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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 01, 2020 (SKNIS): The Order Paper has been circulated for a sitting of the National Assembly to be held at the National Assembly Chambers, Government Headquarters, Basseterre, on Thursday 03rd September, 2020 at 10:00 am. Notice has been given. The Honourable Prime Minister and Minister responsible for Finance, Sustainable Development, National Security, People’s Empowerment and Constituency Empowerment, Dr. Timothy Harris, will seek leave to introduce and have read a first time Advance Cargo Information Bill, 2020; Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Judicial Officers Pensions) Bill, 2020; and National Assembly Elections (Amendment) Bill, 2020. Additionally, the Honourable Prime Minister will move the second reading of Advance Cargo Information Bill, 2020.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 07, 2016 (SKNIS):  With the anticipated opening of the Park Hyatt Hotel in St. Kitts in March 2017, the Honourable Vance Amory, Premier of Nevis and Minister of Labour with responsibility for Social Security in the Federal Government, was given a briefing about the hotel and its plans to contribute to the development of St. Kitts and Nevis and its economy. Park Hyatt’s General Manager, Julian Moore, met with Premier Amory on Tuesday, September 06, to update him on the project’s development. “He has come to discuss some of the matters which we require as a…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 30, 2016 (SKNIS): Workers in the various ministries and departments in Government Headquarters had only to go to the second floor of the building to get a Hepatitis B vaccine, thanks to an outreach programme undertaken by the Community Health Services in the Ministry of Health. Registered Nurse Doris Bradshaw revealed that this took place the morning of August 29 in the Parliamentary Lounge where workers cued up to get their shots. “We are presently doing an outreach for the Hepatitis B vaccine,” Ms. Bradshaw revealed.  We have already engaged in different work areas, frontline workers. Many persons…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 30TH, 2016 (PRESS SEC) – The official reopening of the Mary Charles Hospital in Molineux will take place tomorrow, Wednesday, August 31st, 2016 at 4:30pm, equipping the Keys to Saddlers Medical District with state-of-the-art healthcare thereby bringing it on par with the other districts. “The Government took the decision that the same standard to which Pogson [Hospital in Sandy Point] was replaced and rebuilt and JNF [Hospital in Basseterre] would have been rebuilt is the same standard that we have chosen for Mary Charles,” the Honourable Wendy Phipps, Minister of State within the Ministry of Health…

Community Notice Applications are invited from interested and suitably qualified nationals of Member States and Associate Member States of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) to fill the position of Political Adviser- Senior Professional at the Secretariat of the ACS. Under the direction of the Secretary-General the incumbent will serve as Political Adviser. His/her functions will include acting as the focal point for all matters related to the political environment and activities of the ACS. He/she may accompany the Secretary-General or represent him/her at meetings of the organization and at other meetings and conferences of interest to the ACS. Applicants should…

Leadership Opportunity The Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC) invites applications and nominations from suitably qualified persons to fill the position of President. Reporting to the Board of Governors, the President serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the College. The preferred candidate should possess academic credentials sufficient to engender the respect of the College’s students, faculty and staff, alumni, and the community at large. While demonstrating an unwavering commitment to scholarship, learning and discovery, the next College President should also possess extensive senior level executive experience evidencing: strong leadership qualities; higher education, business, government and political acumen; accomplishment; the ability…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 26, 2016 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis’ National and International track and field sprint icon Kim Collins has been congratulated on Kim Collins Day, which was celebrated in the Federation on August 25. In a congratulatory message to Mr. Collins, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth and Sports et al, the Honourable Shawn Richards, reflected on the track and field star’s achievements. “I want to use this opportunity today, Kim Collins Day, August 25th, to say congratulations and well done to Kim Collins and all the other potential little Kim Collins in our society,” Deputy Prime…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 26TH, 2016 (PRESS SEC) – The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Upon the invitation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris yesterday, Thursday, August 25th, 2016, attended a signing ceremony at the OECD headquarters in Paris, France, where he signed the Convention. Burkina Faso, Malaysia, Samoa, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines also signed the Convention yesterday. Prime Minister Harris deposited the Instrument of Ratification with the OECD after the signing ceremony, thereby formalizing the commitment…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 26, 2016 (SKNIS): Scores of persons across St. Kitts and Nevis went out to the recent Park Hyatt St. Kitts Information Sessions to learn more about the hotel and the many job opportunities available. Minister of Public Infrastructure, Honourable Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd, visited one of the sessions in his constituency and said it was good to see the interest of residents for this particular development. “I’m extremely happy that there’s an appetite for jobs here in the community and beyond and people wanting to go into the hospitality sector,” he said. “We want as a Government to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 26, 2016 (SKNIS): Julian Moore, General Manager of the Park Hyatt St. Kitts, Christophe Harbour has thanked the local Government for the support it has given as the multimillion dollar project moves forward. At one of this week’s information sessions, designed to brief locals about the various job opportunities at the hotel, Mr. Moore said the Minister of Public Infrastructure, Honourable Ian ‘Patches’ Liburd, and his colleagues have been very helpful, particularly in the community relations phase. “We’re extremely grateful to have had the assistance of Minister Liburd in this practice because to do reach out in…