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BASSETERRE ST. KITTS March 2, 2021: At a Special General Meeting of the St. Christopher National Trust held on Thursday 18th February 2021, a new Board was elected to serve for one year. Members present and voting supported the nominations put forward for a new Executive Board, confirming the following members as the Trust’s Executive Directors: Alfonso O’Garro, President; Laverne Caines, Vice President; Albert Edwards, Treasurer; Acklyn Blaize, Secretary; and Mr. Larry Armony, Nominated Member.Executive Director of the St Christopher National Trust – Ryllis Godeth congratulated the Directors and thanked them for accepting the responsibility for the governance of The Trust.…

After an extremely difficult year in which the economies of its 19 Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) contracted by 12.8% on average due to the onset of Covid-19, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) is projecting an average gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 3.8% in 2021. However, this projection, made in Part 1 of CDB’s Regional Report: 2020 Review and 2021 Outlook, released today, is clouded by the ongoing uncertainty, caused by the global pandemic. In 2020, the majority of BMCs registered double-digit declines in GDP. Countries with significant tourism industries, such as The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Dominica, and Grenada, were hard-hit by…

BASSETERRE (23rd February, 2021): St. Kitts has been featured three times on TravelPulse in the past week. St. Kitts and Nevis Protocols Ignite Tourism Relaunch published on February 22nd, 2021 Travel Restrictions: Safest Destinations To Visit in the Caribbean published on February 21st, and Win a Trip for Two To St. Kitts published on February 18th. Yesterday, Brian Major, Managing Editor of TravelPulse, published his recent interview with St. Kitts Tourism Authority CEO Racquel Brown titled St. Kitts and Nevis Protocols Ignite Tourism Relaunch. Focusing on the reopening of the borders, Major queried CEO Brown about the establishment of the travel protocols and the status of tourism. On…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 1, 2021 (DBSKN) — Underdogs ASC Jay Hawks overcame the odds to dethrone defending champions Bird Rock Uprisers in a highly exciting game, held at Basketball City on Saturday February 27, to clinch the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis Junior Division Under-20 Basketball championship title. Seeded fourth at the semi-finals stage was no hindrance for the determined ASC Jay Hawks players when in the final of a best-of-three games they beat second seeded and defending champions Bird Rock Uprisers 102-92. The game saw playoffs’ MVP Aaron Wilkinson of ASC Jay Hawks scoring 41 points, and making…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 01, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis was gifted 20, 000 doses of the Made in India COVID-19 – COVISHIELD (Oxford University-AstraZeneca) vaccines by the Government of India at a brief but significant ceremony held at the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport on Monday, March 01, 2021.High Commissioner of India, His Excellency (H.E.) Dr. K.J. Srinivasa, said that the vaccines will prove very beneficial to St. Kitts and Nevis and “meet the requirements of vaccinating the frontline workers and those with comorbidities in the Federation.”“I have to highlight that the gifting of the vaccines…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 01, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has expressed profound gratitude to the Government of the Republic of India for what he described as a ‘generous donation’ of 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. The vaccines, which arrived at the RLB International Airport today (Monday, March 01), were part of a larger batch of some 570,000 doses donated by the Government of India to the CARICOM region. Of that number, a total of 125,000 went…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 1, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Federal Minister of Health the Hon Akilah Byron-Nisbett is assuring the nation that the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine being rolled out in the country is safe and that the Indian company making it is a world-leader in vaccine production. “The vaccine is safe,” said Health Minister Byron-Nisbett. “We won’t tell you that it is safe if it wasn’t so. I want to encourage everyone to go out and get vaccinated.” The Hon Byron-Nisbett, who is also the Minister of ICT, Entertainment, Entrepreneurship and Talent Development, made the remarks on Saturday February 27 when she…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 01, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Now that the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has secured an additional 20,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine courtesy the Government of the Republic of India, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris is urging even more citizens and residents to step forward and accept the vaccination jab. Thevaccines arrived via the RSS aircraft earlier today, Monday, March 01, and were handed over to the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis by His Excellency Dr. K. J. Srinivasa, High Commissioner of…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 1, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Sunday February 28 was a historic day for the leadership and membership of Destiny International Church as they congregated for the morning worship at a new location, and in their midst was Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris. Destiny International Church was established in 2010 and a congregation met and worshipped for the first time in the tenth month of the year and on the tenth day of the month (10-10-10), which was a Sunday, in Sandy Point. The church relocated to Manhattan Gardens in Lime Kiln last year in June,…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, February 27, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — St. Kitts and Nevis, which aims at having 70 percent of its population vaccinated against Covid-19, is on track to achieve the milestone with over 600 persons having been vaccinated since Monday February 22 when the vaccine rollout was launched at the New Town Community Centre in Basseterre. “For the week so far, over 600 persons have gone to get their vaccination,” revealed Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris on Saturday February 27. “Over 600 persons, and ask yourself ‘600 have gone, why not me?’ What are you waiting for? So, I…