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Basseterre, St. Kitts (02 December 2022) – The tourism industry in St. Kitts witnessed extraordinary growth and success in November. As per Caribbean Tourism Organization’s (CTO) indication, St. Kitts celebrated Tourism Awareness Month with an exciting roster of events that paid homage to the resilience and excellence of the industry. Tourism Awareness Month was led under the theme “Immerse, Indulge, Renew, Rethinking Tourism 2022,” which captured wholesomely the trajectory St. Kitts is currently pursuing on the global tourism stage. As part of the month’s activities, a “State of The Industry (SOI) event was hosted by the St. Kitts Tourism Authority…

Basseterre, St Kitts, December 3, 2022 (SKNIS): The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition have swiftly moved to replace Electoral Commissioners who resigned on December 1 and 2, 2022. The Prime Minister, Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, and the Leader of the Opposition, Honourable Mark Brantley, were notified by the Governor-General’s Office on December 2, 2022, that Attorneys-at-Law Jason Hamilton and O’Grenville Browne resigned as Electoral Commissioners by letters addressed to the Governor-General dated December 1 and 2, 2022 respectively. On December 2, 2022, the Prime Minister advised the Governor-General that Attorney-at-LawVaughan Henderson has been selected and has agreed…

Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, December 3, 2022 [Press Secretary’s Office]: Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, has tapped into the diaspora and appointed two nationals to serve as diplomats to the Federation.Hadiya Claxton and Calvin St Juste have been appointed to serve in the capacity of ‘Special Envoy for Investment’ of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Both natives of St. Kitts are executives in global companies headquartered in the United States of America.Hadiya Claxton earned a bachelor’s degree from Spelman College and a Doctor of Law degree from Harvard Law School. She has…

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, 2nd December 2022 – The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis is in the midst of preparing its very first Voluntary National Review (VNR) with technical assistance from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). On Tuesday 29th November, key stakeholders convened at a workshop dubbed “VNR Validation and SDG Training” at the CUNA Conference Room. This workshop ran for two days with Day one focusing on presenting the final Voluntary National Report to key stakeholders showing commitment and maintaining momentum for the ongoing implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) also called the 2030 Agenda. This…

The St. Christopher Tourism Authority is requesting bids from suitable qualified persons or companies to provide cleaning services of the destination in one or both of the following areas: Section I – Background The St. Christopher Tourism Authority, also referred to as the St. Kitts Tourism Authority (SKTA) is a Statutory Organization established by the Saint Christopher Tourism Authority Act, 1999 and was officially opened in April 2003. The Authority is governed by a Board of Directors.The organization’s role is to oversee the development and marketing of the St. Kitts Tourism product. Section II – Scope of WorkProject Deliverables Qualified…

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) will release a new, joint Policy Brief entitled Towards sustainable food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean in response to the global food crisis next Tuesday, December 6. The document will be presented at a hybrid press conference (in-person and virtual) given from ECLAC’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile at 11 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT-3) by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the United Nations regional commission’s Executive Secretary; Lola Castro, WFP’s Director for Latin America…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, December 01, 2022 (SKNIS) – The National Council on Drug Abuse Prevention, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, is set to introduce a new drug prevention programme in primary schools across the Federation. The Living Above the Influence 11 Sessions Primary School Substance Use Education & Prevention Programme will be launched in the next school term in January 2023. The programme was developed by the National Council on Drug Abuse Prevention and the Drug Prevention and Treatment Services Inc., a volunteer group that works closely with the Drug Council, with Clinical Review by the Director of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 1, 2022 (SKNIS): From factories in industrialized countries pumping billions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere contributing to global warming with the result of more deadly natural disasters such as hurricanes in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to severe droughts because of inadequate rainfall, the climate crisis is taking a mounting toll on lives and livelihoods around the globe. Who should bear the brunt of the responsibility for this? And why are smaller and lesser developed countries crying out for climate justice? St. Kitts and Nevis’ Minister of Environment and Climate Action, Hon. Dr. Joyelle Clarke,…

Washington D.C. 1 December 2022 (PAHO) – Tomorrow, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) marks its Anniversary as the world’s oldest international public health agency, celebrating 12 decades of work promoting health and wellbeing throughout the region of the Americas. On this day in 1902, 11 countries came together at the First General International Sanitary Convention of the American Republics and founded the International Sanitary Bureau. Their aim was to address the spread of yellow fever across borders during a time of rapid maritime transport expansion. Since then, PAHO has worked tirelessly to combat disease, prolong life and to promote the…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 1, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives is committed to joining other countries in the CARICOM region as they undertake to reduce the region’s extremely large food imports by 25% in 2025. This will be achieved by ensuring sustainable agriculture where among others, more women and youth will be involved. “In the agriculture and fisheries sector, it is important to support women in business particularly rural women folk and we have seen over the years how some women groups have been formed and thrived e.g. the Fahies Agricultural Women’s Cooperative,”…