Archive for June 15th, 2023

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 5 June 2023):    The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Kingston, Jamaica on 16-17 May 2023, under the Chairmanship of Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. […]

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 — The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will celebrate its 42nd Anniversary on June 18,  2023 under the theme “Vision. Integration. Sustainability. Progress”.  To commemorate this special milestone and highlight the success of our integration movement, OECS Colours Day 2023 is scheduled for Friday, June 16, 2023.  Last year OECS Colours Day was successfully […]

A wide cross-section of Haitian stakeholders, a microcosm of Haitian society, met in Kingston, Jamaica, at the invitation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 11-13 June 2023.  Stakeholders welcomed the inclusive nature of the meeting. The meeting sought to facilitate inclusive dialogue among Haitian stakeholders in an effort to find a solution to the protracted multi-dimensional […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 14, 2023: Climate Finance, a necessity for Caribbean countries faced with multiple threats from Climate Change, is the focus of the 2023 William G. Demas Memorial Lecture to be delivered by the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, (UNFCCC) Mr. Simon Stiell at the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) […]

BASSETERRE (15th June, 2023): The St. Kitts Music Festival presents the first ever Festival Jump Off, which will take place on Saturday 17th June, 2023. The road-jam session features the Nu Vybes Band International, Grand Masters Band, E.K. and DJ Smudge. The Festival Jump Off will commence at 5am from the Newtown Fisheries Complex, Bay Road, and proceed towards the […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 15, 2023: The Caribbean Development Bank, (CDB) on June 13, 2023, launched its 2023 Youth for Innovation and Resilience (Youth FIRE) Programme aimed at supporting inclusive and equitable development in the Region through youth empowerment and engagement. The launch was held at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Saint Lucia. Scheduled to […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 14, 2023 (SKNIS) – The Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew spent quality time with the children of the Louisa Grant Pre-School in Conaree Village by reading to them today, June 14.    Prime Minister Dr. Drew’s story-telling session with the students was designed to help engrave the […]

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, June 14, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO) – Saint Kitts and Nevis has taken a decision to join with fellow Caribbean countries to observe July 4 as a national holiday, to commemorate the Fiftieth (50th) Anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). One of the decisions emanating from the Forty-Fourth […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 14, 2023 (Cabinet Secretariat): The Cabinet Ministers met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, The Honourable Dr Terrance Drew, on Tuesday, June 13th, 2023, and made several important decisions to improve the welfare of our people. The Honourable Minister of Youth Empowerment et al, Isalean Phillip, shared that a Youth Unemployment Taskforce […]

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, June 14, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO) – Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew will assume chairmanship of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) when the OECS Authority holds its 73rd meeting in Saint Kitts and Nevis. The incoming chairman will be among speakers at the opening ceremony on Sunday […]