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Basseterre: St. Kitts, Monday, 9th August, 2021:​ About 90prospective teachers who participated in the pre-service ceremony engaged in an interview session. This session is the final step before the selection of new teachers. The interviews were held over the period Wednesday, 4th August to Friday, 6thAugust, 2021. Ms. Stacy Gumbs, Personnel Officer within the Ministry of Education, outlined the selection process of prospectiveteachers. She explained that “applications were reviewed and only those persons who were suitably qualified in areas where there are likely to be vacancies, were invited to the pre-service training and the interviews.” Ms. Gumbs noted, “The interview concluded the penultimatephase of the recruitment process for prospective teachers. It afforded the Ministry of Education personnel the opportunity to interact with prospective teachers, and thereby capture another category of information that would be used to select the best candidate for teaching should there be any vacancy within their preferred area of teaching.” The interviewees engaged with a panel of individuals comprising both retired and current educators. The main interview…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (August 09, 2021) –Since the Youth Impact 12 programme commenced in 2019, the Department of Youth initiative continues to garner interest. Ms. Kerdis Clarke, Director of Youth in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), made the disclosure while speaking with the Department of Information on August 09, 2021. “When we first started the first cycle, we would have produced six awardees. For this year we are intending to award nine young people, so we would have seen an increase in terms of nomination, in terms of awardees and in terms of interest in the programme. “Hence the reason why…

Last Friday morning we were saddened to hear news of the passing of Robert Stanley Kelly, a faithful and devoted son of St. Kitts. Robert was born in Basseterre and began his professional career as a teacher at Basseterre Junior High School. He also possessed very finely honed skills as a journalist, which after teaching for five years, he put to work as the News Director at ZIZ National Broadcasting Corporation. Subsequently he held editorial positions working with some of the largest and most influential news agencies in the world including the BBC, Caribbean News Agency (now Caribbean Media Corporation)…

23 July, 2021, Bridgetown, Barbados – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Global Affairs Canada, recently hosted a webinar aimed at sensitizing practitioners in the Caribbean on gender mainstreaming methodologies and good practices that can be used to strengthen the region’s response to the effects of climate change on agri-food systems. The seminar attracted nearly 500 participants comprising of government representatives and practitioners from CARICOM member states who are involved in programme and project development and implementation, as well as individuals from the private sector and civil society. Across the globe we have witnessed the impacts caused by climate change through irregular rainfall patterns, increased temperatures, greater number and intensity of hurricanes and the rise in sea level. The Caribbean, due to its geographical…

Weather Bulletin Issued at: 7am Monday 9th August 2021Present Weather: Fair skies with dust hazeWinds: A moderate breeze of 14mph from a Northeasterly direction.Temperature: 27°C / 71°F Humidity: 74%Sea Level Pressure: 1017.2mbs or 30.04″Sunrise: Tom. 5:53am Sunset: Today 6:40pmWeather Forecast Valid until 8am Tomorrow. Winds: At first northeast where speeds will range from 12 to 20 mph thenshifting to southeast where speeds will range from or 16 to 25 mph with gusts toas high as 39 mph. Seas: 1.2 to 1.8 metres or 4 to 6 feet today therefore a small craft caution is ineffect. Tonight, seas will further increase…

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENT ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 4:00 PM ECT SUN AUG 8 2021…DEVELOPING TROPICAL DISTURBANCE APPROACHING THE AREA…THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES IS CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL94, WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION IN 36-HOURS AND IMPACT THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND THE BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.GIVEN THE VERY HIGH UNCERTAINTY OF WHETHER AL94 WILL BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE BEFORE REACHING THE AREA AND EVEN HIGHER UNCERTAINTIES OF THE FORECAST TRACK, INTENSITY AND SIZE, IF IT WERE TO DEVELOP INTO A STORM, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT WHAT EXACTLY WILL BECOME…

SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVISSTATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 34 of 2021Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 6) Regulations, 2021In exercise of the power conferred by section 5 of the Emergency Powers Act, Cap. 19.02 the Governor-General makes the following Regulations:[Published 6th August 2021 – Extra-Ordinary Gazette No. 48 of 2021]Part I Preliminary Citation and duration.(1) TheseRegulationsmaybecitedastheEmergencyPowers(COVID-19)(No.6)Regulations, 2021.(2) TheseRegulationsshallcomeintoforcefrom5:01a.m.onMonday9thAugust,2021 and shall expire at 5:00 a.m. on Monday 23rd August, 2021.Interpretation.In these Regulations,“Court” includes the Magistrates’ Courts and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;“COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act” means the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act, No. 16 of 2020;“COVID-19” means the COVID-19 novel coronavirus (2019-n…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, August 7, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — The St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN) Moves is an initiative of the Ministry of Health aimed at reducing the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by creating a healthy lifestyle culture, and for it to succeed in its mandate, Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris is recommending that it should inculcate persons at a young age. The St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN) Moves which is observing a slate of celebratory events spanning a seven-week period to mark its second anniversary, held the marquee celebratory event – a health walk – on Saturday August…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 07, 2021 (SKNIS): On Friday 6th August, 2021, the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) through resident Ambassador His Excellency Michael C.H. Lin (LIN, Chau Horng), donated 20 brand new Oxygen Concentrators to the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis. Present at the handing over ceremony were the Hon. Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, the Hon. Akilah Byron-Nisbett, Minister of Health and Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson. Ambassador Lin praised St. Kitts and Nevis for its handling of the COVID-19 virus. “On behalf…

Geneva–6 August 2021–The World Health Organization (WHO) has been made aware of correspondences being circulated by scammers (acting under the name of Capital Finance, Inc. London), falsely notifying recipients of such correspondences that they have been selected as a beneficiary/winner of a US$1 million lottery compensation prize payment for losses and damages suffered as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. These fraudulent correspondences falsely allege that the so-called “COVID-19 Lottery Compensation Prize” is brought to you by WHO, in association with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). These scammers—who claim to be a financial management…