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Basseterre, St. Kitts., May 17, 2021 (SKNIS): The Hon. Jonel Powell, the Federation’s Minister for Education, Youth, Culture, and Sports, stressed the need for UNESCO and developed nations to assist small island developing states in calibrating education for sustainable development (ESD) elements in curricular structures, with relevance to the social, economic, and political context of small islands communities. The Minister was one of the fifty-plus education ministers to be invited on 17th May to virtually address the UNESCO World Conference ESD 2021 at a special Ministerial Roundtable on Implementing ESD for 2030. The conference was hosted in cooperation with the Federal Ministry of…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, April 22, 2021: The Ministry of Education hasembarked on an outreach program featuring school meetings that willsensitize parents and guardians of primary school aged children to the NewEnhanced Curriculum.Mr. Francil Morris, Deputy Chief Education Officer, explained the reason forthese sessions as he addressed those in attendance at one of the sessions heldat the Beach Allen Primary School on Wednesday May 12, 2021.“The Ministry of Education has embarked upon a number of sessions forparents and guardians as it relates to our Enhanced Curriculum, that is beingpiloted currently on grades four and six. We have to make sure that…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 15, 2021 (SKNIS): Across the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis countless persons are taking advantage of the opportunity to get vaccinated within their communities. Prime Minister Dr. The Hon. Timothy Harris applauded the ongoing community vaccination roll-out on May 15, 2021, at the Sylvia Garnette Primary Healthcare Facility, while calling for even more persons to stop the hesitance and get vaccinated now as the vaccine is still free and accessible. “The vaccination drive is an effort to ensure that as many persons are able to access the vaccine in a manner that is convenient. We have…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, May 13, 2021: In an address to the nation on May 142021, Minister of Education, Honourable Jonel Powell, announced that theirwill be no test of standards in 2021, however, schools will be responsible fordesigning their own assessments.“There will be no Test of Standards for the primary schools this year. Allprimary schools will be responsible for the development and implementationof their End of Year Assessment under the guidance and support of theCurriculum Development Unit (CDU)”, he said.Minister Powell also explained that the same method of placement used forstudents transitioned from primary to the secondary schools last year wouldbe…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 14, 2021 (SKNIS): Emergencies and disasters can occur at any time in a split second and a rapid response time is often the difference between life and death.On this week’s (May 12, 2021) edition of Working for You, Fire Sub-Station Officer Timothy Martin of the St. Kitts-Nevis Fire and Rescue Services strongly encouraged the public to keep emergency numbers close to hand to reduce any delays in response time.“Store emergency numbers in your phones,” Mr. Martin stated. “People don’t sleep with a telephone directory next to them but trust me you will have your phone – whether it is…

BASSETERRE (14th May, 2021): This month’s issue of Ocean Drive, a luxury magazine circulated throughout South Florida, featured the Park Hyatt St. Kitts in a story highlighting some of the best Caribbean escapes located just a few hours from Florida. The editor noted that the décor and architecture “capture the essence of St. Kitts’ rich, historic roots” and highlighted some of the amenities available to guests of the Park Hyatt St. Kitts. The story was published in-print, the full issue is available online, and the story was also posted to the magazine’s website.Ocean Drive was first published 1993 and is a part…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 14, 2021 (SKNIS): As the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis continues to further deepen its commitment to food and nutrition security within the Federation, it continues to make strides to further develop various sectors such as Agriculture and Marine Resources.The Department of Agriculture in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organisation and St. Kitts and Nevis Coast Guard through the Climate Change Adaptation in the Eastern Caribbean Fisheries Sector (CC4FISH) project held a VHF Radio Training programme on May 12 at the Department of Marine Resources.The aim of this training is to ensure the safety and…

BASSETEREE, St. Kitts, May 14, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris had the opportunity today (Friday, May 14) to again share with the international community St. Kitts and Nevis’ effective all-of-society approach to containing and managing the COVID-19 pandemic and returning the nation to the path of a stronger, safer future. TheSt. Kitts and Nevis prime minister was a special guest on Bloomberg QuickTake – a global streaming news network. Launched in 2017, Bloomberg QuickTake features live news throughout the day as well as documentary-style original series focusing on…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 14, 2021 (SKNIS): Officers within St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services (SKNFRS) said that responding to fires and other emergencies has improved over the years with the introduction of new and modern firefighting equipment.“Our response time has improved over the years, still improving as we get the modern equipment, but there is still some factors that would affect our response, external factors, not anything much to do with internal like firefighting really,” said Rommel Williams, Fire Sub-Station Officer Level II from the SKNFRS on the May 12 edition of Working for You. “We are in a…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 14, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services is cautioning the general public to cease and desist from lighting wildfires as most of them are willfully done. During an interview on the popular radio and television show ‘Working for You’ on May 12, 2021,Fire Sub-Station Officer Level Two, Rommel Williams, and Sub-Station Officer, Timothy Martin explained the causes of wildfires in the Federation Mr. Williams said that the causes of wildfires vary as wildfires can either occur naturally or through human activity. However, it is his belief that most of the fires which occur within…