Author: SKNISEditor

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 19, 2021 (SKNIS): Acting in accordance with the advice of Cabinet, His Excellency The Governor-General Sir S. W. Tapley Seaton GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LL. D has proclaimed 18th April to 24th April 2021, to be observed as Administrative Professionals Week and Wednesday 21st April 2021, as Administrative Professionals Day.This year’s Administrative Professionals Week and Day are being commemorated under the theme “I am Enough…Transitioning into a New Era” in celebration of the essential contribution of administrative professionals in coordinating the office operations of businesses, government, educational institutions, and other organisations.Administrative Professionals Week and Day are…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 19, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — In an environment where freedom of worship is not universal, the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has established itself as a Nation under God, and Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris has pledged that his Government will support the work of the church. “In St. Kitts and Nevis we need more persons fellowship in worship to our God, and so we are very pleased each time we go to a church, especially a new one, to know that there are so many homes of worship for our people,” said Prime…

April 16, 2021, Bridgetown, Barbados – Marvin Daniel recalls the terrifying winds and torrential rains that destroyed lives and livelihoods when they lashed the Caribbean island of Dominica. Not once but twice. “We were fighting for our lives. We were scrambling for cover,” Marvin recalls. The 35-year-old experienced first-hand the devastation caused first by Tropical Storm Erika in 2015 and then Hurricane Maria in 2017. He was a manager at a luxury hotel when the second disaster claimed thousands of lives and caused widespread damage across the Caribbean. Sixty-five people died on Dominica alone. “We thought we were finished,” he…

San Jose, 16 April 2021 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), in conjunction with the Global Dairy Platform (GDP) and the United States Dairy Export Council (USDEC), have released a technical publication about the critical role that dairy products play in the provision of healthy food and nutrition, as well as the socioeconomic development of countries in the Americas. The 36-page publication, entitled Dairy’s Role in a Responsible and Sustainable Food System, aims to promote sustainable dairy production practices in the Western Hemisphere and to respond scientifically to biased opposition that criticizes the dairy sector and its production processes…

San Jose, 16 April 2021 (IICA). Countries of the Americas called for strengthening the key, strategic role of agriculture in providing quality food and ecosystem services that protect water resources and biodiversity and contribute to combating climate change. This was one of the points of consensus at the Third Hemispheric Meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of Agriculture of the Americas, organized by the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation of Peru, with support from the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and FAO. The discussions also centered on the significant impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food and nutritional security…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 19, 2021 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis will highlight the contributions of women in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) field and promote professional development opportunities for young women by hosting a Girls in ICT Week of Activities from April 22 to 29, 2021. The week of activities celebrates the International Girls in ICT Day, which takes place on April 22, this year. The day was established by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and is celebrating its 10th anniversary. The theme for this year is Connecting Goals; Creating Brighter Futures. A release from the local Ministry of ICT notes that by hosting…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, April 17, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Prime Minister Dr the Hon Timothy Harris is thanking individuals who turned out for a vaccination session conducted at the Sylvia Garnette Primary Health Care Facility in Tabernacle on Saturday April 17, and is pointing out that more than a third of the target population has been inoculated against Covid-19. “For me today was another successful day of a vaccination session put on at the Sylvia Garnette Primary Health Care Facility in Tabernacle,” said Prime Minister Harris. “We had eighteen persons coming to be vaccinated and I want to congratulate all of them…

Basseterre: St. Kitts, April 16, 2021:​ A meeting of Ministry of Education officials with senior management teams of the BHS, WAHS and other stakeholders held on Friday 16 April determined that the shift system should remain in effect until the end of the current school year for those two schools. Speaking with the Education Media Unit, Permanent Secretary Mr. William Hodge stated that input from school administrators and officials of the Ministry of Education resulted in the awaited decision. This decision was based on the fact that the benefits of the shift system which was implemented as a means of…

San Jose, 16 April 2021 (IICA). The Farmer’s Anthem (A World of Farmers), released almost a year ago at the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic to pay tribute to those who work tirelessly to maintain food production under the most difficult circumstances, is still relevant today. The song allows for conveying a message of solidarity and encouragement following the eruption of La Soufrière volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, which has displaced thousands of producers and dwellers in the country. “With ah little bit ah love, ah little bit ah hope, ah little bit ah care and tenderness, we…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, April 16, 2021 (SKNIS): Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs, Paul Queeley, emphasized the importance of proof of purchase during the popular radio and television show ‘Working for You’ on April 14.Mr. Queeley said that “The receipt is very important; this is your contract between the supplier and yourself to show that you actually purchased the item from there.”“If you purchased an item and it is deemed to be faulty, businesses in most cases don’t like to accept responsibility to say that the item that they’re providing is actually faulty,” he said. “But if it was…