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Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 4, 2021 (SKNIS): With the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccines dated to expire on June 30, 2021, Minister of Health the Hon. Akilah Byron- Nisbett announced that the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is presently sourcing more doses of COVID-19 vaccines. She said that the next batch of vaccines will likely be secured from the United States’ 7 million dose donation to the COVAX Facility and a donation from the African Medical Supply Platform.“The Ministry of Health is perusing all options available to us in order to be able to benefit from more doses of…

Representatives from the Caribbean were invited to join the Global Vaccine Confidence Summit, which convened world leading experts to commit to greater international collaboration to build vaccine confidence globally. As part of its G7 Presidency, the UK Government convened the Summit, a first-of-its-kind event, which featured Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,WHO Director General.   During the Summit, world leading experts at the forefront of efforts to build vaccine confidence and tackle misinformation about vaccines offered their perspectives on the critical global actions that governments and partners from across sectors can take to address the issue.  It was acknowledged that increased levels of vaccine…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 4, 2021 (SKNIS): As the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis prepares for an economic rebound post-COVID-19, Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris has applauded the record-breaking increases across the fisheries sector. Prime Minister Harris gave a brief overview of the gains made by the fisheries sector over the past year despite the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Prime Minister’s comments were made during his Monthly Press Conference on June 3, 2021. “Coastal pelagic fishery increased by 70 percent, ocean pelagic fishery decreased by 7 percent, conch fishery increased by 26 percent. Lobsters increased in…

4 June, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis – As the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) continues to explore the importance of Good Corporate Governance in the financial sector, the latest episode of ECCB Connects looks at how good corporate governance and the internal and external auditor help to protect the public’s interest at financial institutions. Senior Manager, Internal Audit Department, Bank of Saint Lucia Limited – Melissa Simon and Audit Partner at BDO Eastern Caribbean – Raquel Glynn, guests on the programme, explain how their roles as an Internal and an External Auditor respectively, help to safeguard the…

The St. Christopher National Trust is very disheartened about the loss of another structure at one of its Heritage Site, the Mansion Great House.On Tuesday 25th May, 2021, a fire broke out at around 10:40 P.M. in the great house at Mansion Estate, destroying what was the largest and main building on the Estate which was constructed mainly of wood with a stone-base foundation. While there is no clear evidence of what caused the fire at the Estate, it was felt that the fire was ignited by wilful acts and malice.A visit to the scene and conversation with farmer Trevor…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 4, 2021 (Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Marine Resources): The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources and farmers in St. Kitts received high commendation from Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Honourable Timothy Harris following a report of increased livestock production within the first quarter of 2021. Prime Minister Harris announced that livestock production increased by 66 percent in 2021 when compared to the same period of 2020. He made the remarks on Thursday June 3, when he hosted his Prime Minister’s Monthly Press Conference at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) conference…

The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris announced this week that based on the cluster of 16 new cases of COVID-19, the first of which was reported on May 19, 2019, involving a national with no travel history, the Government would immediately enact a series of initiatives in an effort to contain the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Currently, the Federation has a total number of 64 confirmed COVID -19 cases with 45 cases fully recovered and zero deaths. The 19 new patients are stable and are being monitored. While the extensive contact tracing…

Eminent Professor of Economics and Innovation, Mariana Mazzucato will outline how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) can rethink their approach to innovation to build more resilient and competitive economies when she delivers the 2021 William G. Demas Lecture on Tuesday June 15, to start the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 51st Annual Meeting.   Utilising the theme, “Rethinking Innovation; Reimagining the Future,” the highly anticipated address will seek to make innovation more relevant to SIDS and to demonstrate how the concept can be used to reposition regional economies for the future and to address the vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.…

The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis – through the National Covid-19 Task Force – hereby advises that the travel advisory originally issued on February 7, 2021 and extended three times thus far, has been further extended for an additional 7 days, and becomes effective as of June 5, 2021. This advisory is intended for travellers from Brazil, the United Kingdom (UK), South Africa and India. The extension of this travel advisory comes as a result of the Government’s firm interest in continuing to protect our borders and the health and wellness of our citizens and residents in response to…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 04, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – As authorities and health professionals continue their diligent work to contain the spread of the COVID-19 disease in St. Kitts and Nevis, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said they are forced to fight “another pandemic best described as misinformation.” PrimeMinister Harris, who was at the time addressing the nation during his press conference on Thursday, June 03 at the NEMA Conference Room, was referring to the numerous attempts by some using traditional and social media platforms to disseminate false information regarding the…