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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 30, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has extended his best wishes to the seventeen (17) nationals who were on Wednesday, September 29 awarded scholarships to pursue tertiary level education at universities in the Republic of China (Taiwan). The seventeen recipients – eleven of whom were awarded the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) scholarship and six receiving the International Cooperation and Development Fund (ICDF) scholarships – were presented with their awards during a brief ceremony held at Marshall’s Restaurant…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 29, 2021 (SKNIS): Prime Minister, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has confirmed that the two field hospitals acquired by St. Kitts and Nevis to aid health sector response to COVID-19 will be in the Federation hopefully by November 2021. “We have received a commitment that we will receive two field hospitals. The plan is one will come to St. Kitts and the other will be made available to the sister island of Nevis. We will receive one in October and the second should follow sometime thereafter, possibly by November,” said Prime Minister Harris, during his monthly press conference…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 29, 2021 (SKNIS): As St. Kitts and Nevis continues to deal with the third wave of COVID-19 and as hospitalization increases due to the dreaded virus, the Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, said that there are no immediate plans to reopen the private ward for general use. “Just a few days ago we were almost at full capacity with 12 persons admitted to the isolation ward. Currently, as of today [September 28], we have a total of eight persons who are admitted, three are critical on…

The CPA Headquarters Secretariat is looking for a consultant to work on a CPA Parliamentary Academy online course on the Accessibility of Commonwealth Parliaments to Persons with Disabilities. About the CPA Parliamentary Academy In May 2021, the CPA launched the CPA Parliamentary Academy – a curriculum of online and physical courses specifically for Parliamentarians and parliamentary officials. These accessible courses offer an adaptive and flexible learning approach, intended to strengthen the capacity of Parliamentarians and parliamentary staff to fulfil their constitutional and statutory obligations as well as to enhance knowledge and understanding of the role of Parliament in the process of democratic governance. Course Outline…

No.​of 2021 ​Vehicles and Road Traffic ​ ​Saint Christopher (Amendment) Bill, 2021 ​ ​and Nevis SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS ​ No. of 2021 ​ ​A BILL to amend the Vehicles and Road Traffic Act Cap. 15.06. ​ ​BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis and by the authority of the same as follows: 1. Short title. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Vehicles and Road Traffic(Amendment) Act, 2021. 2. Interpretation. In this Act, “Act” means the Vehicles and Road Traffic Act Cap. 15.06. 3. Amendment of section 62. The…

No.​of 2021 ​Drugs (Prevention & Abatement of the​ Saint Christopher Misuse and Abuse of Drugs) (Amendment)​ and Nevis ​Bill, 2021 SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS ​ No. of 2021 ​ ​A BILL to amend the Drugs (Prevention & Abatement of the Misuse and Abuse of Drugs) Act, Cap. 9.08. ​ ​BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the National Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis and by the authority of the same as follows: 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Drugs (Prevention & Abatement of the Misuse and Abuse of Drugs) (Amendment)…

No. of 2021.​​Civil Aviation(Amendment)​ ​Saint Christopher ​(No. 2) Bill, 2021​and Nevis.​ ​ ​SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS ​ No. of 2021 ​A BILL to amend the Civil Aviation Act, Cap. 8.03. BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most ExcellentMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of theNational Assembly of Saint Christopher and Nevis, andby the authority of the same as follows:1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Civil Aviation (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2021.2. Interpretation. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “Act” means the Civil Aviation Act, Cap. 8.03.3. Amendment of section 2. The Act is amended in section 2 by (a) replacing the definition of the expression “Appropriate Authority for Aviation Security” with the following “ “Appropriate Authority for Aviation Security and Facilitation” is the Minister who is the authority with responsibility for the development, implementation and maintenance of the national…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 29, 2021 (SKNIS): On September 27, 2021, the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) opened its new Student Services Centre at the main Arts, Science and General Studies Campus (ASGS). At the opening ceremony, the Minister of Education, the Hon. Jonel Powell toured the entire campus and reiterated the support of the Ministry of Education to the CFBC to further the development of the institution.  “It’s about partnering with the CFBC, we know that there have been some challenges in terms of having to fill certain staffing positions and we are well underway in that respect. I think it’s really…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 29, 2021 (SKNIS): The food truck vending site along North Independence Square Street in Basseterre is ready and operations will commence shortly, said Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Ron Dublin-Collins, while providing the public with an update at the Prime Minister’s Monthly Press Conference held on September 28 at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Conference Room. “The work is now complete, and this week we will see the setting up of the site in terms of the placement of the trucks in the area. So right now, the site is ready and we are…