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Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 06, 2021 (SKNIS): After being in operation for some 35 years, the Bank of Nevis limited has finally opened its doors in St. Kitts, a move Premier of Nevis, the Honourable Mark Brantley, and Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation described as a “welcome development”.“I think that that is a welcome development, and it shows how inextricably bound up these two islands have become that in terms of family ties we know that those of ours existed but now in terms of business and commerce, that the two islands are certainly moving together as one,”…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 06, 2021 (SKNIS): Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Dr. Timothy Antoine, welcomed the Bank of Nevis to the “Premier League” during a ceremony on Tuesday (April 06, 2021) to mark the opening of its first branch on the island of St. Kitts. The branch opening followed the recent acquisition of assets and liabilities owned by the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) St. Kitts. “As far as I am concerned, any bank in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) that has assets in excess of one billion dollars is in the Premier League of Banks in…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 06, 2021 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – The Civil Aviation Division within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation is inviting all drone owners and operators to a consultation on drones within the Federation. The consultation is geared towards sensitizing drone operators to the potential regional drone legislation in keeping with International Standards and Recommended Practices.The consultation will be held in St. Kitts on Wednesday 14th April 2021 at the Customs and Excise Department Conference Room, Bird Rock, and in Nevis on Tuesday, 13th April 2021 at the Nevis Disaster Management Conference Room, Long Point. Both…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 06, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has hailed the opening of the Bank of Nevis Limited branch in St. Kitts as a testament to the strong and close relationship that now exists between the Federal Cabinet and the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), and between the peoples of both islands. PrimeMinister Harris made this remark when he addressed the opening ceremony of the bank’s new branch, located at Fort Street, Basseterre, on Tuesday, April 06, 2021. “The opening of…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 5, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — At the end of the latest edition of Prime Minister’s Monthly Health Walk which was held on Saturday April 3, an impromptu one-on-one consultations session with Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris was held at the Lodge-Ottley’s Community Centre. “I want to thank Dr Dail Crawford because what turned out here was an extended impromptu one-on-one consultation where persons had an opportunity, in the comfortable environment of this new community centre, to come and to have their personal issues addressed in a comfortable environment,” said Dr Harris who is also the National…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 06, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Bank of Nevis Limited has now commenced operations on the island of St. Kitts, following the official opening of its new branch on Fort Street, Basseterre today, Tuesday, April 06. Theopening of the St. Kitts branch comes after the Bank of Nevis’ successful acquisition of the assets and liabilities of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) St. Kitts, effective April 01, 2021. PrimeMinister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris was among the specially invited guests in attendance at Tuesday’s opening…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 5, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — One week after the Peoples Labour Party (PLP), the fastest growing party in the Caribbean, held the hugely successful 2021 National Convention on the grounds of the Ottley’s playing field, action was back on Ottley’s this time on the hardcourts as hundreds converged there at the end of Prime Minister’s Monthly Health Walk on Saturday April 3. “Today we had a fantastic turnout for the health walk, notwithstanding all the competing activities,” said Prime Minister and National Political Leader of the Peoples Labour Party Dr the Hon Timothy Harris. “To me it was…

Brasilia, 5 April 2021 (IICA). During the pandemic, international cooperation has played a decisive role in guaranteeing food security in Trinidad and Tobago and other Caribbean countries, which have been particularly hard hit by the disruption in tourism, the region’s main source of income. “The absence of tourists in the Caribbean has produced losses for farmers because tourists generate consumption and demand for agricultural products. Trinidad and Tobago also experienced a loss in income, due to the drop in the global energy demand and the resulting downturn in international energy prices”, said Clarence Rambharat, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Agriculture, Land…

San Jose, 31 March 2021 (IICA) – Ministers and secretaries of agriculture of fourteen Caribbean countries related some of the dramatic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in the region, listed new challenges in strengthening food production and emphasized the support that the Inter-America Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) had provided in the fight against food and nutritional insecurity in 2020 – a year that had crippled tourism, the engine, of Caribbean economies. The high-level authorities were participating in IICA’s virtual 2020 Regional Accountability Seminar, which gave an overview of the hemispheric organization’s actions to support the Caribbean productive sector. Announcements…

San Jose, 5 April 2021 (IICA). Supporting the development of science-based public policies to inform decision-making and strengthening the agriculture sector to ensure sustainability, productivity and the economic prosperity of producers in the rural Americas were the main objectives of an agreement between the Institute on Science for Global Policy (ISGP) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). The agreement was signed between ISGP founder and Executive Director, George Atkinson, and the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero. Among the priorities of the agreement are the inclusion of young people in processes to design policies and to promote initiatives…