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29 June 2022, Bridgetown, Barbados – In recognition of the millions of small-scale fishers, fishfarmers and fish workers who provide healthy and nutritious food to billions of people globallyand contribute to eradicating hunger, The United Nations General Assembly has declared 2022the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture (IYAFA 2022). The Food andAgriculture Organization of […]

Paramaribo, Suriname, 28 June, 2022 (IICA). The Paramount Chief of the Saramacca Maroon, Albert Aboikoni, received on behalf of the Saramacca maroon community, agricultural inputs, seeds, small agricultural equipment and implements to assist with the immediate rehabilitation of farms, considering the devastation caused by recent flooding in the hinterland of Suriname, occasioned by higher-than-normal average […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 28, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Statements being peddled in the general public regarding the cost to the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis for the construction of a new correctional facility have been labelled as misleading by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the […]

Washington D.C. 24 June 2022 (PAHO) – The six candidates nominated to lead the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) addressed Member States today in a closed forum following the organization’s Executive Committee meeting. The candidates nominated by Member States to lead PAHO in the next five years are: Dr. Camilo Alleyne (nominated by Panama)Dr. Jarbas Barbosa […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 27, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Resident Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan), His Excellency Michael Chau-Horng Lin, is lauding efforts of the government through the Ministries of Education and Environment in sensitising children at a tender age on the importance of recycling waste that is generated in the country. Ambassador Lin had, on […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, June 28, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — Last minute change of the route did not deter the youthful members of Philadelphia Pathfinders Club of Tabernacle Village from executing a successful fundraising walk-a-thon held in aid of the forthcoming dedication of their church. The walk-a-thon which was held in collaboration with the Men’s Ministry of the […]

THE ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA METEOROLOGICAL SERVICES IS FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OFPOTENTIAL TROPICAL CYCLONE TWO, PREVIOUSLY TROPICAL DISTURBANCE AL94.THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND SOUTHERNTHE WINDWARD ISLANDS TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY, AT WHICH TIME, IT IS FORECAST TO BE ASTORM. IN THE REASONABLE WORST-CASE, THE EXPECTED TROPICAL CYCLONE POSES LITTLE TONO […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 27, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Federal Cabinet of the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis, led by Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, will host a press conference on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, from 2:00 pm in the Conference Room at the National Emergency Management […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 25, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has extended his congratulations to Mr. Dickon Mitchell and his National Democratic Congress (NDC) on winning the general election in Grenada on June 23, 2022. The National Democratic […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 27, 2022 (SKNIS): The overwhelming majority of pests entry into countries is as a result of passenger traffic, which, while not as prevalent today due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will however be even more important going forward as the world rebounds and seeks to open up. Crops Programme Leader in the Department of […]