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FAO Director-General addresses the opening ceremony along with UN Secretary-General and Italian Prime Minister 24/07/2023 Rome- The UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) kicked off on Monday at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome with a high-level opening ceremony attended by over 20 heads of State and Government, […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 24, 2023 (SKNIS) – The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) has resumed training for recruits, with thirty-one (31) newcomers now enrolled in training Course No.46. Recruits of Course No. 46 Speaking at the opening ceremony for the training today, Monday, July 24 at the Police Training Complex, Prime Minister […]

The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (“ECSC”) mourns the passing of Her Ladyship,the Hon. Dame Monica Joseph, CBE, DBE, Retired High Court Judge, who died onThursday, 6 th July 2023. Born in the Spice Isle of Grenada, Dame Monica Joseph was called to the Bar inNovember 1966 at Lincoln’s Inn in the United Kingdom. Throughout her […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 24, 2023 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew said “We are heading in the right direction” in relation to the European Union’s acknowledgment and written declaration that the trans-Atlantic slave trade and slavery were morally wrong at the recently concluded EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels, Belgium […]

July 19, 2023 – BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has committed USD1.8 million to support the development of the region’s creative industries. This Bank’s Board recently approved the injection into the institution’s Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), a multi-donor endowment, established in 2017 to encourage innovation, job creation and improved enterprise sustainability within […]

July 21, 2023 – BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a USD 7.6 million loan to boost youth participation and engagement in socially-inclusive, gender-responsive, and environmentally-resilient business enterprises in Saint Lucia.  The initiative, aimed at 15 to 35-year-olds, will provide a ‘one-stop solution’ for grant and loan financing as well as training and mentorship under […]

(Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 20, 2023);A two-member team of technical experts from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), met with Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives, Miguel Flemming during a tour of the Department of Marine Resources and its affiliate facilities on Tuesday, 11th July 2023. The meeting […]

(Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 21 2023);All media houses, farmers, fishers and members of the public are invited to join the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday, 27th July 2023, for the official 25% by 2025 Agenda Launch ceremony. The meeting is set to begin at 10:00 a.m. in the Large Conference Room of the Department of […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 21 2023);On Friday, 21st July 2023, Minister of Agriculture et. al, Honourable Samal Duggins announced that the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives successfully secured funding and approval to purchase two new tractors that will aid in the enhancement of land preparation services to bring relief to farmers. The […]

The collaboration will support disaster preparedness and response in the Federation Humanitarian Vessel, MV DAWN, arrives at Port Zante, Basseterre, to support the disaster resiliency efforts  Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 22, 2023 (SKNIS): – Beginning on Sunday, July 23, 2023, Global Support and Development (GSD), a humanitarian organization whose mission is to rapidly respond to disasters in […]