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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 5, 2022 (SKNIS): With the start of the 2022-2023 academic year on Monday, September 5, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, the Honourable Dr. Geoffrey Hanley, on August 2, 2022, held a meeting with senior officials within the Ministry of Education to discuss the way forward amongst other pertinent matters.
“I have a schedule of meetings with just about all the stakeholders in Education that I have started meeting with and now we are here with Senior Leadership which I would dub as the engine of the Ministry. I am excited at this time to be able to serve as your Minister of Education and I look forward to the support of each and every one of you. And, this afternoon is not in any formal setting, but it is an opportunity for people to listen to you, listen to the challenges you are facing in your various departments and also hearing of your many success stories. By doing this, it puts me in a position to be able to lobby for more on behalf of Education. We are fortunate at this time that not only am I the Minister of Education but I’m also the Minister with responsibility for the STEP Programme. Therefore, this gives us a great advantage of access to resources that you might not have readily around you,” said Minister Dr. Hanley.
During the meeting, Minister Dr. Hanley urged the senior officials present to be proactive in identifying areas in which their various departments would require support, noting that all the necessary support will be provided to ensure that all outlined objectives are achieved.
“It is imperative for you as senior leadership to look at each of the units that you manage and provide your wish list of those things you may need. Because we recognize not too many positions are available on the government establishment at this time and as we approach another cycle of our budget we know exactly how that goes, some of the persons we are trying to get now might very well be able to come on full-time next year. So, I give you the assurance that you should not need any support, we control that now. If you do not get it, it will be because you did not ask. So, I am eager to hear what you may have to say and the many recommendations and suggestions you might bring,” said the Minister of Education.
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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 5, 2022 (SKTA) – The St. Kitts Tourism Authority in partnership with Royal Caribbean Group facilitated a Summer Group Workshop in preparation for the upcoming 2022-2023 cruise season. The workshop commenced on 28 August and successfully concluded on 02 September. The St. Kitts Tourism Authority sees it as their prime duty to provide professional development opportunities for all stakeholders within the industry to improve and diversify the destination’s tourism product.
This year’s edition of the Summer Cruise Workshop was offered to ATV Operators, Catamaran Operators, Taxi Operators, Open Air Safari Operators, and the St. Kitts Scenic Railway. The workshop facilitated informative presentations which sparked fruitful engagements amongst attendees and facilitators. Mr. Cesar Pascuales, Manager, Onboard Operations & Shore Excursions of Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean Group delivered thorough presentations with respect to customer service, guest experience and shore excursions. History is an important asset to St. Kitts and contributes significantly to the destination’s unspoiled image. Historian Mr. Leonard Stapleton refreshed all attendees on the unique and rich history of St. Kitts through comprehensive and interactive presentations for the week-long workshop.
Product Development Manager, Goldha Franks was especially proud of the incredible turnout and successful execution of the workshop. “I wish to extend congratulations to attendees of this invaluable workshop. It is imperative that our cruise sector employees are able to adapt to the sector’s ever-changing industry trends which allows our destination to remain competitive. This year’s Summer Cruise Workshop is very instrumental as we prepare for a booming 2022-2023 cruise season,” said Ms. Franks.
“Superb guest experiences assist tremendously in bringing more cruise vessels to St. Kitts” shared CEO of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, Mr. Ellison “Tommy” Thompson. “Our Summer Cruise Workshop is an initiative that was devised to improve our industry standards. As we continue to champion the adverse effects of COVID-19, it is important that we re-strategize, re-innovate, and re-vamp our tourism product. The St. Kitts Tourism Authority is pleased by its partnership with Royal Caribbean Group to provide cruise industry personnel with professional knowledge and multicultural skills needed to succeed within the cruise sector.”
The St. Kitts Tourism Authority continues to prepare for the upcoming 2022-2023 cruise season which is expected to be very prosperous, and the authority is also anticipating an increase in stayover visitors to the destination for this upcoming winter season.
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Jamaica secured several major awards at this year’s staging of the World Travel Awards Caribbean & The America’s Gala, which was held at Sandals Montego Bay in St James last week.
Jamaica has been named the Caribbean’s Leading Destination for 2022, the 16th straight year the island has taken that title.
Jamaica also copped the award for the Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Destination 2022, the Caribbean’s Leading Tourist Board for 2022, the 14th year in a row, and the Caribbean’s Leading Nature Destination for 2022.
“The accolades are proof of the resilience of Jamaica’s tourism sector and its committed stakeholders,” said Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett in accepting the awards.
He added that: “The prizes are also an indication that despite the challenges of the last two years, visitors to our island still see us as the place to visit.”
