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Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 09, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Agriculture has embarked on an initiative to produce a local multipurpose organic compost to assist farmers, backyard gardeners, as well as landscapers to boost crop and flower production by keeping them green and healthy. Speaking to the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS) on Friday, February 06. Augustine Nwosu, Project Manager of the Vegetable Fruit Upland Crop Quality and Safety Improvement Project (VFUCQSIP), at Needsmust in St. Kitts, said that creating the compost was important and timely as the ministry aims to assist persons involved with agricultural-related activities. “We intend to have…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (6th February, 2021)—The St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. is advising the public of scheduled maintenance outages for the week 7th – 12th February 2021. The scheduled maintenance outages are necessary to perform maintenance as a part of our ongoing efforts to improve reliability. DATE TIME AREA(S) TO BE AFFECTED Sunday 7th February 2021 9:00am- 1:00pm Bay Road West to Delisle Street Tuesday 9th February 2021 9:00am-11:00am South East Peninsular Wednesday 10th February 2021 9:00am-11:00am Silver Reef, Fort Tyson Rise to Potato Bay, Mount Royal, Vicinity of Gate Way Inn and Sugars…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 08, 2021 (SKNIS): Improving regional air and maritime transportation is crucial to advancing regional integration if the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) is to operate optimally, said officials working in St. Kitts and Nevis’ Regional Integration and Diaspora Unit (RIDU).“We can’t get the CSME operational to the optimal point without dealing with transportation,” said Samuel Berridge, Assistant Secretary in the RIDU in the Office of the Prime Minister, on Wednesday’s (February 03) episode of ‘Working for You’.The Assistant Secretary said that the issue of transportation has to be dealt with in earnest, however, there is…

Paris, France, February 08, 2021: The Federation’s permanent delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador David Doyle, conferred this week with his counterpart, H.E. Ambassador Vishal V. Sharma, representing the Republic of India, in an exchange of views on UNESCO activities of mutual interest. Discussions focused on India’s quest to secure a seat on the influential UNESCO World Heritage Committee, a body on which St. Kitts and Nevis sits for the past four years, and now enjoys the privilege of being the only SIDS (Small Island Developing States) member. Both envoys agreed that India’s accession to this Committee would strengthen the Commonwealth presence on…

His Excellency The Governor-General Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LL.D has dispatched the following Message to Her Excellency DameCecile La Grenade, GCMG, OBE, Ph.D, D.sc, Governor-General of Grenada.”As Grenada celebrates the 47th Anniversary of its Independence, on behalf of the Government and People of Saint Kitts and Nevis and on my own behalf, I am pleased to extend to you and the Government and People of Grenada greetings and congratulations.Please accept, Your Excellency, every good wish for your personal well-being and for the continued progress and prosperity of the People of Grenada.”Government HouseSpringfield, BasseterreSt. Kitts8th Februaty,…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, February 08, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – TheTuesday, February 09th edition of the popular virtual programme, Leadership Matters with Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, will not be aired. Thehonourable prime minister is scheduled to travel to Nevis on Tuesday to attend the funeral service of a family member, and out of respect for the family and other related matters the programme will not be aired. The programme will resume next Tuesday, February 16. -30-

Basseterre: St. Kitts, February 8, 2021: On February 4 th , the St. Kitts- NevisRobotics Association (SKNRA) held its first year anniversary and awardsceremony at the Immaculate Conception Catholic School’s hall.In his address to the gathering, Executive Director of the SKNRA, Mr.Shaqueed Benjamin, outlined the goals of the Association, as they aim toadvance the nation’s youths in the Science and Technology Field globally. Hestated “the association strives to offer young people the opportunity toexpand their horizons through exploration of robots and the roboticsystem…and encourage them to become future scientists, engineers,developers and inventors”.The St. Kitts- Nevis Robotics association was “born out…

February 5, 2021, Bridgetown, Barbados – The United Nations General Assembly has designated Wednesday, 10 February as World Pulses Day, building on the success of the International Year of Pulses in 2016 led by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Pulses, which are the edible seeds of a plant, include a variety of beans familiar to our family meals such as pigeon peas, baked beans, red, green, yellow and brown lentils, chickpeas (chana or garbanzo beans), garden peas, black-eyed peas, broad beans (fava beans), kidney beans. While the discovery of pulses dates back centuries ago, they are just as important to our…