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Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 12, 2022 (SKNIS): The contemporary structure of nursing education has changed in St. Kitts and Nevis as an increasing number of courses offered by the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) are now available online. Dr. Rondalyn Bradshaw, Dean of the Division of Health Sciences, said that the initial training for the staff to transition to an online platform was completed just before the Federation was impacted by the COVID-19 virus in 2020. The success of the online teaching and testing programme coupled with current trends in technology strengthened the conviction of the CFBC administration. “Because of COVID-19,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 12, 2022 (RSCNPF): Commissioner of Police Hilroy Brandy applauds Inspector Rosemarie Isles-Joseph on her recent recognition as the 224th Commonwealth Point of Light. Inspector Isles-Joseph was named for the award for her work founding and expanding the Explorers Youth Club movement. It is given daily by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to people who are making a change in their community. “She has done a tremendous amount of work, along with her team, to build out the Explorers Groups around the island and, recently, in Nevis. It is always good when people are recognised for doing good…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 12, 2022 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris has announced that he will call fresh general elections in the coming months after he asked the Governor-General to dissolve the National Assembly on May 10, 2022. “I have confidence in the people of St. Kitts and Nevis, and I strongly believe in their right to choose their representatives in free and fair general elections. The time for decision-making is at hand. Accordingly, I have asked the Governor-General to dissolve the Parliament of St. Kitts and Nevis effective today May 10, 2022.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 12, 2022 (SKNIS): The Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) is continuing to make remarkable strides in its advancements as an educational institution with the opening ceremony of a research conference on May 10, 2022. Presenter at the opening ceremony, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, spoke about the importance of the research conference and in particular the effect of evidence-based practice in nursing.“Evidence-based practice is simply the utilization of the most current, highest quality scientific evidence to make informed patient care decisions,” said Dr. Laws.There are three main components of evidence-based practice, which are the utilization of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 12, 2022 (SKNIS): The value of nurses as specialized care professionals with a strong sense of compassion was highlighted on the May 11th edition of Working for You, in recognition of International Nurses Day, celebrated annually on May 12 in countries around the world. “Doctors focus on medicine whereas nurses look at the human factor to the client that is ill,” stated Kadian Henry, Lecturer at the Division of Health Sciences at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC). The statement was based on a concept that she was taught while pursuing a career in healthcare.Ms. Henry, however, made it…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 12, 2022) — The following is an address delivered by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health and Gender Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) as Nevis joins the international community in recognizing International Nurses Day 2022 on May 12.International Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12th annually to highlight the invaluable work of our nurses. This year we join the rest of the world in recognizing our nurses under the theme: “Nurses: A Voice to Lead – Invest in nursing and respect rights to secure global health.”According to the International Council of Nurses (ICN), this year’s theme…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 11, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Permanent Secretaries in the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis were today, Wednesday, May 11, 2022, presented to the reshuffled Cabinet of Ministers to whom they now report following Tuesday’s (May 10) announcement by Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris.In his address to the nation, the honourable Prime Minister announced that he had asked His Excellency the Governor General, Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton, to revoke the appointment of Minister of Government for six members who, for weeks, failed to attend meetings of the…

Basseterre, May 10, 2022: Cuba’s relations with the rest of the insular Caribbean date back to before the arrival of European expeditions, the product of migrations in the area. During the first decades of the twentieth century, thousands of workers from several of these islands in the region arrived in Cuba to participate in the thriving sugar industry, among which the arrival of day laborers from Saint Kitts and Nevis is confirmed. After the triumph of the Cuban Revolution on January 1, 1959, Havana stopped looking at its neighbors as a source of labor, and adopted a policy identified with…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, 09th May, 2022 (SKNIS): Kittitian and University of the West Indies (UWI) Global Alumni Representative Craig Tuckett has been invited to participate in the Africa-African Dialogues on Recognition, Justice and Development on May 12th and 13th, 2022, in Barbados at the Hilton Barbados Resort. The Africa-African Diaspora dialogues will be hosted by the Government of Barbados, the UWI and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) under the theme “Shaping the Present For the Future We Want.” In 2021, the UWI played an important role in the organization of the CARICOM-Africa Summit. As such, they will be essential in the conceptualization of…

Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Aviation, Basseterre, (09th May 2022) — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation of St. Kitts and Nevis wishes to advise the general public that the office located on Port Zante, Basseterre, will be closed on Tuesday 10th May 2022. The Ministry will resume normal business operations on Wednesday, 11th May 2022. We apologize for the inconvenience this closure may cause. ———–END———–