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Basseterre: St. Kitts, Wednesday, August 18th , 2021:​ The Ministry of Education wishes toremind all teachers that the Annual Summer Workshop will start Monday 30 th August and rununtil Friday 03 rd September, 2021. Registration for the virtual workshops will be made available via an online platform on Monday23 rd , August and close at midday Wednesday 25 th August, 2021.All teachers MUST register online using the Ministry of Education’s Summer WorkshopRegistration form.More details and information will be made available shortly. -END-

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Jihan Williams, Registrar – Intellectual Property (IP) Office of St. Kitts and Nevis, said that it is important to protect Intellectual Property rights as they are valuable assets for any business and are critical to reaping the benefits from your creations. “It is important because protection equals control and once you protect something, once you protect your Intellectual Property rights you have the right to control how it is used when it is used, who could use it. You develop the terms and conditions of use,” said Ms. Williams, during her appearance on August…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 18, 2021 (SKNIS): A more easily transmissible variant of the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus known as the Delta variant was confirmed in one of the samples that was sent abroad for genomic sequencing. This was revealed by the Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, during the August 17 edition of Leadership Matters. “Samples were sent off to CARPHA [Caribbean Public Health Agency] for genomic sequencing on July 28. The results returned over the last 24 to 48 hours confirmed the presence of the Delta variant in one of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Health authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis are strongly encouraging citizens and residents to remain vigilant against the COVID-19 virus as the number of confirmed cases is rising daily. Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, Medical Chief of Staff of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, gave updated figures of the local COVID-19 situation on the August 17thedition of Leadership Matters. He reported that the Federation has now recorded 708 cases to date, with 590 recoveries, 115 active cases, three deaths and six persons currently hospitalized. “We continue to report daily positive cases and are beginning to…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 18, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – As St. Kitts and Nevis, like all nations around the world, continues to grapple with the economic fallout stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris-led Team Unity administration is doing all it reasonably can to ensure the poor and neediest in society are not left behind. “We have launched a number of initiatives in recent months to provide relief, and to keep our people safe. The Team Unity Administration has been allocating available resources and employing varied measures to reduce…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Director of the Public Works Department, George Gilbert, said road widening discussions with stakeholders in the Bird Rock area are causing delays in the commissioning of phase two of the traffic lights in Basseterre. In an interview on August 17 at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Gilbert said “At the Bay Road—Bird Rock intersection, we have already placed the mast for the traffic lights in place; the lights are mounted but we are doing further consultation with the stakeholders in that intersection and part of the discussion is for the widening of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 18, 2021 (SKNIS): During the August 17, 2021 edition of ‘Leadership Matters’ hosted by Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Education, Mr. William Vincent Hodge outlined the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the school system and encouraged more persons to get vaccinated. “Our children and young people are affected.  Of the 558 cases in the outbreak from May 19 to August 3, 113 of the 558 cases were children.  11.2 percent of the total cases were children ages 0 to 9 and 12.6 percent…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Wednesday, August 18th, 2021:​ The Ministry of Education (MOE) along with its stakeholders will participate in a virtual discussion on August 20, 2021 to weigh-in on the recommendations proposed in the ‘Ministry of Education Career Pathway and Framework for ContinuousProfessional Development’ document. Developed through the combined efforts of the Ministry of Education and the support of the OAS DCF consulting team, thedocument will enable the ministry to fulfill the mandate of Program Area four (4) in the 2017-2021 Education Sector Plan: Professionalizing the Teaching Force. The session will focus on topics such as the need to professionalize teaching, a revision of the career pathway for the education sector as well as the requirements for continuousprofessional development amongst educators. The discussion aligns itself with the Ministry of Education’scommitment to improving the provision and the administration of education within the Federation.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 18, 2021 (S.T.E.P.) — The Skills Training Empowerment Programme (STEP) has an obligation to ensure the country is at its best at all times in terms of cleanliness, and has been fulfilling this mandate by using interns who are attached to community enhancement groups that are spread out around the country. “Recently, the STEP has had reasons to zone all the community enhancement groups to maximise productivity,” said STEP Field Operations Manager, Mr William Phillip. “What used to happen in the past is that in every community/village there was a community enhancement group of STEP interns.” It was…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 17, 2021 (SKNIS): Two community activists were recognised for their years of dedicated work to uplift persons within St Kitts and Nevis during an Investiture Ceremony at Government House on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. The ceremony was held for recipients of the Medal of Honour announced during Independence activities in September 2020. Charles Delvin McMaster received the commendation for Community Service. He made his mark in the area of scouting where he positively impacted the lives of more than 3,000 boys and girls and their families. Mr. McMaster was introduced to scouting in 1964 when he joined…