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Basseterre, St. Kitts, 27 March, 2024 (NEMA): For the first time ever, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) utilised unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, to monitor and assess this year’s CARIBE WAVE Exercise. CARIBE WAVE is a tsunami response exercise that takes place in the region annually on March 21. It can take several forms. This year, an evacuation drill was conducted in the Dieppe Bay to Saddlers area. The use of drones allowed officials to monitor the activity over a wider area and collect data that would help evaluators assess the performance of participants. CARIBE WAVE…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 27, 2024 (SKNIS): During the March 26 sitting of Parliament, the Honourable member for St. Christopher Three (3), Konris Maynard, supported the Medical Laboratories Bill, 2024. The proposed legislation aims to establish a Medical Laboratories Council, tasked with licensing, monitoring, and inspecting medical laboratory activities, while addressing associated concerns. Minister Maynard underscored the importance of the Bill, noting its provisions for confidentiality measures similar to those safeguarding patient-doctor interactions, ensuring the protection of information accessed by medical laboratories. Additionally, Minister Maynard highlighted provisions within the Bill that grant citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis the right…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 27, 2024 (SKNIS): The National Productivity Council Bill, 2024, secured safe passage through the Federal Parliament on Tuesday, March 26, marking a pivotal moment in the establishment of the National Productivity Council and its related functions in St. Kitts and Nevis. The Council will be responsible for identifying and analysing factors affecting productivity and recommending strategies to address them, and for developing and implementing training programmes to enhance the skills and capabilities of the workforce, among other things. Mover of the Bill, the Honourable Marsha Henderson, Minister responsible for Labour, emphasised that productivity  stands as a…

The Embassy of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the Republic of China (Taiwan) continued spreading ‘SKNLOVE’ with the hosting of a third book donation today, Wednesday, 27th March 2024. The event was held at the New Taipei City Hall as part of the Embassy’s ‘Sharing Kindness and Nurturing Love—SKNLOVE’ outreach program. His Excellency Donya L. Francis, Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Ambassador to Taiwan, handed over 12 books by Kittitian and Nevisian authors to the Mayor of New Taipei City, Hou You Ih. During his remarks, Ambassador Francis said that the authors creatively and wonderfully captured Saint Kitts and Nevis’ lively…

At the invitation of the Chair of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), Saint Kitts and Nevis’ Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Jacinth Henry-Martin, the Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley delivered an enlightening presentation at the third regular meeting of CIDI, focused on the theme: “Connectivity and Technology for advancing education and Human Development in the Americas”. The meeting was convened to explore how member states can address the educational and human development divide in the Americas, specifically considering the inequitable access to connectivity and infrastructure, as well as the expanding capacity gap in responding to change. Minister Hanley…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 26, 2024 (SKNIS) – Tuesday’s (March 26, 2024) successful passage of the Medical Laboratories Bill, 2024, has checked a number of important boxes that are necessary for transitioning the twin-island Federation into a model sustainable island state. That’s according to mover of the Bill, Prime Minister and Minister of Health, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, during the March 26, 2024, sitting of the National Assembly. Dr. Drew stated that the important piece of legislation mandates the establishment of a Medical Laboratories Council and provides the legislative framework for the licensing, monitoring and inspection of the operations…

BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis, March 26, 2024 (Press Secretary, PMO) – On March 25, 2024, the special sitting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council commemorated the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Held under the theme ‘Global Freedom: Emancipate yourself from mental slavery’, this event marked the culmination of the VII Inter-American Week for people of African Descent in the Americas, now formally recognized as part of the OAS calendar. During the session, the delegation of Saint Kitts and Nevis led by Ambassador Jacinth Henry Martin, Ambassador to the United…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 26, 2024 (SKNIS): Senior Minister and Minister of International Trade and Consumer Affairs, the Right Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, expressed strong support for the newly passed Medical Laboratories Bill, 2024, during the sitting of Parliament, on March 26. This pivotal legislation aims to establish the Medical Laboratories Council and provide for the licensing, monitoring, and inspection of medical laboratory operations, amongst other related matters. Dr. Douglas highlighted the significance of the Bill. “This Bill to some extent is in keeping with the intention of the government to bring comfort to people who would, from time to…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 26, 2024 (SKNIS) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis extended profound thanks and appreciation to the team of medical professionals and consultants that provided free healthcare services and training to patients and medical technicians in the Federation, as part of the United StatesAir Force Southern Command Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team (LAMAT) 2024 mission. The mission saw forty-three (43) U.S. Air Force active duty and reserve airmen providing care for patients in dentistry, primary care, audiology, ophthalmology, and emergency medicine services. A cohort of specialists from the Republic of China (Taiwan) also worked alongside…

By: The Department of Environment BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, 26 March 2024- The Government of St Kitts and Nevis made a historic announcement to ban single-use plastics. The announcement was made during the sitting of National Assembly on Tuesday 26 March 2024 by the Minister of Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment, Hon Dr Joyelle Clarke. The implementation of the ban will be structured in three phases and will affect the importation, sale, and distribution of several items. Phase 1 involves the ban on importation of T-shirt plastic shopping bags as of 31 December 2024. This will be followed by a…