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Basseterre: St. Kitts, May 04, 2021: The Washington Archibald High School (WAHS) won the first St Kitts and Nevis Marine Drone Challenge, hosted by the St Kitts and Nevis Robotics Association on Saturday May 01 2021. The announcement was made at the closing ceremony held at the Timothy Beach Resort, under the theme Diving deep into the Marine Environment, Ensuring our Country’s Development on Sunday May 02, 2021. Speaking on behalf of the WAHS team Michael Shaw, (student) expressed how challenging and time consuming the task to prepare their drone was. One of the problems outlined by Shaw was that…

San Jose, 4 May 2021 (IICA). Overall, 64 Panamanian rice farmers received training in the implementation of sustainable and climate-adapted agricultural practices, while reducing costs, increasing output, lowering input use and improving natural resource use efficiency. Training was also provided to 143 Salvadorian livestock farmers, who are working to reduce their carbon footprint and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These are just some of the results of the “Support for the Formulation of Appropriate Mitigation Actions in Central American Agriculture” project.The initiative, launched in June 2019, is part of the EUROCLIMA+ program, funded by the European Union (EU). The Inter-American Institute for…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 4, 2021 (SKNIS): Dr. Cuthbert Sebastian Jr., Emergency Room Physician at the Joseph Nathaniel France (JNF) General Hospital, will be featured on the popular government radio and television programme “Working for You” on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.  Dr. Sebastian Jr. will be discussing the pressing issues of the day surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. The conversation will hinge upon the importance of vaccination, address the issue of vaccine hesitancy, and outline why the vaccine is our best hope for returning to some semblance of normalcy, among other pertinent issues.        Hosted by Lesroy Williams, “Working for You” offers news,…

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, May 04, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Ten weeks after taking his first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris today (May 04) visited the Sylvia Garnette Primary Health Care Facility in his hometown of Tabernacle where he was administered his second vaccine shot and will be deemed fully vaccinated in two weeks time. PrimeMinister Harris was one of about 70 persons to take the vaccine when the Government rolled out its mass vaccination programme on February 22. Aftertaking his second jab, the honourable prime…

NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (May 04, 2021) — The importance of community health nurses was highlighted by senior health officials at the 6th annual Community Health Districts reporting exercise which was held at the St. Paul’s Anglican Church Hall on April 30, 2021. Ms. Latoya Jeffers, Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Health, speaking on behalf of Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams, Junior Minister of Health, underscored the critical role the nurses play in health care on Nevis. “Community Health Nursing is a very vital component of Public Health as it aids with prolonging life. It is essential because there is ease of access…

Chelston Brathwaite, Director General Emeritus of The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)Manuel Otero, Director General of The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) The Covid-19 crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of the economies of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and other small, tourism-dependent Caribbean countries. These economies typically must contend with a limited availability of arable land, small and often scattered populations, fragile natural environments, an energy import dependency, extreme vulnerability to climate change and natural disasters, as well as high rates of diet-related illnesses. In recent years, these countries have also experienced high…

April 26, 2021, Bridgetown, Barbados – As many persons and organizations prepared to usher in 2021 on Old Year’s Night, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), had commenced critical discussions with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour in St. Vincent and the Grenadines in anticipation of the eruption of La Soufriere volcano. The discussions led to the development of The Volcano Eruption Preparedness and Emergency Response Protocols for Agriculture through a multi-step consultation process with the different departments within the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour, as…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 3, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Ahead of International Firefighters’ Day (IFFD) to be observed on Tuesday May 4, Acting Chief Fire Officer Mr Garfield Hodge on Saturday May 1 joined Prime Minister and Minister of National Security Dr the Hon Timothy Harris at the Sylvia Garnette Primary Health Care Facility in Tabernacle, where he urged young firefighters to step up to the plate and get vaccinated. In a bid to encourage more persons in his constituency to come forward to get vaccinated, Prime Minister Harris, who is the Area Parliamentary Representative for Constituency Number Seven (Bellevue to…

BASSETERRE (4th May, 2021): The Hon. Lindsay F.P. Grant, Minister of Tourism, Transport and Ports appeared on WSB-TV Atlanta’s Daily 2 for an interview with host Shannon Walshe.In the interview, Minister Grant and Walshe discussed some of the highlights visitors to St. Kitts can expect to see, like Brimstone Hill Fortress, the ongoing Five-Day Getaway promotion with deals from the Park Hyatt St. Kitts, St. Kitts Marriott and Four Seasons Resort Nevis, and the Federation’s safety and low COVID rates. The segment in partnership with WSB-TV Atlanta will serve to generate support for the non-stop Delta flights that will begin flying to St.…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, May 3, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris who led the country on Monday February 22 by being among the first to take the first dose of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, will on Tuesday May 4 present himself for the second dose of the vaccine at the Sylvia Garnette Primary Health Care Facility in Tabernacle. “Tuesday at 2:00 pm I go to the Tabernacle Health Centre for my vaccine, second dose, with security heads,” said Prime Minister Harris in a brief statement released on Monday May 3. The statement came on the heels…