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STAKEHOLDERS IN ST. KITTS-NEVIS PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOP AIMED AT ADDRESSING DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ISSUES

Published 13 June 2019

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STAKEHOLDERS IN ST. KITTS-NEVIS PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOP AIMED AT ADDRESSING DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ISSUES

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 13, 2019 (SKNIS): Several persons from across various government ministries and departments, legal and medical practitioners, as well as civil society, in St. Kitts and Nevis, attended a Domestic and Sexual Violence Complaints and Response (DSVCR) Protocol Implementation workshop aimed at dealing with domestic and sexual violence issues in the Federation.

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“Argentina, FAO & SKN join forces to convert fish waste” ; Technical team arrives in Basseterre to kick off an ambitious Cooperation Project

Published 13 June 2019

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Please find pdf link below to press release from Embassy of the Argentine Republic in Bridgetown, Barbados Re: “Argentina, FAO & SKN join forces to convert fish waste” ; Technical team arrives in Basseterre to kick off an ambitious Cooperation Project

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f9c18edcb5e81ee00df9977e6/files/5e8a8d4a-04f4-4078-a1f0-26fc9ea8a124/Press_release_Fish_Waste_Cooperation_Project_1_.pdf

L-R: ST. KITTS AND NEVIS’ MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HON. MARK BRANTLEY; AMBASSADOR OF ARGENTINA BASED IN BARBADOS, GUSTAVO MARTINEZ PANDIANI

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“Argentina to help St. Kitts & Nevis´ football”; Argentine Coach arrives in Basseterre to work with SKNFA

Published 13 June 2019

Buckie Got It, St. Kitts and Nevis News Source

Please find pdf link below to press release from Embassy of the Argentine Republic in Bridgetown, Barbados Re: “Argentina to help St. Kitts & Nevis´ football”;
Argentine Coach arrives in Basseterre to work with SKNFA

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/f9c18edcb5e81ee00df9977e6/files/15a3db11-e0f3-428a-b66a-e5d60b09068c/Press_release_Argentina_to_help_St._Kitts_Nevis_in_Football_1_.pdf

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PAHO calls for blood donation systems to be strengthened to ensure 100% voluntary donations

Published 13 June 2019

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PAHO calls for blood donation systems to be strengthened to ensure 100% voluntary donations

Washington D.C., June 12, 2019 (PAHO/WHO) – In Latin America and the Caribbean, voluntary donation accounts for less than half of all blood supplies. For World Blood Donor Day, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is calling for countries to strengthen their voluntary, unpaid blood donation systems, the best way to ensure universal access to an adequate supply of safe blood for transfusions.

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SINGLE USE PLASTICS PRESENT A DANGER TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, SAYS DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT IN ST. KITTS

Published 13 June 2019

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SINGLE USE PLASTICS

SINGLE USE PLASTICS PRESENT A DANGER TO THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, SAYS DIRECTOR OF DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT IN ST. KITTS

Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 13, 2019 (SKNIS): Director in the Department of Environment, June Hughes, says that the main challenge which has impacted the environment in St. Kitts and Nevis is plastic pollution as a result of single use plastics.

During the radio and television programme “Working for You,” on World Environment Day (June 5), Ms. Hughes stated that there are a number of challenges to the local environment.

“We have a challenge with littering, pollution … indiscriminate dumping and we also have a challenge with plastics… and the impact which single use plastics are having on the island,” she said.