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Gov’t saddened by St Lucia’s withdrawal from World Cup qualifiers

Published 26 March, 2021

Basseterre

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**Members of the national team protesting outside the Saint Lucia Football Association headquarters on Wednesday, March 24.**

The government has expressed disappointment with the decision to withdraw Saint Lucia’s national team from participating in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

News that the Saint Lucia Football Association (SLFA) took the decision to not participate in the qualifies shocked players of the national football team, who protested Wednesday outside the association’s headquarters in La Clery, demanding answers from the executive.

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COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021, PASSED IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

Published 25 March, 2021
Basseterre
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**Photo:** Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris

COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2021, PASSED IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 25, 2021 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – After its successful readings in the National Assembly on Thursday, March 25, the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was unanimously passed, bringing St. Kitts and Nevis even more in line with best practices within the international financial services sector.

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Canada reviews quarantine requirements for Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs)

Published 24 March 2021

Basseterre

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Canada reviews quarantine requirements for Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs)

Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 24, 2021 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): The Government of Canada is in the process of reviewing its COVID-19 quarantine protocols regarding Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) who arrive in Canada.

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Gov’t to launch E-commerce platform for businesses during curfew

Published 22 March, 2021

Basseterre

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Some businesses, including restaurants and delivery operators, are to be able to function after the curfew hours until midnight through the new E-commerce National Delivery System (ENDS).

Limited testing of the service has started, and there is a plan to launch it as a pilot in Portmore by Friday, March 26, according to Prime Minister Andrew Holness.

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AstraZeneca: US data shows vaccine effective for all ages

Published 22 March, 2021

Basseterre

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FILE – In this Friday, March 19, 2021 file photo Medical staff members administer the AstraZeneca vaccine at La Nuvola (The Cloud) convention center that was temporarily turned into a COVID-19 vaccination hub, in Rome. AstraZeneca said Monday March 22, 2021 that advanced trial data from a U.S. study on its COVID vaccine shows it is 79% effective. The U.S. study comprised 30,000 volunteers, 20,000 of whom were given the vaccine while the rest got dummy shots. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine provided strong protection against sickness and eliminated hospitalisations and deaths from the disease across all age groups in a late-stage study in the United States, the company announced Monday.