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CEBO ‘ambassador’ in Silicon Valley for entrepreneurship summit
St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy PM Richards presents support to Ms. Elliott for her travel to Silicon Valley. (Photo courtesy the Department of Youth Empowerment)[/caption] St Kitts and Nevis entrepreneur Anastasha Elliott is in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, USA, where she will learn about and explore first-hand what the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) has to offer. While there, she will also…
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Competition Law, Policy Training Seminar for St. Kitts and Nevis
Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, together with the CARICOM Competition Commission, is hosting a training seminar on Competition Law and Policy on Monday 13 June, 2016, at the Customs and Excise Department. This introductory Level I training programme is designed to raise knowledge and awareness of Competition Law and Policy, and build institutional capacity within St. Kitts and…
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St. Kitts and Nevis leads regional charge towards vector control
Basseterre, St. Kitts – St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Health, the Hon. Eugene Hamilton said that there was no greater threat to our health security than vectors and the diseases they transmit. He noted this at the second Workshop to Develop a Regional Network on Research and Control of Emerging Vector-Bourne Diseases in the Caribbean being held in St. Kitts from May…
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Regional delegates excited by prospects of collaboration on geothermal development
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 13, 2016 (SKNIS): The Geothermal Regional Forum concluded on Thursday, 12 May, and officials are already buzzing about some of the outcome of the three-day conference that was held at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. Judith Ephraim, Programme Officer at the Sustainable Energy Unit at the OECS Commission, said geothermal energy is a part of the energy consideration…
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Geothermal energy discussions kick off in St. Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 10, 2016 (SKNIS): The development of geothermal energy in the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and its prospects for economic and sustainable contributions are being reviewed at the Regional Geothermal Forum from May 10 – 12 at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort. The forum, which is organised by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the…
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St. Kitts and Nevis CYAs celebrate Girls in ICT Day 2016
Basseterre, St. Kitts, (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis’ CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA) joined other Member States in the Region to celebrate International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day 2016, on Thursday 28 April. The day, which is held on the fourth Thursday in April each year, was observed under the theme ‘Tech girls, for a tech world. Girls…
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The need to restructure Caribbean economies and reduce debt on the table
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, April 21ST, 2016 (PRESS SEC) – High-level government policymakers from the Caribbean, including Acting Prime Minister Honourable Vance Amory and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Mark Brantley, are convening today and tomorrow at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort for the Fourth Meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable. The Roundtable discussion forms part of the Twenty-Sixth…
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Ministry of Trade Facilitates Public Awareness about the Caricom Skills Certificate
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 11, 2016 (SKNIS): The Ministry of International Trade in collaboration with the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Unit, hosted the first in a series of consultation and information sharing sessions with a public sensitization forum on the CARICOM Skills Certificate at the University of the West Indies Open Campus on Thursday, March 10. Mrs. Jasemin…
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Agricultural Sector Is A Vital Economic Pillar Of St. Kitts And Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 01, 2016 (SKNIS): The Agricultural Sector in the Federation is vital for sustained economic growth, stated Jeanelle Kelly, Quarantine Officer at the Department of Agriculture, during a recent address to agricultural stakeholders. Ms. Kelly noted that agriculture will be transformed. “By 2016, agriculture will be innovative, resilient and sustainable, supporting food and nutrition security,…
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EPA to benefit Departments of Statistics, Bureau of Standards
Basseterre, St. Kitts – The Launch of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)/CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Standby Facility for Capacity Building Projects, held on Thursday morning at the Ocean Terrace Inn, has been described as a momentous occasion by the Minister of International Trade, Commerce and Consumers Affairs, the Honourable Lindsay Grant. Minister Grant, who spoke to St. Kitts and…
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