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Each Year we celebrate our History and Heritage in the month of February and this is done through many programs and activities designed to promote, share and educate our people about the country’s history and heritage. This year, the Trust will be introducing a new feature to our History and Heritage Agenda entitled, “Who do you know?” This featured presentation will give a glimpse into the lives of ordinary persons within our communities who would have and continue to make contributions to the development of our country and to improve the lives of others.Each week day in February, an individual will…

The general public, in particular businesses who will be preparing forValentine’s Day and other events are hereby reminded that you arerequired to obtain an import permit from the Department of Agriculturebefore placing an order to import plant material. Imported live plants,cut flowers and branches, seeds and produce require an Import Permitfrom the Department and a Phytosanitary Certificate from the country ofexport in order to be permitted entry. Please note that these measures are necessary to prevent the introductionof foreign plant pests and diseases into the Federation of St. Kitts andNevis and we anticipate your cooperation in the interest of protectingplant…

In a ceremony held on Friday January 22nd, The Cable Company launched its ‘Community Centre Wifi Initiative’ which will see free, full-time wireless Internet (’wifi’) access installed in all sixteen (16) Community Centres across St. Kitts. The launch ceremony was held at the St. Johnston Community Centre, the first Centre to be outfitted with ‘wifi’, and attended by representatives of The Cable, as well as Minister in charge of Information Technology and parliamentary representative for the area, the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett and Minister of Social Development and Gender Affairs, the Honourable Eugene Hamilton. In speaking of the company’s decision to…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, January 21, 2021: ​ Teachers from various primary schools in St. Kitts engaged in an interactive workshop aimed at examining the Language Arts Enhanced Curriculum that is currently undergoing technical review. Mrs. Amanda Edmead (Ag) Director of the Curriculum Development Unit (CDU), explained, that the Language Arts Workshop is part of a series of workshops that teachers will participate in during coming months. She added that the purpose of the Language Arts Workshop was to examine the curriculum and discuss ways it could be improved to facilitate ease of use amongst educators by fostering keen understanding of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 22, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Lindsay Grant, says the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is expected to complete the ‘De Strip’ Project within a six month period.The Honourable Minister announced this during the Prime Minister’s Monthly Press Conference on January 14 where he said that he is hopeful that the area of the strip would be completed by the second half of 2021.“We had some delays with the strip because we are still in the process of working out what exactly we are going to do with the matter for the sewage at…

Yesterday, 21st January 2021, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) launched 2021 as the United Nations designated year for the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour; to bring awareness to the issue of Child Labour and to implement programmes designed to eliminate child labour. The programme will utilize a three-pillow approach to act, inspire and scale up the fact that children deserve their childhood. In the region of the Americas, the issue of ‘Child Labour’ is being addressed through the Regional Initiative Latin America and the Caribbean Free from Child Labour, whose goal is to work towards the elimination…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, January 22, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has joined other Caribbean and world leaders in extending sincerest congratulations and best wishes to President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris who were sworn in as the 46th President and Vice President of the United States of America on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. PresidentBiden and his running mate Kamala Harris won the hard-fought and historic US Presidential election on November 03, 2020. Ina congratulatory letter to President Biden, Prime Minister Harris…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 22, 2021 (SKNIS): Cannabis “spliff” smokers in St. Kitts and Nevis are being strongly cautioned to strictly follow the law of the land and to refrain from smoking in public places.On Wednesday (January 20, 2021), Cromwell Henry, Superintendent of Police and Divisional Commander for District A, said that “while the possession of small amounts of cannabis has been decriminalized, its use in public is still a criminal offense.”The indiscriminate smoking of marijuana at events and on street corners should stop immediately, said the senior police officer.Section 6A (b) of the Drugs (Prevention and Abatement of the Misuse…

San Jose, 21 January 2020 (IICA) – In a congratulatory letter to the President of the United States, Joseph Biden, on his inauguration, the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero, highlighted the historic ties between the United States and the specialized agency for rural and agricultural development of the Inter-American System. In the letter, Otero underscored IICA’s firm commitment to “continuing to increase technical cooperation efforts” aimed at strengthening food security as well as mitigating and combating the sources of problems that affect countries in the Americas, such as climate change and mass…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 21, 2021) – Hon. Mark Brantley, Premier of Nevis, says his government intends to agitate for hotels, restaurants and supermarkets on the island to purchase food from local farmers and producers. During his address at the Nevis Ministry of Agriculture’s annual planning symposium, Agenda 2021, Mr. Brantley recognized Hotelier Mr. Richard Lupinacci, proprietor of The Hermitage Inn in Nevis as a friend of local agriculture, commending his business for utilizing local products on their menu, and calling on other businesses to emulate this practice. “We need really a renaissance in terms of our thinking, in terms of our approach…