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Wednesday, July 21, 2021 — Following the appointment of a senior Caribbean diplomat to the cabinet of the new World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, CARICOM Chairman Prime Minister Gaston Browne has commended the Director-General for living up to promises she made to both the OECS and CARICOM Heads of Governments. Ambassador Stephen Fevrier, who heads the OECS mission in Geneva at the WTO, has been recruited by Dr. Ngozi to be a senior advisor to the WTO Director-General. Ambassador Fevrier’s appointment follows meetings held between the CARICOM Heads of Governments and the Director-General earlier in the year. During those meetings, Dr.…

 The Korean Ambassador to Costa Rica, Kim Jinhae (second from left); the Director General of the Office for Technological Cooperation of the Korean Rural Development Administration (RDA), Kwon Taek-Ruoun, and the Director General of IICA, Manuel Otero, visited the Interpretation Center of Tomorrow for Agriculture (CIMAG) and the Fab Lab Digital Manufacturing laboratory at IICA’s headquarters in San José.San Jose, 21 July 2021 – The Republic of Korea and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) are exploring synergies to drive technological innovation in agriculture in the Americas in an effort to strengthen food security and mitigate the impacts of climate…

Wednesday, July 21, 2021 — Among the global leaders scheduled to share their inspiring stories at the OECS People Summit 2021 is word-renowned Speaker, Trainer and Author – Brian Tracy. The inaugural event, scheduled to be held virtually on July 29th 2021, will feature global leaders with real stories and actionable solutions. Join Brian and the other “Titans” at the OECS People Summit on July 29th, 2021 and learn first-hand how these stellar global leaders mastered the art of leading from the front and back, adapting and evolving when it was important, to ensure their nations, regions and corporations achieved unprecedented success! Continue your journey…

PRESS RELEASE (July. 21, 2021) — The St Kitts National Youth Parliament Association wishes to empower young persons through its Ward-Hanley Scholarship & Mentorship Program, which aims to offer academic support with the provision of guidance and educational materials to each recipient. In alignment with the Association’s motto “Equality and Justice in Nation Building”, SKNYPA has decided to provide an opportunity to assist parents and their new high school students with the skills and assets needed to successfully navigate this new field of scholastic mobility. As such, the program provides the awardee with a monetary award to purchase school supplies…

As of July 20, 2021, fifty-five (55) residents at Her Majesty’s Prison and six (6) members ofstaff have fully recovered from the COVID-19 virus. They were given the all-clear by healthofficials after having two negative tests recently. Currently, there is one (1) resident and eleven(11) members of staff who are still considered active cases. They are all in a stable conditionat this time and the members of staff who are still positive remain in isolation. Personnel andresidents at the Prison Farm in Nevis were tested twice after being exposed to a member ofstaff with the virus and both tests were…

Geneva/New York City, 22 July 2021 – COVID-19 vaccine inequity will have a lasting and profound impact on socio-economic recovery in low- and lower-middle income countries without urgent action to boost supply and assure equitable access for every country, including through dose sharing, according to new data released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the University of Oxford. An acceleration in scaling up manufacturing and sharing enough vaccine doses with low-income countries could have added $38 billion to their GDP forecast for 2021 if they had similar vaccination rates as high income countries.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 22, 2021 (SKNIS): Street vending in St. Kitts will be better organized and structured in the coming weeks and months as the government continues to create more opportunities to streamline the activity and boost the prospects of vendors while enhancing the look and feel of Basseterre. Many micro business owners or vendors, the majority selling agricultural produce, are now operating from the Basseterre Public Market, which is centralized and offers a safer environment for all buyers and sellers. Additionally, food trucks will soon operate from a new location on North Independence Square Street. Other areas around the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 22, 2021 (SKNIS): Superintendent in the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Cromwell Henry, said that although vendors have a right to peddle their wares and ply their trade, it must not put an obstacle in the way of pedestrians accessing public spaces including sidewalks. “How do we balance the individual right to earn a living or to work with the public’s collective right to use a public space?” asked Superintendent Henry while speaking on ‘Working for You’ on July 21, 2021. He said it is the role of the Government to make sure that this balance is attained. “Government has a responsibility to…

Today Wednesday 21 st July, 2021 His Excellency The Governor-General Sir S W Tapley Seaton, GCMG,CVO,QC,JP,LLD at Government House Saint Kitts held the presentation of Credentials by two Ambassadors accredited to the Federation. The Ceremony was conducted virtually. Firstly, His Excellency Mr Sergey S. Petrovich Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation (Russia) to Saint Kitts and Nevis. His Excellency has had previous diplomatic postings in Sweden and Ireland. His Excellency the Governor-General and the Ambassador explored the areas of cooperation between the two countries following the establishment of diplomatic relations on 23rd September, 2003. Areas of possible cooperation…

Almost half (46%) of the world’s 1.7 million children living with HIV were not on treatment in 2020 and 150 000 children were newly infected with HIV, four times more than the 2020 target of 40 000 GENEVA, 21 July 2021—In the final report from the Start Free, Stay Free, AIDS Free initiative, UNAIDS and partners* warn that progress towards ending AIDS among children, adolescents and young women has stalled and none of the targets for 2020 were met. The report shows that the total number of children on treatment declined for the first time, despite the fact that nearly 800…