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Charlestown, Nevis, March 6, 2021….Variety magazine, the industry leader and standard-bearer for all things related to entertainment has featured Nevis’ groundbreaking agreement with MSR Media to shoot six films on the island, the first and most significant step in developing a world-class film industry on this lovely Caribbean island. Senior Variety Editor Anna Marie de la Fuente interviewed Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) CEO Jadine Yarde and MSR Media Producer Philippe Martinez for the in-depth story, and quoted from a statement issued by the Hon. Premier Mark Brantley on the government’s desire to partner with filmmakers to develop a…

Marking 2021 International Women’s Day, CDB’s new Vice-President (Operations), Isaac Solomon noted that while there is much to celebrate, there is an urgent need to overcome the status quo. As the world grapples with the Covid-19 pandemic, women stand on the frontline, comprising over 70% of health and social care workers globally. However, because of gender inequality, their contribution is often unrecognised and forgotten. “We, at CDB, join the global community in honouring women’s invaluable contributions to social, economic, cultural and political advancements of their communities and countries, particularly in our Region. We salute you!”, said Solomon today at the opening of CDB’s International Women’s Day…

March 5, 2021, ROSEAU, Dominica – Agro-processors in Dominica are going to receive the resources and training needed to create even better products and enhance the competitiveness of the sector.The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), through its Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services Network, has committed US$140,000 to a two-year project being executed in collaboration with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) in partnership with Dominica Youth Business Trust.The project, which was launched on March 3, seeks to strengthen the capacity of agro-processors in key areas, namely, production, costing and pricing, nutritional analysis, and packaging and labelling. This is to enable agro-processors to…

8 March 2021 On 8 March 2021, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day, a special observance that was adopted by the United Nations 46 years ago in 1975, during International Women’s Year. The annual celebration affords everyone, especially women and girls, an opportunity to reflect on progress made, to call for change and to celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who continue to play extraordinary roles in the development of their communities and countries. It also serves as a platform to engage men and boys as male champions…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 6, 2021 (S.T.E.P.) — Staff and trainees at Ade’s Place, a centre for adults with disabilities, were on Friday March 5 the proud recipients of a 13 cubic feet refrigerator courtesy of ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) which is celebrating its 60th anniversary under the theme ‘Building on our Legacy, ZIZ at 60!’ “As we celebrate our 60th Anniversary we thought it best to show our community spiritedness by presenting a gift to Ade’s Place,” said Acting General Manager of the ZIZ Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Mr Vere Galloway, at a simple but significant handover ceremony held at…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 5, 2021 (S.T.E.P.) — Prime Minister and Minister with responsibility for Skills Training Empowerment Programme (STEP) and Area Parliamentary Representative for St Christopher Seven, Dr the Hon Timothy Harris, on Thursday March 4 joined family and friends at the homegoing service for Ms Avanel ‘Ellen’ Akers who until her death last month was a STEP Field Officer. “I wish on behalf of my family, indeed on behalf of the Parliament to extend deepest condolences to Darlin Akers and the extended family, Akers and Williams,” said Prime Minister Harris at the homegoing service which was held at…

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, March 5, 2021 (MMS-SKN) — Masters of the Domino Art Form Domino Club suffered a loss on Thursday night March 4 during the fifth segment of play in the second round of the St. Kitts National Domino Association tournament that saw them slip down one slot on the points standing table, but are ahead of the team that inflicted the loss. Knowing that they were at a disadvantaged position, Spartans Fig Tree Domino Club did not waste any of the chances that came their way as they forcefully engaged Masters of the Domino Art Form in their…

Friday, March 5, 2021 — Saint Lucia celebrated the third (3rd.) Anniversary of the adoption and endorsement of the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday March 4, 2021. This environmental and human rights treaty, also known as the Escazú Agreement, was adopted and endorsed by 23 Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean including Saint Lucia, after 9 rounds of intense negotiations onMarch 4, 2018. After four years of robust public consultations nationwide, the island has by Cabinet Conclusion No.1447 of 2020, approved ratification on December 02…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 05, 2021 (SKNIS): A comprehensive communications strategy has been implemented by the Federal Ministry of Health in relation to the public education campaign about the Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine and Vaccination Programme both in St. Kitts and in Nevis, says Minister of Health, the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett. The Minister was at the time speaking during a Sitting of Parliament on March 04, 2021, in her presentation on the Bill shortly entitled COVID-19 Prevention and Control (Amendment) Bill, 2021. “We would say that this has been the case since about February and we have had all aspects of the COVID-19…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 5, 2021 (SKNIS): The Ministry of Agriculture launched the Peace Initiative Agricultural Programme on March 4, 2021, in the Conference Room at the Department of Agriculture in Laguerite.Speaking to the attendees at the ceremony, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Marine Resources, Honourable Alexis Jeffers, said that “This initiative is one that we would have worked on as a ministry and as a department with the hope of ensuring that we are putting you front and center with the development of the sector.”“The future of agriculture starts with all of us inside here today and we have…