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Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 17, 2022 (SKNIS): Enumerators and supervisors representing the Department of Statistics will be moving across St. Kitts and Nevis in the coming weeks as they carry out surveys for the National Population and Housing Census 2021. This year the team will be armed with electronic devices to improve efficiency while in the field. At the launch of the Census 2021 initiative on Thursday (March 17, 2022), Carlton Phipps, Director of Statistics, said that tablets will be employed for the first time during the statistics collection exercise. “This advancement in the use of technology will enable us to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 17, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation): Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society (RCS), was joined recently by RCS Ambassadors Geri Horner and David Walliams to launch The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2022. “As Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society,” the Duchess said in a video launch of the event, “I am delighted to announce the launch of the 2022 Competition. Your powerful stories, essays, poetry, and letters from around the Commonwealth never fail to bring us together as a community. I look forward to reading this year’s winning…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 17, 2022 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis officially launched its 2021 Population and Housing Census during a significant ceremony held at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Conference Room on Thursday, March 17, 2022. “This activity [the launch] is a very important undertaking for the ministry as we strive to fulfill our objectives of, in part, providing the necessary information for economic growth and improved standard of living in St. Kitts and Nevis,” said Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Sustainable Development, Mrs. Elreter Simpson-Browne. Permanent Secretary Simpson-Browne said that the last census was…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 17, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Ministry of Sustainable Development officially launched the 2021 Population and Housing Census earlier today (Thursday, March 17), and citizens and residents across the length and breadth of St. Kitts and Nevis are being encouraged to play their role in the success of the census activities. The commencement of the 2021 census was delayed last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, who is the Minister responsible for Sustainable Development, gave his full support of the population and housing census, which…

17 March 2022, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis – The EasternCaribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has won the Reconnaissance International Regional NewBanknote Series Award for its family of EC Polymer Notes. The prestigious award recognises newly introduced banknotes and ID documents thatexemplify superior technical sophistication and excellence in design and security. In his virtual acceptance speech, Acting Director in the ECCB’s Currency ManagementDepartment, Norman Sabaroche, thanked Reconnaissance International for the award,noting that it is a fitting accolade for the ECCB’s innovation of changing the substrate of itsnotes from paper to polymer. The ECCB is the first central bank in…

Here’s a reminder! The Department of Marine Resources will be launching several new and tasty Value Added products during the official Value Added Equipment Handing Over ceremony tomorrow Friday March 18, 2022.These machines will allow the addition of fish fingers, fish sticks, cakes and burger patties, conch fritters, fillet mahi, mahi, snapper and more to the product list for consumer consumption.The Value-Added Equipment Handing Over ceremony will be held at the Basseterre Fisheries Complex from10 a.m.A tour, demonstration and tasting opportunity will immediately follow.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND SAVE THE DATE FOR THE GRAND RETURN OF THE AGRICULTURE OPEN DAY IN ST. KITTS. FOLLOWING A TWO-YEAR HIATUS, THIS YEAR’S EVENT WILL RETURN WITH AN EXTRAVAGANT DISPLAY OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES SECTOR ON APRIL 28 AND 29. THE ACTION RUNS FROM 9AM-10PM DAILY.REGISTRATION FOR BOOTHS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE LA GUERITE, THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES, THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, 3RD FLOOR GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS AND THE BASSETERRE PUBLIC MARKET AS OF MONDAY 21ST MARCH. THIS YEAR’S OPEN DAY WILL BE HELD UNDER THE THEME, “ENHANCEMENT , INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES…

16 March 2022, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis – The role ofEastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) Social Security Systems is critical to nationaldevelopment. Speaking on the second of a two-part interview, recently Retired Director of the AnguillaSocial Security Board, Dr Timothy Hodge and Acting Deputy Director ResearchDepartment, ECCB, Shernnel Thompson, discuss the roles of social security systems; someof the challenges the systems are facing; and steps that can be taken to protect and preservethese important systems. Dr Hodge says that over the years, social security systems have provided a much strongerand bigger framework to prevent social chaos by…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 17, 2022 (SKNIS): For this year’s International Women’s Day, which was celebrated on March 08, countries around the world were encouraged to promote the campaign theme #BreakTheBias, a theme the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, Minister of Health et al, challenged women in St. Kitts and Nevis to continue. “I am calling on all of my womenfolk in St. Kitts and Nevis to let us focus on what that theme really means and let us be the ones to ensure that we do break the biases, that we do our part. Let us be the ones making sure that…

Washington D.C., 16 March 2022 (PAHO) – As COVID-19 vaccination continues to expand in the Americas, countries must continue to focus on the protection of the most vulnerable, such as the elderly, the immunocompromised, health care workers and other high-risk groups, Pan American Health Organization Assistant Director Jarbas Barbosa said today. “COVID-19 infections and deaths are declining in most of our region, but there are still too many cases and deaths being reported every day – a clear indication that transmission is not yet under control,” Dr. Barbosa said in a media briefing. Since the virus arrived in the Americas two…