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1) On February 21st 2021, acting pursuant to section 65 (2) (c) of the Constitution of theFederation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, I took over two private criminal complaintsinstituted by Dr. Terrence Drew against Mr. Eugene Hamilton. The Complaints chargedMr. Hamilton with the offences of Bribery contrary to section 108 (1) (c ) and Treatingcontrary to section 109 (a) of the National Assembly Elections Act, Cap 2.01 of theRevised Edition of the Laws of the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis. 2) The charge of bribery alleged that Mr. Hamilton between the 29th day of May and the5th day of…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, April 27, 2021: The prize giving ceremony for the Charles A. Halbert Public Library Readathon was held on Friday April 23, at the library under the theme: On your Mark, Get Set, Ready: Read Ms. Petrine Clarke, Librarian and chairperson of the event expressed that there was an adjustment made in the readathon setting due to Covid-19 protocols. “Due to Covid-19 protocols we adjusted the setting. This year we allowed all participants to select their books, take them to the comfort of their homes, read, then return the following day to be questioned”, she said. Amongst the…

(EMU) – St. Kitts, April 27, 2021: The Ministry of Education Invites all retired and past colleagues of Mrs.Yvonne Bagnall (Evelyn) to join us in tribute to the late teacher on the occasion of her Home Going Service. Practise for this event will be held on Thursday April 29th at 4pm at the Early Childhood Development Unit on Victoria Road. We ask you to kindly participate in this event in honour of Mrs Bagnall Evelyn’s memory.

Monday, April 26, 2021 — Entrepreneurs and innovators in the Eastern Caribbean now have additional support to scale-up and expand their enterprises. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen the regional legal and regulatory architecture necessary to support the protection and monetization of intangible assets and other forms of intellectual property in the region. This revised agreement represents a new chapter in an ongoing collaboration between the two entities aimed at ensuring the value of OECS creativity and innovation is properly harnessed and protected. The Caribbean…

26 April, 2021, Bridgetown, Barbados – Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) is the first country in the Caribbean to have carried out an individual food consumption survey using a tailor made software (myfood24) which collects information on what people eat and drink over the previous 24-hour period (24-hour recalls). The FAO-funded survey was carried out between November 2020 and January 2021 and included a representative sample of adults between 18 and 65 years. The University of the West Indies, Federal University of Paraná, Ministry of Health on behalf of the Government of Saint Kitts and Nevis (UWI), and the Food…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 26, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, while advising people not to take for granted what they have, is encouraging everyone to give thanks to God for the gift of knowledge to mankind and reminding all to see their cup as half full instead of half empty. “The little things that we take for granted are some of the very blessings which God has bestowed upon us,” said Prime Minister Harris. “We take for granted for example this morning we wake up, and today somebody died – and it is not us.”…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 26, 2021 (Department of Culture): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has ratified a few of UNESCO’s international conventions, since joining this UN specialised agency in Paris in 1983. The most recent being the 2003 Convention for Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expression, in April 2016.This has allowed St. Kitts and Nevis to access UNESCO’s resources and expertise in protecting these specific cultural features.As a result of a constructive relationship that exists between St. Kitts and Nevis and UNESCO, this international…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 26, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – As the CARICOM region observes Vaccination Week in the Americas 2021 this week (April 24-30), Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, is calling for greater public education programmes to combat the growing trend of vaccine hesitancy in the Caribbean, particularly as it relates to the COVID-19 vaccines. “We already have a culture that values and embraces immunization. However, there are strong pockets of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and skepticism. These must be addressed through targeted messaging and sensitization,” said…

BARBADOS, 22 APRIL 2021 – The Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN), in collaboration withUNICEF and several regional partners, is launching the “Stay Alive and Thrive” Climate Action Campaignto raise public awareness about the urgent need to mitigate and adapt to climate change across theCaribbean and around the globe. Caribbean residents and concerned citizens worldwide are invited tosign the campaign’s petition at www.stayaliveandthrive.org The Stay Alive and Thrive campaign features twenty-six Caribbean Youth Ambassadors that have cometogether to rally their peers, the public and political leaders to let their voices be heard at the 26thConference of Parties (COP26) – a global…

Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday received Guyana’s new Ambassador to CARICOM H.E. George Talbot, in a ceremony which also highlighted the country’s lead role in the Caribbean Community’s food production and food security. Guyana holds lead responsibility for Agriculture, Agricultural Diversification and Food Security in the CARICOM Quasi-Cabinet, and President H.E. Irfaan Ali earlier this year presented to his colleague Heads of Government, a Food Production and Food Security Agenda which outlines in detail the strategy and action plan for transforming the agriculture sector in CARICOM. “The Secretariat looks forward to working closely with you and your colleagues on…