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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 04, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – As authorities and health professionals continue their diligent work to contain the spread of the COVID-19 disease in St. Kitts and Nevis, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said they are forced to fight “another pandemic best described as misinformation.” PrimeMinister Harris, who was at the time addressing the nation during his press conference on Thursday, June 03 at the NEMA Conference Room, was referring to the numerous attempts by some using traditional and social media platforms to disseminate false information regarding the…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 3, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Fishers and farmers continue to do well in their trade as a result of a Team Unity Government’s direct intervention which has offered and continues to offer them stimulus packages, and Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris is pleading with the general public to support them by buying local produce. “I want to remind all of us to continue, or to start if we haven’t yet been doing so, to support our farmers and fishers by buying local produce,” said Prime Minister Harris. “At the same time I want to remind…

This afternoon, Thursday June 3, 2021, I wish to update you on the present COVID-19 situation.Within the last twenty -four hours we have recorded four (4) additional cases. These new casesare nationals and are referred to as Case # 75 through to Case # 78. The individuals are inisolation at a COVID-19 certified facility. These cases bring the total number of COVID-19confirmed cases to 78 with 64 cases for St. Kitts and 14 cases for Nevis. Please note that 51cases have fully recovered with zero deaths. There are now twenty-seven (27) active cases.These patients are stable and are being monitored.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 3, 2021 (SKNIS): As the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis prepares to welcome cruise and other passengers back to its shores in the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, said that science and data support ongoing testing and vaccination. “We follow science and we follow the data. And the Chief Medical Officer noted that from that time we had the outbreak we have had 30 positive cases from the testing of over 3,014 tests which gives us a positivity rate…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 3, 2021 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, gave an update on the major construction projects within the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. During the Prime Minister’s Monthly Press Conference held on June 3, 2021, Prime Minister Harris stated that the construction sector is a large contributor to the local economy of the Federation. During the March 2, 2021 Edition of Leadership Matters, the Financial Secretary within the Ministry of Finance, Hilary Hazel said that the negative experiences that the Federation had gone through which saw the construction sector have…

The food in our supermarkets and our open markets come from numerous countries, and in the case of processed foods, each of the ingredients may themselves from come different countries. It is indeed, a global food web that keeps us fed. While we generally know very little about the people who produce, handle and process the food on the shelves of our supermarkets, for the most part, we do not worry about the safety of the items that we drop into our shopping carts and then take home to serve to our family and friends. What is it that underlies…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 03, 2021 (RSCNPF): Commissioner of Police Colin John of The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force has expressed his appreciation for a donation he received from The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) and the Police Cooperative Credit Union (PCCU). Inspector James Stephen, Head of the St. Kitts and Nevis contingent that travelled to St. Vincent and the Grenadines as part of the Regional Security System’s Peacekeeping Mission, presented Commissioner John with a cheque for $25,000 and a box containing 600 face masks. The kind gesture was made possible through a contribution…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The dedicated efforts of students across the region have produced a diverse list of Regional Top Awardees who have been recognised for their outstanding performances in the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) and Caribbean Certificate of Secondary Level Competence® (CCSLC®) July/August 2020 sitting. The announcement was made at the meeting of the Sub-Committee of the School Examinations Committee (SUBSEC) held on Thursday, 22 April 2021. The winner of the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate® (CSEC®) Regional Top Award for 2020, is Bhedesh Persaud of Queen’s College in Guyana. Bhedesh won…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Students from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago have emerged as the most outstanding candidates in the Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination® (CAPE®) July/August 2020 sitting. The list of Regional Top Awardees was announced at the meeting of the Sub-Committee of the School Examinations Committee (SUBSEC) held on Thursday, 22 April 2021. In 2020, Zane Ramotar of Queen’s College in Guyana, secured the annual Dennis Irvine Award, for the top overall student at the CAPE® level. Zane achieved Grade I in Applied Mathematics Unit 1, Biology Units 1 and 2, Caribbean Studies, Chemistry Units 1…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 03, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – In spite of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic that continues to cripple the world’s economies, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has been able to fulfil its payroll obligations to all of its employees, including both monthly and weekly paid workers, and also its pensioners. Equallyimportant is that this feat was accomplished without the Government laying off a single employee on account of COVID-19. Thishas been attributed to the Team Unity Government’s astute fiscal management over its first five years in office, before the…