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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 09, 2021 (Ministry of Social Development & Gender Affairs) – The Probation & Child Protection Services Department hopes to turn youth’s love of social media into a force for good, as they hosted a Camp called ‘The Positive Use of Social Media’ from April 6th-9th, at the CUNA Conference Centre, Fortlands. The Easter Camp was attended by forty (40) adolescents who were nominated from various high schools across St. Kitts, based on their ability to become ‘positive social media ambassadors’. According to Supervisor in the Probation Department Ms. Tivanna Wharton, the Camp’s theme was chosen to help youth…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 09, 2021 (SKNIS): Giselle Matthews, President of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CIC), made a clarion call for the private sector to educate their employees on the importance of being vaccinated as this is important for the successful management of the COVID-19 Pandemic.“We need to direct the promotion and go straight to the source and I believe that it could be achieved with the right approach… It would assist us in the private sector in our own businesses and organizations in how we reach those employees, colleagues among us and become vaccinated,” said Mrs. Matthews…

BASSETERRE (9th April, 2021): The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) will hold a VIRTUAL Caribbean Travel Marketplace, to assist the Caribbean Travel and Tourism industry buyers and sellers and stimulate air and cruise arrivals, with consumer confidence increasing in the United States with the roll out of the vaccine.The Caribbean Travel Marketplace will virtually take place from the 11th to 14th May, 2021. At this premier annual gathering, Caribbean hospitality and tourism professionals meet with regional colleagues and international buyers and sellers virtually, in 15 minute appointments.Minister of Tourism The Hon. Lindsay F.P. Grant urged local stakeholders to take full advantage of…

Charlestown, Nevis, April 09, 2021…Travel + Leisure magazine, one of the leading industry publications devoted to travel, has featured Nevis as a fun and safe destination to visit. The twin-island nation was singled out by the magazine for its robust health and safety protocols, and a model for other destinations currently welcoming visitors to explore and indulge in its varied activities.Editor Erinne Magee who visited the Caribbean island to get a firsthand experience of the destination and its management of the COVID pandemic noted the comfort felt during her vacation. The Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) worked with the magazine to ensure…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 09, 2021 (SKNIS): Senior officials from the public sector and the private sector in St. Kitts and Nevis came together on Thursday (April 08, 2021) for an important dialogue on “The Nation’s Recovery from the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The Federal Financial Secretary, Hilary Hazel, delivered welcome remarks at the event hosted at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel. She stated that the recipe for growth and recovery of the economy must include investments that will “help us to build forward, better.”    Mrs. Hazel noted that there are a number of investment gaps that existed before the COVID-19…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 09, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – At an informative dialogue held on Thursday (April 08), the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis solicited the assistance of the business community in helping to spread the important message of accepting the COVID-19 vaccination to their employees as well as their customers. Thursday’s discussion between the Government and the private sector, organized by the Ministry of Finance, was focused on the nation’s safe economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. There, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris stated that the…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 09, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris led another round of informative and productive discussions between the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and representatives of the private sector on Thursday, April 08, this time with a focus on the nation’s safe economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Theprivate sector representatives came from businesses in the tourism, manufacturing, and retail sectors in St. Kitts and Nevis. TheGovernment has long maintained that all stakeholders, particularly the private sector, must be included in…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 9, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — St. Kitts and Nevis has successfully kept the negative effects of Covid-19 at bay by using non-pharmaceutical measures and with the availability of vaccines, Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris is advising it is now reliant on all to make the right decision which could determine whether the country recovers fast or slowly. Prime Minister Harris made the observation when he delivered feature remarks at the ‘Government of St. Christopher and Nevis 2021 Dialogue with Private Sector on the Nation’s Recovery from the impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic’ held on Thursday…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 09, 2021 (SKNIS): His Excellency The Governor-General Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LL. D, “has conveyed our deep condolences to Her Majesty The Queen on the sad passing of His Royal Highness.” In a press release from Government House dated 9th April 2021, His Excellency The Governor-General informed that he was advised by Buckingham Palace of the passing of His Royal Highness, Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, and Consort of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Second on Friday 9th April 2021. His Royal Highness was 99 years old. “Prince Phillip accompanied The Queen on her Royal Visits…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 08, 2021 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris has reached out and offered support to Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, and by extension the Government and people, in light of the Windward island declaring a red alert and issuing an evacuation order on April 8 following the evaluation of seismologists, who warned that the La Soufriere Volcano is displaying signs of an imminent eruption. Prior to the evacuation order by Prime Minister Gonsalves, the island had been witnessing several days of heightened seismic…