OECS celebrates its forty second anniversary in Saint Kitts and Nevis
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OECS celebrates its forty second anniversary in Saint Kitts and Nevis

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The forty second Anniversary of the Group of Jap Caribbean States (OECS) shall be celebrated in Saint Kitts and Nevis from June 13-19, 2023, underneath the theme ‘Imaginative and prescient. Integration. Sustainability.’    

The Group of Jap Caribbean States is a world intergovernmental group whose mission is to advertise regional integration within the Jap Caribbean.  Regional integration happens when nations in shut proximity, that share bodily or cultural traits, be part of forces to pursue related targets, corresponding to facilitating commerce, exchanging assets, and fixing issues collectively.    

Saint Kitts and Nevis will host a number of actions to commemorate the celebrations. From June 13 to June 16, there shall be an OECS within the Classroom – Faculty Tour.

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Commissioner to the OECS for Saint Kitts and Nevis, Ambassador Larry Vaughan, and Head of Communications for the OECS, Ms. Loverly Anthony shall be visiting a number of main faculties all through Saint Kitts and Nevis to share perception on the subject of Regional Integration and supply college students with a working data of the OECS and its half within the integration course of.     

The group will go to the Bronte Welsh Main Faculty, Sandy Level Main Faculty, and St. Paul’s Main Faculty on Tuesday, June thirteenth. On June 14 the group will journey to Nevis to go to the Violet Jeffers, St. Thomas’, and Elizabeth Pemberton Main Faculties. Then on Thursday, June fifteenth, they’ll go to the Saddlers, Joshua Obadiah, and Cayon Main Faculties. The college tour concludes on Friday, June sixteenth with visits to the Tucker Clarke, Irish City, and Deane Glasford Main faculties.    

On Thursday, June fifteenth a dwell panel dialogue shall be aired on ZIZ Broadcasting Company platforms at 8:30 pm hosted by outstanding lawyer and Regional Integrationist, Mrs. Vadeesha John-Brookes. The panelists embody Director-Basic of the OECS, Dr. Didacus Jules; Ambassador Larry Vaughan; Banking Marketing consultant and OECS Integrationist, Mrs. Frances-Ann Satney; and St. Kitts Nationwide Youth Parliament (SKNYPA) Youth Consultant, Mrs. Kara Daly-Ferdinand.  

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OECS Colors Day shall be celebrated on Friday, June sixteenth. Members from all OECS Member States can have the chance to take part within the festivities by carrying the colors of the OECS flag to indicate their satisfaction in and assist for the OECS Integration Motion.  

On Saturday, June seventeenth, there shall be an OECS Enjoyable Stroll sponsored by The Cable, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla Nationwide Financial institution, and the Carib Brewery. The OECS Enjoyable Stroll begins at 6:00 am from the Caribbean Cinemas parking zone and ends on the Frigate Bay Garden. Varied prizes and medals shall be awarded on the finish of the stroll. The Pink Cross Society may also be current to offer medical help.  

A Flag Elevating Ceremony shall be held on Saturday, June 18th on the Zuliani Roundabout in Frigate Bay at 4:00 pm. Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew; Minister of International Affairs, Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas; Director Basic of the OECS, Dr. Didacus Jules and Governor of the Jap Caribbean Central Financial institution (ECCB), Mr. Timothy Antoine shall be current on the ceremony.   

Following the Flag Elevating Ceremony would be the Opening Ceremony of the 73rd Assembly of the OECS Authority at 5:00 pm, at ECCB.   

The Anniversary festivities will conclude on June twenty fifth with a Thanksgiving Service on the Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Castries, Saint Lucia.