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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 2, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Environment is pushing for a revised version of the National Conservation and Environment Protection Act of 1987.   This was announced during the June 30, 2021, edition of SKNIS’ ‘Working for You’ by the Director of the Department of Environment, June Hughes. “Our current legislation and our current Act is the National Conservation and Environment Protection Act 5 of 1987. Currently, we have a draft Act in place, a National Conservation and Environment Management Act (NCEPA) and the plan is to engage some key stakeholders to work with us to update that…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has secured an additional five thousand (5,000) doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine as part of its drive to ensure at least 70 percent of the population is inoculated against the deadly COVID-19 disease, thereby achieving herd immunity in the Federation. “Given the general global shortage of vaccines, I have been engaged with a number of CARICOM Heads and through bilateral diplomatic arrangements we have secured an additional 5,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines. These vaccines have an expiration…

My fellow citizens and residents, you are aware that Wednesday, June 30, 2021 was the final day for administering the remaining doses of AstraZeneca vaccines which we obtained from the Government of India and through the COVAX Facility. We began our vaccination roll out on February 22, 2021. By the final day we administered a total of 41,850 doses to our citizens and residents in St Kitts and Nevis bringing an end to that first phase of our vaccination rollout. 22,937 adults received at least one dose of the vaccine and 18,913 adults received two doses as is required…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, will deliver an address to the nation today, Friday, July 02 at 1:00pm on ZIZ Radio and Television. In his national address, Prime Minister Harris will update citizens and residents on the current COVID-19 situation in St. Kitts and Nevis.  Personsare urged to tune in to ZIZ Television (channel 5), ZIZ Radio (95.9, 96.1, 96.3, 96.9 FM or online at www.zizonline.com. The prime minister’s address will also be carried on the Facebook…

Fellow citizens, nationals and residents, as Minister with responsibility for Social Security, I greet you on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of Self-employed coverage. It was July 1st, 1996 that Social Security, in alignment with ILO’s Convention for universal coverage for all working persons; extended full coverage to those persons who created their own employment. Before this time, Self-employed persons, in some cases paid social security contributions on behalf of their employees but were not mandated by law to cover or rather protect their income when life contingencies occurred. In response to this, the Social Security Act No 13…

Brasilia, 30 June 2021 (IICA). Based on a mutual concern for preserving soil health, considered a primary resource, 30 years ago, a group of Argentine farmers partnered to promote sustainable practices and developed a new direct sowing-based model that today is replicated and carefully observed not only across the region, but also around the world.The organization is known as the Argentine No-Till Farmers Association (AAPRESID), whose president, David “Bachi” Roggero, shared some secrets behind the model of economic, social and environmental sustainability promoted by the organization in an interview with AgroAmerica, a program broadcast on the Brazilian TV network AgroMais.“We…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, 1st July 2021 — July 1st 2021, mark the 25th year since the introduction of Self-employed Coverage by the St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board. The aim from inception in 1996, was to ensure that entrepreneurs were provided with income protection and to uphold Social Security’s mandate to offer universal coverage for all workers. Before 1996, Self-employed Persons were unable to access the range of benefits offered by Social Security. To address this, the Social Security Act, No. 13 of 1977 was amended with Self-employed Regulations thereby providing the legal framework by which Self-employed persons derived…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 02, 2021 (SKNIS): The Government of National Unity continues to provide homes to the indigent and vulnerable. The most recent example of this was the handing-over ceremony on July 1, 2021, of a brand new home to Ms. Carleen Richardson, a resident of Tabernacle Village. The brief but significant ceremony, which was facilitated through the Department of Community Development and Social Services, had in attendance Prime Minister and Constituency Representative for Number 7, which includes Tabernacle, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris; the Hon. Wendy Phipps, who was the Minister Responsible for Community Development and Social Services at the time of conception of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 01, 2021 (SKNIS): The country’s vaccination ROLL UP 2 ROLL OUT programme has been making steady progress but more work needs to be done if the country is to achieve herd immunity. As the first phase of the vaccination programme came to an end on June 30, 2021, the Ministry of Health in its vaccination report #109 reported that 41,850 total doses had been administered representing 69.4 % of persons who have had at least the first dose. 18, 913 persons have received their second dose amounting to 57.2 percent. In order for herd immunity to be achieved 70 percent of the total adult population, which equates to 33,…

TAPATROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION STATEMENTANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES 3:10 PM ECT THU JUL 01 2021…TROPICAL STORM ELSA FORECAST TO STAY CLEAR OF THE AREA…THIS IS FOR THE LEEWARD ISLANDS AND BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS.THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM ELSA, WHICH WASPOTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FIVE. THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BECOME A STRONG TROPICAL STORM IN 24 HOURS AND IMPACT PARTS OF THE CARIBBEAN.THERE IS GROWING CONFIDENCE THAT THE CENTRE OF TROPICAL STORMELSA WILL PASS A SAFE DISTANCE, OVER 200 MILES, AWAY FROM THENORTHEAST CARIBBEAN AND SPARE THE AREA ANY SUSTAINED STORMFORCE…