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August 6, 2022 The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States, led by the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, congratulates the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis on their peaceful and responsible participation in the general elections of August 5, 2022.The OAS Mission comprised 11 experts and observers from nine countries – three of whom worked virtually. On Election Day the team was present in all of the 11 constituencies of Saint Kitts and Nevis and visited 100% of the 128 established polling stations. The Voters’ List provided by the Electoral Office indicated that 50,933 persons…

GENERAL ELECTIONS, 5 AUGUST 2022 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT At the invitation of the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) mounted a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the conduct of the General Elections which were held in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis on 5 August 2022. The CEOM arrived in St. Kitts and Nevis on the evening of 3 August 2022. Meetings, both virtual and in-person, were held with His Excellency Sir Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, Governor-General; a team from the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKLP) led by the Leader of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 06, 2022 (SKNIS): Hon. Dr. Terrance Michael Drew was officially sworn in on Saturday, August 06, 2022, as the fourth Prime Minister of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis by His Excellency Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, Governor-General, during a significant ceremony at Government House. Prime Minister Dr. Drew was sworn in after the St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) convincingly won the Federal General Elections held on August 05, 2022, taking six of the 11 seats that were contested. He was administered the Oath of Office, the Oath of Allegiance and the Oath of Secrecy in front of elected…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, 6th August, 2022 (SKNIS): Former Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris has congratulated the new Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew, who was sworn into office today (August 6) after his St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party’s resounding victory at the polls on August 5, 2022. The St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party won a majority of six of the eight seats on St. Kitts. “Now that the Supervisor of Elections, Mr. Elvin Bailey, has announced the official results of the General Elections held yesterday, Friday, August 5th 2022, I…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, 6th August, 2022 (SKNIS): The St. Kitts and Nevis Labour Party(SKNLP), led by Dr. Terrance Drew, has convincingly won the Federal General Elections in St. Kitts and Nevis held on August 5, 2022, by taking six of the 11 seats that were contested. The Elections were observed by the Organization of American States (OAS), CARICOM and a local NGO coalition. Dr. Drew was declared the winner in Constituency #8 taking 2,950 votes gathering 60.2 % of the votes cast; Dr. Denzil Douglas won in Constituency # 6 with 1926 votes compiling 82.2 % of votes cast; Konris…

ST JOHN’S, Antigua – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Men’s Selection Panel today announced the squads for the West Indies “A” Team series against Bangladesh “A” Team to be played at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in Saint Lucia from 4 to 20 August. The two teams will play two four-day first-class matches followed by three 50-over matches. Joshua Da Silva, the wicket-keeper/batter, will lead the team in both formats, with Andre Coley as the Head Coach. The squads feature several players with international experience, as well as others who have graduated from the CWI Rising Stars U19 and CWI Emerging…

Less than 400 tickets remain for Saturday’s 4th T20I Lauderhill, Florida, USA – Tickets for this weekend’s Goldmedal T20I Cup matches between West Indies and India in Lauderhill, Florida have been selling quickly and a full turn-out is anticipated for the series finale this weekend. Fans are being urged to book their seats immediately via the Windies Tickets online ticket service, presented by Mastercard – tickets.windiestickets.com – as less than 400 tickets are available for Saturday’s fourth Goldmdeal T20I. Nearly 300 tickets remain for the bleachers and benches and with approximately 75 food and drink inclusive tickets in the VIP hospitality section. For Sunday’s fifth and final Goldmedal…

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 3 August 2022. Exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months benefits the infant, mother, family, community, country and environment,” states Dr. Joy St. John, Executive Director at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). “Therefore, breastfeeding is recognised as an effective strategy in achieving regional and global goals on health, nutrition, food security, economic growth and environmental sustainability. The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recommend that breastfeeding be initiated within 1 hour of birth, continued exclusively for the first 6 months of life, and that nutritionally-adequate and safe complementary (solid) foods be…

San Jose, 4 August 2022 (IICA) – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Spanish company, Agbar Agriculture, signed a technical cooperation agreement to foster the development of joint initiatives and projects in relation to smart and sustainable water resource management in the agriculture sector of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The initiative will have an initial four-year duration and its primary objective will be to optimize water use, by improving processes, as well as to identify alternative resources to be implemented in countries in the region selected by both organizations. The agreement will prioritize cooperation areas such as natural…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, 4th August, 2022 (SKNIS): A report of a fire at the Electoral Office in Basseterre on Thursday night, August 4, the eve of the country’s general elections, is false, according to the Supervisor of Elections, Mr. Elvin Bailey. The Fire and Rescue Services responded to a call that there was a fire or the smell of a fire in the vicinity of the Electoral Office but upon their arrival and subsequent investigations, they concluded that there was no fire and therefore no need for alarm or hysteria among the population. -30-