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St. Kitts to Host CPL 2021

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The 2021 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) will take place in St Kitts & Nevis in its entirety, with all 33 games being played in the Federation. The tournament will get underway on 28 August with a similar format of games that worked so successfully in 2020 and delivered a record audience of over 500million. Last year the tournament was successfully staged in a bio-secure bubble and the Hero CPL operations team will again be working closely with the tournament’s medical advisors, local agencies and the St Kitts & Nevis government…

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ROTARY CLUB OF LIAMUIGA DONATES 500 BOOKS TO PUBLIC LIBRARY

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Basseterre, St. Kitts — On Wednesday 14th April, 2021, the Rotary Club of Liamuiga officially kicked off its 2021 book drive, an effort that was made possible by the generous donation of thousands of books and reading material, spanning all age groups and a wide array of topics, by the Second Wind Foundation. Reviving the love of reading in our population, more specifically, among the Federation’s youth, is the one of the major goals of the Rotary Club of Liamuiga.   The book distribution initiative is an ongoing programme of…

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Golden celebration in the works

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Jamaica Observer (05 Apr. 2021) Plans are being put into place for the 50th anniversary of the Jamaican cult film classic The Harder They Come. The film which was written, produced and directed by film-maker Perry Henzel and starred reggae artiste Jimmy Cliff, will mark its golden anniversary next year, having been released in 1972, and the Henzell family is not prepared to make that milestone go unmarked. According to Henzell’s daughter Justine, things are being set up for next year, but she is guarding the details at this time.…

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The rural youth of Africa and the Americas will engage in dialogue with a view to promoting agricultural sustainability

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(SKNIS) San José, 31 March 2021 (IICA). The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN) will strengthen knowledge exchange between the Americas and Africa to promote rural well-being, agricultural productivity, food security and the rational use of natural resources, by way of an agreement that will also foster dialogue between young Americans and Africans living in rural areas. These actions will be defined within the framework of a technical cooperation agreement signed by IICA, the international organization specialized in agricultural and rural development,…

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ST. KITTS AND NEVIS WITNESSING THE BIRTH OF A NEW INDUSTRY IN FILM

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BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 22, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Filming is set to commence soon in St. Kitts and Nevis on the international comedy film, “One Year Off”.  The film will be the first of a two-movie production deal between UK production and sales firm MSR Media and the Nevis Island Administration (NIA). A number of local actors/models will be featured in the movie, with several locals already being hired for the pre-production process. According to the Department of Information on Nevis, MSR Media is…

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Congratulations to St. Kitts-Nevis National Bank on its 50th Golden Anniversary

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The St Kitts and Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce extends our warmest congratulations to St. Kitts-Nevis National Bank as it began celebrations of its 50th Anniversary celebrations on February 28, 2021. The Bank commenced operations in 1971, as the smallest bank in the Federation and now has grown to become the largest commercial bank in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). According to its Managing Director, Dr. Analdo Bailey, National Bank was incorporated on 15 February 1971, with paid up capital of $164,000.00 and total assets of $440,000.00, and…

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Jamaica Gets First Delivery of Covid-19 Vaccines

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Jamaica has received its first delivery of vaccines to fight the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). The 50,000 doses of vaccines, donated by the Government of India, arrived on Monday (March 8), at the Norman Manley International Airport Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, accepted the vaccines from India’s High Commissioner to Jamaica, His Excellency Rungsung Masakui. Also on hand were the Minister of Health, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith. The Ministry of Health and…

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Massy Stores Empowers Women

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As the world observes International Women’s Day 2021, Massy Stores is celebrating the success of its long-standing Lessons in Female Empowerment (LIFE) programme designed to empower and uplift its female employees. The programme is managed and executed by Rosario Williams who built her career over 12 years at Massy Stores as a supervisor and HR officer. In taking on the challenge to help women at various stages of their lives, Ms. Williams said, “I always try to understand and connect with people on a holistic level. I try to find…

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NEVIS FEATURED IN VARIETY MAGAZINE FOR SIX FILM PRODUCTION DEA

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CHARLESTOWN, Nevis, (March 6, 2021) Variety magazine, the industry leader and standard-bearer for all things related to entertainment has featured Nevis’ groundbreaking agreement with MSR Media to shoot six films on the island, the first and most significant step in developing a world-class film industry on this lovely Caribbean island. Senior Variety Editor Anna Marie de la Fuente interviewed Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) CEO Jadine Yarde and MSR Media Producer Philippe Martinez for the in-depth story, and quoted from a statement issued by the Hon. Premier Mark Brantley on the…

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Latin America and the Caribbean urged to let its voice be heard at the UN Food Systems Summit

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San Jose, 16 February 2021 (IICA). Chair of the Scientific Group for the UN Food Systems Summit, Joachim von Braun, urged Latin America and the Caribbean to project a “strong voice” in the organization of the global meeting that is slated to take place at the end of September, in a bid to build more productive, sustainable and equitable food systems. Von Braun made the appeal during his presentation as a special guest of the Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture…

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