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Greetings viewers, listeners, citizens and residents. This year’s Child Abuse Prevention Week slated from November 20th – 25th is being celebrated under the theme “Leading with Prevention: Creating Awareness, Promoting Alliances & Strengthening Communities”. This week of activities is centered around the international observance of World Children’s Day which is celebrated on November 20th, and […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 19, 2022 (SKNIS): Eight gentlemen were recognized as positive role models and awarded for their outstanding contributions to St.   Kitts and Nevis at a ceremony on Friday (November 18) organized by the Ministry of Gender Affairs in celebration of International Men’s Day. International Men’s Day is observed annually on November 19, […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, November 19, 2022 (SKNIS): Males across St. Kitts and Nevis who are making a positive impact in society are being applauded for their contributions in shaping a stronger and more resilient twin-island Federation as the nation observes International Men’s Day on Saturday (November 19, 2022). The global theme for the annual observance […]

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) is aware of the recent collapse of FTX (registered as FTX Digital Markets Ltd) headquartered in The Bahamas, which was reported to be a significant player in the crypto space.  The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has since suspended the registration of this entity and appointed provisional liquidators for […]

Friday, 18 November 2022 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana):The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a structured and unified approach to the Caribbean’s response to the HIV epidemic, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (Guyana), provided thirty-three (33) programme planners and health care service providers with the opportunity […]

St. Catherine, Jamaica, 15 November 2022- As the intensifying impacts of climate change continue tothreaten water and food security in Jamaica, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UnitedNations (FAO) together with the Government of Mexico and Government of Jamaica are taking steps toensure farmers have the tools and expertise to be climate- resilient. As […]

(Sharm EL Sheikh) The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) andthe Barbados Water Authority (BWA) today signed, at the CARICOM Pavilion atCOP27 in Egypt, a Subsidiary Agreement in relation to the USD $50 million Reduce,Reuse, and Recycle for Climate Resilience Wastewater systems (3R-CReWS) projectrecently approved by the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at […]

The Government of Canada is pleased to announce that Canadian officials will be in Saint Kitts and Nevisfrom 05 to 07 December 2022 to carry out biometric processing for persons wishing to obtain visas. As part of the visa application process, nationals from Saint Kitts and Nevis must provide biometric information(fingerprints and a photo) when […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, November 17, 2022 (SKNIS) – The Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship as part of its Global Entrepreneurship week 2022 celebrations held a CannaBiz panel discussion on November 16, 2022. During the panel discussion, Attorney General the Hon. Garth Wilkins spoke to the existing laws that deal with the regulation of Cannabis […]

BASSETERRE, ST KITTS, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2022: The criminal matter, COP v Larry Vaughn. The prosecution of Criminal matters is guided by a two staged test. The first being whether there is sufficient evidence to meet the charge and the second being whether it is in the public’s interest to take the matter to trial. Upon […]