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5pm and 3day Weather Forecast 19th May 2025

Published 19 May 2025

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Valid until 8pm Tuesday 20th may 2025

Weather Bulletin

Issued at: 5 pm Monday 19th May 2025

Present Weather: Partly Cloudy with slight dust haze

Winds: A gentle breeze of 8 mph from East Northeast

Temperature: 28°C /83°F Max Temp: 30°C / 86°F Humidity: 80 %

Sea Level Pressure: 1015.0mbs or 29.97”

24-hour rainfall at the R.L. Bradshaw Intl. at 2 pm: trace

Amount of rainfall for the month of May: 218.1mm / 8.59”

Sunrise: Tom 5:38 am Sunset: Tom 6:37 pm

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Education, Local news, News

UNESCO Funding Solutions Aim to Enhance the Federation’s Teacher Professionalization Ambitions

Published 19 May 2025

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UNESCO Funding Solutions Aim to Enhance the Federation’s Teacher Professionalization Ambitions

Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, May 15, 2025 (UNESCO National Commission) – In less than one year since the signing of an agreement with the Open University of Tanzania (OUT), the St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Education is now poised to offer the Federation’s teaching force the opportunity to pursue remote-based studies to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree in Education.

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Business, Local news, News

GOVERNMENT SECURES GAE PENSION, OFFERS AGE 62 RETIREMENT OPTION FOR PRE-2012 CIVIL SERVANTS

Published 19 May 2025

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GOVERNMENT SECURES GAE PENSION, OFFERS AGE 62 RETIREMENT OPTION FOR PRE-2012 CIVIL SERVANTS 

Basseterre, Saint Kitts, May 19, 2025 (SKNIS): Public servants and Government Auxiliary Employees (GAEs) continue to be updated on recent history-making reforms to the government’s pension system.  This recent update to the Pension Act and the GAE Act, builds on the momentum and commitment of the government to bring pension justice through inclusion and to provide security and restore dignity to all government employees.  To date, seven sessions have been held with GAE’s and Civil Servants employed before May 18, 2012. 

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Crime/Justice, Local news, News

Attorney General Wilkin Advocates for Collaborative Partnerships at UN Crime Prevention Commission

Published 19 May 2025

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Attorney General Wilkin Advocates for Collaborative Partnerships at UN Crime Prevention Commission
 
 Vienna, Austria, May 19, 2025 — The Honourable Garth Wilkin, Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis, on May 19, 2025, addressed the 34th Session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), calling for deeper international partnerships to bolster the administration of justice in small island developing states.

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Weather Bulletin

Issued at: 5 pm Sunday 18th May 2025

Present Weather: Cloudy skies with dust haze

Winds: A gentle breeze of 8 mph from the East

Temperature: 28°C /82°F Max Temp: 29°C / 84°F Humidity: 81 %

Sea Level Pressure: 1015.0mbs or 29.97”

24-hour rainfall at the R.L. Bradshaw Intl. at 2 pm: 62 mm / 2.44”

Amount of rainfall for the month of May: 218.1 mm / 8.59”

Sunrise: Tom 5:38 am Sunset: Tom 6:37 pm

Weather Forecast Valid until 8 pm Tomorrow.

Winds: East-southeast at 8 to 16 mph with lighter spells in some places tonight.

Seas: 1.2 to 1.5 meters or 4 to 5 feet.

Forecast for St. Kitts and Nevis: The mid to upper trough that has been

supporting rainfall activity over the area is forecast to move eastwards and weaken. While this will cause a reduction in the clouds over the area, a moderate breeze in response to a low-level ridge could still push shallow clouds and pockets of moisture over the islands at times.

Weather tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 60 percent or moderate chance of showers.

Weather tomorrow: Partly cloudy and slightly hazy with a 60 percent or moderate chance of shower.

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