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An effective response to the post Covid-19 economic situation must include significant and broad debt reduction for all developing countries, including vulnerable middle to high income states. This was one of the prescriptions put forward by CARICOM Secretary-General Her Excellency Carla Barnett as she participated in a panel discussion during the World Leaders Summit Dialogue on Inequality at UNCTAD XV in Barbados on Tuesday 5th October. Speaking on the theme of the discussion “Is the COVID-19 crisis really a game changer?” Dr Barnett further stated that debt reduction should specifically address debts built up due to COVID-19 expenditures and climate change adaptation. The…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, October 05, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), through its embassy in Basseterre, has extended its profound gratitude to Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris for his call to the United Nations and the wider international community to “do everything to preserve peace in the Taiwan Strait.” Tensions between Taiwan and mainland China intensified in recent days after Chinese warplanes reportedly carried out a number of operations in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone – actions the Taiwanese Government has condemned as irresponsible and provocative. …

DUBAI, 2 October 2021 – At Expo 2020 Dubai protecting the welfare of those working to build our site is our top priority. We have established world-class policies, standards and processes that protect and support the health, safety, and wellbeing of everyone involved in Expo 2020 Dubai. We are committed to the high standards we have set for ourselves and our contractors and remain firmly focused on working together to continually improve. We have now completed more than 247 million work hours since September 2015. Unfortunately, there have been three work-related fatalities, 72 serious injuries to date. A serious injury is classified as…

DUBAI, 1 October 2021 – Her Excellency Reem Al Hashimy, UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation and Director General, Expo 2020 Dubai, has unveiled the Expo 2020 Workers’ Monument and paid tribute to the workforce responsible for building the first World Expo held in the Arab world. Her Excellency unveiled the striking and emotive structure, which is anexpression of the incredible achievement and spirit of more than 200,000 workers from around the world. Praising the contribution, dedication and achievement of Expo’s workforce, HE Reem Al Hashimy said: “We wanted to honour the incredible work of more than 200,000 workers and their contribution to Expo 2020 Dubai. Each and every one deserves to be known, with our sincere thanks and praise, for their tremendous efforts. “Their dedication to their work has been integral to creating this historic event, the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. As the Caribbean Court of Justice’s 2021/2022 Court Term opened on Monday 4 October, the Court President, the Hon. Mr Justice Adrian Saunders issued a message which summarises the work of the Court for the 2020/2021 year and how the work of the organisation, impacts citizens of the Caribbean Community. President Saunders noted that despite the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCJ continued to provide uninterrupted service to the region, holding fifty-five (55) hearings in its fully virtual courtroom. He also observed that in the past year, the first-ever case initiated by one Member State of CARICOM against another was filed in the Court’s Original Jurisdiction. In the Original Jurisdiction, the Court decides on issues related to the Caribbean Single Market Economy (CSME) relating to the…

For the second time this year, Honourable Jonel Powell, Minister of Education, Youth, Sport and Culture of Saint Kitts and Nevis, has taken to the international podium to address a high-level Ministerial panel. This time, he has made an intervention at the opening ceremony to celebrate World Teachers’ Day on 5th October 2021.His intervention focussed on the impact of Covid-19 on teaching, the role of teachers and what this experience has revealed to St. Kitts and Nevis in terms of future policy development. The World Teachers’ Day event was collectively hosted by UNESCO, International Labour Organisation and UNICEF, under the theme ‘Teachers…

Urban development is the social, cultural, economic and physical development of our cities. By getting Urban Development right, we can create jobs and offer better livelihoods; increase economic growth; improve social inclusion; promote the advancement of our living standards and reduce both urban and rural poverty.UN-Habitat is the United Nations division which supports and assists on matters of urban development. The first Monday of every October, UN-Habitat celebrates world habitat day. The theme for this year’s World Habitat Day is Accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world. The future of our planet depends on international, regional and our own local…

San Jose, 5 October 2021 (IICA). The opening event of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2021 made a resounding call to transform agri-food systems so as to ensure economic, social and environmental sustainability and facilitate post-pandemic recovery. CWA is the subregion’s most important forum for dialogue, convened with the aim to reach consensus on the future of agriculture and rural life. Participants at the event include key stakeholders in the Caribbean from both the public and private sectors. Themed “Transforming our food systems”, this is the sixteenth edition of the event—inaugurated in Trinidad and Tobago in 1999—and is the first time it…

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of this small yet envied nation, kindly allow me to capitalize on this golden opportunity to extend warm greetings to you on behalf of the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, particularly my esteemed Cabinet Colleagues and the resilient staff of the Ministry of Social Development and Gender Affairs. On October 1st each year, our Federation joins the global community in observing International Day of Older Persons. It is with great delight that we commemorate this day as we laud the incalculable contributions of older persons 62 and over who have toiled unrelentingly to…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Monday, October 05, 2021:​ The finals for the annually held PrimarySchool Independence Elocution Competition is slated to be held on Thursday, October 07, 2021,at 4:00pm at the Antioch Baptist Church. The schools and their representatives that advanced to the finals are:St. Paul’s Primary School represented by Calixthe Hodge; the Sandy Point Primary Schoolrepresented by Aavion Zakers; The Cayon Primary School will be represented by KeverneGilbert; Joshua Obadiah Williams Primary represented by Ajhannyae Stokes; Anjanique Singhwill represent Deane Glassford Primary School; Beach Allen Primary School will berepresented by Tyler Maynard; Seventh Day Adventist Primary School will be represented byCristopher…