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Thursday, June 30, 2022 — The business environment in the OECS region is being boosted by strengthening the voice of the region’s private sector. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) through its Competitive Business Unit (CBU) with support from the European Union (EU) launched the Project for the Revitalisation and Sustainability of the OECS Business […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 30, 2022 (SKNIS): Deputy Prime Minister, the Honourable Eugene Hamilton, expressed the deepest appreciation on behalf of a grateful Federation to six nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis, whom he described as “outstanding models” to the nation. The six were officially presented the Companion Star of Merit on Wednesday (June 29, 2022) […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 30, 2022 (SKNIS): The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has announced three new measures designed to provide relief to consumers facing high electricity bills. The measures include a moratorium (hold) on arrears of electricity bills, a freeze on disconnection of electricity service, provided that consumers pay the current portion of their […]

Geneva/Washington DC, 30 June 2022 – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and Unitaid today launched a five-year, US$ 2.6 million partnership to scale-up regional and national efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of Chagas disease. Chagas is a neglected tropical disease endemic to Latin America, where it kills more people than any other parasite-borne infection. The infection […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 30, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis which through the St. Kitts Sustainable Destination Council of the Ministry of Tourism first participated in the ‘Plastic Free July’ campaign in 2017, is all geared up for this year’s participation under the theme ‘Be part of the solution – help end plastic […]

Washington D.C., 29 June 2022 (PAHO) – As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in the Americas, with new infections increasing by 13.9% from last week, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Carissa F. Etienne has called for countries to prepare their health systems to address the long-term impact of post-COVID condition (commonly known as long COVID), […]

The St. Kitts and Nevis Site of The University of the West Indies Open Campus held a virtual Certificate Giving Ceremony on Wednesday, 22nd June 2022, for persons who completed professional development courses last semester,  Semester 2 of 2021/2022. The classes were held online with participants from St. Kitts, Nevis, Grenada, St. Lucia and Trinidad […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 30, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – With a number of external forces continuing to drive up the costs of living, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has implemented a number of measures aimed at mitigating the negative effects on its citizens and residents. These measures were […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 29, 2022 (SKNIS): Six exemplary nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis were invested with the 2021 National Honours Awards for their exceptional contribution to the development of the Federation at an investiture ceremony held by His Excellency the Governor-General Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at Government House. This year’s […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 29, 2022 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has always had a culture of reciprocity among its citizens, and, to no surprise, the citizens of the Federation continue to give back with the latest initiative being the beautification of the tunnel at the Camps Roundabout. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of […]