Archive for April 28th, 2022

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will hold a live radio and online discussion on Thursday, 28 April 2022, on the Population and Housing Census. Among the participants on the interactive radio talk show will be CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis, and Director, Regional Statistics, Dr. Philomen Harrison, Directors of Statistics and Chief Statistics Officers, and representatives […]

GENEVA (ILO News) – The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that effective collaboration between employers, workers and governments is the best way to implement Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) measures that can save lives in this and the next crisis, says a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO). Learning from what was achieved in […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 27, 2022 (SKNIS):  Kevin Hope, Executive Director of St. Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce (SKNCIC), said that the institution remains highly committed to working together with relevant stakeholders to promote a safe and healthy working environment in the Federation. Mr. Hope was at the time appearing on ‘Working for […]

CHARLESTOWN, NEVIS, April 25, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Active longstanding members of the Nevis Co-operative Credit Union (NCCU) Limited, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, are giving thanks that their credit union has not only served them well, but it has at the same time contributed to the country’s economic development. Celebrating under the theme ‘Consistency, Financial Security […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 25, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – In observation of the 10-day period of mourning for Ambassador His Excellency Vance W. Amory, there will not be a new episode of the popular Leadership Matters programme with Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris on Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The 10-day […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 22, 2022 (SKNIS): Scores of citizens filed into Government Headquarters over two days (April 21- 22, 2022) to view the casket bearing His Excellency Vance Amory. The casket lay in State until 3 pm on Friday, April 22, 2022 – the second and final day in the Capital, Basseterre. Persons also […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 22, 2022 (Citizenship by Investment Unit): The St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit advises that a fake news blog pretending to be a bona fide news outlet in the Middle East has published untrue and defamatory allegations seeking to damage St. Kitts and Nevis’ highly successful Citizenship By Investment Programme. […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 22, 2022 (Citizenship by Investment Unit): The St. Kitts and Nevis Citizenship by Investment Unit advises that a fake news blog pretending to be a bona fide news outlet in the Middle East has published untrue and defamatory allegations seeking to damage St. Kitts and Nevis’ highly successful Citizenship By Investment Programme. […]

SAN JOSE, 22 April 2022 (IICA). In response to a direct request from its Member States, the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) is expanding its support for the national and regional development of biotechnology, an area in which it has been conducting work for more than 15 years, based on the premise that it is […]

Stories of women’s leadership in Pesticide Management in the Caribbean  April 21, 2022 – Bridgetown, Barbados – When hurricane Maria made landfall in Dominica in 2017, it caused widespread devastation and the impact of this category 5 hurricane was catastrophic for this Small Island Developing State (SID). As Dominicans grappled with the immediate aftermath of the hurricane, including the loss […]