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San Jose, 14 January 2022 (IICA). Argentinean veterinarian Manuel Otero will officially begin his second term as head of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) on Monday, January 17, during an event that will be attended virtually by ministers of Agriculture of Latin America and the Caribbean and international officials. An unprecedented dialogue with Africa, on agricultural and rural development issues, will also be carried out. Julián Domínguez, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of Argentina; Tereza Cristina, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply of Brazil, and Chair of the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA), IICA’s highest governing body; Mustapha…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 14, 2022 (SKNIS): Owing to the ongoing fourth wave of COVID-19 infections across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, schools have remained closed until January 24, 2022, with the exception of Early Childhood Centres and fifth form students only.During the January 12, 2022 NEOC COVID-19 press briefing, Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France General Hospital (JNF), Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, indicated that the Government will focus on reopening schools safely and containing any future infections within.“We know that the schools will fully reopen on January 24, 2022…We believe that limiting the spread of COVID-19 is key…

BASSETERRE (14th January 2022):This week twenty-one (21) local businesses received grants from the United Nations Development Programme – Future Tourism project, which aims at retooling, upscaling and digitizing small business operations. The grants allotted to a total of EC$287,550. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) included the following businesses: agro-processing, arts and crafts, beauty and wellness, car rental, cleaning services, farming, fashion, food & beverage, island tour operators and real estate. Participants enrolled into the programme in June 2021 and attended virtual classes that were conducted by the University of the West Indies and the Frankfurt School of Finance and…

Professor Houssin, Members and Advisors of the Emergency Committee, dear colleagues and friends, My best wishes to all of you for a Happy New Year. I hope that 2022 will bring us closer to ending the acute phase of the pandemic. 2021 gave us many reasons for hope, as science provided us with more tools to control the COVID-19 pandemic. However, we have also faced many hurdles, including politicization, nationalism, short-term self-interest disinformation and more. This toxic combination has hampered the response, fuelling the transmission and evolution of the virus, and hampering equitable access to the tools to prevent, detect…

Thursday 13th January, 2022Dear Stakeholders,Please note the Anthem of the Seas, Braemar and Seabourn Odyssey will NOT make their scheduled calls to St. Kitts on Friday 14th January, 2022. Please note the revised cruise schedule for period Sunday 9th January to Saturday 15th January, 2022:Friday 14th January, 2022:No shipSaturday 15th January, 2022:Norwegian Epic – Port ZanteViking Sea – Port Zante                                                       #

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 13, 2022 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis’ rising cases of COVID-19 are influenced by the Omicron variant which is milder than the original COVID-19 strain and other variants including the Delta variant.To date, health authorities have identified the Lambda and Omicron variants as the two variants in circulation in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Medical Chief of Staff of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, said that the Delta variant has not had an impact to date.“When we had the quarantine period in place, there were one or two persons who…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 13, 2022 (SKNIS): Court-connected mediation is likely to be an increased option for persons with a minor legal dispute following the opening of the Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton Court Annex and an increase in trained mediators.Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, the Honourable Vincent Byron Jr., is an advocate for increased use of court-connected mediation in St. Kitts and Nevis. During an address at the Virtual Opening of the Law Year 2022 on Tuesday (January 12), he noted that the potential of the alternative legal process was not fully realized in the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 13, 2022 (SKNIS): As the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections continues across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, health officials are positively optimistic that the current wave will subside soon.Speaking during the January 12, 2022 NEOC COVID-19 press briefing, Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France General Hospital (JNF) Dr. Cameron Wilkinson indicated that four hundred and seventy-eight (478) persons infected by COVID-19 during the current wave have since recovered.“When we look at the number of confirmed cases to date, we have a total of four thousand four hundred and eighty-four (4484) with…

January 12, 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – The quiet residential area of Upper Renfrew in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, is home to Indies Greens, the island’s only aquaponics farm and training centre, which combines aquaculture and hydroponics to produce fish and vegetables at the same time. This unique farm and training facility was established in 2016, to tackle the growing demand for fish products, healthier diets and lifestyles in the twin islands. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) supported the development of training facilities on the Indies Greens Farm and funded the building of a training facility. The particularities…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, January 13, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said he is proud of St. Kitts and Nevis’ stellar performance on a number of economic scorecards—from the prudent fiscal management of the country’s resources to the strengthening of the platinum-branded Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programme.This was highlighted on Wednesday, January 12, 2022, when Prime Minister Harris addressed the Virtual Protocolary Meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS).“St. Kitts and Nevis has performed well on a number of economic performance scorecards that…