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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 09, 2021 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis through the Ministry of Health has worked tirelessly to ensure that citizens and residents are educated and updated about the developments related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  In response to a question posed to him during the September 08, 2021, NEOC Press Briefing, Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France Hospital (JNF) Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, explained that the scope and magnitude of the testing being done are partly responsible for any presumed delay in information. “Concerns have been raised about the supposed tardiness of the dashboard,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 09, 2021 (SKNIS): The St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA) and the Government of St. Kitts, by extension, were granted arbitration award in the case relating to the second cruise pier at Port Zante. The contractor initiated arbitration against SCASPA in 2019 over unpaid claims of U$15.2 million, which equates to over EC$41 million. SCASPA’s Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Tuffida Stewart, said that a decision was rendered in June 2021. “The tribunal ruled that the claims, most of them, were null and void,” Ms. Stewart stated on the September 08 edition of Working for You.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 9, 2021 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in its continued efforts to protect the citizens and residents of the Federation from the COVID-19 virus will not permit cruise visitors to integrate into the local community by creating a safe bubble at Port Zante. Minister of Tourism, Honourable Lindsay Grant, stated this during his press conference on September 8 and added that during this first phase passengers will not be allowed to journey through the streets of Basseterre independently. “As the Celebrity Equinox will arrive at Port Zante, Port Zante will become a bubble…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Friday, September 10 th , 2021:​ The Ministry of Education wishes toinform all concerned that the Tyrrell Williams Primary School has been declared safe to reopenby the Ministry of Health. Thus, the school will welcome staff and students on Monday,September 13 th , 2021. Parents and guardians are reminded that students should be properly attired in their uniforms.They should also wear their masks and expect to follow the safety protocols.The Ministry of Education would like to take this opportunity to wish the staff and students ofthe Tyrrell Williams Primary school a safe and productive school year.

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (September 09, 2021) — The following is an address by Hon. Troy Liburd, Junior Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) regarding the reopening of school. Fellow citizens and residents, I address you now in my capacity as Minister with Responsibility for Education on the Island of Nevis. As you are aware, the Ministry of Education took the decision on Friday of last week, to delay the reopening of all public schools on Nevis by one week. At the same time the decision was also taken to temporarily close the offices of the Ministry and Department of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 09, 2021 (RSCNPF): The United States (U.S.) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has acclaimed Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) McCarta Browne for his tremendous involvement with the Caribbean Firearms Initiative. The HSI began working with territories on a firearms trafficking initiative in the greater Caribbean in an effort to stem the rapid escalation of firearm violence within the region. ACP Browne has been the lead contact for St. Kitts and Nevis for the initiative. The HSI Caribbean Attaché presented him with a plaque which reads “For your outstanding contribution and leadership to the Caribbean…

Buenos Aires, 8 September 2021 (IICA). – Argentina’s National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have established a regional AgTech network with the goal to create a space for connection, collaboration, and collective construction to contribute to the emergence and development of high-impact innovative solutions for agriculture.The term AgTech encompasses a wide range of new technologies applied to agriculture to increase its efficiency, productivity, and sustainability.The Inter-American AgTech Network was created by the two institutes by means of a technical cooperation agreement signed by Susana Mirassou, President of INTA, and Manuel Otero, Director General…

Calling all Caribbean nationals! Join the Challenge to secure up to $5,000 USD for a Programme, Event, Project, or Business Idea! Wednesday, September 8, 2021 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Sustainable Development Movement (SDM) 2021 is bringing big opportunities to the Caribbean. Last week, the Movement upped the ante in a very tangible way, announcing the launch of the Island Ideas Challenge. The OECS SDM Island Ideas Challenge will give Caribbean people around the world the opportunity to secure up to $5,000 USD for a Programme, Event, Project, or Business Idea. Caribbean Nationals with exciting initiatives are encouraged to…

(City of Belmopan, Belize) Amidst daunting findings recently made by scientists that the “world is on a trajectory to reach 1.5 ° C within the next twenty years relative to pre-industrial temperature under even the lowest emissions scenario”, CARICOM Ministers of Environment and Minsters of Foreign Affairs joined climate negotiators, and technical experts on Monday to discuss the critical issues for the Caribbean of keeping global temperature to at least the 1.5°C threshold. The workshop, taking place just 2 months before the COP 26 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow focused specifically on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, “which deals…

Buenos Aires, 10 September 2021 (IICA). The successful experiences in trade and market penetration of organic farmers in Latin America was the topic of the fourth virtual meeting organized by the Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture (ICOA), in the framework of the agreement signed in March by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Brazilian municipality of Santa Clara do Sul, and the Peruvian region of Huancavelica. The agreement provides that IICA, through its delegations in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, and with the cooperation of ICOA, will provide technical expertise and support Huancavelica and Santa Clara do Sul—both of which…