st kitts and nevis

March 31, 2015
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Stem cell research and treatment facility to be established in St Kitts

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (WINN) — Plans are in the works to establish a stem cell research and treatment center in St Kitts in the near future. The plans were make public at a press conference organized by the St Kitts biomedical Research Foundation following the Foundation’s Strategy Conference on Reverse Aging Treatments in the presence of several international scientists and…
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March 30, 2015
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Tradewinds 2015, gets underway tomorrow

The St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) is forging ahead with preparations for hosting ‘Phase 1′ of the United States-sponsored Regional Security Force training exercise dubbed Tradewinds. This is designed to make the waters off St. Kitts and Nevis the Operations Area (OA) for the Maritime Phase. Tradewinds, which will be conducted from May 31 to June 9, will bring together more than 200…
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March 30, 2015
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Caribbean Export, OAS partner to enhance businesses through ICT

The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Organization of American States (OAS) partnered with the Information and Communication Technology (CTIC) for the implementation of a training programme for ICT Advisors from 11 CARICOM countries. The countries are Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and…
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March 27, 2015
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Visa Waiver Agreement between the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Federative Republic of Brazil

The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is pleased to communicate that nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis holding a valid St. Kitts and Nevis passport no longer require visas to travel to Brazil. This agreement was signed on January 20, 2015 and came into effect on March 7, 2015. The agreement states that citizens of St. Kitts and Nevis…
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March 26, 2015
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EPA Capacity-Building Project Launched

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat-based Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (CARIFORUM) Directorate, in collaboration with key partners, launched a €3,099,915 Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)-centered Capacity-building Project, in Georgetown, Guyana on 25 March. The Project’s specific objective is to contribute to the effective implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA, with…
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March 25, 2015
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St. Kitts and Nevis teachers to be trained on the CSME this week

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), through the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Unit, the Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and the Ministry of Education are working together to expose secondary school teachers to the CSME and teaching skills aimed at influencing curricula. Thirty secondary school teachers in St. Kitts and Nevis have been selected to attend a…
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March 25, 2015
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Education Ministry achieves milestone in TVET policy implementation

The Ministry of Education on Thursday, March 19, held a sensitization workshop to design, develop and pilot a National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for St. Kitts and Nevis. It marked another milestone in the implementing of the National Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Policy. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Mrs. Ionie Liburd-Willett, stated that the workshop comes…
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March 24, 2015
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OAS pleased With preparations for Model Session in St. Kitts-Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 23, 2015 (SKNIS): Final checks are being made by officials in St. Kitts and Nevis to ensure that all is set for Tuesday’s (March 24) start of the 33rd Model OAS General Assembly (MOAS) for Universities of the Hemisphere. Specialist with the MOAS Programme, Nelly Robinson, said she was pleased with the attention to detail that has…
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March 20, 2015
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St. Kitts/Nevis Youth Minister engages CARICOM Youth Ambassadors

New St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Youth, the Hon. Shawn K. Richards discussed key youth related issues with local CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs), Sonia Boddie and Klieon John, who also serves as the regional Dean of CYAs,on Monday 16 March 16. The Minister gained insight into some of the work currently being undertaken by the ambassadors and their upcoming plans for…
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March 20, 2015
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Historic OASConference Convenes In St. Kitts-Nevis Next Week

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 20, 2015 (SKNIS): Approximately 120 delegates are expected to participate in the 33rd Model OAS General Assembly (MOAS) for Universities of the Hemisphere scheduled for March 24 to 26, in St. Kitts and Nevis. According to its official website, the Model session “is a simulation exercise where, through role-playing, the students represent the diplomats and political officials of the…
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