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Basseterre, St. Kitts (19th July 2021)—The St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. is advising the public of scheduled maintenance outages for the week Monday 19th July – Friday 23rd July. The scheduled maintenance outages are necessary to perform maintenance as a part of our ongoing efforts to improve reliability. DATE TIME AREA(S) TO BE AFFECTED Monday 19th July 2021 9:00am-11:00am Gillard Meadows, New Road, Airport Tower and Carifesta Village Royal St. Kitts Hotel, Golf View Villas and Taxi Stand Tuesday 20th July 2021 9:00am- 3:00pm Turtle Beach Wednesday 21st July 2021 9:00am- 3:00pm Fountain Estate, Bayford’s Estate 1:00pm- 3:00pm Stapleton Gardens Thursday 22nd July 2021 9:00am-3:00pm Harris’s Village, Upper Stone Castle, Belle Vue Village De Village, in the vicinity of Wilkin Street Friday 23rd July 2021 9:00am- 3:00pm Parson’s Ground Village 9:00am-11:00am Saddlers, Pipeline and Lower Project

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Monday, 19th July, 2021:​ Minister of Education, Hon. Jonel Powell expressed gratitude to participants for their interest in the teaching profession during the opening ceremony for the 2021-2022 academic year teacher recruitment workshop. The opening was held on the Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) virtual platform. Minister Powell explained at the event earlier today (Monday July 19th) that there has been an increase in the standard of teaching within the federation. “We are experiencing an explosion of highly qualified candidates applying to become teachers. Through a rigorous process of teacher recruitment. Persons selected to teach have surpassed the…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 19, 2021 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is pleased to inform the general public that the High Commission of St. Kitts and Nevis in London has embarked on an initiative to showcase nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis who are published authors. The August 2021 month-long activity dubbed ‘Month of Literacy’ will see the use of theLondon High Commission’s social media and other platforms to feature the published literaryworks of sons and daughters of the St. Kitts-Nevis soil. One of the objectives of this enterprise is to highlight the scholarly achievements of…

Males and females in St. Kitts and Nevis between the ages of 16 and 29 years are invited to apply to serve as members of the Youth Ambassador Corps. Applicants must reside in St. Kitts and Nevis and be available to serve for two years. Experience in community service and youth-related initiatives are necessary. Candidates must also work well with others. Forms can be collected at the Department of Youth Empowerment located on the top floor of The Cable Building, Cayon Street, Basseterre. The application deadline is August 13, 2021. For more information, contact the Department of Youth Empowerment at 467-1393 or…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July18, 2021 (SKNIS): St.Kitts and Nevis has capably flattened the curve and successfully prevented its health care system from becoming overwhelmed with patients from the dreadful COVID-19 disease. Since the start of the second wave of infections from May 19, 2021, the country has recorded 505 cases in 60 days with 438 recovered cases and three deaths. Eighty-eight (88) percent of all confirmed cases have recovered. Thirty-one patients admitted to the COVID-19 ward at the JNF General Hospital have been discharged and one patient remains hospitalized, according to the country’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws. Medical Chief of Staff at the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 18, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts & Nevis has managed remarkably well the second wave of COVID-19 cases since May 19 when it was announced that the country had entered the stage of local transmission with a worker in the tourism industry becoming infected. Since then the country has recorded 505 cases in 60 days with 438 recovered cases and three deaths. Eighty-eight (88) percent of all confirmed cases have recovered. The country’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws announced on June 26, 2021, that a new strain of the virus, Lambda, had been identified in the second…

At the invitation of the Government of Saint Lucia, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be fielding a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to monitor the General Elections which will be held in that country on Monday, 26 July 2021. The ten-member Mission will be headed by Ms. Fern Narcis-Scope, Chief Elections Officer of Trinidad and Tobago. The CARICOM Election Observation Mission proposes to meet with the electoral officials, leaders of political parties and other stakeholders of Saint Lucia. It will also monitor the election campaign environment and the voting process including the opening of the poll, the casting of votes, the closing…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 17, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – After learning that bus operators still had a number of concerns and questions regarding the recently announced stimulus relief package targeting owners of passenger buses, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris convened a meeting with the presidents of the various bus associations to help allay those concerns and to reassure them of his government’s continued commitment.OnThursday, July 08, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis announced the reinstatement of the annual Import Duty exemption for 16 tyres (4 tyres per quarter), four pairs of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 16, 2021 (SKNIS): Janelle Lewis Tafari, Chair of the Welfare, Relief Supplies, and Shelter Management Sub-Committee, said that the committee is tasked with meeting all contingencies at emergency shelters in St. Kitts. “Our committee is responsible for ensuring that persons have access to basic needs. We are responsible for ensuring that supplies are entered into the country, they are processed and they get into the hands of persons who need the supplies,” said Mrs. Lewis Tafari, during the July 14 edition of Working for You. Mrs. Lewis Tafari said that the committee plays a pivotal role…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 16, 2021 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis continues to increase the capacity and resiliency of the health sector to meet the potential challenges posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic. At the July 14, 2021 briefing by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), Chairman of the National COVID-19 Task Force, Abdias Samuel, indicated that the Federation will receive two field hospitals at the end of August this year. Each field hospital can house up to 40 beds. One of the field hospitals will be based in St. Kitts while the other will be based…