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Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 2, 2021 (SKNIS): International Women’s Day 2021 and Phase 2 of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Gender Equality Policy and Action Plan will be discussed on the popular government radio and television programme “Working for You” on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. The special guests will be Mrs. Sharon Warner, Executive Officer at the Department of Gender Affairs; Ms. Dwynette Eversley, Consultant; Professor Jeune Guishard-Pine, OBE-BPW, and Mrs. Celia Christopher, Director of the Department of Gender Affairs. The discussion will focus on International Women’s Day 2021 with emphasis on the importance of celebrating women’s achievements and looking at…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 2, 2021 (SKNIS): The Order Paper has been circulated for a sitting of the National Assembly to be held at the National Assembly Chambers, Government Headquarters, Basseterre, on Thursday 4th March 2021, at 10:00 am. Notice has been given. The Honourable Prime Minister and Minister responsible for Finance, Sustainable Development, National Security, Constituency Empowerment, Human Resource Management and Information, Dr. Timothy Harris, will seek leave to introduce and have read a first time Gaming (Control) Bill, 2021; Non-Government Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2021; Miscellaneous (Financial Services) (Amendment) Bill, 2021; and Virtual Assets (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Additionally, the Honourable Prime Minister…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) has announced its strategy for the administration of the 2021 regional summer examinations, following a meeting with the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) – Education, on 26 February and 1 March 2021. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of the Hon. Jeffrey L. Lloyd, Minister of Education of the Bahamas. After reviewing CXC’s proposal, consensus was reached by the meeting’s attendees, which included Ministers of Education, senior Ministry of Education officials and pertinent stakeholders from across The Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CXC’s proposal was formulated following extensive consultations, led by…

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. In a judgment released today, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) dismissed the appeal in the matter of Air Services Limited and others v The Attorney General and others [2021] CCJ 2 (AJ) GY but emphasised the importance of meaningful consultations by public authorities with relevant stakeholders. The Court heard the appeal on 19 January 2021. On 9 May 2016, the Ogle International Airport was renamed as the Eugene F Correia International Airport. The name change was approved by the Minister of Public Infrastructure, but the appellants did not agree with it. They contended that the Minister…

BASSETERRE ST. KITTS March 2, 2021: At a Special General Meeting of the St. Christopher National Trust held on Thursday 18th February 2021, a new Board was elected to serve for one year. Members present and voting supported the nominations put forward for a new Executive Board, confirming the following members as the Trust’s Executive Directors: Alfonso O’Garro, President; Laverne Caines, Vice President; Albert Edwards, Treasurer; Acklyn Blaize, Secretary; and Mr. Larry Armony, Nominated Member.Executive Director of the St Christopher National Trust – Ryllis Godeth congratulated the Directors and thanked them for accepting the responsibility for the governance of The Trust.…

After an extremely difficult year in which the economies of its 19 Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) contracted by 12.8% on average due to the onset of Covid-19, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is projecting an average gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.8% in 2021. However, this projection, made in Part 1 of CDB’s Regional Report: 2020 Review and 2021 Outlook, released today, is clouded by the ongoing uncertainty, caused by the global pandemic. In 2020, the majority of BMCs registered double-digit declines in GDP. Countries with significant tourism industries, such as The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, and Grenada, were hard-hit by…

BASSETERRE (23rd February, 2021): St. Kitts has been featured three times on TravelPulse in the past week. St. Kitts and Nevis Protocols Ignite Tourism Relaunch published on February 22nd, 2021 Travel Restrictions: Safest Destinations To Visit in the Caribbean published on February 21st, and Win a Trip for Two To St. Kitts published on February 18th. Yesterday, Brian Major, Managing Editor of TravelPulse, published his recent interview with St. Kitts Tourism Authority CEO Racquel Brown titled St. Kitts and Nevis Protocols Ignite Tourism Relaunch. Focusing on the reopening of the borders, Major queried CEO Brown about the establishment of the travel protocols and the status of tourism. On…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 1, 2021 (DBSKN) — Underdogs ASC Jay Hawks overcame the odds to dethrone defending champions Bird Rock Uprisers in a highly exciting game, held at Basketball City on Saturday February 27, to clinch the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis Junior Division Under-20 Basketball championship title. Seeded fourth at the semi-finals stage was no hindrance for the determined ASC Jay Hawks players when in the final of a best-of-three games they beat second seeded and defending champions Bird Rock Uprisers 102-92. The game saw playoffs’ MVP Aaron Wilkinson of ASC Jay Hawks scoring 41 points, and making…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 01, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis was gifted 20, 000 doses of the Made in India COVID-19 – COVISHIELD (Oxford University-AstraZeneca) vaccines by the Government of India at a brief but significant ceremony held at the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport on Monday, March 01, 2021.High Commissioner of India, His Excellency (H.E.) Dr. K.J. Srinivasa, said that the vaccines will prove very beneficial to St. Kitts and Nevis and “meet the requirements of vaccinating the frontline workers and those with comorbidities in the Federation.”“I have to highlight that the gifting of the vaccines…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 01, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has expressed profound gratitude to the Government of the Republic of India for what he described as a ‘generous donation’ of 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. The vaccines, which arrived at the RLB International Airport today (Monday, March 01), were part of a larger batch of some 570,000 doses donated by the Government of India to the CARICOM region. Of that number, a total of 125,000 went…