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Following is an edited version of a presentation by Dr Carla N Barnett, CARICOM SecretaryGeneral, at a symposium ‘CARICOM at 50’ hosted by UWI St Augustine on April 14, 2023. CARICOM is a Community of sovereign states which have agreed to act in concert in areasagreed within the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Unlike, for example, the European Union,which has a supranational personality where regulations and laws made at the level of theUnion have direct national effect, in CARICOM, decisions taken by the Heads, although theymay create rights for persons within the CARICOM sphere, also create obligations for MemberStates to implement…

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, 27th June 2023 -The Government of St Kitts and Nevis was represented by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Action & Constituency Empowerment during the 108th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) for Environment and Sustainable Development virtually, with other Member States of CARICOM on Tuesday, 27th June, 2023. The high-level meeting included a Ministerial Roundtable Panel moderated by Minister responsible, Hon. Dr. Joyelle Clarke in addition to a Ministerial Caucus to confirm key decisions for CARICOM Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as the Bloc heads to upcoming major international events including COP28 and the…

San Jose, 27 June 2023 (IICA) – Promoting agrosilvopastoral systems that maintain soil cover and contribute to carbon capture has proven to be the most efficient way to increase food production, while also mitigating the effects of climate change, according to Colombian expert, Jacobo Arango, an environmental biologist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). CIAT focuses on combatting hunger and poverty and improving human health in the tropics. “A transformation is underway, which is giving greater recognition to the immense value of trees and water sources”, argued Arango, in a discussion on the latest episode of IICA en Acción. The podcast series by…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Tuesday, 27th June, 2023:​ The Ministry of Education embarked on its annual teacher recruitment process for the 2023-2024 academic year on Tuesday, June 27. The sessions were preceded by an opening ceremony held on the 26th of June at the Immaculate Conception Catholic School auditorium under the theme “Education for all: Embracing Change, Securing the Future”. Chief Education Officer (CEO), Mr. Francil Morris informed prospective teachers that the Pre-service Training is designed to provide them with a realistic preview of what it takes to make a profound impact on the future of our nation. Acknowledging the profoundness…

A few small island developing states made it to Paris to attend a unique Heads of State and ministerial conference to identify financial solutions for tackling poverty, curbing planet-heating emissions and protecting nature in the developing world. Amongst them was St. Kitts and Nevis’ foreign minister, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, who travelled to Paris to attend the event in what was described by the French Presidency as a ‘historic summit on international solidarity”.Some 40 heads of State and a similar number of ministers from both the developed and developing world were invited by French President Macron to a New…

Parents/guardians of children registered to attend the Department of Youth Empowerment’s 40th Annual Summer Residential Camp are invited to an important meeting on Thursday, July 06, 2023, at 5 p.m.The meeting will be held at the Player’s Pavilion at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium. All are encouraged to make a special effort to attend and to be punctual. -30-

Community Notice The Department of Youth Empowerment reminds persons that all outstanding completed registration forms for the 40th annual Summer Residential Camp must be returned to the department before the close of business day on Friday, June 30, 2023. The Department of Youth Empowerment is located on the top floor of The Cable Building on Cayon Street. The operating hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Please be guided. -30-

As part of the International Day of Cooperatives celebrations, the Department ofCooperatives will be hosting a panel discussion under the theme, “Cooperatives:Partners for Accelerated Sustainable Development” at the Solid WasteManagement Conference Room on Tuesday, 27th June 2023. The general public is invited to attend the free panel discussion to engage with anesteemed group of experienced panellists who are expected to discuss topics suchas the contributions cooperatives have made and will continue to make in thefederation, CARICOM’s 25% by 2025 agenda, cooperatives successes andchallenges, as well as the way forward for the sector. The panel comprises; President of the Gideon Force…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 26, 2023 (SKNIS): Further to the promises made by the Attorney-General, the Honourable Garth Wilkin, during the most recent sitting of the National Assembly on June 20, 2023, in which a suite of cannabis-related legislation was debated and passed into law, the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs has launched a widespread public education campaign dubbed #CannabisClaritySKN. “Now that the Rastafari Rights Recognition Act, the Freedom of Conscience (Cannabis) Act, the Drugs (Amendment) Act and the Smoking (Designated Areas) Act have been published in the Gazette and are in force, the ministry has turned its energies into…