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Basseterre: St. Kitts, July 11, 2021:​ In accordance with the recent Statutory Rules and Orders which makes clear the conditions for the reopening of early childhood centres, please be aware that all early childhood facilities will operate in accordance with the guidelines of the Ministry of Education. Therefore, parents and guardians are asked to note that all early childhood development centres will remain closed until they are authorized to provide service consistent with COVID- 19 protocols. A further announcement will be made after meeting with all Early Childhood providers. All Early Childhood employees are asked to present for work on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 10, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis has significantly reduced the quarantine period for incoming travellers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. In a national address on Saturday, July 10, 2021, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, announced that fully vaccinated travellers will only be required to quarantine for three days upon arrival into the twin-island Federation. “Quarantine for incoming fully vaccinated travellers will be reduced from nine days to three days with testing on the fourth day and released once the test is negative,” he stated. “Children under 18 years and accompanying their fully…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (July 8th, 2021) – In the past week the Hon. Lindsay F.P. Grant, Minister of Tourism, Transport and Ports appeared in two interviews, one on NBC Boston’s The Hub and one NBC Atlanta’s Atl & Co.In the interviews Minister Grant discussed some of the most popular sights in St. Kitts, like Brimstone Hill Fortress, the ongoing Five-Day Getaway promotion and hotel deals, and the Federation’s newest travel requirements that ask all visitors to be fully vaccinated.The segment in partnership with NBC in Boston, our fourth largest feeder market, will serve to generate support for the existing airlift via…

Basseterre, St. Kitts (July 8th, 2021) –  St. Kitts partnered with Modern Luxury on the development of a dedicated feature that has been published on three online magazines: Hamptons Magazine, Jezebel Magazine and Palm Beach Magazine, reaching affluent audiences in the Hamptons, Atlanta, and Palm Beach, supporting three of our largest gateway markets NYC, ATL and MIA.  The dedicated feature is focused on presenting St. Kitts’ luxury offerings while also presenting the current Five-Day Getaway promotion at St. Kitts Park Hyatt, third night free offer at the Four Seasons Resort Nevis and the special “live like a local rate” offered at…

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have the COVID-19 pandemic and the Region’s response high on the agenda for their 42nd Regular Meeting to he held online on the 5-6 July 2021. The impact of recent natural disasters, including the eruption of La Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the widespread flooding in Guyana and Suriname will also be examined. They are also expected to receive updates on Hurricane Elsa’s passage through several Member States. The Meeting will address several critical economic development matters including prioritizing regional food production and food security; the removal of regional roaming…

Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne, assumed the Chairmanship of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 1 July 2021. Prime Minister Browne succeeds Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, and will serve for the next six months. The Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minster holds responsibility for Services in the CARICOM Quasi Cabinet. He will chair the virtual Forty-second Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government which begins on Monday, 5 July.

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 10, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has set out a host of new measures that will come in effect from Monday, July 12 that will see the gradual reopening of the Federation’s economy and a return to near normalcy in everyday life for citizens and residents, while at the same time safeguarding the lives and livelihoods of the people.Thesemeasures will be in place for 14 days in the first instance. Thiscomes as the Federation has seen significant improvements in the COVID-19 situation in recent weeks,…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC®) is aware that some candidates may be noting some changes in their electronic timetables available in the CXC® online student portal. We are working to rectify the issue as quickly as possible. Students should be guided by their printed timetables as all examinations will be administered as scheduled. Where candidates may not have collected their printed timetable, they should review the master timetable on the CXC® website: https://www.cxc.org/downloadtimetables. CXC® apologies for any inconvenience caused at this time. 10th July, 2021

My fellow citizens and residents, your government has been working assiduously to contain the COVID-19 virus and to reopen our Country. Every decision we have made as a government, has been underpinned by our life first strategy – that is to protect the lives of all our citizens and residents.  In doing so we have been guided by the science and the advice of our technical team. The developments over the past several weeks have forced us to take some difficult decisions to contain the spread of the virus and save lives. We imposed initially a partial lockdown and curfew and…

1 SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 30 of 2021 Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 4) 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 9th July 2021 – Extra-Ordinary Gazette No. 42 of 2021] Part I Preliminary 1. Citation and duration.(1) TheseRegulationsmaybecitedastheEmergencyPowers(COVID-19)(No.4) Regulations, 2021. (2) TheseRegulationsshallcomeintoforcefrom5:01a.m.onMonday12thJuly,2021 and shall expire at 5:00 a.m. on Monday 26th July, 2021. 2. Interpretation.In these Regulations, “Court” includes the Magistrates’ Courts and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court; “COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act” means the COVID-19 (Prevention…