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Basseterre, St. Kitts, July 18, 2023 (SKNIS): Richard Skerritt, Advisor to the Ministry of Tourism in St. Kitts, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Social Science degree from the University of Bolton in the United Kingdom for his contribution to the tourism sector. “Yesterday [July 13] was both a humbling and proud moment for me as I had the privilege to accept an Honorary Doctor of Social Science degree from The University of Bolton, an institute that puts its students at the center of its strategy and has consistently been ranked in the top five universities for student satisfaction,” Mr. Skerritt wrote in…

On the morning of July 15th, 2023, Police on Nevis received reports of a hit-and-run traffic incident in the New River area. At that time, preliminary investigations revealed that Florence Ella Merchant, an elderly lady of Hickmans, had been seriously injured in the incident. She was subsequently transported to the Alexandra Hospital for further examination and treatment. Regrettably, Ms. Merchant succumbed to her injuries on July17th, 2023.  Presently, there is one (1) person in custody assisting Police with the investigation. To date, no member of the general public has come forward to formally assist. Nevertheless, we continue to ask for…

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Tuesday, 18 July 2023) – The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) visited Haiti on 12-15 July 2023, as agreed at the end of the meeting of Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica on 11-13 June 2023, to continue its facilitation of inter-Haitian dialogue by building on the outcome of the Jamaica meeting. Emphasis was placed on the major proposals tabled in Jamaica. These included the commitments made by Prime Minister Henry to enlarge the High Transition Council and to form a government of national unity in response to the call for greater inclusiveness. Concerned by the…

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San Jose, 18 July 2023 (IICA) – Fourteen ministers of Agriculture and other high-level agriculture sector authorities from 25 countries in the Americas will meet this Wednesday at the headquarters of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Costa Rica, to jointly determine measures to tackle the water crisis affecting a significant part of this region, which is essential for the world’s food security.  The ministers, deputy ministers and other high-level authorities will meet for two days at the annual meeting of IICA’s Executive Committee – one of the Institute’s governing bodies.IICA will use the occasion to launch the Hemispheric Initiative…

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023 — The 35th Meeting of the OECS Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) was held in Saint Lucia from July 6-7, 2023. The Committee, comprised of the Attorneys General of OECS Member States, met to review the draft OECS Customs Bill. The OECS Customs Bill is one in a suite of “Free Circulation of Goods Bills” and is an essential step towards the full operationalisation of the OECS Economic Union. Of the eleven OECS Member States that are signatories to the Revised Treaty of Basseterre (RTB), seven are signatories to the Protocol Establishing the Eastern Caribbean Economic Union, which…

July 18, 2023 – BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: The emergency response capabilities of the Saint Lucia Fire and Emergency Department will be enhanced through a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) loan valued at just over USD 11 million. The financing will underwrite the cost of upgrading equipment available to fire officers, enhancing fire and emergency infrastructure for more resilience to climate and environmental hazards, and improving the work environment. Officers will also receive industry-standard training to improve skill levels, and, where warranted, psychosocial support when impacted by traumatic events in the line of duty. The project aligns with the CDB’s strategic objective of increasing…

18 July 2023, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis – The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) hereby advises that effective 17 July 2023, the operations of FirstCaribbean International Bank (Barbados) Limited (FCIB) in Grenada will cease, and will now be subsumed as part of the operations of Grenada Co-operative Bank Limited (GCB). The ECCB, in consultation with the ECCB Monetary Council, approved the application for the transfer of the assets and liabilities of FCIB, Grenada branch to GCB on 18 May 2023, pursuant to Section 43 of the Banking Act, 2015 of Grenada (No 20 of 2015), as amended.…