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Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 09, 2021 (SKNIS): Three hundred and sixteen tertiary level students in St. Kitts have joined the 2021-2022 Volunteer Corps. The students, drawn from the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC), as well as the Advanced Vocational Educational Centre (AVEC), are recruited to the Corps as enrollees in the Support for the Advancement of Future Education (SAFE) programme.The students were welcomed to the Volunteer Corps by the Honourable Jonel Powell, Minister of Education and Youth. He addressed the new members during the official induction ceremony on Wednesday, December 08, 2021, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic School (ICCS) Auditorium.“You…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 09, 2021 (SKNIS): All inbound passengers into the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis are required to complete and submit the Customs, Border and Health Entry Form found at www.knatravelform.kn before departure. The Form must be approved by the Ministry of National Security for entry, but entry may also be denied.All travellers to the Federation including returning nationals, tourists or international travellers must submit a COVID-19 Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain reaction Laboratory-Based Molecular Test (RT-PCR Test) done within 72 hours of travel at an ISO 17025/CLIA accredited laboratory.Additionally, vaccinated returning nationals, inbound tourists or international travellers…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 09, 2021 (SKNIS): Reverend Stanton Adams, Pastor and Island Coordinator of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has invited the church community to check on the most vulnerable members in society, especially in the context of COVID-19. “As a church community, we need to be checking on the vulnerable members of our community, not just the faith community, but the wider community…because we are talking about women and girls and since the topic said COVID-19, the research globally is showing that because of all the lockdowns the United Nations has said that domestic violence has soared in certain countries…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 09, 2021 (SKNIS): Gender-based violence remains one of the most prevalent and persistent issues facing women and girls globally. However, Reverend Pastor Mark Christmas, Superintendent of the Methodist Churches in St. Kitts, said that the use of language can lend itself to cases of gender-based violence. “One of the things I want to throw in the mix where gender-based violence is concerned is that it runs a gamut. My research has told me that part of it has to do with the language we use. Our language, on a large scale, is masculine. And so, when it…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 08, 2021 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): The Embassy of Saint Kitts and Nevis in Havana, Cuba will host its Second Triennial Patriotic Fair on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 December, 2021. The fair that will run from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on both days, will be held on the grounds of the Embassy and will feature a wide range of handmade crafts including textiles, wall hangings, confectionaries, culinary essences, footwear, wooden products, soaps, glass art, essence, rum and brewed beverages. The event will also feature music and books written by authors from Saint Kitts and Nevis. The goal of…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, December 09, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, is among more than 100 world leaders, representatives of international and civil society organizations and the private sector, participating in the first Summit for Democracy organized and hosted by the President of the United States of America, His Excellency Joseph Biden. The December 9-10, 2021 virtual global summit on democracy intends to set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal and to tackle the greatest threats faced by democracies today through collective action. The summit…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, December 08, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – After a review of its current policies and following several rounds of discussions with relevant health and tourism officials and representatives of the COVID-19 Task Force, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has taken a decision to ease two significant measures at the ports of entry. TheGovernment previously withheld the easing of these restrictions as it sought to gather more information on the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 disease, which was first identified in South Africa on November 22.EffectivelySaturday, 11th December, 2021, all fully…

Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil; María Emilia Undurraga, Minister of Agriculture of Chile; Renato Alvarado, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock of Costa Rica; Rattan Lal, the world’s leading soil scientist; Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA; Rommel Betancourt, President of ICOA; José Bonica, Chair of the Board of Directors of PROCISUR; Arnulfo Gutiérrez, Chair of the Steering Committee of FONTAGRO; Natasha Santos, Head of Global Stakeholders Strategy and Affairs at Bayer; Juan Pablo Llobet, Regional Director for Latin America at Syngenta; and Arturo Durán, Director of Agro for Latin America at Pepsico. San Jose,…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 7, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Integrity Commission (IC) of St. Kitts and Nevis is joining the rest of the world in observing International Anti-Corruption Day on Thursday December 9 with a number of activities that included a worship service on Sunday December 5, at the Antioch Baptist Church. On behalf of the Integrity Commission, Chairperson, Retired High Court Judge, Justice Pearletta Lanns thanked lead Pastor Lincoln Connor, the Church Executive, and members for welcoming them and their invitees to worship at the church in Lime Kiln, West Basseterre. The invitees included His Excellency the Governor General who was represented…

Cruise Schedule Update : Tuesday 7th December, 2021 Please note the following schedule for the rest of the week: Wednesday 8th December, 2021: Aida Diva – Port Zante Thursday 9th December, 2021: Celebrity Silhouette – Port Zante Rotterdam – Port Zante Star Flyer – Basseterre Harbour Friday 10th December, 2021: Seabourn Odyssey – South Friar’s Bay Saturday 11th December, 2021: Explorer of the Seas – Port Zante MSC Seaview – Port Zante                                                        #