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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 16, 2021 (SKNIS): Dr. Javeim Blanchette, Featured Speaker at the 2020-2021 Susanna Lee High School Scholarship Programme Awards Ceremony, shared what he termed as the four key ingredients for inductees to adopt if they are to be successful in life. Dr. Blanchette, an alumnus of the Susanna Lee High School Scholarship Programme, introduced four ‘Ds’ that are unavoidable on the road to success. “One of the first things you need to be successful is a dream. Having a dream is very important. On the road to success, you can consider a dream to be the car, it…

BASSETERRE (16th November, 2021): St Kitts welcomes AIDAperla inaugural call to the island today, November 16, 2021 at 08:00am. Celebrity Equinox and Explorer of the Seas are also both docked at Port Zante today, November 16, 2021. This is the first time since March 2020 that there are three cruise ships docked at Port Zante, a major milestone for cruise recovery in St. Kitts.The arrival of three cruise ships on Wednesday also adds to an epic week of daily cruise calls for St. Kitts. For the first time since March 2020, St. Kitts is also slated to receive daily cruise calls this…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 16, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — In what looked like an outside chance to get into the final four in the 26th edition of Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League, Sylvers Domino Club took less than an hour Monday evening November 15 to get in. In the process, they dislodged a former champion team Lodge Domino Club and a highly rated Phillips Domino Club. At the end of the final segment in the single round of play of the Federation’s longest running domino league on Tuesday November 9, all teams had completed their schedule of play with the…

Dear Tourism Stakeholders, Below is the updated flight schedule as of Monday 15th November, 2021. Air Canada – AC1730 YYZ-SKB/ AC1731 SKB-YYZ Weekly Sunday service: December 19th to April 24th, 2022. AA MIA-SKB 318 Daily service: November 10th, 2021 excluding November 16th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th and 30th.2x Daily Saturday and Sunday service: December 18th to January 2nd 2022. AA CLT-SKB AA-1701 Weekly Saturday service: December 18th to April 2nd, 2022. AA JFK-SKB AA-2210 Weekly Saturday service: November 20th and November 27th, 2021.Weekly Saturday service: December 18th to April 2nd, 2022. British Airways- BA2157 LGW-SKB/ BA 2256 SKB-LGW Weekly Sunday service: November 11th to March 24th, 2022.Weekly Thursday service: November 11th to March…

A publication by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) points out that agricultural trade has proven resilient amidst the health crisis; and this could guide discussions towards the development of a more transparent, fair and dynamic global trade system. San Jose, 15 November 2021 (IICA) – A context of uncertainty and the failure to make significant advancements on issues that are important to the agenda of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have set the climate prior to this year’s 12thMinisterial Conference (MC12) of the governing body of global trade, according to…

Monday, November 15, 2021 — The inaugural OECS Island Ideas Challenge welcomed over 750 ideas from across the Caribbean in the areas of business, agriculture, technology, sustainable development and education. Held as part of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Sustainable Development Movement (SDM) 2021, the Island Ideas Challenge sought to support regional development by providing an opportunity for Caribbean nationals around the world to secure up to $5,000 USD for a programme, event, project, or business idea. Following a multi-phased and rigorous selection process – which included online voting and deliberations by a panel of experts – WePlanet, an environmentally…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 15, 2021 (SKNIS): Khalaylah Maccabbee, a first form student of the Saddlers Secondary School, and a proud recipient of the 2020-2021 Susanna Lee High School Scholarship Award, expressed profound appreciation to the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board for the life-changing award. “I am here today to show my appreciation to all of you at Social Security for your help in my preparations for high school especially in this time when COVID-19 is around and no money there. Many thanks once again,” said Ms. Maccabbee during the Awards Ceremony held at the Social Security Board Room on…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 15, 2021) — The Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) is expecting 39 calls for the 2021/2022 cruise ship season with a capacity of 11,928 passengers. Mr. Devon Liburd, Director of Sales and Marketing at the NTA, says the upcoming season’s calls reflect a 40 percent drop pre COVID-19. For the 2019/2020 season there were 65 expected calls with a capacity of 15,025 passengers. The cruise ship calls included in the 2019/2020 season came from Barefoot – Island Windjammer Cruises which made 12 calls. However, it is not on the list of vessels expected to call on the island this season. When…