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 POST- CABINET BRIEFING FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2020 Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 11, 2020 (SKNIS): The Team Unity Cabinet of Ministers met on Monday, December 07, 2020, 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. Cabinet received the usual update from the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) and the Health Emergency Operations Center (HEOC). The Director of the NEOC reported on the statistics regarding the movement in and out of the Federation this week. He also informed the Cabinet that…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 11, 2020 (SKNIS): Authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis have maintained an extended strategy to promote healthier lifestyles that include organizing activities to encourage physical activity, eating healthy foods, and reducing stress levels.The strategy is designed to reduce the incidences of non-communicable diseases such as diabetes (high blood sugar) and hypertension (high blood pressure) among the population. As a consequence of this strategy and other factors such as improvements in healthcare, residents are living longer.The formula, however, leads to an outcome which has caught the attention of St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board.“We have an ageing…

Dear Tourism Stakeholders, The Royal Caribbean Group vessel Grandeur of the Seas arrived in St. Kitts for “Safe Harbouring” today with adherence to the Federation’s COVID-19 regulations, including arrival travel requirements, and health and safety protocols for all international travelers.Grandeur of the Seas came alongside Port Zante, at 8:50am local time with 72 crew members.Upon arrival at Port Zante, the crew for Grandeur of the Seas was required to do the following: The Safe Harbour as been approved for 60 days.Mandatory 14-day quarantine onboard the vessel or quarantine for the number of days as per their transition time from their last port.Complete a RT-PCR test…

Bird Rock, Basseterre, St.Kitts (Tuesday 08thDecember 2020): The St. Christopher Air & Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA) in collaboration with the St Kitts Customs and Excise Department (CED) has implemented new covid-19 safety cargo clearance procedures to facilitate the quick release of cargo specifically for the December 2020 peak season. An integral part of the New Covid-19 Cargo Clearance procedure is its Cargo Examination/management; to reduce contact with the general public and ensure the continuity of the operation, all personal cargo will now be pre-examined and assessed by both SCASPA and CED prior to the Customers’ arrival to clear them. Cargo…

A maritime single window will be established in the Eastern Caribbean in the upcoming months says Director of the Projects Department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Daniel Best. His announcement came at the launch of the Establishment of Integrated Border Systems in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Project on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 at CDB headquarters. The project will create a maritime single window solution, which will consolidate existing systems for advanced passenger and cargo information and other complementary structures into a single portal accessible to the various agencies involved in border control operations.Best stated that “customs authorities in beneficiary…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, December 10, 2020 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis took a huge leap towards a greener and a more energy efficient future with the groundbreaking of the Basseterre Solar & Storage Project that will result in the buildout of a 35.7 megawatt solar farm and battery storage facility. Thesymbolic groundbreaking ceremony on the $70-million project was held at Needsmust on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Themicrogrid project is being built by Leclanché SA, a Switzerland-based energy storage company with over one hundred years of experience. ChiefExecutive Officer of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 10, 2020 (SKNIS): Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, said that the robust protocols instituted to protect against the community spread of COVID-19 have proven quite successful for St. Kitts and Nevis. The twin-island Federation has recorded seven imported cases of COVID-19 since the borders reopened to regional and international traffic on October 31, 2020. However, there has been no evidence of any local person contracting the disease after interacting with the passengers. “Once we would have identified a case, we do contact tracing,” CMO Laws said during the December 09, 2020 edition of the National Emergency Operations Centre…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 10, 2020 (SKNIS): The official ground-breaking ceremony of the Basseterre Valley Solar and Storage Project for a 35-megawatt solar energy plant and the 45 megawatt-hour battery storage facility, was witnessed on Thursday, December 10, making the establishment of the largest solar plant in the Caribbean one step closer to being realized.The Federal Government, in collaboration with The St. Kitts Electricity Company Limited (SKELEC), signed an agreement with Leclanché SA – one of the world’s leading energy storage companies based in Switzerland – in September 2019 to construct the largest solar generation and energy storage project in the Caribbean.Chief Executive Officer of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 10, 2020 (SKNIS): The construction of the largest solar farm in the Caribbean, which is expected to be completed within 12-18 months in St. Kitts and Nevis, forms part of the Government’s sustainable development agenda to contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emission and signals the country’s commitment to renewable energy. Speaking at the official ground-breaking ceremony of the Basseterre Valley Solar and Storage Project on Thursday, December 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Infrastructure, Utilities et al., the Honourable Shawn Richards, dubbed the event a “significant milestone” in St. Kitts and Nevis’ journey to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 10, 2020 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis’ Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, announced that the federation has confirmed another imported case of COVID-19. This takes the total number of recorded cases to 26.However, 23 of the cases have officially recovered with zero deaths.On December 09, 2020, at the COVID-19 Briefing by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), Dr. Laws revealed that the 26th confirmed case landed in the Federation on November 25, from the United States of America. The individual was quarantined in Nevis and is now in isolation.Officials anticipated and extensively prepared for a rise in…