Bartlett said he is “proud that Jamaica’s tourism offerings have again been recognised and awarded for the quality experience they provide.”
Meanwhile, a significant number of Jamaican-based tourism entities also received awards at the event. They included Dolphin Cove, which was named the Caribbean’s Leading Adventure Tourist Attraction 2022; Sangster International Airport, named the Caribbean’s Leading Airport 2022; Club MoBay at Sangster International Airport received the title of Caribbean’s Leading Airport Lounge 2022; Port of Falmouth, Jamaica was named Caribbean’s Leading Cruise Port 2022, and the Montego Bay Convention Centre – the Caribbean’s Leading Meetings & Conference Centre 2022.
Round Hill Hotel & Villas was named the Caribbean’s Leading Villa Resort for 2022; Historic Naval Dockyard, Port Royal, Jamaica received the Caribbean’s Leading Tourism Development Project award for 2022; and GO! Jamaica Travel was named the Caribbean’s Leading Tour Operator, the Caribbean’s Leading Travel Agency, and the Caribbean’s Leading Destination Management Company.
Sandals South Coast secured the title of the Caribbean’s Leading Honeymoon Resort 2022; Half Moon – the Caribbean’s Leading Hotel 2022; Margaritaville Caribbean secured the title of Caribbean’s Leading Entertainment Venue 2022; Port of Montego Bay was awarded as the Caribbean’s Leading Home Port 2022; and Jamaica Inn was designated the Caribbean’s Leading Luxury All-Suite Resort 2022.
Island Routes Caribbean Adventures was named the Caribbean’s Leading Adventure Tour Operator 2022; Rockhouse, Jamaica secured the award for the Caribbean’s Leading Boutique Hotel 2022; Sandals Resorts International copped the award for the Caribbean’s Leading Hotel Brand 2022; while GoldenEye was named the Caribbean’s Leading Boutique Resort 2022.
Additionally, the Tryall Club in Montego Bay, Island Car Rentals, and Fleming Villa @ GoldenEye rounded out the night, receiving the Caribbean’s Leading Hotel Residences, the Caribbean’s Leading Independent Car Rental Company; and the Caribbean’s Leading Luxury Hotel Villa 2022 awards, respectively.
Jamaica and its tourism entities collectively received some 26 awards.
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Targeted advertising campaigns, selling a diverse range of products and never running out of stock are some of the strategies used by Kwame Miller to achieve more than $4.7 million in sales in just six months on online giant Amazon.
But the local Amazon success story requires hard work staying abreast with the constant changes on the platform while ensuring that customers are satisfied.
Miller, who made his first sale on Amazon in January 2020, recorded a steady increase in sales, ending the year with US$1,663 in sales on the last day.
He sells a number of locally manufactured products.
The Amazon seller generated US$31,500 (about J$4.75 million) in the last six months while moving his product offering from two to more than 60.
Miller said never running out of stock was vital to his success.
“If you have one killer product, that’s fantastic. But what if that one product doesn’t do well, then your entire revenue is wiped out”, Miller told an audience of prospective Amazon sellers.
Miller was addressing the launch of Project Amazon, an eight-week training course for 20 micro, small and medium-sized businesses (MSMEs) selected by the Jamaica Manufacturers and Exporters Association in Kingston on Wednesday.
“Your inventory must never run out; if you are selling something that people want, and you stop selling it because you’re out of stock, they’re going to look on the shelves and see something that may not be as good but is available, and they’re going to buy that product”, he explained.
Sales also affect how sellers are ranked by Amazon, so a slow-down in business pushes you down in the search order.
“Once you buy something on Amazon the easiest thing to click on is “order again”, so (your former customer) becomes your competitor’s customer for life, and you never want that to happen”, Miller said.
“If you’re out of stock Amazon says, ‘hey this guy is not making any sales and is not making any money for us’ … If you are not making sales then you are not (Amazon’s) priority; someone else becomes their priority”.
He said two items could be combined into several products, for example a two-pack or three-pack to diversify the offerings to customers.
Miller noted that it might be prudent to use an expensive method of shipping your stock to remain in business.
“If you’re running low on an item and you don’t want to go out of stock to drop your ranking, it makes sense to use a more expensive shipment to keep up your stocks. You’ll make it back in the long run”, he said.
He advised the sellers to ship in advance so that their stocks reached Amazon in a timely manner. Continuous monitoring of prices and the seasons for certain products is also key.
“If you are selling something in America which is pumpkin-based, you know in October that you’re going to make a lot of sales…For barbecue sauces, the barbecue season is from June to August. You have to ship your stuff before that season comes along”.
