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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT At the invitation of the Most Honourable Sir Cornelius A. Smith, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Her Excellency Dr. Carla N. Barnett, mounted a CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to observe the conduct of the General Elections which were held in The Bahamas on 16 September 2021. The entire Team comprising the Chief of Mission, Observers from Member States and the support staff from the CARICOM Secretariat, arrived in The Bahamas on Monday, 13 September 2021. The six (6) member Observation Mission, which was led by Mr. Ian Hughes, Human Resource and Training Officer…

Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) impressed upon United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman the urgency for the delivery of the second tranche of donations of Pfizer vaccines from the US. The Ministers and Ms Sherman along with Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Ambassador Brian Nichols held a virtual dialogue on Tuesday 21 September in the margins of the UN General Assembly. The United States delivered the first shipments of the donated Pfizer vaccines last August, with the second shipment planned for this month. Ministers while expressing their deep appreciation for the generosity of the US, underlined…

SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVISSTATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS No. 37 of 2021Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No. 9) Regulations, 2021In exercise of the power conferred by section 5 of the Emergency Powers Act, Cap. 19.02 the Governor-General makes the following Regulations:[Published 21st September 2021 – Extra-Ordinary Gazette No. 59 of 2021]Part I Preliminary Citation and duration.(1) TheseRegulationsmaybecitedastheEmergencyPowers(COVID-19)(No.9)Regulations, 2021.(2) These Regulations shall come into force from 5:01 a.m. on Wednesday 22nd September, 2021 and shall expire at 5:00 a.m. on Thursday 7th October, 2021.Interpretation.In these Regulations,“Court” includes the Magistrates’ Courts and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court;“COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act” means the COVID-19 (Prevention…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2021 (SKNIS): Officials from the Counselling Department will be featured on the popular government radio and television programme “Working for You” on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. The special guests will be Michele de la Coudray-Blake, Director of the Counselling Department; Naeemah Hazel, Deputy Director of the Counselling Department; Valencia Byron, Counsellor; Nadia Rawlins, Counsellor; and Maleisha Caesar, Family Counsellor. The discussion will focus on the work of the Counselling Department and the services it offers; the process of seeking counselling services; how the Family Matters programme work; responsibilities of the Counsellor; and management of the Department’s…

Washington DC, September 21, 2021 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has announced the selection of two centers in Argentina and Brazil as regional hubs for the development and production of mRNA-based vaccines in Latin America in a bid to tackle COVID-19 and future infectious-disease challenges. The Bio-Manguinhos Institute of Technology on Immunobiologicals at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ) was selected as the center in Brazil. The institute has a long tradition in vaccine manufacturing and has made promising advances in the development of an innovative mRNA vaccine against COVID-19. Sinergium Biotech, a private sector biopharmaceutical company, was selected…

Basseterre- Thursday, 21stSeptember, 2021-The High-Level Week of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly began today Tuesday 21st September, 2021, in a hybrid format, with more than 100 countries descending onto New York and participating in-person. Honourable Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation leads the in-person delegation attending the Opening Session of the high-level week. This year, the United Nations General Assembly focuses on the theme “Building resilience through hope – to recover from COVID-19, rebuild sustainably, respond to the needs of the planet, respect the rights of people and revitalize the United Nations”. As the week progresses…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2021 (SKNIS): His Holiness Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), Head of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the Vatican City State, in a congratulatory message to Governor-General of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, His Excellency Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LL.D, has offered prayerful best wishes for the Government and people on their 38thAnniversary of Independence. “I send cordial greetings to Your Excellency and your fellow citizens on the occasion of the National Day of Saint Kitts and Nevis. With my prayers that the people of the Federation will ever dwell…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 20, 2021 (SKNIS): The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis has endured throughout the global COVID-19 Pandemic both politically, socially and economically, said Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, during his Independence Address on Sunday, September 19 to commemorate the nation’s 38 years of sovereignty. “Over the last eighteen months, we, like the rest of the world, have had some challenges. We have been fighting this dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, and we have been coping relatively well. On the whole, when we look at the world’s landscape and consider political stability, economic advancement, standards of living, and…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 20, 2021 (SKNIS): The Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis (DBSKN) has joined in the 38thIndependence Celebrations with its first-ever Independence In-House Decorating Competition, which ran from 1st -17thSeptember, reaching a digital audience of over thirty thousand (30K). In a recent interview, Marketing and Product Development Officer, Ms. Chantelle Rochester said the competition was a way to highlight how the institution has since 1981 assisted the citizens and residents of St. Kitts and Nevis in creating their own independence by providing access to Home-ownership, Business-ownership, Education and fostering team spirit among staff members. Ms. Rochester further stated that the overall goal…