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19th November, 2022 Fellow citizens and residents, today I’m here to greet you on the occasion of International Men’s Day which is observed globally each year on November 19th. International Men’s Day is set aside to bring a closer focus on improving gender relations by promoting positive expressions of masculinity and highlighting male role models. We use the opportunity to promote men’s health and to celebrate the achievements and sacrifices of our men and boys who honour the importance of building positive attitudes and behaviours in contemporary society The 2022 international theme for Men’s Day is “Helping Men and boys” This…

Greetings viewers, listeners, citizens and residents. This year’s Child Abuse Prevention Week slated from November 20th – 25th is being celebrated under the theme “Leading with Prevention: Creating Awareness, Promoting Alliances & Strengthening Communities”. This week of activities is centered around the international observance of World Children’s Day which is celebrated on November 20th, and on the heels of the newly declared observation of World Day for the Prevention and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence on November 18th.  The international theme for World Children’s Day is “Inclusion for Every Child”. This theme builds on the principle of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 19, 2022 (SKNIS): Eight gentlemen were recognized as positive role models and awarded for their outstanding contributions to St. Kitts and Nevis at a ceremony on Friday (November 18) organized by the Ministry of Gender Affairs in celebration of International Men’s Day. International Men’s Day is observed annually on November 19, 2022. The awardees were Rodney Browne recognized for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, Elmo Burke for First Response, Recaldo Richards for Environment and Sanitation, Clive Saunders for Community Service and Activism, and Sylvester Huggins for Creative Economy and Cultural Arts. The Prime Minister’s Man of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 19, 2022 (SKNIS): Males across St. Kitts and Nevis who are making a positive impact in society are being applauded for their contributions in shaping a stronger and more resilient twin-island Federation as the nation observes International Men’s Day on Saturday (November 19, 2022). The global theme for the annual observance is Helping Men and Boys. However, officials at the Department of Gender Affairs have considered the local cultural context and coined the theme as Gender Equality: The Role of Our Men and Boys in Building and Maintaining Positive Relationships. Junior Minister responsible for Gender Affairs,…

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is aware of the recent collapse of FTX (registered as FTX Digital Markets Ltd) headquartered in The Bahamas, which was reported to be a significant player in the crypto space. The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has since suspended the registration of this entity and appointed provisional liquidators for FTX Digital Markets Ltd. Regulatory action by the Securities Commission of The Bahamas is ongoing. This has not been the first significant fallout in the crypto space this year. In light of these unfortunate events, the ECCB encourages the public to exercise due diligence and…

Friday, 18 November 2022 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana):The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (Guyana), provided thirty-three (33) programme planners and health care service providers with the opportunity to complete the Clinical Management of HIV programme offered by the Global Health E-Learning Program, University of Washington. The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) supported the initiative. A graduation ceremony was held on 2 November in Georgetown. Mr Collin Kirton, Officer-in-Charge, PANCAP Coordinating…

The Government of Canada is pleased to announce that Canadian officials will be in Saint Kitts and Nevis from 05 to 07 December 2022 to carry out biometric processing for persons wishing to obtain visas.As part of the visa application process, nationals from Saint Kitts and Nevis must provide biometric information (fingerprints and a photo) when applying for a Canadian visitor visa, study, work, or temporary residence permit, or for permanent residence. During the upcoming December dates, visa applicants may take the opportunity to provide biometric information in Saint Kitts and Nevis rather than travelling abroad. Outside of this visit,…

St. Catherine, Jamaica, 15 November 2022- As the intensifying impacts of climate change continue tothreaten water and food security in Jamaica, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UnitedNations (FAO) together with the Government of Mexico and Government of Jamaica are taking steps toensure farmers have the tools and expertise to be climate- resilient.As part of the ‘Addressing the Water-Energy Nexus in Agriculture’ sub-project of the Mexico-CARICOM-FAO Initiative “Cooperation for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in the Caribbean” or ResilientCaribbean Initiative in short, 5 farmers at the Amity Hall Agro Park in St. Catherine, Jamaica, will receivea number of climate-smart…

(Sharm EL Sheikh) The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) andthe Barbados Water Authority (BWA) today signed, at the CARICOM Pavilion atCOP27 in Egypt, a Subsidiary Agreement in relation to the USD $50 million Reduce,Reuse, and Recycle for Climate Resilience Wastewater systems (3R-CReWS) projectrecently approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at the 34 th meeting heldin Incheon, South Korea in October.The 3R-CReWS project will be implemented over 5.5 years and will help improve waterresilience and health, well-being, and productivity using low carbon, climate resilience,and energy management technologies and strategies.  This will ensure that water isprotected, managed,…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 17, 2022 (SKNIS) – The Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship as part of its Global Entrepreneurship week 2022 celebrations held a CannaBiz panel discussion on November 16, 2022. During the panel discussion, Attorney General the Hon. Garth Wilkins spoke to the existing laws that deal with the regulation of Cannabis and the Government’s plans for the industry moving forward. “The Cannabis Act is a piece of legislation passed in 2020, and that Act provides for the establishment of a medical Cannabis authority to regulate, monitor and control the cultivation, supply, possession, production and use of medicinal…