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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 […]

Parents/guardians of children registered to attend the Department of Youth Empowerment’s 40th Annual Summer Residential Camp are invited to an important meeting on Thursday, July 06, 2023, at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Player’s Pavilion at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium. All are encouraged to make a special effort to attend and […]

Community Notice The Department of Youth Empowerment reminds persons that all outstanding completed registration forms for the 40th annual Summer Residential Camp must be returned to the department before the close of business day on Friday, June 30, 2023. The Department of Youth Empowerment is located on the top floor of The Cable Building on Cayon […]

The post Proclamation declaring Tuesday the 4th day of July, 2023 to be a public holiday in Saint Christopher and Nevis to mark the occasion of the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) first appeared on SKNIS.