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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 11, 2022 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has given its support for the Save Soil movement – a global initiative being spearheaded by renowned yogi and environmentalist Sadhguru Jagadish Vaudev that seeks to address the important issue of rapid soil […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 11, 2022 (SKNIS): During the celebrations for International Women’s Day 2022 earlier this week, the Ministry of Agriculture made a special effort to spotlight the contributions of women in St. Kitts and Nevis to the growth and development of the agriculture sector. During a special ceremony hosted on March 08, the ministry […]

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is streamlining a number of activities to commemorateCaribe Wave. CARIBE WAVE is usually observed regionally and internationally in the month of March and it is being observed,today Thursday 10th March. CARIBE WAVE is a tsunami exercise designed by the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunami andOther Coastal Hazards Warning System […]

The University of the West Indies Open Campus, St. Kitts and Nevis inpartnership with the History and Heritage Month Committee, will host the 5thSir Probyn Inniss Memorial Lecture on March 23rd at 7 pm. For the second year running, the lecture will be delivered online. The audienceis invited to join and participate in the discussion […]

First of all I wish to thank the Department of Gender Affairs for their kind invitation to give the Keynote address at this International Women’s Day Award Ceremony, and to thank all of you in attendance today . I also wish in particular to congratulate the Honorees who will be receiving their well deserved awards and to whom this ceremony is dedicated.  I was extremely pleased to […]

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 10, 2022 (MMS-SKN) — The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis’ production of waste is higher than the global average for the Latin America and the Caribbean region. A partnership between the Federal Government and the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has resulted in the establishment of the St. Kitts […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 9, 2022- Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, the Hon. Mark Brantley on Wednesday March 9, 2022, virtually addressed a Special Meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS), that was convened to discuss the topic “Incentivizing Work Effort”. The Special Meeting was […]

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 10, 2022) — The following is an address by Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health and Gender Affairs on Nevis on the occasion of World Kidney Day, 2022. The World Kidney Day Joint Steering Committee has declared 2022 the year of “Kidney Health for All.” World Kidney Day which is celebrated […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 09, 2022 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Agriculture’s new mandate of investing in women in areas of technology to support greater production and training will be important to the overall success of the agricultural sector of St. Kitts and Nevis.  This was stated by Minister of Agriculture, the Honourable Alexis Jeffers during the […]

During his presentation at the annual Department of Agriculture’s Advancing Women in Agriculture Forum held at the Agriculture Conference Room on March 08, the minister stated that women’s “roles vary considerably and are changing rapidly where economic and social forces are transforming the agricultural sector.” “I would say to you–a better representation of women in […]