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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (September 09, 2021) — The following is an address by Hon. Troy Liburd, Junior Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) regarding the reopening of school. Fellow citizens and residents, I address you now in my capacity as Minister with Responsibility for Education on the Island of Nevis. As you are aware, the Ministry of Education took the decision on Friday of last week, to delay the reopening of all public schools on Nevis by one week. At the same time the decision was also taken to temporarily close the offices of the Ministry and Department of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 09, 2021 (RSCNPF): The United States (U.S.) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has acclaimed Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) McCarta Browne for his tremendous involvement with the Caribbean Firearms Initiative. The HSI began working with territories on a firearms trafficking initiative in the greater Caribbean in an effort to stem the rapid escalation of firearm violence within the region. ACP Browne has been the lead contact for St. Kitts and Nevis for the initiative. The HSI Caribbean Attaché presented him with a plaque which reads “For your outstanding contribution and leadership to the Caribbean…

Buenos Aires, 8 September 2021 (IICA). – Argentina’s National Agricultural Technology Institute (INTA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) have established a regional AgTech network with the goal to create a space for connection, collaboration, and collective construction to contribute to the emergence and development of high-impact innovative solutions for agriculture.The term AgTech encompasses a wide range of new technologies applied to agriculture to increase its efficiency, productivity, and sustainability.The Inter-American AgTech Network was created by the two institutes by means of a technical cooperation agreement signed by Susana Mirassou, President of INTA, and Manuel Otero, Director General…

Calling all Caribbean nationals! Join the Challenge to secure up to $5,000 USD for a Programme, Event, Project, or Business Idea! Wednesday, September 8, 2021 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Sustainable Development Movement (SDM) 2021 is bringing big opportunities to the Caribbean. Last week, the Movement upped the ante in a very tangible way, announcing the launch of the Island Ideas Challenge. The OECS SDM Island Ideas Challenge will give Caribbean people around the world the opportunity to secure up to $5,000 USD for a Programme, Event, Project, or Business Idea. Caribbean Nationals with exciting initiatives are encouraged to…

(City of Belmopan, Belize) Amidst daunting findings recently made by scientists that the “world is on a trajectory to reach 1.5 ° C within the next twenty years relative to pre-industrial temperature under even the lowest emissions scenario”, CARICOM Ministers of Environment and Minsters of Foreign Affairs joined climate negotiators, and technical experts on Monday to discuss the critical issues for the Caribbean of keeping global temperature to at least the 1.5°C threshold. The workshop, taking place just 2 months before the COP 26 UN Climate Conference in Glasgow focused specifically on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, “which deals…

Buenos Aires, 10 September 2021 (IICA). The successful experiences in trade and market penetration of organic farmers in Latin America was the topic of the fourth virtual meeting organized by the Inter-American Commission for Organic Agriculture (ICOA), in the framework of the agreement signed in March by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Brazilian municipality of Santa Clara do Sul, and the Peruvian region of Huancavelica. The agreement provides that IICA, through its delegations in Argentina, Brazil, and Peru, and with the cooperation of ICOA, will provide technical expertise and support Huancavelica and Santa Clara do Sul—both of which…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) has appointed Mrs Sheree Deslandes to the role of Director of Corporate Services. Mrs Deslandes was previously appointed to act in the role in August 2020.During her career of over two decades, Mrs Deslandes has led and managed regional organisations at the Executive, Senior Management and Managerial levels within the service industry, with a focus on driving organisational transformation and excellence.Mrs Deslandes joined the staff of CXC® in 2002 as an Accounting Officer after working with Sandals Resorts for several years. She was promoted to the role of Finance Manager at CXC’s…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) continues to support examination candidates and build capacity through collaborative partnerships with international, higher education institutions. During a virtual ceremony on 8 September 2021, CXC® inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Midwestern State University (MSU Texas), to establish a formal basis of cooperation between the organisations in the field of education.The MOU establishes an articulation agreement through which CXC® candidates can earn partial credit requirements toward a course of study at MSU Texas, as a result of course equivalencies with the CXC® Associate Degree and/or relevant CAPE® Units.The partnership will also focus…

Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Africa have committed to strengthen collaboration and unity and to foster increased trade,investment and people-to-people engagement between the two regions. The commitment was given during the historic First CARICOM-Africa Summit hosted by Kenya and held virtually on 7 September 2021. His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya, Chair of the Organisation of African Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) presided over the Summit which was attended by Heads of State and Government as well as Heads of Regional Integration Secretariats and Institutions of CARICOM and Africa. Speakers at the Summit noted its historic nature and that African and Caribbean cultural and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (10th September 2021)—The St. Kitts Electricity Company Ltd. is advising the public of scheduled maintenance outages for the week Monday 13th September – Friday 17th September. The scheduled maintenance outages are necessary to perform maintenance as a part of our ongoing efforts to improve reliability. DATETIMEAREA(S) TO BE AFFECTEDMonday 13thSeptember 20219:00am-3:00pmChrist Church Housing Project9:00am-11:00amMansion, Estridge, TabernacleTuesday 14thAugust 20219:00am-3:00pmOld Road: Johnson Road, Main Road, Back Street, Mission Street, Timba Lane, Police Station 9:00am-1:00pmBeacon Heights, #13 and Vicinity Wednesday 15thSeptember 20219:00am-3:00pmCayon: Cabbage Tree Housing, Upper Cayon, Tank, Sarah Bowry 9:00am-3:00pmSir GillesFriday 17thSeptember 20219:00am-12:00pmSandy Point: Downing Street, Main Road, Pogson…