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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 26, 2023 (SKNIS): Females dominated at the Independence 40 Drill Competition on Friday (September 22, 2023), earning awards in all but two areas. The drill competition was staged at the Basseterre Bay Road. It was contested by representatives from the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF), His Majesty’s Prison, St. […]

San José, 25 September 2023 (IICA) – The 2023 Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the Americas, which will take place in October in Costa Rica, will be a great opportunity to exchange knowledge and experiences and promote the sustainability of agriculture in the Hemisphere in the face of the great global environmental, climate and food security […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, September 25, 2023 (SKNYPA) — Mr. Hasani McDonald has been successfully elected as President of the St. Kitts National Youth Parliament Association (SKNYPA) following its Annual General Meeting on Sunday, September 24, 2023. Results from Sunday’s AGM will see Mr. Jalen Monzac serving as Vice President; Ms. Trosonya Douglas as General Secretary; Mr. Vikell Edwards-Douglas as Treasurer and Ms. Malyka Howell as Public Relations Officer. The electoral process […]

San José, September 22, 2023 (IICA). The ministers of agriculture of the Americas will be meeting in San José, Costa Rica, from October 3-5 to discuss a wide-ranging work program. Several presidents, a Nobel Prize laureate and a World Food Prize winner will also be taking part in the activity, as the ministers consider solutions to […]

New York – 25th September 2023: The Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas and his CARICOM counterparts met at the Commonwealth Joint Office in New York on Sunday 24th September 2023 for the Eighteenth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Chair of the COFCOR, the Hon. Senator Kamila Johnson […]

Washington, DC, 25 September 2023 (PAHO) – At the opening of the 60th Directing Council of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, PAHO Director, reflected on post-pandemic recovery in the Americas, and committed to strengthened action at the country level to address regional health priorities.   While “my early days in office have been […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 25, 2023 (SKNIS): The Embassy of France to the Eastern Caribbean States based in Saint Lucia has congratulated the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis on its 40th Anniversary of Independence on September 19, 2023. The embassy presented its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, addressed by His Excellency Emmanuel Macron, President of the French […]

New York – 25th September 2023: On the sidelines of the United Nations General Debate in full swing this week in New York, Saint Kitts and Nevis and Zimbabwe participated in a brief but meaningful ceremony to sign an Agreement on Mutual Visa Exemption for holders of Diplomatic, Official and Ordinary Passports. The Rt. Hon. Dr […]

22 September 2023 – Bridgetown, Barbados – Caribbean farmers may soon have additionalexport opportunities for their produce as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UnitedNations (FAO) facilitates a market assessment mission in the international market centers ofLondon, England, and Miami in the United States.  At a recent Dasheen workshop in SaintVincent and the Grenadines in […]

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with grave concern the contents of a Communique emanating from the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela regarding the announcement made by our sister Member State, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, about its intention to open bids for certain oil blocks in the waters adjacent to Guyana’s coast. CARICOM views the stated intention of Venezuela […]