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Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 09, 2021 (SKNIS): The Department of Youth Empowerment in St. Kitts is hosting several environmental-related activities on Thursday, August 12, 2021, in celebration of International Youth Day. The activities are in keeping with the theme for this year’s commemoration, which is “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.” Youth Officer, Steven Gilbert, indicated that on Thursday, a tree planting exercise will be held at Carifesta Village and CLICO Housing Project, both in New Road. Additionally, an in-water clean-up will take place at Reggae Beach, while crews will be working to clean up the beaches…

Last week, Mr. Osmond Petty, MBE, JP, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of National Security, collected a cheque for USD$6,500.00 donated by Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM) to the Explorers Youth Club Movement. In donating this cheque, RUSVM has continued its annual support to the programs of the Explorers Youth Club in which the University has engaged since 2018. “At RUSVM we feel it is important to give back to the community that our staff and students call home”, said Dr. Sean Callahan, MVB, CERTVR, MRCVS, PHD, FRCPATH, DIP LECVP, Dean of Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 09, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, today (August 09) extended condolences to the family and Government and people of Antigua and Barbuda on the passing of its second Prime Minister, Sir Lester Bird. The national icon passed away in the early hours of Monday, August 09. He was 83 years of age. In a letter of condolence to the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister Harris said, “As the second Prime Minister…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 09, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The popular virtual series “Leadership Matters” with Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris resumes this Tuesday, August 10 at 8:00pm. Prime Minister Harris will be joined on this week’s programme by the Medical Chief of Staff at the JNF General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, and Superintendent of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Mr. Cromwell Henry. The general public is encouraged to tune in as Prime Minister Harris and his guests continue the discussion on the phased reopening of the Federation’s…

Tuesday, August 3, 2021 — Entrepreneurial start-ups and early-stage enterprises with a green business idea or venture can now apply to participate in the Eastern Caribbean Greenpreneurs Incubator Program which was launched on July 27, 2021 by the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission. Teams or individual entrepreneurs with a green business idea or leading an early-stage green enterprise can now apply to be part of the Eastern Caribbean Greenpreneurs Incubator Programme; a free, carefully curated training program designed to support green entrepreneurs to build robust and sustainable business models by giving them…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 9, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Founder of the Charlestown-based Shiloh Baptist Church, Pastor Emeritus Eric Maynard, was on Sunday August 8 celebrated for his fifty years of ministry to the people of St. Kitts and Nevis and the wider Caribbean. At a special morning worship service held at the church in Charlestown, Nevis, which was attended by Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, Federal Minister of Health the Hon Akilah Byron-Nisbett, and Commissioner of Police Mr Hilroy Brandy among others, Pastor Eric and Mrs Marilyn Maynard were honoured exactly…

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL94 ALERT STATEMENT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 11:00 AM ECT MON, AUG 9, 2021THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDSTHE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IS CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL94.TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL94 COULD BECOME A TROPICAL STORM NEAR THE AREA. THEREFORE, A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MEANS THAT, A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS LIKELY TO FORM IN OUR MONITORED AREA, BUT A WATCH OR WARNING IS NOT REQUIRED, AT THIS TIME.GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE FORECAST…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Monday, 9th August, 2021:​ About 90prospective teachers who participated in the pre-service ceremony engaged in an interview session. This session is the final step before the selection of new teachers. The interviews were held over the period Wednesday, 4th August to Friday, 6thAugust, 2021. Ms. Stacy Gumbs, Personnel Officer within the Ministry of Education, outlined the selection process of prospectiveteachers. She explained that “applications were reviewed and only those persons who were suitably qualified in areas where there are likely to be vacancies, were invited to the pre-service training and the interviews.” Ms. Gumbs noted, “The interview concluded the penultimatephase of the recruitment process for prospective teachers. It afforded the Ministry of Education personnel the opportunity to interact with prospective teachers, and thereby capture another category of information that would be used to select the best candidate for teaching should there be any vacancy within their preferred area of teaching.” The interviewees engaged with a panel of individuals comprising both retired and current educators. The main interview…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 09, 2021) –Since the Youth Impact 12 programme commenced in 2019, the Department of Youth initiative continues to garner interest. Ms. Kerdis Clarke, Director of Youth in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), made the disclosure while speaking with the Department of Information on August 09, 2021. “When we first started the first cycle, we would have produced six awardees. For this year we are intending to award nine young people, so we would have seen an increase in terms of nomination, in terms of awardees and in terms of interest in the programme. “Hence the reason why…

Last Friday morning we were saddened to hear news of the passing of Robert Stanley Kelly, a faithful and devoted son of St. Kitts. Robert was born in Basseterre and began his professional career as a teacher at Basseterre Junior High School. He also possessed very finely honed skills as a journalist, which after teaching for five years, he put to work as the News Director at ZIZ National Broadcasting Corporation. Subsequently he held editorial positions working with some of the largest and most influential news agencies in the world including the BBC, Caribbean News Agency (now Caribbean Media Corporation)…