With over 190 million people and over 350 million products on Amazon, it’s hard to get noticed.
But with “carefully designed advertising campaigns” Miller made significant sales, with total revenue of $4.70 for every dollar spent on advertising.
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Fifty years ago the Revelation of Rastafari on Antigua caused much consternation as groups of young men withdrew from their communities, taking refuge in the many hills to grow their locks, cleansing themselves from four hundred years of foreign domination (Babylon), Rastafari looked toward their God within, following the teachings of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie 1 of Ethiopia.
Soon young women followed them, including young girls from Antigua High School which shocked the society to such an extent, forcing them to acknowledge the Revelation with police violence. As Rasta families grew children old enough to be schooled, the then Minister of Education refused to consider allowing Rastafari children in schools, referring to them as ‘unkempt.’ With the help of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church in Jamaica Rastafari were forced to start their own little school.
Over the years, slowly, as the Rastafari community became ‘acceptable’ to the society when their talents were recognized, some public schools allowed the youth with their locks, but insisted they must wear a tam. Later the demand allowed their locks to be ‘tidy.’
So for today to hear that a private church school could be so downright cruel to reject a child on her first day of school, on the grounds of wearing locks, we realize that not much has changed in fifty years. Rastafari are only recognized when they are required to be used either by the politicians at election time, or the new cannabis growers who want them to grow their ‘weed’. This is infra dig!
Schools and teachers are not what they were when teaching was regarded as a vocation and not just a job, and when Christian churches recognized that their Christ came for all, especially the poor and despised. The child and her happiness were not considered on her first day of school, with her locks, prettied up like the other children with their plaits and ribbons, she was disappointed by her teacher, and told not to come back to school with her locks. Is this the vocational teacher talking or the segregationist Adventist church?
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The time has come for the Constitution to begin to protect All the people and not just some. It is time also for the churches in our midst to understand and apply what they preach, and when they fail to apply this century’s Christian churches approach to unbiased religiosity, the Constitution must show them their failure to bend the moral arc towards Justice.
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Micoud North MP Jeremiah Norbert has applauded recent police successes, including firearms recoveries.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, the former police officer said the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) has been under tremendous pressure and scrutiny.
And Norbert acknowledged that questions had been raised regarding whether ‘buffering equipment’ and increased government support would translate into increased police successes.
But he explained that a lot has to do with police morale and how officers feel if they are empowered.
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“We can see part of the successes has to do with that. It shows how the police are feeling now,” the MP stated.
Nevertheless, he told reporters that a lot more can be done while noting a spike in gun violence.
“However, I am happy that the police are just not sleeping and they are actually working,” Norbert told reporters.
The Micoud North MP stated that as a former police officer, he was aware that it was not an easy job.
In this regard, he said he was happy that the government is providing support, but more importantly that the RSLPF is doing what is necessary to ensure they solve the crime.
“My hope is that we have a Saint Lucia that is almost crime free. I know that crime is inevitable but with the efforts of the police collaboratively with the efforts of the government I am hoping to see an improvement in terms of the detection rate and the success rate of the police,” Norbert stated.
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El pasado domingo, se estrenó la película ‘The Whale’ en el Festival de Cine de Venecia. Para muchos fue un indicio del regreso a Hollywood del actor estadounidense Brendan Fraser, reconocido por sus interpretaciones en películas como ‘George de la Selva’ y ‘La Momia’. Al momento de los créditos de este drama, del director Darren Aronofsky, el actor se sintió tan abrumado por la emoción que sollozó durante los seis minutos que duró la ovación.
Noticia original de RT en Español.
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El representante independiente, Luis Raúl Torres, aseguró en RADIO ISLA que el contrato de LUMA Energy puede dejarse vencer y que lo que se pagaría es un cargo de transición que ronda en $28 millones.
Esto, debido a que el mismo, que es uno suplementario que caduca el 30 de noviembre porque aún no se ha concretado la reestructuración de la deuda. “Si no está disponible la reestructuración de la deuda de la Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica, no puede entrar en vigencia el contrato de los 15 años”, detalló Torres.
Noticia relacionada: Contrato suplementario de LUMA Energy expira en noviembre 30 y el gobernador tiene oportunidad para cancelarlo
Según Torres, ayer salió a relucir en las vistas públicas de la Cámara de Representantes que LUMA incumple con varias de las métricas y que no hay nada que impida la cancelación del contrato.
Además, Luis Raúl Torres expuso que varios legisladores le dijeron al director ejecutivo de la Autoridad para las Alianzas Público Privadas (AAPP), Fermín Fontanés, que renunciara. “Este señor ha sido negligente”, manifestó Torres.
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