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The Traffic Department is appealing to individuals to kindly remove their tents, tables and associated items that were left behind on the sidewalks and streets of Basseterre. The deadline to have these items removed is Friday, July 09, 2021. Failure to do so would result in these items being confiscated.  

The Traffic Department, in collaboration with The Public Works Department, are appealing to owners of vehicles who usually park in front of the Shoreline Plaza, to kindly discontinue parking in that area. This is to mitigate potential conflicts in relation to the Traffic Lights along the Bay Road. 

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 24, 2021 (SKNIS): Chief Medical Officer of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Hazel Laws, has confirmed that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines received from SK Bioscience, a South Korean based facility, are approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr. Laws made her statement on June 23, 2021, at the National Emergency Operations Center COVID-19 Briefing in response to a question asked whether the Federation had received vaccines from the SK Bioscience company and whether they were approved vaccines. “Both are approved by the World Health Organisation and so the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced by the Serum Institute of India…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 24, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis has added an additional 19 cases of COVID-19 as announced on Wednesday, June 23, 2021, at a briefing by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC). Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Dr. Hazel Laws, provided the update during the briefing with figures suggesting a slowing trend of the infection rate over the past eight days. The total number of confirmed cases recorded from June 16 to 18, 2021, was 79. The following five days saw a total of 78 confirmed cases from June 19 to 23, 2021. Dr. Laws said that…

President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Gene Leon has proposed the formation of a regional action group, combining the strengths and capacity of key regional institutions to drive the Caribbean’s economic and social development agenda.“We can benefit from combining our strengths to provide leadership, advice and influence that can drive the agenda. I see this as a key element that we need to move the region forward,” Leon said.Mapping out a pathway for progress during the inaugural hosting of The President’s Chat at CDB’s 51st Annual Meeting, DrLeon spoke of the region as an ecosystem where collaboration and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 23, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Health’s robust contact tracing continues to identify new cases of COVID-19 with nineteen (19) positive results within the last 24 hours. St. Kitts & Nevis COVID-19 Situation Report No. 454 as of Wednesday 23rd  June, 2021, states that the total number of confirmed cases now stands at 396 with 301 active cases, 92 recovered cases, and one death. 381 of those cases were recorded in St. Kitts while 15 were registered in Nevis. To date, there have been 19, 757 negative results. The country’s vaccination programme has been making steady progress with…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 23, 2021 (SKNIS): The New Horizons Juvenile Rehabilitation Center has implemented a sanctions and rewards programme as an effective system to promote positive behaviour among residents at the institution. “The Sanctions and Rewards Programme is a way for the children to take accountability for their actions and to buy into what it is we are trying to do with them,” said Shaneze Sam, Case Worker at New Horizons, during her June 23 appearance on Working for You. Speaking specifically to sanctions, Ms. Sam noted that the children are given the opportunity to be heard and give…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 23, 2021 (SKNIS): Shaneze Sam, Case Worker at the New Horizons Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, said that the type of school a child attends, their level of education, and broken homes are some of the largest contributing factors to juvenile delinquency that the institution has experienced. “We will see the ones who are not as academically inclined but the classes are so big in the public school that they don’t have the attention that they need to develop their skills so they become the class clown or they act out just to gain some attention,” said Ms.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 23, 2021 (SKNIS): The New Horizons Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre in St. Kitts is often considered the last resort for children who run afoul of the law. As such, the primary care and transformation of the residents fall squarely on the Centre’s staff working in collaboration with several stakeholders including, the Ministry of Social Development and law enforcement.Shaneze Sam, a Case Worker at New Horizons, said that the interventions are developed based on professional assessment shaped by interactions with parents and the juveniles. An essential component involves the juveniles identifying their choices and the resulting consequences.“We sit…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 23, 2021 (SKNIS): Adele Williams, Director at the New Horizons Juvenile Rehabilitation Center, said that the institution continues to work closely with several stakeholder agencies to provide assistance and support to children and families in the Federation, promote education and public safety, strengthen families, and positively change the lives of troubled youth.The assistance and support provided include but are not limited to education, health, safety and security, agriculture, sport, environmental practices, as well as welfare.“The Ministry of Education provides full-time teachers and also skilled workers from the National Skills Department. We also get engaged with sports,…