noted that children learn by observing, therefore, teachers must be mindful of their behaviour around students. “I want to impress upon you that your actions, attitude, choice…

Port of Spain, Trinidad – The Caribbean Employers’ Confederation (CEC) and the Caribbean Confederation of Labour (CCL) are taking a collaborative approach to develop joint regional policies and advocacy strategies for the eradication of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) at the workplace level. The leading employer and labour bodies, supported by the United Nation Population Fund (UNFPA) and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) hosted a virtual launch of the Joint Regional Effort under the Spotlight Initiative on Wednesday, 6 April, 2022. Ms. Alison Drayton, Director, UNFPA Caribbean Sub-Regional Office in her Feature Address emphasised the importance of the effort, “This project will…

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting virtually in Caucus on Wednesday 6 April reaffirmed the obligation of Member States to coordinate foreign policy as outlined in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. They noted the upcoming election at the June 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) and reaffirmed the turn of the Caribbean for a second term in accordance with the tradition of the Commonwealth. They noted that two Member States of the Community had nominated two eminently qualified candidates for the post of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and agreed that a Sub-Committee of Heads of Government…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 8, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is pleased to inform the general public that the Government of Japan has decided, as of 8th April, 2022, to remove Saint Kitts and Nevis from its list of countries denied entry into Japan to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus. This decision takes effect on Friday, 8th April, 2022 at 12:00 a.m. Japan time. Holders of Saint Kitts and Nevis passports will still need visas to travel to Japan. –End–

Please be advised that the Minister of Tourism The Hon. Lindsay Grant, will hold a special meeting with ALL Taxi and Tour Bus Operators from 4pm to 6pm on Tuesday 12th April, 2022 at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort Ballroom. Also the Minister of Tourism will also a hold a special meeting for Craft Vendors, Aloe Rub Vendors, Hair Braiders & Primate Petting Vendors from 4pm to 6pm on Wednesday 13th April, 2022 in the Credit Union Conference Room. All are asked to be present and punctual.

08 March, Rome, Italy – World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March toreach their highest levels ever, as war in the Black Sea region spread shocks throughmarkets for staple grains and vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organization of theUnited Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 159.3 points in March, up 12.6 percent from Februarywhen it had already reached its highest level since its inception in 1990. The Index tracksmonthly changes in the international prices of a basket of commonly-traded foodcommodities. The latest level of the index was 33.6 percent higher than in March 2021.The…

Washington, DC, 7 April, 2022 (PAHO) – After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic with millions of lives lost to the virus, Pan American Health Organization Director (PAHO) Carissa F. Etienne, marked World Health Day by calling for the urgent protection of the environment and highlighted how the health of the planet is linked to our own. “The so-called triple planetary crisis of climate change, loss of biodiversity, and pollution, is affecting the health of all people as well as our planet. Those effects are amplified by deficiencies in infrastructure and health systems to prevent diseases and effectively respond to…