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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (SKNBS): The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRB-Caribbean), in collaboration with SEN Consulting is conducting several activities as part of the communications and awareness component of the ongoing 5-year regional project GEF 5558 – Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Caribbean.  POPs are man-made, toxic chemicals that are harmful to human and animal health and the environment. They travel extremely long distances and dispersed widely via  by air, water and soil and can be passed through the food chain.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (SKNIS): Police Training Course #45 is nearing completion, with 26 men and women set to become full-fledged officers of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. Inspector Shorna Francis-Edwards, Commandant of the Police Training School, noted that the recruits have completed the written exams. Most of the practical exams such as self-defence, foot and armed drills and firearm training have also been completed. Currently, the group is reviewing materials such as court procedures. Last week, a mock court was held to go over some of the finer points, such as making a case file,…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 11, 2021) — Four young volunteers – Ms. Nykeisha Henry, Ms. Aleyah Powell, Ms. Truvhana Richards and Mr. Dillon Smithen- were recognised as the Department of Youth’s Green Ambassadors at its annual Youth Impact 12 Awards Ceremony which was held at the Nevis Performing Arts Centre (NEPAC) on November 04, 2021. The ambassadors were presented with medals by Ms. Michelle Liburd, Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Youth. The Green Ambassadors Programme was launched by the Department of Youth in January 2021, in an effort to advocate for climate change, and engage youths in an attempt to protect the…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, the Parliamentary Representative for St. Christopher 7 (Belle Vue to Ottley’s), visited two primary schools within his constituency where he presented forty (40) students with $500 disbursements through his highly successful Help-a-Child Programme, now in its 18th year. Under Prime Minister Harris’ Help-a-Child Programme, successful candidates who demonstrate academic potential are presented with scholarship cheques valued at EC$500. Thirteen (13) students of the Joshua Obadiah Williams Primary were presented the $500 scholarship awards while twenty-seven (27) students attending the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (SKNIS): Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France General Hospital (JNF) Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, said that a large portion of persons who remain unvaccinated against COVID-19 in St. Kitts and Nevis are individuals between the ages of 18-40 years old. Dr. Wilkinson was at the time speaking at the Wednesday, November 10, 2021 NEOC press briefing. “Unfortunately, a significant proportion of the unvaccinated include our young healthy adults between the ages of 18-40 years old. Interestingly, this is the same segment of our society that wants to participate in contact sports, frequent the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (SKNIS): The Bureau of Standards Bill, 2021, which was passed in the National Assembly on November 10, 2021, serves as a fundamental tool to improve the domestic standard of commodities in preparation for export to international markets, according to the Honourable Senator Wendy Phipps, Minister of International Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs, and Labour. “The Bill that is before us is actually meant to do two things; it is intended to replace a piece of existing legislation passed in 1999 as the National Bureau of Standards Act CAP 23.15 of 1999 and the second purpose…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has stated emphatically that his administration will continue to give law enforcement the necessary support required to properly arrest crime and violence, as well as other illicit activities in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Prime Minister Harris was at the time lending support to the Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2021, during the November 10 Sitting of the National Assembly. The amendments, which were unanimously passed, states that “Every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle…

Paris, France, November 11, 2021:Barely twenty-four hours after arriving in Paris from the World Expo 2020 in Dubai, the Hon. Jonel Powell, Minister of Education, Youth Empowerment, Sport & Culture was delivering his speech at the 41st session of UNESCO General Conference, at which he made a robust call to the international community to accompany small island states in their quest to be heard on key challenges, greatly accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minister, addressing some 180 UN member states at ministerial level – either in-person or virtually – underlined the two major challenges facing vulnerable island states: adapting…

Don’t become a victim of fraud. Detectives Valon Hodge and Andrea Battice will join Host, Superintendent James Francis, on tomorrow’s “Policing With You” to identify the red flags you should look out for when doing business. “Policing With 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. Have a question for our guests? Post it on any of our social media platforms, call 465-2555 or send it via WhatsApp at 662-3604.

Charlestown, NevisNovember 8, 2021… Journalist Nigel Tisdall has featured Nevis in a round-up of ’Action-Packed Caribbean Islands’ in the desirable National Geographic print magazine and website.  In the article, which sees Nevis sit alongside Tobago, Barbados, and St Kitts, Tisdall shares 11 of what he believes to be the most engaging Caribbean destinations, where memorable adventures await.  Nigel Tisdall focuses on the historic ‘characterful, heritage hotels that are slowly vanishing elsewhere’ and he first illustrates Bath hotel, its ballroom, Italian gardens, and thermal spa. He then details The Hermitage, Montpelier Plantation & Beach, and Golden Rock Inn. In addition, he encourages readers to travel to Nevis…