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Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 30, 2021 (SKNIS): The men and women of Recruit Course #45 are into their eighth week of police training. At this stage, the recruits are learning the extraordinary precision and discipline required to execute armed drills. The course instructors at the Police Training School remain committed to bringing the best out of the recruits in the classroom and on the parade square. However, the task has been somewhat different over the past five weeks as the training is taking place amidst the community spread of COVID-19 in St. Kitts and Nevis. “We are operating in a bubble,”…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 30, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Health, the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, has called on the general public to adopt changed behaviour coming out of the lockdown as such practice will redound to the benefit of all.“For us to win this war, we also need changed behaviour once we come out of this current lockdown. We need persons to remember that non-pharmaceutical measures are still very much necessary. That means, we need everyone to practice these measures to the point of making them second nature,” said Minister Byron-Nisbett. “Even if you go out into your yard or on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 30, 2021 (SKNBS): The development of a National Quality Policy (NQP) will have a lot to offer the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Sector in St. Kitts and Nevis, said Permanent Secretary (PS), Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce, Consumer Affairs and Labour Jasemin Weekes. The Permanent Secretary was at the time speaking at the Virtual Kickoff Event for the NQP on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. “I am particularly excited about the prospects that this NQP will offer for MSMEs Sector especially at this time when they are bedevilled by the pandemic,” she said. “The fallouts faced…

Our telephone conversation of Monday June 28th and Tuesday June 29th refers. Very sincere thanks to those of you who were able to speak with me on the proposed News Editors Huddle with the OECS Commission on July 7th, and give a commitment in principle to attend. Below is the access link as promised. As discussed, the OECS Commission is implementing the project Building Resilience in the Eastern Caribbean Through a Reduction in Marine Litter. The Project contains a public education and Awareness component, which some of you media systems have been supporting via paid airtime. The campaign’s anthem and music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF61x2NKRUo) was released…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 29, 2021 (SKNIS): The Licensing Authority in St. Kitts and Nevis has waived the inspection for vehicles scheduled to be licensed in June and July – that is, vehicles ending with license plates six and seven – according to Superintendent of Police, Cromwell Henry, during the June 29, 2021, edition of Leadership Matters. “The licensing authority has approved the waiving of the vehicle inspection for vehicles ending with six and seven, paving the way for vehicles to be licensed without such inspection certificate,” said Superintendent Henry. Persons who are impacted by the lockdown currently in place due to the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 29, 2021 (SKNIS): The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) has issued 282 tickets to persons who have breached the COVID-19 Regulations, said Superintendent of Police Cromwell Henry, during Leadership Matters on June 29, 2021. “The police have been very busy enforcing the restrictions under the Regulations. To date, we have issued 282 tickets to persons for failing to wear their masks in public and for hosting or attending social events that were not authorized. Thirty-three persons have been arrested so far for breaching the nightly curfew,” said Superintendent Henry. Equally important, Superintendent Henry noted…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 29, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis is on track to register another significant milestone in the fight against COVID-19 via its successful Roll Up 2 Roll Out vaccination campaign. Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, Medical Chief of Staff of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, was a guest on the June 29 edition of Leadership Matters where it was reported that 69.1 percent of the target population have received a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, while 53.8 percent are fully vaccinated. The goal for health authorities is to have at least 33,037 persons fully vaccinated to reach…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 29, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said that the decision taken by the Government to exercise the Emergency Powers and institute a 24-hour lockdown in St. Kitts was not one that was made lightly, but it was one that his Cabinet felt was necessary in order to save lives and livelihoods across the Federation. “Let us faithfully comply with the health protocols designed to keep us safe. Let us abide by the stay at home regulations. Let us comply with the curfew. The lockdown…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 29, 2021 (SKNIS): Attorney General and Chair of the Disaster Mitigation Council, Honourable Vincent Byron Jr, said that efforts to contain the COVID-19 virus since March 2020 when it was first introduced into the Federation have been exceptional. “People come to St. Kitts and Nevis because they feel we have in place regimes that are better than anywhere else in the region,” said Attorney General Byron at the Emergency Sitting of Parliament on June 28, 2021, where a Resolution to extend the State of Emergency until December 31, 2021, was passed. The Attorney General said that MSR Media,…