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Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 15, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Lindsay Grant, said his ministry is still actively pursuing the Ritz-Carlton Project. The Ritz-Carlton has been seeking to expand within the Caribbean region. “What I can say with respect to the Ritz-Carlton is that we have been engaged with them for a very long time,” said Minister Grant during the Prime Minister’s Monthly Press Conference held at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Conference Room on January 14. “In fact, I updated the Cabinet this week on the matter with respect to the Ritz-Carlton, and those discussions and negotiations are ongoing,” he…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 15, 2021 (SKNIS): A three-member team of senior officials from the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM) called today (January 15) to express gratitude and offer commendation to the Coast Guard, the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force and the surgical team at the Alexandra Hospital in Nevis for their quick response in assisting one of their students who suffered significant injury in a shark attack. The officials passed on compliments from the trauma team in the USA to the medical team on the island and opined that the surgery was comparable to anything that could have been performed…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 15, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, said that both islands of St. Kitts and Nevis will benefit from the digital transformation efforts of the government because it is a federal undertaking.Minister Byron-Nisbett was at the time speaking at the Prime Minister’s Press Conference held on January 14 at the NEMA Conference Room. “Just this morning, the Prime Minister would have spoken to the restructuring that is taking place at it relates to the Federal Office in Nevis,” she said. “There are services at the federal level that will…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, January 15, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Government-owned ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), commonly referred to simply as ZIZ, will soon celebrate its 60th anniversary and the first to publicly congratulate the organisation was Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris on Thursday January 14 at his first press conference of Year 2021. “In March, ZIZ will be celebrating sixty years of broadcasting,” announced Prime Minister Harris at the press conference held at NEMA’s conference room in Lime Kiln, West Basseterre. “ZIZ is really, the people’s radio station. It has delivered yeoman’s service to our country and I want to commend its…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 15, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister with Responsibility for Social Security, the Hon. Eugene Hamilton has categorically denied suggestions that there are plans to raise Social Security deductions in St. Kitts and Nevis.“There have been no announcements of any increases in any deductions for persons contributing to Social Security,” he said.Minister Hamilton dismissed the topic as a “rumour which has spread across the country” on Thursday, January 14, 2021, during the Prime Minister’s monthly press conference held at the NEMA Conference Room.Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, also addressed the matter.“There has been no…

(EMU) – St. Kitts, Wednesday, January 13, 2021: Officials from the Ministryof Education joined in a celebration of accomplishment with fifty (50) of itsemployees, to whom it rendered financial assistance as they advanced theirstudies in Education at the University of West Indies (UWI). The UWI Recognition and Virtual Ceremony held 13thJanuary at the Antioch BaptistChurch acknowledged the challenging work of the successful graduates who workedtirelessly to accomplish their academic goals. While addressing the gathering Minister of Education, Hon. Jonel Powell the importanceof continued education. “Whenever nationals and citizens upgrade their qualifications, thebenefits extend to the nation where they are, and…

(18 January 2021) – UN Women, the European Commission, the Governments of Belgium, France,Mexico and Cartooning for Peace, are launching a global Comic and Cartoon Competition tocelebrate the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action of 1995, the most visionary agenda for theempowerment of women and girls, was adopted in Beijing, China by 189 governments committedto taking strategic, bold action, to ensure equality and non-discrimination. Twenty-five years later, the Beijing promise is only partially fulfilled, and social justice is stillinaccessible to too many women. To bring visibility to the unfinished…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 15, 2021 (SKNIS): A National Gender Policy for St. Kitts and Nevis would be useful in addressing the many social issues that were highlighted in the Gender Equality Study that was done in 2014, says the Director of the Department of Gender Affairs, Celia Christopher.Mrs. Christopher was at the time speaking on the radio and television programme “Working for You” on January 13.She stated that the study outlined a number of issues and that the policy will be able to address those matters including men and women’s biological and culturally constructed differences and bring equity to various…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 15, 2021 (SKNIS): The Department of Gender Affairs is receiving full support by the Minister responsible, the Honourable Eugene Hamilton, says Director of the Department, Celia Christopher while appearing on the radio and television show “Working for You” on January 13. Mrs. Christopher said that she also had the opportunity to work with the former Minister of State responsible for Gender Affairs, the Honourable Wendy Phipps and got full support from her as well.“I’ve gotten full support where gender concerns are conveyed to Honourable Minister Phipps,” she said. “As a matter of fact, she goes out of her…

(EMU) – St. Kitts, Friday, January 15, 2021: Curriculum developers along with the Monitoring Implementation and Support Team (MIST) gathered on January 15th to review the ongoing piloting of the enhanced curriculum that Started in September 2020. Director of the Curriculum Development Unit, Amanda Edmead explained the purpose of the MIST session. “The purpose of this session was to receive feedback from coaches, who are charged with the responsibility of monitoring and guiding teachers in the use of this curriculum.” The enhanced curriculum is a student-centered document which directs the quality of teaching and learning framework within the classrooms to…