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Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (SKNIS): Civil servants across the Federation received good news on Saturday last as Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon Timothy Harris, announced plans for an increase in wages and salaries during the People’s Labour Party (PLP) Convention 2022 on March 26, 2022. “I have asked the Financial Secretary to consider what it will cost to give civil servants an increase in wages and salaries. I love you all but when the money comes please spend it well. Money will help but still discipline yourself, do not start to plan to spend yet, remember I did not say how much…

Living Soils of the Americas is a program that seeks to act as a bridge between science and public policies aimed at the restoration and protection of soils in the Americas, whose degradation threatens the position of Latin America and the Caribbean as guarantors of global food security. San José, 28 March 2022 (IICA) – The progress and achievements of the Living Soils of the Americas initiative were presented at the first meeting of the program’s Steering Committee, which brings together stakeholders from the public and private sectors, universities and international and civil society organizations, in a common effort to fight…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Team Unity-led Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is actively formulating policies to contain the spiraling cost of living – triggered by international events beyond the country’s control – that is adversely affecting the citizens and residents of the twin island Federation. “We are going to bring some measures that will bring some relief to you. These will include measures to reduce gas prices at the pumps and we will reduce certain taxes on certain items of groceries to make the cost of living…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation): The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis is honoured to welcome the newly accredited Ambassador of Romania to Saint Kitts and Nevis, Her Excellency Theodora Magdalena Mircea. Ambassador Mircea is scheduled to present Letters of Credence on Monday 28th March to the Governor-General of Saint Kitts and Nevis, His Excellency Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton. While in the Federation, Ambassador Mircea will pay courtesy calls on a number of Senior Government Officials including Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, the Honourable Mark Brantley, Minister of Tourism et al., the…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Tuesday, March 23, 2022:​ Over 160 students across the twin island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis received The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (ROC) Annual Monetary Scholarship. The ceremony was held under the auspices of His Excellency Michael Chau-Hirng Lin, Resident Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the Honourable Jonel Powell, Minister of Education, etal. Ambassador Lin congratulated the awardees and highlighted the pivotal role played by education in the development of human resources. “As we all know human resources lay the foundation for national development and that education is the key…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 28, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – During his party’s highly energized and electric National Convention on Saturday, March 26, 2022, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris reaffirmed his People’s Labour Party’s (PLP) commitment to the Team Unity movement, of which it is a founding member. “We are grounded with our brothers and sisters. PLP has no ambition to go alone. PLP is saying that we will work with all interested parties—interested in unity to ensure that together, as one people, we can take St. Kitts and Nevis forward and make it…

28 March – 1 April 2022 event in Quito, Ecuador will feature ministers from 33 countries March 25, 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UnitedNations (FAO) will hold its 37th Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean inQuito, Ecuador from March 28 to April 1, 2022 with the presence of the President of the hostcountry, Guillermo Lasso and FAO Director-General QU Dongyu.It is anticipated that delegates including Ministers of Agriculture, Chief Agricultural Officers andPermanent Secretaries from 33 countries of the region, together with international experts,representatives from the private sector, civil society, the United Nations system…

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to promote and seek support for its development priorities through partnerships with Latin American and other development partners. This week, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Dr Armstrong Alexis made a presentation to a new cycle of the Latin American and Caribbean Programme (LACRP), a sub-grouping of the global Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The LACRP has as its areas of focus, productivity, social inclusion, governance and sustainable development. In the area of sustainable development, the Deputy Secretary-General told the meeting that in this last decade of the 2030 Development Agenda, CARICOM will prioritise interventions in…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 25, 2022 (SKNIS): Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Lindsay Grant, is urging tourism stakeholders to prepare for the upcoming slower period in cruising as industry officials relocate their vessels to other continents. “Many of the cruise lines reposition their ships to destinations like Europe and Alaska that are warm and hence more attractive during the summer months when compared to the winter periods,” Minister Grant said at a press conference on Thursday, March 24, 2022. “Moreover, some of the cruise line partners have downgraded their fleet or are still trying to bring back ships online.” Against this…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 25, 2022 (SKNIS): The Department of Statistics in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, held an open day on Friday, March 25, to further educate the general public on the upcoming Population and Housing Census which is scheduled to be rolled out in April 2022. “Today, we are hosting an open day. It is really another activity in our drive for awareness of the Census that should be rolled out next month. It is really another event where we are trying to enlighten the general public that we are going to be out there to give them all…