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Basseterre, St. Kitts, October 21, 2022 (SKNNCC) — The St Kitts Nevis National Carnival Committee (SKNNCC) will honour various carnival stakeholders on Saturday, November 12, 2022. The Sugar Mas Awards (SMAs) that was initially scheduled to be held during the Sugar Mas 50 celebrations in 2021 had to be postponed due to technical and other constraints. However, SKNNCC chairperson,  Shannon Hawley has demonstrated her commitment by enlisting the support of the new  Minister of Carnival, Hon. Samal Duggins, and the other committee members to stage the  Awards Ceremony for Sugar Mas 51. 

The event is a formal affair and over fifty (50) persons will walk the Red Carpet to be recognized in six (6) different categories.  

These categories are: 

Gold Standard provides special recognition to an individual who has rendered meritorious service to National Carnival on a continual basis throughout his or her lifetime and at various levels.  

Poinciana recognizes and rewards those who received first place in a National Carnival event that is or was in existence for at least five (5) years. 

Royal Sceptre recognizes National Carnival and Talented Teen Queens who achieved  “firsts” in Regional or International Pageants. 

Steward of Carnival is awarded to individuals and entities for consistent exemplary assistance to the production and promotion of National Carnival. 

Spirit of Carnival will be presented to individuals or entities who have demonstrated 

excellence, consistency, and longevity in the growth and development of Carnival in various areas. 

Sweet Strings will be awarded to bands for their excellence in music and promotion of  National Carnival.  

The SMAs will also feature an In Memoriam Segment that will pay tribute to national  carnival talents who have recently passed away. 

In a Facebook post, the SKNNCC stated “The SMAs is indeed an excellent initiative as it will give carnival lovers an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of those who  contributed consistently and significantly. There are so many to be honoured that it will  take the SKNNCC about 3 – 5 years to pay tribute to all those who worked tirelessly in the  above-named categories over the 51-year period. There is no better time to begin than  NOW. We endeavor to have the SMAs each year and prominently featured on the  National Carnival calendar”.

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Zero Cost Electric Landscaping Equipment Available to Landscapers in the Cashew Hill Watershed Area

The Department of Environment (DOE) is inviting interested individuals and/or landscaping companies to apply to obtain and operate zero-cost climate-friendly electric landscaping equipment.

Persons/companies living/existing in the Cashew Hill, Briggins, Bendals and Golden Grove areas will receive priority.

Individuals who receive access to the zero-cost electric equipment will be required to assist in providing landscaping services along the Cashew Hill waterway, extending through Briggins, Cashew Hill, Golden Grove and Bendals Communities. Litter-picking services will also be required. These activities are aimed at helping to maintain the waterway by reducing flooding and reducing mosquito breeding sites. The Schedule and Route will be provided to successful applicants.

This activity is supported by the Green Climate Fund and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda under the project “Integrated Physical Adaptation and Community Resilience Through an Enhanced Direct Access Pilot in the Public, Private, and Civil Society Sectors of Three Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States”

Interested parties should email the Department of Environment for further details. Include:

“Respondent’s company name: Provision of Landscaping and Litter Picking Services for Cashew Hill Waterway”

Attn:

DOE Procurement Officer

Department of Environment

#1 Victoria Park, Botanical Gardens, Factory Road

P.O. Box W693

St. John’s, Antigua

[email protected]

[email protected]

cc: [email protected]

The respondent shall send an Expression of Interest (EOI) via e-mail and/or submit a link (e.g., Dropbox, OneDrive, Google Drive, etc.) with the following:

Cover Letter/Proposal and CV inclusive of:
Title of EOI
Experience with similar activities
Testimonials and/or three (3) references

Background Information

“Integrated Physical Adaptation and Community Resilience Through an Enhanced Direct Access Pilot in the Public, Private, and Civil Society Sectors of Three Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States”, also known as the Green Climate Fund Enhanced Direct Access or GCF-EDA Project, is focused on the high risk and populated watershed on the west, northwest of Antigua. The project area is vulnerable to climate change, undergoing urban expansion, and supports low income and lower middle-income families.

The project’s goals are to strengthen institutional capacities and increase the resilience of at least 5% of the population to climate variability and change, of which 50% are women. In addition, the project targets the following sectors: adaptation in infrastructure, strengthened buildings and enhanced ecosystem services. The project seeks to reduce vulnerability of the community, by increasing the ability of the watershed to handle extreme rainfall, while increasing the resilience of the built environment simultaneously to cope with the multiple stressors of climate change. This integrated approach will ensure that the community will be able to withstand projected climate change impacts while the ecosystems can accommodate increased rainfall. This project has four main components: 1) Enhanced capacity for climate adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation via direct access; 2) Governments implement concrete adaptation measures using ecosystem-based approaches where appropriate; 3) Community resilience to climate impacts is enhanced through tangible adaptation benefits; 4) Privately owned physical assets of vulnerable populations are more resilient to climate.

