Archive for March 22nd, 2023

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 22, 2023 (SKNIS) – Prime Minister and Minister of National Security of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew joined other Heads of Government for the Regional Security System (RSS) at the RSS Council of Ministers Meeting currently taking place at the Radisson Beach Resort in Grenada today, March 22, […]

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Wednesday, March 22, 2023) — National Statistical Office (NSO) representatives from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member Statesgathered in Barbados on March 20 and March 21 for the final Project Steering Committee meeting of the Canada-funded Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC). Launched in 2015, the CAD$19.5 million initiative, implemented by Statistics Canada, worked to build capacity of NSOs in 14 CARICOM countries and […]

Castries – Saint Lucia – 22nd March 2023 – The Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is shining the spotlight on its first female Chairperson of the Board of Directors, Ms. Shaniqua Carey-Brown of St. Kitts and Nevis. Chairperson Carey-Brown was appointed to the Board in October 2022, and has since skillfully guided the Board in providing oversight of the electronic communications regulatory system in the ECTEL Member States via virtual meetings. On 9th March 2023 she chaired the 94th meeting of the ECTEL Board […]

Belize City, Wednesday, 22 March 2023 (CRFM)—High-level delegations from several Member States of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) will participate this week in the Blue Justice Conference 2023, billed by organizers as the largest global high-level event on transnational organised crime in the global fishing industry. The Blue Justice Caribbean Hub—to be housed in Jamaica—will […]

Safeguarding Reef Fish and Queen Conch fisheries in the wider Caribbean – top important matters of Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission meetings 17 March, 2023 – San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Working Groups on Spawning Aggregations and Queen Conch of the Western Central Atlantic Fishery Commission (WECAFC), convened hybrid meetings on 14-15 and 16 March […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 21, 2023 (SKNIS): Joshua Williams, Cornerback for the reigning NFL (National Football League) Super Bowl Champions Kansas City Chiefs, is visiting St. Kitts and Nevis to meet his extended family and explore his roots to the twin-island Federation. Joshua Williams is the son of George Williams, a national who resided in […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 21, 2023 (SKNIS): The Small Business Development Centre (SBDC) within the Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship hosted the second in a series of customer training workshops for small business owners on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at CUNA Conference Centre. Permanent Secretary (PS) of Small Business, Delrine Taylor, welcomed the participants and […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 21, 2023 (SKNIS): The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) will host its annual Caribe Wave Tsunami Exercise on Thursday, March 23, 2023. The purpose of the Caribe Wave Tsunami exercise is to test the Federation’s preparedness and response protocols such as emergency communications and evacuation procedures. The NEMA is thereby calling on all […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 21, 2023 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, welcomed the launch of the Seniors’ Day Programme, noting that it will help to improve and enrich the lives of the retired participants. At the launching ceremony on Monday (March 20, 2023) at the Newtown Community Centre, […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 21, 2022 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis in its efforts to continue to provide and grow the water services within the Federation has elected to invest 200 million dollars into the Water Services Department over the span of 5 to 10 years. During his World Water Day 2023 address on […]