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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 13, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Lindsay Grant, said that the Seabourn Odyssey and the Celebrity Millennium are scheduled to arrive in July 2021 during the Prime Minister’s Press Conference on July 8. He said, “Since the pandemic hit in March of 2020, we have been working assiduously behind the scenes getting our stakeholders ready for the eventual day of the start of the cruise and so we have trained in excess of 5000 of our persons in the industry ensuring that the new protocols that are now in place will be followed when we…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 13, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – It has been less than a week since Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris announced the introduction of several measures that were designed to bring much needed assistance to passenger bus operations in St. Kitts and Nevis. Aspart of its comprehensive and far-reaching relief measures announced on Thursday, July 08, the Team Unity-led Government reinstated the annual Import Duty exemption for 16 tyres (4 tyres per quarter), four pairs of brake pads and three pairs of brake shoes for ‘H’ passenger buses. Additionally, the…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Monday July 12, 2021:​ The Early Childhood Development Unit (ECDU) within the Ministry of Education engaged private proprietors and supervisors of the various early childhood centres in meetings on the way forward for the reopening of day care centres following a closed down prompted by a community spread of the current Covid-19 virus. These sessions were held on Monday July 12 at the ICCS school auditorium. Ms. Kimona Brown, Director of the Early Childhood Unit reminded centre owners and supervisors of the need to adhere to the already established Covid-19 protocols and informed that there would be…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 12, 2021 (SKNIS): Owing to the two-week 24-hour lockdown that ended on Monday, July 12, 2021, the St. Kitts Department of Youth Empowerment has adjusted the schedule for two programmes to allow maximum participation by young people. The first adjustment relates to the nomination deadline for the 25 Most Remarkable Teens Award. The award recognizes the outstanding contributions of individuals between the ages of 12 and 19 years in traditional and non-traditional fields. These include Academics, Sports Excellence, Dance, Volunteerism, Personal Decision to Change, and Most Promising. The new deadline is Thursday, July 15, 2021. The…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 12, 2021 (SKNIS): During the monthly press conference of Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris on July 8, 2021, Minister of Entertainment, Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett announced the new system put in place to allow for fully vaccinated persons to attend social events across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis as COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease. “Coming out of the lockdown there are a number of initiatives that we will be focusing on. But if we look at entertainment, in particular, many countries are moving towards vaccinated persons being allowed to attend different events whether…

The Department of Community Development & Social Services wishes to inform thegeneral public that the application process for school uniform assistance will resume onTuesday July 13 th 2021. Persons in need of assistance may apply between the hours of8:30am and 3:00pm Mondays to Fridays at any of the following community centers:Newtown, McKnight, Old Road, St. Paul’s, Tabernacle and Cayon.If absolutely necessary, persons can apply at the main office at Lime Kiln CommercialDevelopment (Second floor Antioch Baptist Church). Applicants are asked to bring theirmost recent pay slips, utility bills, correct uniform sizes and, if they are applying for thefirst time, their…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 12, 2021 (SKNIS): During the July 7, 2021 edition of SKNIS’ “Working For You”, members of the Special Victims Unit (SVU) of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force were guests to discuss a wide range of issues related to domestic violence and abuse affecting individuals across the Federation. Head of the SVU, Detective Sergeant Rogers indicated that there has been no increase in rape cases across the Federation over the previous period of COVID-19 restrictions. “We do not have an increase of rapes, but we do have some sexual offense cases such as unlawful carnal knowledge; we have…

Kindly take note that the Public Works Department on behalf of our Contractors Surrey Paving & Aggregates would like to inform the general public of the following: Road Marking works continues on the island main road along the stretch of Old Road to Godwin Ghaut tomorrow July 13th 2021. Residents are therefore asked not to park their vehicles on this stretch of the island main road. This would enable the Contractors to proceed with marking of the road without any hindrance. The travelling public is asked to take note and be guided accordingly. We apologise for any inconveniences that may…

Due to the 24-hour curfew that was instituted over the past two weeks in St. Kitts and Nevis, the Department of Youth Empowerment has extended the deadline for persons to submit nominations forms for this year’s 25 Most Remarkable Teens Award. All nomination forms must be submitted by the end of business day on Thursday, July 15, 2021. Submissions must be returned to the St. Kitts Department of Youth Empowerment located on the top floor of The Cable Building, Cayon Street. In Nevis, the Department of Youth, top floor of Reliable Motors, Charlestown. For more information telephone 467-1393 or 662-6054 on St. Kitts and 469-5521 ext. 2072/2343 on Nevis.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 12, 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, July 13 at 8:00pm. JoiningPrime Minister Harris on Tuesday night’s programme will be the Financial Secretary in the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, Mrs. Hilary Hazel; Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws and Superintendent of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Mr. Cromwell Henry. Thepanelists will take an in-depth look at the phased reopening of the local economy which was announced by Prime Minister Harris…