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BASSETERRE, St Kitts, 2nd December 2022 – The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis is in the midst of preparing its very first Voluntary National Review (VNR) with technical assistance from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). On Tuesday 29th November, key stakeholders convened at a workshop dubbed “VNR Validation and SDG Training” at […]

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) will release a new, joint Policy Brief entitled Towards sustainable food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean in response to the global food crisis next Tuesday, December 6. […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 1, 2022 (SKNIS): From factories in industrialized countries pumping billions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere contributing to global warming with the result of more deadly natural disasters such as hurricanes in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to severe droughts because of inadequate rainfall, the climate crisis is taking a mounting […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, December 01, 2022 (SKNIS) – The National Council on Drug Abuse Prevention, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, is set to introduce a new drug prevention programme in primary schools across the Federation.  The Living Above the Influence 11 Sessions Primary School Substance Use Education & Prevention Programme will be launched […]

Washington D.C. 1 December 2022 (PAHO) – Tomorrow, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) marks its Anniversary as the world’s oldest international public health agency, celebrating 12 decades of work promoting health and wellbeing throughout the region of the Americas.  On this day in 1902, 11 countries came together at the First General International Sanitary Convention […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, December 1, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives is committed to joining other countries in the CARICOM region as they undertake to reduce the region’s extremely large food imports by 25% in 2025. This will be achieved by ensuring sustainable agriculture where among others, more women […]

1st December 2022 On behalf of the staff and executive body of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, the Pogson Hospital, the Mary Charles Hospital, and the Cardin Home, we extend the warmest and most sincere wishes to Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, on the announcement of his retirement from the civil service. Dr. Cameron Wilkinson was […]

1st December 2022 On behalf of the staff and executive body of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, the Pogson Hospital, the Mary Charles Hospital, and the Cardin Home, we extend the warmest and most sincere wishes to Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, on the announcement of his retirement from the civil service. Dr. Cameron Wilkinson was […]

Taipei, Republic of China (Taiwan), December 01, 2022 (Embassy of St. Kitts and Nevis) Five books, written by two authors from Saint Kitts and Nevis, will be on display at the 2022 Taiwan Reading Festival organized by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education and the National Central Library. The event is set to be held from Saturday 3rd […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, December 1, 2022 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Agriculture held its first meeting on the implementation of the St. Kitts and Nevis Agriculture Transformation & Growth Strategy 2022-2031 on November 29, 2022. Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Miguel Flemming, described the meeting as necessary to bring various stakeholders together […]