Basseterre, St. Kitts, January 28, 2014 (SKNIS): Encouragement to provide factual information on Caribbean regional integration was the message put forward by the CARICOM Secretariat which hosted a Broadcasters Regional Integration and CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Antigua recently.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Association of Professional Statisticians (CAPS) whose motto is `Promoting Statistics for Sustainable Development’ was launched on Monday in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.
The Association was launched during the opening ceremony of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS), and the Twenty-third Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Practitioners in the field of statistics have been challenged to demystify the field to young people in the Caribbean and find imaginative ways to expose them to all that is intriguing about pursuing a career in the field.
Theme: Statistics in Everyday Life; Let us Education and Appreciate
It is an honour for me to greet you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, on the occasion of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (38th SCCS) and the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (23rd RCCC), which is being held in the Member State of St Kitts and Nevis.
WASHINGTON, CMC - St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas is leading a high-level group of Commonwealth ministers that is ending a two-day visit to Washington on Tuesday after holding discussions with representatives of leading international financial institutions on the issue of debt and financing challenges for developing countries.
The delegation also includes Jamaica’s Finance Minister Dr. Peter Philips and his counterparts from Samoa, the Seychelles and Tonga.
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today sent a letter expressing his gratitude to the Minister of Education and Information of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Nigel Carty, for the award that the government official recently granted to the hemispheric institution for the support it provided in the area of education.
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC - A High Court judge has reserved judgment in a case in which the St. Kitts-Nevis government is seeking to lift an injunction granted to opposition legislators wanting to stop the implementation of proposed changes to the constituency boundaries ahead of the next general elections. Justice Darshan Ramdhani over the weekend said he would need a couple of weeks to give his decision, ensuring that the conservatory order prohibiting the Governing General from signing the proclamation effecting constituency boundaries changes would remain in place.
St. Kitts and Nevis want to be a franchise holder for the 2014 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
The government is currently installing floodlights at the Warner Park Cricket Stadium with the hope of creating the possibility for the island to host a franchise, reports CMC.
Earlier this year, the Minister of Sports Glen Phillip, wrote a letter of intent to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) stating that St. Kitts wants to have a franchise.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves is questioning on what grounds the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) or even the Commonwealth can intervene in the political situation in St. Kitts-Nevis. Opposition legislators have accused regional governments of remaining silent on the political stalemate in the twin-island Federation occasioned by the refusal to date of the Parliament to debate a motion of no confidence filed against the government of Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Aug 1, CMC – Opposition legislators say they are concerned at the continued silence of Caribbean leaders to the ongoing political situation in St. Kitts-Nevis and are warning of possible violence in the future.