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1 SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 28 of 2021 COVID-19 (Quarantine) Regulations In exercise of the power conferred by section 25 of the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act, No. 16 of 2020, the Minister, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer, makes the following Regulations: [Published 2nd July 2021 – Extra-Ordinary Gazette No. 40 of 2021] 1. Citation.These Regulations may be cited as the COVID-19 (Quarantine) Regulations, 2021. 2. Interpretation.“Act” means the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act, No. 16 of 2020; 3. Notice of Quarantine/Isolation. (1) Subject to section 21(2) of the Act, a person who…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The first phase of the country’s vaccination programme came to an end on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 with a reported 41,850 total doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine being administered to citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis. Thefigures indicate that 22,937 adults or 69.4 percent of the Government’s target population received at least one dose of the vaccine and 18,913 adults or 57.2 percent had the required two doses. Inan address to the nation earlier today (July 02), Prime Minister Dr. the…

Issued at: 5pm Friday, 2nd July 2021. Present Weather: Cloudy skies with moderate dust haze Winds: A fresh breeze of 23mph from the East. Temperature: 28°C / 82°F Max Temp: 30°C / 86°F Humidity: 81% Sea Level Pressure: 1016.5mbs or 30.01″ 24hr rainfall at the R.L. Bradshaw Intl. at 2 pm: Trace Amount of rainfall for the month of July: 2.8mm / 0.11″ Sunrise: Tom 5:41am Sunset: Tom 6:49pm Weather Forecast Valid until 8 pm Tomorrow. Winds: East at 14 to 24 mph with possible higher gusts to 30 mph tonight. On Saturday, winds will subside to 10 to 15…

SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERSNo. 27 of 2021 Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 3) Regulations, 2021 In exercise of the power conferred by section 5 of the Emergency Powers Act, Cap. 19.02 the Governor-General makes the following Regulations:[Published 2nd July 2021 – Extra-Ordinary Gazette No. 40 of 2021]Part I Preliminary Citation and duration.(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 3) Regulations, 2021.(2) These Regulations shall come into force from 6:01 p.m. on Saturday 3rd July, 2021 and shall expire at 5:00 a.m. on Monday 12th July, 2021.Interpretation. In these Regulations,“Court” includes the Magistrates’…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 2, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Environment is pushing for a revised version of the National Conservation and Environment Protection Act of 1987.   This was announced during the June 30, 2021, edition of SKNIS’ ‘Working for You’ by the Director of the Department of Environment, June Hughes. “Our current legislation and our current Act is the National Conservation and Environment Protection Act 5 of 1987. Currently, we have a draft Act in place, a National Conservation and Environment Management Act (NCEPA) and the plan is to engage some key stakeholders to work with us to update that…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has secured an additional five thousand (5,000) doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as part of its drive to ensure at least 70 percent of the population is inoculated against the deadly COVID-19 disease, thereby achieving herd immunity in the Federation. “Given the general global shortage of vaccines, I have been engaged with a number of CARICOM Heads and through bilateral diplomatic arrangements we have secured an additional 5,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. These vaccines have an expiration…

My fellow citizens and residents, you are aware that Wednesday, June 30, 2021 was the final day for administering the remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccines which we obtained from the Government of India and through the COVAX Facility. We began our vaccination roll out on February 22, 2021. By the final day we administered a total of 41,850 doses to our citizens and residents in St Kitts and Nevis bringing an end to that first phase of our vaccination rollout. 22,937 adults received at least one dose of the vaccine and 18,913 adults received two doses as is required…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, will deliver an address to the nation today, Friday, July 02 at 1:00pm on ZIZ Radio and Television. In his national address, Prime Minister Harris will update citizens and residents on the current COVID-19 situation in St. Kitts and Nevis.  Personsare urged to tune in to ZIZ Television (channel 5), ZIZ Radio (95.9, 96.1, 96.3, 96.9 FM or online at www.zizonline.com. The prime minister’s address will also be carried on the Facebook…

Fellow citizens, nationals and residents, as Minister with responsibility for Social Security, I greet you on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Self-employed coverage. It was July 1st, 1996 that Social Security, in alignment with ILO’s Convention for universal coverage for all working persons; extended full coverage to those persons who created their own employment. Before this time, Self-employed persons, in some cases paid social security contributions on behalf of their employees but were not mandated by law to cover or rather protect their income when life contingencies occurred. In response to this, the Social Security Act No 13…

Brasilia, 30 June 2021 (IICA). Based on a mutual concern for preserving soil health, considered a primary resource, 30 years ago, a group of Argentine farmers partnered to promote sustainable practices and developed a new direct sowing-based model that today is replicated and carefully observed not only across the region, but also around the world.The organization is known as the Argentine No-Till Farmers Association (AAPRESID), whose president, David “Bachi” Roggero, shared some secrets behind the model of economic, social and environmental sustainability promoted by the organization in an interview with AgroAmerica, a program broadcast on the Brazilian TV network AgroMais.“We…