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The Department of Cultural Heritage continues to invite registration for its ICH Core Knowledge Transfer Camp that runs from Monday, July 27th, to Friday, July 31st, 2026 from 8:30 am to 2:30 p.m. at the St. Johnson’s Community Centre, Basseterre. For a fee of only $45, parents and guardians of children aged 8 to 16 can register and empower their children with the skill of crafting of folklore props and accessories such as Moko Jumbie stilts, the bull horn headpiece, gubbie face, and the masquerade headpiece. Lunch will also be provided. This year the Christmas session of the Culture Camp…

United Nations, New York, 17 July 2026 – Saint Kitts and Nevis has bolstered opportunities and partnerships for Kittitians and Nevisians through its active and meaningful participation at the United Nations Economic and Social Council’s flagship High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF).  The Saint Kitts and Nevis delegation led by the Hon. Ministers Konris Maynard and Dr. Joyelle Clarke engaged with high-ranking United Nations officials, colleague Ministers and key diplomatic representatives. This includes the President of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, H. E Analaena Baerbock.  The dialogue focused on matchmaking and global synergies in renewable energy technologies and driving global action on economic equity for Small Island Developing States. The federation’s leadership on the implementation of the Multi-Dimensional Index (MVI), through its pilot of the Vulnerability Resilience Country Profile (VRCP), was heralded as…

Basseterre, St. Kitts – July 20, 2026 The Institution Based Health Services Division of the Ministry of Health, Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, received a generous donation of sanitation and hygiene equipment from CleanRite, a private cleaning company based in St. Kitts, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. The donation, presented to the Joseph N. France (JNF) General Hospital, includes a comprehensive supply of modern, sleek, and tamper-proof dispensers and equipment, sufficient to outfit the entire institution: • 46 toilet paper dispensers • 100 hand soap / hand sanitizer dispensers • 15 paper towel dispensers • 10 C-fold paper towel…

Basseterre, 17 July 2026 The Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs has concluded the second phase of its national training programme on the proposed Diversionary Caution System, following two days of focused engagement with justice sector stakeholders and service providers on 15 and 16 July 2026 at the Royal St Kitts Hotel. The sessions brought together approximately 40 participants from the Judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the legal profession, court administration, His Majesty’s Prison, social service agencies, rehabilitation providers and other public and community institutions expected to support the operation of the system. The training examined…

Basseterre, 17 July 2026 The Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs is today conducting specialised training for approximately 60 police officers on the digital framework and database that will support the proposed Diversionary Caution System. The training is being held at the Information and Communications Technology Centre and forms part of the wider institutional preparation required for the effective implementation of the new framework. The digital system is intended to support the accurate recording, management and monitoring of diversionary cautions from the point of initiation through to completion, variation, breach or revocation. It will provide authorised personnel with a structured…

Basseterre, Saint Kitts, July 17, 2026 (SKNIS): Saint Kitts and Nevis has engaged the services of Saboto Caesar, a former Minister of Agriculture in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, to assist the twin-island Federation with its development of a robust banking framework as part of the Medicinal Cannabis Industry. Nadiv Mills, Chief Executive Officer of the St. Kitts and Nevis Medicinal Cannabis Authority, told the media on Wednesday (July 15), that Mr. Caesar, who is widely credited with the success of the Cannabis Wellness Industry in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, is expected to travel to the Federation shortly. “He was very instrumental in setting up the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 17, 2026 (SKNIS): Prime Minister, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, has reaffirmed that the government’s long-term strategy to reduce the country’s reliance on the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme is proving to be the right course, as Saint Kitts and Nevis continues to build a more diversified and resilient economy through the Sustainable Island State Agenda (SISA). Speaking during the July 16 edition of The Roundtable, Prime Minister Drew said the government deliberately set out from the beginning of its term in 2022 to ensure the country’s economic growth would not depend primarily on CBI revenues.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 17, 2026 (PMO) — Discussions are continuing among leaders of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) on the establishment of a regional airline that could improve the movement of people and goods, strengthen trade and support economic growth throughout the subregion. Prime Minister Hon.Dr. Terrance Drew provided an update on the proposal during the July 16 edition of the Prime Minister’s Round Table, noting that the regional airline concept has been discussed at both the OECS and Eastern Caribbean Central Bank levels. According to Prime Minister Drew, inadequate and unreliable air transportation continues to limit trade,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 17, 2026 (PMO) — Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew, has assured citizens and residents that strict screening and security measures are being applied under the Federation’s migration cooperation arrangement with the United States of America to ensure that St. Kitts and Nevis is not exposed to individuals with criminal backgrounds. The Prime Minister addressed the matter during the July 16 edition of the Prime Minister’s Round Table, where he reiterated that the agreement applies to nationals of Caribbean Community member states and provides St. Kitts and Nevis with the authority to…