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Brasilia, 25 November 2021 (IICA). The “Living Soils of the Americas” program promoted by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and award-winning scientist and director of the Center for Carbon Management and Sequestration (C-MASC) at The Ohio State University, Rattan Lal, was officially launched in Brazil at an event attended by Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture of the South American country.The initiative seeks to contribute to the health of Brazilian soils, foster good land management practices and drive incentives to transform agricultural systems into ecosystems that accumulate more carbon in soils, thereby increasing the quality of a natural resource that…

BASSETERRE (25th November, 2021): The Seabourn Ovation made its inaugural call to St. Kitts today, November 25, 2021, at 8:00am, continuing a robust month of cruise arrivals to the destination. The ship docked at South Friar’s Bay where the Tourism Authority welcomed the inaugural cruise and hosted a plaque exchange ceremony. Seabourn Ovation is the sister-ship to the prestigious Seabourn Encore. The vessel delivers a wealth of new concepts, a fresh vision and a host of illuminating ideas to delight the world’s most discerning travelers. “We are extremely privileged to welcome the captain, crew and passengers of the Seabourn Ovation to…

Charlestown, Nevis November 25, 2021.. Journalist James Henderson has featured Nevis in a round-up of the variety of destinations that the Caribbean has to offer. Included in the headline Nevis is mentioned as an island that ‘has a handful of plantation house hotels that dates back 50 years to a time before tourism took over. Nevis sits alongside only six other Caribbean islands (Anguilla, St Barts, Jamaica, Dominica, Barbados, and BVI) that Henderson has selected as the must-visit destinations.  In the article, the journalist focuses on the history of Nevis and its beautiful architecture and of course details Alexander Hamilton and Horatio Nelson…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 25, 2021) — Prayer for peace on Nevis will be the first planned initiative the Nevis Christian Council and the Nevis Evangelical Association will hold as they seek to make Nevis a better place. Fr. Piotr Palowski, Chairman of the Nevis Christian Council, and Rev. Ron Daniel, Chairman of the Nevis Evangelical Association, told the Department of Information on November 23, 2021, that both organisations agreed to collaborate on what they deem strategic matters of interest for the benefit of the island. “In our meeting last week Wednesday… we came together and we decided that we would like to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2021 (SKNIS): Independent tour operators in St. Kitts can expect additional job hires in the coming days and weeks following a meeting between senior tourism officials and cruise line executives. A miscommunication by officials saw disembarking passengers from two cruise vessels last week opting not to take tours with independent operators. Racquel Brown, Chief Executive Officer of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, spoke about the mix-up on Tuesday’s (November 23, 2021) edition of Leadership Matters. “We were told by our staff that Shore Ex was basically saying that guests were being told that they could only…

Members of the Retired St. Kitts and Nevis Police and Fire Officers Association will be the special guests on “Policing With You” tomorrow. Assistant Commissioner of Police (Retired) Joseph Richardson, Fire Station Officer (Retired) Natalie Fough, and Force Chaplin (Retired), Pastor Leroy Benjamin, will join Host, Sergeant Treveron Richards, to talk about their upcoming week of activities and the work of the Association. “PolicingWith You” is aired every Thursday on ZIZ radio from 9:15 a.m. You can also watch it live on the Facebook Pages of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and ZIZ Broadcasting, or catch it on the YouTube Channel of ZIZ Broadcasting.…

November 17, 2021 – Bridgetown, Barbados – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and The Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI) teamed up recently to host a virtual Fish Silage for animal feed Workshop for 25 participants and stakeholders. Fish silage is the conversion of the parts of the fish that are typically discarded into safe and nutritious products for the consumption of livestock. The unutilized fish parts can be converted into liquid fish silage with the help of enzymes in the fish itself, as they break it down into smaller pieces, and an added acid, which helps speed…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2021 (SKNIS): Prostate exams are very common and are considered standard medical care. However, in today’s society, many men put off getting a prostate exam, either because they think they are not old enough to have it or because they are afraid to have one, a behavior Dr. Jonathan Carty, General Practitioner in the A&E Department at the JNF General Hospital, encouraged men to move away from and get tested. “Prostate screening is one of the most tabooed topics between us men because it involves the digital rectal exam (DRE) where a doctor will place his lubricated glove…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 25, 2021 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, said that five major adjustments will be made when the Federation achieves 80 percent vaccination status for adults. During the November 23 edition of Leadership Matters, Prime Minister Harris indicated that health experts in St. Kitts and Nevis advised that if the Federation achieves 80 percent coverage among adults it “will give us a significant buffer to absorb more risk and therefore safely open our economy without putting a significant strain on our health system.” “If we achieve this major milestone in…