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Washington D.C (23 June 2023), During the plenary sessions of the 53rd Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS), Her Excellency Sherry Tross, High Commissioner of Saint Kitts and Nevis to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico and Panama, presented a most compelling national statement to the august body, on behalf […]

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.  The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) extends congratulations to CCJ Judge, the Honourable Mr Justice Winston Anderson, on his reappointment as a Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) by the International Council of Arbitration for Sports. CAS is a global body headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mr Justice […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 28, 2023 (Cabinet Secretariat): The Cabinet Ministers met under the Chairmanship of Prime Minister, The Honourable Dr Terrance Drew, on Tuesday, June 27th, 2023, and made several important decisions to improve the welfare of our people. Commissioner of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, James Sutton, updated the Cabinet on […]

Wednesday, 28 June 2023 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has produced its first Compendium of Model Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice (KAP) Tool for the Region on Social Gender Norms and Violence against Women and Girls.  The Secretariat’s Gender and Development Programme developed the Tool in May 2023 in partnership with the United […]

San Jose, 28 June 2023 (IICA) – Manuel Otero, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) announced the wholehearted endorsement by the specialized hemispheric agency for agriculture and rural development of what is known as the Dublin Declaration. The Declaration, which was drafted by scientists, speaks to the role of livestock production, […]

Following is an edited version of a presentation by Dr Carla N Barnett, CARICOM SecretaryGeneral, at a symposium ‘CARICOM at 50’ hosted by UWI St Augustine on April 14, 2023. CARICOM is a Community of sovereign states which have agreed to act in concert in areasagreed within the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Unlike, for example, […]

San Jose, 27 June 2023 (IICA) – Promoting agrosilvopastoral systems that maintain soil cover and contribute to carbon capture has proven to be the most efficient way to increase food production, while also mitigating the effects of climate change, according to Colombian expert, Jacobo Arango, an environmental biologist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). CIAT […]

BASSETERRE, St Kitts, 27th June 2023 –The Government of St Kitts and Nevis was represented by the Ministry of Environment, Climate Action & Constituency Empowerment during the 108th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) for Environment and Sustainable Development virtually, with other Member States of CARICOM on Tuesday, 27th June, 2023. The […]

Basseterre: St. Kitts, Tuesday, 27th June, 2023:​ The Ministry of Education embarked on its annual teacher recruitment process for the 2023-2024 academic year on Tuesday, June 27. The sessions were preceded by an opening ceremony held on the 26th of June at the Immaculate Conception Catholic School auditorium under the theme “Education for all: Embracing […]

A few small island developing states made it to Paris to attend a unique Heads of State and ministerial conference to identify financial solutions for tackling poverty, curbing planet-heating emissions and protecting nature in the developing world. Amongst them was St. Kitts and Nevis’ foreign minister, the Right Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, who travelled to […]