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Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 5, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Agriculture launched the Peace Initiative Agricultural Programme on March 4, 2021, in the Conference Room at the Department of Agriculture in Laguerite.Speaking to the attendees at the ceremony, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Honourable Alexis Jeffers, said that “This initiative is one that we would have worked on as a ministry and as a department with the hope of ensuring that we are putting you front and center with the development of the sector.”“The future of agriculture starts with all of us inside here today and we have…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 05, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis started its vaccination programme with the Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine on February 22, however, Minister of Health, The Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett is advising citizens and residents that adhering to the non-pharmaceutical measures are still important and necessary. Minister Byron-Nisbett said this during her support of the Bill shortly entitled COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed into law on March 04, 2021, at a Sitting of Parliament.The Bill clarified whether a person is properly wearing a face mask. Section Eight, Subsection One, of the Act was…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 05, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The state-owned radio station, ZIZ Radio, is today, Friday, March 05, celebrating its 60th anniversary of broadcasting in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Theradio station of ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) officially came into operation on Sunday, March 05, 1961. PrimeMinister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris acknowledged the corporation’s milestone in a statement during Thursday’s (March 04) Sitting of the National Assembly. PrimeMinister Harris said like many well-known international media organisations, the name ZIZ resonates with many if not all citizens and residents of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 5, 2021 (SKNIS): Parliamentary Representative for Constituency #4, The Honourable Lindsay Grant, supported the Bill shortly entitled the Jury (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was passed into law at the sitting of the National Assembly on March 4, 2021.Minister Grant said that the Bill is to “facilitate the criminal procedure rules which are to come on board very shortly.”“I must say Mr. Speaker that the amendment that we seek to make with respect to the Jury Act is really very late in coming,” he said.He continued, “This is because nearly all our Jury Acts within the Eastern Caribbean…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 4, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — St. Kitts and Nevis is one of the very few countries in the world that have put in place measures which have successfully contained the spread of Covid-19, but the Ministry of Health is assuring that the success is not at the expense of government’s efforts in eradicating non-communicable diseases. “If I have Covid-19, I get into your space, you get Covid-19,” observed Minister of Health the Hon Akilah Byron-Nisbett. “You can get sick, you can die. It is the measures that we are taking, wearing our masks, and social distancing is what…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 05, 2021 (SKNIS): The Criminal Procedures (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was successfully passed on March 4, 2021, during the Sitting of Parliament, received support from the Honourable Jonel Powell, Minister of Education, Youth, Sports and Culture.“This Bill forms part of a suite of three bills which need an amendment in order to facilitate the conferment of powers of the Chief Justice to establish rules, criminal procedure rules to be exercised within the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court,” said Minister Powell.Minister Powell expressed that in his capacity as an Attorney-at-Law, he appreciates the rules that are outlined in the…

Bridgetown, Barbados March 4, 2021 – The CDEMA Coordinating Unit has officially deployed Superintendent Sylvan McIntyre of Grenada to assist authorities in St. Vincent and the Grenadines with the effusive eruption at the La Soufriere Volcano. Commencing March 1, 2021, Superintendent McIntyre will spend six weeks supporting the national disaster office with the ongoing volcano crisis under the Regional Response Mechanism (RRM). Superintendent McIntyre looks forward to a successful intervention as he represents the CARICOM Operational Support Team (COST) of CDEMA through his wealth of expertise. He said, “I feel first and foremost humbled to be recognised as one of…

March 5, 2021, BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – A transition to paperless operations has started at the Port of Bridgetown, Barbados with the commencement of a European Union (EU) funded project. The transformation will introduce a Port Community System (PCS), an automated online platform which will integrate users in the public and private sector and reduce logistics costs for the port’s main stakeholders.The system will simplify many complex manual processes related to arriving and departing cargo at the Port, increasing overall efficiency. Daniel Best, Director Projects Department at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announced the initiative at a launch on March 3 stating that “Barbados’ small open economy will…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 05, 2021 (SKNIS): The Team Unity Cabinet of Ministers met on Monday, March 01, 2021, at the Ministry of Finance Conference Room, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris. Several issues affecting the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis were deliberated on. Cabinet began after the chair and several members of Cabinet had attended the funeral service for Beatrice Llewellyn Lam, and Cabinet recorded its condolences to her children and extended family. The Chair of the Cabinet, Ministers of Health and Foreign Affairs, other officials from the Ministry of Health, and members of…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 05, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – With more than two thousand (2,000) persons vaccinated against the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the end of day on Wednesday March 03, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris said it is clear that the Government’s public education programme on the importance of taking the vaccination jab is resonating well with citizens and residents across St. Kitts and Nevis. Ina statement read during Thursday’s (March 04) Sitting of the National Assembly, Prime Minister Harris said he was encouraged by the significant increases in the…