For more information on this project please contact Mr. Jasiel Murphy at 462-4625 or email [email protected] You can also visit https://www.environment.gov.ag/projects-reports#An-integrated-approach-to-physical-adaptation-and-community-resilience-in-Antigua-and-Barbuda%E2%80%99s-northwest-McKinnon%E2%80%99s-watershed.

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Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls secured their sixth victory from as many games at the Americas Netball World Cup Qualifiers by outclassing St Lucia 85-30 on day five at the National Indoor Sports Centre on Thursday night.

The Jamaicans had quarterly scores of 25-6, 43-14, and 68-20 before adding 17 goals in the final quarter for the 55-goal margin of victory.

Goal shooter Gizelle Allison was the top shooter for Jamaica with 56 goals from 66 attempts, while Kelsey Jonas supported with 22 from 27 and Amanda Pinkney had seven from 10.

Shem Maxwell had 22 goals from 26 attempts for the 22nd-ranked St Lucia which have lost all six games contested so far.

Jamaica, which is ranked third in the world, will next meet Barbados in the penultimate round on Friday at 8:15 pm.

The regional qualifying tournament is being used to determine the last two qualifiers for the World Cup.

Jamaica has already qualified based on rankings, so the next two highest-placed countries will be the ones to join them among the 16 teams competing in Cape Town.

Tournament leaders Trinidad and Tobago, which on Wednesday secured one of the two spots for the World Cup, defeated Barbados 50- 40 in the top-of-the-table clash.

With two sets of games remaining, Trinidad and Tobago are leading the table with a maximum of 14 points from seven games, two ahead of Jamaica with 12 from six games.

The top two are followed by Barbados (10), Grenada (6), St Vincent and the Grenadines (6), the USA (6), and the Cayman Islands (2).

Thursday’s resultsJamaica 85, St Lucia 30St Vincent and the Grenadines 66, Antigua 30Trinidad and Tobago 50, Barbados 40USA 55, the Cayman Islands 35

Friday’s games6:15 pm – Antigua vs St Lucia6:25 pm – USA vs Grenada8:15 pm – Jamaica vs Barbados8:25 pm St Vincent and the Grenadines vs the Cayman Islands

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2020 Panorama champs Desperadoes playing More Sokah at the Queen’s Park Savannah. –

Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival is scheduled to be launched on November 5 at the Queen’s Park Savannah and, quickly on the heels of that, Pan Trinbago is expected to launch Panorama 2023 on November 6 at Massy Trinidad All Stars pan theatre, Duke Street, Port of Spain.

The launch will take place from 5.30 pm on that day.

In a social media post on Thursday, the pan body also shared its 2023 schedule of events which showed the pan competition starting on November 26 with the single pan semifinals.

This will be followed by the single pan final on December 3 at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

The small conventional bands semifinal will take place on January 7 at Victoria Square, Port of Spain. The small conventional final will take place on January 14 at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

Junior Panorama final will be held on January 22 at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

The medium and large semifinal, often called the Savannah party, will be held on February 5 at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

On February 12 the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Tobago will host the Panorama medium conventional bands final, and on February 18 the large conventional bands final will be held at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

In a phone interview, Pan Trinbago’s president Beverley Ramsey-Moore said the body was very excited going into the 60th anniversary of Panorama.

“Our events committee is on the ball with their game plan in terms of the launch. We expect all of the Panorama winners to participate, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, Massy Trinidad All Stars, senior and junior bands.”

A Lost Tribe masquerader at the Queen’s Park Savannah in 2020. –

Small band winner Tobago’s Uptown Fascinators Steel Orchestra and medium band winner NGC Couva Joylanders Steel Orchestra will also entertain at the event.

The pan body receives its allocation for Panorama from the National Carnival Commission (NCC) and it is aware that Pan Trinbago is going into its diamond jubilee, Ramsey-Moore said.

She added, the body expects to have its budgetary expectations met given this.

“What is going to make it very exciting, we are going to increase, for the final, the large bands. We are going to have 12 large bands going into finals and 12 medium bands going into the final,” she said.

At the last Panorama in 2020, there were 11 large bands competing.

Both the medium and large final will be stand-alone events, she said.

Ramsey-Moore said Pan Trinbago anticipates a huge turn-out for both the medium and large band final.

“There are going to be a lot of giveaways to mark that diamond jubilee celebration. We are going to ensure our patrons are comfortable and well satisfied with the offerings for our jubilee celebrations.”

She said she hopes the expectations of the bands will be met for Carnival 2023 when asked if there would be an increase in prize money come next year.

Carnival will be held on February 20 and 21 next year.

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