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Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 7, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation): On April 1st, 2022, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Mark Brantley participated virtually in the second CARICOM-CANADA Foreign Ministers’ Group Meeting. The Meeting was co-chaired by the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, current Chair of the Council of CARICOM Foreign Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Ms. Melanie Joly. This meeting provided a unique opportunity for CARICOM Foreign Ministers to candidly exchange views with their Canadian counterpart on six (6) broad themes: Regional Security and Stability, Global Issues and Multilateral Cooperation,…

San Jose, 07 April 2022 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is supporting technical coordination actions and the prioritization of efforts undertaken by Haiti, the Dominican Republic and the United States to prevent, control and eradicate African swine fever (ASF), a disease that threatens the income and, in turn, the food security of millions of agricultural producers across the Americas. In fulfilment of a resolution by the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA, IICA’s highest governing body, comprised of the Ministers of Agriculture of the hemisphere), the Institute is hosting a tripartite meeting of the technical missions of these…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 7, 2022 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis in its continued efforts to control the local dog population is encouraging its citizens and residents to license their dogs. Chief Veterinary Officer in the Department of Agriculture, Dr. Lesroy Henry, during an interview with SKNIS on March 25, stated that “It has been a tradition for us to have our dogs licensed because dogs are supposed to be a part of our family and we are always supposed to have a check on how many dogs you have in the country.” “Over the years this has slipped away…

San Jose, 6 April 2022 (IICA) – The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) will implement actions to strengthen the development and implementation of standards in this key sector of the food industry, enhance production capacities and generate greater recognition of the fundamental role played by the livestock sector in the agrifood systems of Latin America and the Caribbean. The organizations expanded a previous technical cooperation agreement to follow up on matters addressed at the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021, such as the need to share science-based best practices to boost sustainable…

Washington D.C., 6 April (PAHO) – As cases of COVID-19 surge in Europe and East Asia due to Omicron BA.2, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director Carissa F. Etienne has urged countries to remain vigilant and urgently close vaccination gaps. While COVID cases and deaths have dropped across much of the region, countries have reported more than 620,000 new cases each week. And in parts of North America and the Caribbean, where Omicron is becoming the predominant variant, new infections are beginning to rise. With Omicron BA.2 already detected in 8.7% of sequences reported from South America, “time and time…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 06, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – In an attempt to fashion the way forward for the governing Team Unity Administration in St. Kitts and Nevis, the three leaders of the parties comprising the union, engaged in dialogue this morning, (6th April, 2022), at the Cabinet Room, Government Headquarters, in Basseterre.Prime Minister and Leader of the People’s Labour Party (PLP), Dr. The Hon. Timothy Harris, along with Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the People’s Action Movement (PAM), Hon. Shawn Richards, and Premier of Nevis, Hon. Mark Brantley, who also serves as…

Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal. April 5, 2022 — The University of the West Indies (The UWI) Open Campus joins the nation of St Kitts and Nevis in mourning the passing of His Excellency Ambassador Vance Amory. His Excellency Amory was a founding member of Nevis’ Concerned Citizens Movement Party. He served as member of the Nevis Island Assembly from 1987 to 2017; member of the National Assembly from 1989 to 2020; Premier of Nevis 1992 to 2006 and 2013 to 2017; and senior Minister in the Federal Government from 2015 to 2020. At the time of his…

Castries, Saint Lucia, April 05, 2022 – CARILEC has secured grant funding to deliver training for a ‘reserve corps’ of lineworkers to supplement the organisation’s current post-disaster restoration program. The funding comes through the Climate Resilience and Sustainable Energy Supply (Cli-RES) Project, which is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. This development follows the establishment of a committee put in place by the CARILEC Board of Directors to explore the expansion of post-disaster assistance beyond the existing arrangements under the CARILEC Disaster Assistance Program (CDAP). The…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 5, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation): At a ceremony on Monday, 4th April, 2022 at the High Commission of Saint Kitts and Nevis in London, Tuvalu’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Communication, the Honourable Simon Kofe and the High Commissioner of Saint Kitts and Nevis, H.E. Dr. Kevin Isaac, signed a joint communiqué officially establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries. On that same occasion, a mutual Visa Waiver Agreement was also signed between the two diplomats, granting visa-free travel for up to ninety days to citizens of either country holding a valid passport. The ceremony…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 05, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has once again stepped forward to assist in the development of St. Kitts and Nevis, this time through a financial donation that will go towards the procurement of a new fire tender. The financial donation was made during a brief cheque handing-over ceremony held earlier today (Tuesday, April 05) at the Office of the Prime Minister. The ceremony was attended by Cabinet Secretary, Mrs. Josephine Huggins, Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Mr. Andrew Skerritt…