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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 13, 2021 (SKNIS): Eleven deserving students from each of the public high schools in the Federation were recipients of the 2020-2021 Susanna Lee High School Scholarship Award, under the umbrella of the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board Scholarship Programme. The students were inducted into the programme on Thursday, November 11, 2021, at a ceremony held at the Social Security Board Room. In addition to the new inductees, eight fifth form graduates, who would have been inducted into the programme while in first form, were also awarded scholarships to continue pursuing their tertiary education. Minister…

President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Gene Leon visits the President of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer to discuss new areas of cooperation in the Caribbean. Visit highlights key achievements during the partnership between the two institutions following four decades of cooperation. At COP26 in Glasgow, CDB and EIB underlined support for climate action and resilience in the Caribbean, including US$200 million in concessional finance for climate projects. November 12, 2021, KIRCHBERG, Luxembourg/BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr Gene Leon visited the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the first time, following a…

The Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM wishes to put on record, the Region’s concerns with a number of ‘findings’ of the Study commissioned by the European Commission, the “Ex-post Evaluation of the EPA between the EU and its Member States and the CARIFORUM Member States”. As a region, we are particularly troubled that in spite of the detailed concerns raised by our senior officials in writing, this document remains in the public sphere, including on the official site of our partner under this Agreement. It is being regarded by some as an accurate assessment of the operation of the Agreement. The Report claims that the objective of the evaluation was…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 12, 2021 (SKNIS): The Department of Youth Empowerment continues the tradition of staging a number of environmental activities this month, as St. Kitts and Nevis celebrates Youth Month 2021. This weekend (November 13 and 14) will see cleanup activities at three locations in St. Kitts. On Saturday, an in-water cleanup will take place at Major’s Bay with support from the Volunteer Corps, Kenneth’s Dive Centre and the Department of Marine Resources. The Ministry of Tourism will also host a beach cleanup on that same day at Reggae Beach. The Department of Youth Empowerment will send a contingent from the…

Paris, France, November 12, 2021: St. Kitts and Nevis ranks as one of the most active English-speaking Caribbean states with a prominent role in a range of UNESCO activities accomplished on the ground. That was the consistent message heard by the Hon. Jonel Powell, Minister of Education, Youth Empowerment, Sport & Culture, during a series of high-level meetings with the UNESCO Secretariat on the fringes of his attendance at the 41st session of the UNESCO General Conference, held in Paris this week. Minister Powell represented the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis at this biennial ministerial-level conference hosted by the UN…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 12, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Earlier today (Friday, November 12), Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, visited the Edgar T. Morris Primary School where he awarded thirty-seven (37) students of that institution, as well as the Estridge Primary School with scholarships valued at EC$500. The monetary assistance to the students was presented as part of Prime Minister Harris’ 18th Annual Help-a-Child Programme – an initiative that awards primary school children who demonstrate academic potential. Friday’s cheque presentations followed similar donations that took place on Thursday, November 11, at the Joshua…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 12, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Agriculture is assisting livestock farmers to overcome the recent animal feed shortages by offering a discounted price on supplies sold at the department. During the November 10, 2021, Sitting of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, Honourable Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Agriculture, gave some insights into this new farmers’ assistance initiative. “We are assisting our farmers through the reduction of the price of feed from the 5th of November all the way down to the 31st of December. This is to help them to recover some of the losses that they would have…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris will lead a delegation from St. Kitts and Nevis to Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) where he will attend and participate in a number of activities as part of EXPO 2020 that is currently ongoing. Expo 2020 Dubai, being held from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, under the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”, is an international event that is used as a platform to showcase the technological innovations and cultural heritage of close to 200…

Dubai, UAE, November 12, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis’ rich culture and heritage, along with its sustainable tourism product, and the ingenuity and talent of its people will be on display on the world’s stage when the country celebrates its National Day ceremony at EXPO 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on November 16, 2021. EXPO 2020 is being held from October 1 to March 31, 2022, under the theme “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future”. The National Day ceremony will include Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris and his delegation, along with staff working at the St. Kitts and Nevis pavilion at EXPO 2020…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 11, 2021 (SKNBS): The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRB-Caribbean), in collaboration with SEN Consulting is conducting several activities as part of the communications and awareness component of the ongoing 5-year regional project GEF 5558 – Development and Implementation of a Sustainable Management Mechanism for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Caribbean.  POPs are man-made, toxic chemicals that are harmful to human and animal health and the environment. They travel extremely long distances and dispersed widely via  by air, water and soil and can be passed through the food chain.…