2020

Deputy Commissioner of Labour, Dr. Deon Webb says a plan is being developed to benefit persons with outstanding claims for Severance and Long Service Gratuity recipients as St. Kitts-Nevis faces the impact of COVID-19.

Director of the Water Services Department (WSD) in St. Kitts, Charles Parris, strongly encourages residents in St. Kitts and Nevis to practice water conservation. The COVID-19 pandemic makes this request even more urgen as the traditional…

A daughter of the soil, Dr. Ismay Taylor, Retired University Professor and Chairperson for The Caines Family Foundation presented a $ 10,000 cheque to Abdias Samuel, Chair of the COVID-19 National Task Force during the National Emergency…

During this period when persons have been asked to stay at home for their own safety, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Adolph Adams, described those who are complying as “true soldiers in the fight” against the 2019 Coronavirus.

Watch the National Emergency Operations Center (NEOC) COVID-19 Daily Briefing for April 13, 2020

Persons with outstanding claims for Severance and Long Service Gratuity benefits from the Department of Labour have not been forgotten as the federation grapples with the economic fallout from the Novel Coronavirus.

The Department of Labour has so far received two thousand applications from persons seeking financial assistance under the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.

Watch the Nevis COVID-19 EOC Debriefing April 13th, 2020

The mother of a nurse who cared for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson while he was in intensive care with COVID-19 says her daughter found the experience “surreal.”

As the coronavirus pandemic throws millions out of work and devastates economies worldwide, governments are struggling with the delicate balance between keeping people safe from a highly contagious virus and making sure they can still make…

The second positive COVID-19 case at a Portmore call centre and the ordering of staff to self-quarantine have triggered more concern that business process outsourcing (BPO) companies – characterised by high-density office arrangements – may…

As of April 12, 2020, Saint Lucia has recorded a total of 15 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The first two cases were repatriated to the United Kingdom between March 24 and 25, 2020 and four of the remaining cases have since recovered and been…

With the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season approaching, Abdias Samuel, National Disaster Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said that despite having to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, the agency has already…

The Department of Labour has received some 2,000 applications from persons seeking financial assistance under the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.

The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis remains committed to ensuring that citizens and residents are protected, especially at a time when the world is faced with the COVID-19 Pandemic. It is for this very reason why Chairman of the National…