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Basseterre: St. Kitts, Tuesday, October 12, 2021:​ On October 12, 2021, the Ministry of Education held the opening ceremony for its annual In-service Training Programme for the new staff who began teaching at the start of the 2021-2022 school year in September. The sessions were held at the Immaculate Conception Catholic School Auditorium and will become a staple in the lives of these teachers throughout their first year of teaching. Extending congratulations to the new teaching staff, the Minister of Education, Honourable Jonel Powell, reiterated the Ministry’s commitment in ensuring the professionalization of the teaching cohort. “The Ministry is particularly mindful…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 12, 2021 (SKNIS): The Republic of China (Taiwan) is implementing a new programme for diplomatically allied members dubbed “Assisting the Economic Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Post-Pandemic of COVID-19” initiative. The programme design is in keeping with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as highlighted by a top diplomat on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. “The focus of this project on women is corresponding to the objectives and the core values of the United Nations (UN) entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women,” said St. Kitts and Nevis’ Resident Taiwanese…

The CARICOM Secretariat has instituted measures as of 1 October, 2021 with respect to access to its offices across the Region in order to provide a safe working environment for its staff, in keeping with attempts to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus. These measures include proof of vaccination for staff members and all persons seeking to enter our offices to do business. Staff members and members of the public who are not vaccinated would require a PCR test no older than seven (7) days to enter the offices.

Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 12, 2021 (SKNIS): Women advancement in St. Kitts and Nevis will be further enhanced following the October 12 signing of a project dubbed the Implementation Agreement for Assisting the Economic Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Post-Pandemic of COVID-19—Technical Assistance for Women’s Employment and Entrepreneurship and Financial Inclusion. The project, which will enhance the opportunities of women folk, will run for 17 months, commencing in 2022 at year end. Minister of Social Development and Gender Affairs, the Honourable Eugene Hamilton, said that the project is timely especially at a time when COVID-19…

BASSETERRE, St Kitts: October 6th, 2021 – In a recent sitting of parliament, Minister of Social Security et al, the Hon Eugene Hamilton laid the 13th Actuarial Report of Social Security on the table for discussion. The tri-annual report which studied the growth and future sustainability of the fund during the period 2018- 2020, showed that the Social Security Fund remained viable for the period; with its total portfolio totalling $1.7 billion. The Actuary, Mr Derek Osbourne of LifeWorks, however noted that as a maturing fund, proactive measures must be implemented in the immediate future to serve the evolving needs of the insured populace and to assure the fund’s financial obligations to all insured. With the appropriate data gathered from stakeholder groups and Social Security, the Actuary was able to make projections and recommendations regarding the fund. One such projection is that, if the…

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. As the Caribbean Court of Justice’s 2021/2022 Court Term opened on Monday 4 October, the Court President, the Hon. Mr Justice Adrian Saunders issued a message which summarises the work of the Court for the 2020/2021 year and how the work of the organisation, impacts citizens of the Caribbean Community.President Saunders noted that despite the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the CCJ continued to provide uninterrupted service to the region, holding fifty-five (55) hearings in its fully virtual courtroom. He also observed that in the past year, the first-ever case initiated by one…

Media Release Courtesy of the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority Friday, October 8, 2021 — To commemorate the reopening of the Canadian market, the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA), along with tourism stakeholders were on hand at Hewanorra International Airport to welcome Air Canada Rouge flight (1878) on Sunday, October 3rd. The return of Air Canada signals the reopening of Saint Lucia’s fourth largest international source market. Air Canada discontinued its winter service to Saint Lucia in January 2021 during the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The first flight to Saint Lucia returns after nine months, following the Canadian Governments cancellation of…

International arbitration community gathers to discuss diversity, climate change, and other related topics Friday, October 8, 2021 — TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands – The British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI IAC) is proud to host attendees for BVI Arbitration Week 2021, bringing together industry thought leaders from around the world to discuss pressing industry issues. The virtual conference, “A Little Big World,” will examine the interconnectivity of international arbitration within the scope of a global economy. The international arbitration community will gather to discuss diversity, climate change, trust disputes, third-party funding, enforcement of arbitral awards, investor-State arbitration in the Caribbean and Latin America, advocacy and…

San Jose, 8 October 2021 (IICA) – Coordinated efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean are required to overcome African swine fever, given that its recent emergence in the Dominican Republic and Haiti poses a threat to food security throughout the region and to the livelihoods of small and medium-scale producers. This was the warning made by specialists participating in a webinar organized by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) within the framework of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture 2021. African swine fever is a highly infectious hemorrhagic disease that affects both domestic and wild pigs and is harmless…