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San Jose, 15 April 2021(IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and the United Nations University for Peace (UPEACE) began a training exercise in consensus building for members of national Codex Alimentarius committees. The six-session online course will end next month. Training is in Spanish and English and there are 46 participants from 24 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The first three sessions addressed concepts and techniques to facilitate consensus and the remaining sessions will cover practical aspects, allowing participants to apply the knowledge gained to solve problems observed…

Basseterre, St. Kitts – April 15, 2021 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): The inaugural Saint Kitts and Nevis-Canada Bilateral Consultation Meeting was held on April 14, 2021, between senior officials within The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, Saint Kitts and Nevis and from Global Affairs, Canada (GAC). The virtual meeting, convened against the backdrop of the first virtual CARICOM-Canada Meeting of Foreign Ministers was viewed as the next step in its series designed to further enhance and strengthen the excellent bilateral relationship that has long been established and enjoyed over many years. The dialogue among the senior officials was co-chaired by…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 15, 2021 (Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs): The General public and all concerned are asked to note that the Chambers of the Attorney General and the offices of the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs are being temporarily relocated to Port Zante. The exact location is the unit upstairs Smoke and Booze and the Land store.This relocation takes effect from Monday 19th April 2021.All of the contact details of the Chambers and Ministry remain unchanged.Information regarding the Chambers and Ministry continues to be available on the website of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice and…

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The Caribbean Examinations Council® (CXC®) is cognisant of the many challenges across the region at this time including the debilitating impact of COVID-19 on all areas of society, and all stakeholders operating within the education sector, coupled with the explosive volcanic activity on La Soufrière in St Vincent and the Grenadines. CXC® stands in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in St Vincent and the Grenadines at this time, and all our stakeholders across the region affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, CXC® stands ready to listen and to engage in dialogue with our…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 15, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Tourism, the Honourable Lindsay Grant, explained during the Tourism Stakeholders Meeting on Wednesday 14 that his Ministry is doing everything in its power to direct traffic to the hotels to keep them afloat at this difficult time in history with the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Tourism in its efforts to further increase traffic to the hotels within the Federation has “just recently embarked upon a 5-day getaway promotion for our stay-over visitors who would stay in the various hotels,” said Minister Grant. He continued, “We know that coming up to…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 15, 2021 (SKNIS): As part of the government’s ongoing efforts to protect the health of citizens and residents and resuscitate the tourism-based economy, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, continues to advise the general public to get vaccinated as quickly as possible. Prime Minister Harris made another pitch to the general public to get vaccinated during the virtual forum series ‘Leadership Matters’ on April 13. “Our economy is driven, in a significant part, by tourism. Last year, we saw the serious impact that arises from having no tourists—our hotels closed, persons lost their jobs, our Severance Fund has unprecedented claims and the Federal Government has to…

Brasilia, 14 April 2021 (IICA). Guyana is seeking to boost agricultural production to strengthen food security, improve the profitability of small farmers and open up new export markets to earn foreign exchange. The South American country is expecting to reap the largest rice harvest in its history and to expand sugar production, even as it works to develop non-traditional production of crops such as soybean and corn, allowing it to be self-sufficient in protein production as well as in the production of feed for the poultry industry. Speaking from Georgetown, Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, spoke about the outlook for…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 14, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Processing of severance payments continues apace and according to Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, the number of staff at the Department of Labour has been increased and another shift has been added to allow for more claims to be paid in a more efficient timeframe. Prime Minister Harris, who was responding to a caller on the popular Leadership Matters Programme on ZIZ Television on Tuesday April 13, pointed out that it has taken quite a bit of time on account of the sheer volume of displaced persons, and also on account…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 14, 2021 (SKNIS): Several hotels in St. Kitts and Nevis have stepped forward to support the government’s relief efforts to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the wake of the ongoing La Soufrière volcano eruptions.As part of a humanitarian package, St. Kitts and Nevis government has offered to receive 300 hundred persons who were displaced as a result of the volcanic eruption in the neighbouring Caribbean nation also known as the Gem of the Antilles.Abdias Samuel, National Disaster Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said that accommodation commitments have already been made. Koi Resort St.…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 14, 2021 (SKNIS): Two shipping containers of supplies from St. Kitts and Nevis left the Federation on Tuesday (April 13, 2021) to support disaster relief efforts in St. Vincent in the Grenadines, as the country grapples with continued eruptions of the La Soufrière volcano.The volcano first erupted on Friday (April 09, 2021), forcing the evacuation of some 20,000 people from communities in the danger zone.On Tuesday’s edition of the Leadership Matters programme, National Disaster Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Abdias Samuel, explained that 264 contributions of food, non-perishable items, personal hygiene kits, and other supplies were…