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Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Yesterday, the Caribbean Court of Justice delivered its judgment in Ellis Richards & Ors. v The State of Trinidad and Tobago AGOJ2021/001, a case in its Original Jurisdiction. Deciding a preliminary point raised at the case management stage, the CCJ dismissed the majority of the claims brought by policyholders of British American Insurance Company Limited who alleged that Trinidad and Tobago had breached various articles of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas in the aftermath of the collapse of Trinidad and Tobago conglomerate, CL Financial. The Claimants, who were nationals of and institutions established in Antigua and Barbuda and Grenada, argued that the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 8, 2023 (SKNIS): InterCaribbean Airways Ltd, a Turks and Caicos-based airline, is set to make its inaugural flight to the Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw International Airport in Basseterre, St. Kitts, on Sunday, March 12, 2023.In a statement made in the National Assembly on March 7, 2023, Minister of Tourism, International Transport and Civil Aviation, the Honourable Marsha Henderson, said that she is confident that InterCaribbean Airways will boost intra-regional travel and will affect the second-largest source market of St. Kitts and Nevis in a positive way.“With the introduction of this flight, we are hopeful that we will…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 8, 2023 (SKNIS): The Policy and Labour Relations Unit in the Department of Labour will make a Cabinet submission recommending an increase in the minimum wage, said Honourable Marsha Henderson, Minister of Employment and Labour, during her presentation at the sitting of National Assembly on March 7, 2023.“The last administration would have put together a minimum wage advisory committee in 2018 and they would have submitted a report to the government in 2019,” Minister Henderson.“The last time the minimum wage increased was in 2014 under a Labour-led Administration and I can report that the next time…

Dr. Norgen Wilson Appointed Non-Resident Ambassador-Designate to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, March 8, 2023 [Press Secretary, PMO]: Dr. Norgen Wilson has been recently appointed as the non-resident Ambassador-Designate to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and is scheduled to present his Letter of Credentials to the President of Venezuela, H.E. Nicolás Maduro Moros, on March 13, 2023.As Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Dr. Wilson will be tasked to represent and protect the interests of the Government of St Kitts and Nevis, coordinate the implementation of the foreign policy priorities of the Federation, promote and maintain…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 7th, 2023 [Ministry of Health]: At a brief ceremony on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, held at the Maternity Ward of the Joseph N France General Hospital, a plaque recognizing the institution’s achievement of completing the Baby Friendly Initiative certification process was unveiled.The ceremony, attended by Dr. Amilia Del Riego, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and World Health Organization (WHO) Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, along with her staff, was the culmination of a process that qualifies the JNF General Hospital as only the third hospital in the region to achieve the status of…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 7th, 2023 [Ministry of Health] – Dr. Amilia Del Riego, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Representative for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, along with her esteemed staff was received by senior Ministry of Health staff on Tuesday, 7thMarch, 2023. Their visit is serving as a crucial step towards strengthening the partnership between the Ministry of Health and PAHO.During the first day of her visit, Dr. Del Riego presented her credentials to the Prime Minister and Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew, at a brief courtesy call where she had a brief discussion on areas of…

March 7, 2023 The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Executive Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), pursues the empowerment of women to actively participate in and benefit from the digital economy through the Economically Empowered Women for Equitable and Resilient Societies” (Women’s Economic Empowerment–WEE) project in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.  In addition to the six Organization of Eastern Caribbean States countries, the WEE Project is also being implemented in the three countries of the Northern Triangle of Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) and aims to build…

March 8th, 2023, – The Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Initiative (EC Greenpreneurs) is proud to announce the launch and call for applications for the third cohort of its Incubator program, aimed at supporting green entrepreneurs in the Eastern Caribbean region. Following the success of the first two cohorts in 2021 and 2022, the program once again seeks to help early-stage businesses with environmentally and socially sustainable business models to grow and scale their enterprises. Through the program, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in partnership with the Organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, provides 12 weeks of virtual training, mentorship,…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 7, 2023 [Ministry of Health] – A delegation from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) officially handed over a pair of PCR machines to the technicians at the lab of the Joseph N. France General Hospital on Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The handing over of the machines was overseen by Dr. Sharon Archibald, Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health; Dr. Jenson Morton, Director of Health Institutions and visiting PAHO representative Dr. Amilia Del Riego and her team. “These PCR machines are a valuable addition to the hospital’s laboratory, as they will significantly improve the hospital’s…

Castries – Saint Lucia – 8th March 2023 – In the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority’s (ECTEL) drive to modernise Radio Frequency (‘RF’) spectrum monitoring and management systems in the contracting states the Directorate purchased ten (10) fixed Remote Spectrum Monitor (‘RSM’) stations from the Anritsu Company of the U.S.A. The National Telecommunications Regulatory Commissions (‘NTRCs’) were assigned two (2) RSM stations each. The purpose of the RSM stations is to facilitate effective remote spectrum monitoring and management by the NTRCs of their respective national RF spectrum and especially to assist in the resolution of harmful interference complaints. On Monday, 27th…