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Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 19, 2021 (SKNIS): The Department of Youth Empowerment received high marks for Wednesday’s (November 17) Rap Session between the Minister of Youth, Honourable Jonel Powell, and 59 youth representatives drawn from high schools, youth groups, the Volunteer Corps and young entrepreneurs. The interactive session was held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort as part of activities to celebrate Youth Month 2021. In addition to a very candid and lively Q and A segment between the minister and the youth, a presentation and discussion were featured on the process to update the Federal Youth Policy 2017-2022 for the…

(Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021): AGRI CHRISTMAS NIGHT MARKET REGISTRATION OPENS THIS WEEKEND All fruit and vegetable vendors, meat producers, fishers, agro processors and cooked food vendors are being invited to sign up early and secure their spots for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources’ Agri-Christmas Night Market on Wednesday December 22 2021. Registration officially begins on Saturday November 20. The registration forms will be available at the Basseterre Public Market, the Department of Agriculture, LaGuerite, Department of Marine Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture, 3rd floor Government Headquarters. Interested persons are asked to contact the Ministry of Agriculture at 467-1016 for…

SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVISSTATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 42 of 2021Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 13) Regulations, 2021 In exercise of the power conferred by section 5 of the Emergency Powers Act, Cap. 19.02 the Governor-General makes the following Regulations:[Published 17th November 2021 – Extra-Ordinary Gazette No. 71 of 2021]Part I Preliminary Citation and duration.(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Emergency Powers (COVID-19)(No. 13) Regulations, 2021.(2) These Regulations shall come into force from 5:01 a.m. on Thursday 18th November, 2021 and shall expire on Thursday 2nd December, 2021.Interpretation.In these Regulations,“Court” includes the Magistrates’ Courts and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Medical Chief of Staff at the Joseph N. France General Hospital (JNF), Dr. Cameron Wilkinson has reiterated that the bubble arrangement at Port Zante on days when cruise vessels are in port, is a necessary measure to ensure persons work and operate in a safe environment. Dr. Wilkinson made this assertion during a recent interview with the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service (SKNIS). In the interview, Dr. Wilkinson said it is as a result of effective measures such as the employment of the bubble accommodations at Port Zante that helped to facilitate the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Fifty-nine young people across St. Kitts and Nevis engaged with senior officials from the Department of Youth Empowerment on Wednesday (November 17, 2021) to develop plans, offer ideas and share comments on the government’s agenda for youth for the next five years. The meaningful engagement took place at the Youth Rap Session that was held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. Minister of Youth, the Honourable Jonel Powell, and Dwynette Eversley, a consultant with the ministry, were the main presenters. Minister Powell welcomed the interactive six-hour forum, noting that it allowed another opportunity to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is lifting the curfew mandate that was first introduced in March 2020 to help curb the spread of COVID-19. “The Task Force would have made a recommendation to have the curfew lifted and I am pleased to inform you that Cabinet has approved for the full lifting of the curfew from the Regulations,” said Abdias Samuel, Chair of the COVID-19 National Task Force, at the NEOC COVID-19 Press Briefing for November 17. “So when you see the new iterations of the Regulations there will be no more…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, November 18, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — After former champion team of Constituency Number Seven Dr the Hon Timothy Harris Domino League, Lodge Domino Club was dramatically dislodged from the final four in the 26thedition of the league, the team was on Wednesday evening November 17 narrowly knocked out of the Best of the Rest competition. Having finished as the second seed among the Best of the Rest, Lodge faced second last seed Small Corner Bar Domino Club in a tight and hotly contested game played at the new Lodge-Ottley’s Community Centre where the underdogs (Small Corner Bar) carried the day with…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (RSCNPF): Police Officers in Division ‘B’ are sharpening their investigative skills at a Traffic Accident Investigation Workshop that got underway this week at the Dieppe Bay Police Station. The Workshop, which began on Monday, November 15, 2021, is scheduled to run until December 16.Sessions will be held on Mondays and Thursdays weekly for three (3) hours each. The exercise is part of the division’s ongoing professional development programme for Police Officers. At a brief opening ceremony to officially begin the workshop, Divisional Commander for District ‘B’, Superintendent Lyndon David, stressed the importance of such an exercise.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 18, 2021 (SKNIS): The Department of Marine Resources is hosting a fishing tournament on Saturday, November 20– a day before the observation of World Fisheries Day on November 21. Director of the Department of Marine Resources, Dr. Marc Williams said in an interview, “The purpose of this tournament is to promote ocean pelagic fishery which has seen the most decline for St. Kitts and Nevis in 2021.” “The Department of Marine Resources is looking at the fishermen to target these species. From a management perspective when fishermen target ocean pelagic, the abundance of fish on the nearshore reefs get…