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On July 3rd, 2023, His Honour Renold Benjamin sentenced four (4) men to His Majesty’s Prison on multiple drug possession and importation charges. The charges were previously laid following a major drug find by local authorities on a cargo boat, MV Elizabeth C, at the St. Kitts Deep Water Port on October 4th, 2022. The […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, July 5, 2023 (SKNIS) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Marine Resources and Cooperatives has brought significant relief to the fishing community of Old Road through the re-commissioning of the Ice Machine at the Old Road Fisheries Complex, which had been out of operation since March of 2021. The ice machine was re-commissioned […]

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, July 3, 2023. The European Union continues to provide support to CCRIF SPC as a means of subsidizingpremiums on the parametric insurance policies of its Caribbean members. This policy year, whichstarted on June 1, 2023, the EU provided CCRIF with US$4.7 million in support of the 12 ODA-eligible Caribbean members of […]

Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis,July 5, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government returned to Trinidad and Tobago, the venue of the historic signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, for the 45th Regular Meeting and to launch a year of celebrations to mark its 50th Anniversary.  The agenda for the Meeting tackled several major […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts (05 July 2023) – The St. Kitts Music Festival, endorsed as one of the leading music festivals in the Caribbean by musical talents such as Anthony B, Gramps Morgan, Govanna, and Romain Virgo, was a massive success as it celebrated its 25th anniversary in June 2023. The festival delivered three exceptional nights of musical […]

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 5th July 2023 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) – The delegation of Saint Kitts and Nevis at the 45th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, headed by Mr. Glenroy Blanchette, Permanent Secretary held bilateral talks with His Excellency Duck-Soo Han of the Republic of Korea. His Excellency took […]

The Human Resource Management Department wishes to inform the public about the offerings of scholarships by the Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in St. Kitts and Nevis to study in Cuba in various fields. Twenty (20) scholarships have been allocated for the 2024 academic year. The aforementioned scholarships are as follows: Seven (7) scholarships […]

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. On 23 June 2023, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in collaboration with the Judiciary of Guyana, hosted sensitisation sessions for members of the Judiciary and the Bar Association of Guyana, at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Georgetown, Guyana. The sessions formed part of the Court’s stakeholder engagement initiatives conducted […]

Wednesday, 5 July 2023 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown):  CARICOM Leaders braved the inclement weather in Trinidad and Tobago for a commemorative ceremony in observance of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, which gave birth to the regional organization.  Heads of Government, delegates and guests of the 45th Regular Meeting of the […]

Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal. Monday, July 3, 2023 ― The University of the West Indies Open Campus is saddened by the passing of Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton, GCMG, CVO, QC, JP, LLD (Honoris Causa), former Governor-General of St Kitts and Nevis.  Sir Tapley was an alumnus of The UWI, an attorney by profession […]