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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 13, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – On Thursday, August 12, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris held a marathon session with private sector leaders, led by Mrs. Giselle Matthews, President of the St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Finance Conference Room. During the near 4-hour long meeting, Government officials engaged the representatives of the private sector on a range of issues relevant to the economic recovery of St. Kitts and Nevis and the constructive role of the private sector in national…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 13, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Youth, the Honourable Jonel Powell, saluted several partners that work alongside the Department of Youth Empowerment in pursuit of its sustainable development programming. The minister’s comments were made as he delivered a national address to mark International Youth Day 2021 on Thursday. The annual event is celebrated on August 12. This year’s theme was “Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health.” On Thursday, the Department of Youth Empowerment organized several environmental-related activities including planting fruit trees, in observance of the day. Minister Powell referred to Pillar Six of the…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 13, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – St. Kitts and Nevis is now in possession of 11,700 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine – a World Health Organization-approved vaccine that can be safely administered to persons from as old as 12 years of age. According to the WHO, a Phase 3 trial of the Pfizer vaccine in children aged 12-15 years showed high efficacy and good safety in this age group, leading to an extension of the previous age indication from 16 years onwards down to age 12 onwards. Prior to the arrival of…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, August 13, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has publicly thanked the President of the United States of America, President Joe Biden, for his administration’s favourable response to the pleas of developing nations for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Prime Minister Harris’ commendation came as St. Kitts and Nevis received the first of three expected tranches of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines from the United States of America on Thursday, August 12. This first tranche included some 11,700 doses of the…

Three (3) prisoners have been charged for the offence of Escaping Lawful Confinement from Her Majesty’s Prison. Estevan Lawrence of St. Peters, Lashorn Hendrickson of Ponds Extension and Jonathan Rawlins of Newtown were charged for the offence which they committed on July 24, 2021. Hendrickson and Lawrence received an additional charge for the offence which they also committed on July 01, 2021. The charges were laid following an investigation into the matter by the Criminal Investigation Department of The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force. − 30 −

Kingston, Jamaica, August 13, 2021Caribbean Youth engaged in a virtual discussion on bodily autonomy hosted by the UNFPA Sub Regional Office (UNFPA SROC) on Wednesday. The “Youth Round Table Talk”, which included youth discussants from a cross-section of the Caribbean, was hosted to launch UNFPA’s annual State of World Population Report (SWOP) in the Region. The theme for this year is “My body is my own: Claiming the right to autonomy and self-determination”. According to the report, bodily autonomy is the power to make our own choices about our bodies, and to have those choices supported by everyone around us,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 13, 2021 (SKNIS): The first batch of 11,700 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines has arrived in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis to further strengthen the Federation’s ongoing vaccination drive. Speaking at the handing over ceremony, Minister of Health, the Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett emphasized the importance of the donation made by the U.S Government and urged members of society to get vaccinated. “This is the first of three tranches of a total of 35,100 doses to be received from the United States of America. At this critical juncture where there is substantial focus on COVID-19 vaccines…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 13, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — With the arrival of the first tranche of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines, on Thursday August 12, Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris has said that this gives the country more choices as adolescents could get their own protection by getting vaccinated. “I am happy that we have received the Pfizer vaccines, and our health professionals here could perhaps say more about what is special and unique with regard to the Pfizer vaccines,” said Dr Harris at the ceremony held at the Welcome Centre of the RLB International Airport after 11,700 Pfizer Covid-19…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 13, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is guided by regional standards recommended by the CARICOM Regional Organization for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), the regional center for promoting efficiency and competitive production in goods and services through the process of standardization and the verification of quality. This was according to Stuart Laplace, Director of St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of standards (SKNBS) during his appearance on the August 11 edition of ‘Working for You’, while addressing where the Federation stands concerning Standards Mark on a CARICOM level. “At the CARICOM level, of course, there is the…

TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 8:30 AM ECT FRI, AUG 13, 2021 THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS…TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL95 COULD BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE AND AFFECT THE AREA…A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS. A TROPICAL CYCLONE ALERT MEANS THAT, IN THIS CASE, A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE WITH OVER A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF BECOMING A TROPICAL CYCLONE IS IN OUR MONITORED AREA. WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE NOT REQUIRED AT THIS TIME BUT MAY BE REQUIRED IN THE NEXT 48 HOURS.GIVEN THE FORECAST UNCERTAINTIES…