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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, June 08 – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris has lauded the work of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) in keeping the Currency Union safe. PrimeMinister Harris spoke to the contribution of the ECCB over the last fifteen (15) months of the pandemic as an instrument of public policy. TheBank was particularly helpful in providing special relief for mortgage payments to Commercial Banks. Prime Minister Harris said as part of this special relief, a twenty-one (21) month moratorium was granted to eligible persons. Dr. Harris was at the time speaking during…

Public Health (Restriction of Movement) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 10 of the Public Health Act, Cap. 9.21, the Minister of Health with the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers makes the following Regulations: [Published 8th June 2021, Extra Ordinary Gazette No. 32 of 2021] Citation. These Regulations may be cited as the Public Health (Restriction of Movement) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021. Interpretation. In these Regulations, “principal regulations” means the Public Health (Restriction of Movement) Regulations, No. 15 of 2021. Amendment of regulation 3. Regulation 3 of the principal regulations is amended in subregulation (1)…

COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Order, 2021 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 24 of the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Act, No. 16 of 2020, the Chief Medical Officer makes the following Emergency Order: [Published 8th June 2021, Extra Ordinary Gazette No. 32 of 2021] Interpretation. In this Order “Order” means the COVID-19 (Prevention and Control) Order, No. 14 of 2021. Amendment of section 1(2). Section 1 subsection (2) of the Order is amended by replacing the expression “Tuesday 8th June, 2021” with the expression “22nd June, 2021”. Amendment of section 4(d). Section 4 paragraph (d) of the…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 08, 2021 (SKNIS): Medical Chief of Staff of the Joseph N. France General Hospital, Dr. Cameron Wilkinson, said that the Roll-Up 2 Roll-Out COVID-19 vaccination campaign is a fight for the unvaccinated in society, who cannot take a jab and are thereby vulnerable to the deadly disease.At a Special COVID-19 Briefing by the National Emergency Operations Centre on June 07, 2021, the Medical Chief of Staff issued a call for every able-bodied person to join the war to end the global pandemic.“We have been fighting for every school child who is unvaccinated, every pregnant woman and…

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 18 May 2021. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) is urging Ministries of Health and clinicians to only use the medicine, ivermectin, under the conditions of well-regulated clinical trials for COVID-19, or for approved indications. This is a result of the limited evidence available to assure a favorable benefit-risk balance when used in treating patients with COVID-19. This is also reflected by the recommendations of the global health authority, World Health Organization (WHO). In its “Therapeutics and COVID-19: Living Guideline”, March 31, 2021, the WHO Guideline Development Group explains “The effects of ivermectin on…

On June 6th, 1988 the Freewinds was christened in the harbor of Willemstad, Curacao and set sail on her maiden voyage calling to the ports of Aruba and Bonaire. Thirty-three years later the Freewinds has become an integral part of the Caribbean region. In addition to providing a distraction free environment for her passengers, the Freewinds has been assisting every port she visits with volunteer work, social benefit programs and fundraising events for worthy causes. After starting off with a simple itinerary in the ABC Island of Aruba, Bonaire and Curacao, the Freewinds has expanded to ports throughout the Caribbean…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 08, 2021 (SKNIS): On Monday (June 07), Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Hazel Laws, identified three factors fuelling the recent wave of cases that have resulted in 11 new cases of the Novel Coronavirus that were detected over the past 72 hours. “Based on the information gleaned through our contact tracing process, we are … realizing that our private and public sector entities are not in full compliance with the COVID-19 prevention and control measures,” CMO Dr. Laws said at a Special COVID-19 Briefing. These measures include limiting the number of persons in enclosed spaces, encouraging physical distancing,…

Issued at: 5pm Monday, 7th June 2021.Present Weather: Cloudy with hazeWinds: A moderate breeze of 14mph from the eastTemperature: 27°C / 81°F Max Temp: 29°C / 83°F Humidity: 80%Sea Level Pressure: 1015.9mbs or 30.00″24hr rainfall at the R.L. Bradshaw Intl. at 2 pm: 7.8mm / 0.307″Amount of rainfall for the month of June: 18.9mm / 0.74″Sunrise: Tom 5:36am Sunset: Tom 6:44pm Weather Forecast Valid until 8 pm Tomorrow. Winds: East with speeds ranging from 12 to 20mph with gusts to as high as 31mphmainly over open waters and in elevated areas. Seas: 1.2 to 2.1metres or 4 to 7feet. A…

Media Release Courtesy the Ministry of Agriculture, St. Vincent and the Grenadines Monday, June 7, 2021 — St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Agriculture Minister, the Honourable Saboto Caesar, has commended locally owned and operated company “Medicinal” on the recent launch of an extensive line of locally produced medicinal cannabis products. The island nation has embarked on a path for the establishment of a modern medicinal industry that entails not only the production of raw material from plants and fungi, but also the processing of raw material for the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industry. Traditional cultivators have been significantly affected by ash fall as a result…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 08, 2021 (SKNIS): Minister of Health, the Honourable Akilah Byron-Nisbett, said that the Federation’s percent positivity, which is the percentage of all the Coronavirus test performed that is actually positive, remains very low. The Health Minister announced at the June 07 edition of the NEOC Special COVID-19 Press Briefing, that to date, St. Kitts and Nevis has a total of 94 confirmed cases with 53 fully recovered. Since the community spread on May 19, there have been a total of 49 cases including eight (8) additional cases on June 05 and 3 on June 06. “This finding of these positive cases and their…