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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The dedicated efforts of students across the region have produced a diverse list of Regional Top Awardees who have been recognised for their outstanding performances in the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence® (CCSLC®) July/August 2020 sitting. The announcement was made at the meeting of the Sub-Committee of the School Examinations Committee (SUBSEC) held on Thursday, 22 April 2021. The winner of the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) Regional Top Award for 2020, is Bhedesh Persaud of Queen’s College in Guyana. Bhedesh won…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Students from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have emerged as the most outstanding candidates in the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® (CAPE®) July/August 2020 sitting. The list of Regional Top Awardees was announced at the meeting of the Sub-Committee of the School Examinations Committee (SUBSEC) held on Thursday, 22 April 2021. In 2020, Zane Ramotar of Queen’s College in Guyana, secured the annual Dennis Irvine Award, for the top overall student at the CAPE® level. Zane achieved Grade I in Applied Mathematics Unit 1, Biology Units 1 and 2, Caribbean Studies, Chemistry Units 1…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 03, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – In spite of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that continues to cripple the world’s economies, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has been able to fulfil its payroll obligations to all of its employees, including both monthly and weekly paid workers, and also its pensioners. Equallyimportant is that this feat was accomplished without the Government laying off a single employee on account of COVID-19. Thishas been attributed to the Team Unity Government’s astute fiscal management over its first five years in office, before the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 3, 2021 (SKNIS): Dr. Shevorn Henry recently graduated from the University of Medical Sciences, Manuel Fajardo Faculty in Havana, Cuba as an Otorhinolaryngologist: ENT – Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist. Dr. Henry is making history as she is the first local ENT Specialist in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.The recent graduate hails from the town of Sandy Point where she obtained her early education. She later embraced her calling in Medicine, applied for and received a scholarship under the Cuba-Saint Kitts and Nevis Joint Scholarship Agreement Programme. She graduated in 2013 from the Higher…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 3, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis remains one of the pioneers of Sustainable Tourism across the Caribbean. On the June 3, 2021, edition of the “Working For You” programme, Country Coordinator for the Ministry of Tourism, Ms. Tessa Perkins, indicated that in order for tourism to succeed post-COVID-19, every member of society has a fundamental role to play. “It goes on whether or not there are tourists…. The culture, the environment, and everything you see in your day-to-day life have to be maintained. It should still be respected and we should still feel proud and have…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 03, 2021 (SKNIS): Thirty-six (36) media personnel from television, radio, newspapers, national news agencies, and multimedia channels joined a virtual meeting on May 31, 2021, to discuss matters relevant to the media’s role in today’s society. The meeting was organized by the presidents and directors of public media of the Latin American and Caribbean countries and members of ALBA –TCP.The meeting also paved the way for the creation of a permanent joint mechanism to defend the political sovereignty of the ALBA countries as a bloc, take a leap towards Communication 3.0, and address the challenges of…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 03, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – In updating the nation at his press conference earlier today, Thursday, June 03, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris reported that a total of 2,892 claims against the Severance Payment Fund were received to date by the Federal Labour Department. Ofthat amount, Prime Minister Harris indicated that 2,107 claims have been processed so far, of which 2,042 have already been paid as of May 31. Some 65 claims are still pending. “The total amount paid out for Severance payments by the Federal Government…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 03, 2021 (SKNIS): The Sustainable Destination Council (SDC) in St. Kitts continues to work assiduously to encourage individuals to be environmental stewards so that they can be responsible for using and protecting the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices in order to enhance ecosystem resilience and human well-being. “We are relaunching the Heart of St. Kitts Sustainability Charter which encourages visitors… the scope for many other businesses to be involved. We promote sustainable practices with tourism and your business whether in terms of environment, printing on both sides of the paper, turning your lights off, conserving energy,”…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 04, 2021 (SKNIS): The Team Unity Cabinet of Ministers met on Monday, May 31, 2021, at the Ministry of Finance Conference Room, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris. Several issues affecting the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis were deliberated on. The Chief Medical Officer updated the Cabinet on the progress of the vaccination roll-out campaign and the then cluster of COVID-19 cases, which lead to the Cabinet making the decision to extend the opening hours of all health centers for persons who wished to be inoculated.The Cabinet was updated on…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 03, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris-led Cabinet will observe the first anniversary of the Team Unity coalition’s 2020 General Elections victory by worshipping at the Wesley Methodist Church at Seaton Street, Basseterre, on Sunday, June 06 at 9:00am. TheTeam Unity coalition of the People’s Labour Party (PLP), the People’s Action Movement (PAM) and the Nevis-based Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) recorded a resounding victory in the June 05, 2020 elections – winning nine of the eleven contested Parliamentary seats in St. Kitts and Nevis. Itwas…