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Serenade of The Seas In St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 30, 2011 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts welcomes its first ship for the official 2011/2012 Cruise Ship Season next Tuesday October 8th with the arrival of the Serenade of the Seas.

The 90,000 ton cruise liner of the Radiance Class cruise ship is owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International.

The Serenade of the Seas, which has a passenger capacity of 2,450 and a crew of 891, will berth at Port Zane. It will make two calls in October and a total of 16 calls for the season with an estimated 40,640 passengers.

The 3.050-passenger capacity Carnival Victory arrives on Friday 7th October with three more scheduled calls in October and a total of 51 calls between October 2011 and September 2012 bringing an estimated 155,550 passengers.

The 3,100-passenger capacity Emerald Princess makes the first of 11 calls for the season on October 15th. The 2,680-passenger capacity Carnival Miracle berths on October 23rd and has a total of 13 scheduled calls.

Cruise ships scheduled to call during the official cruise ship season which runs from October 2011 to May 2012 include the 3,114-passenger capacity Adventure of the Seas (10 calls); 3,597-passenger capacity, Azura (7 calls); 2,850-passeoger capacity, Celebrity Eclipse (10 calls); 2,850-passenger capacity Celebrity Equinox (6 calls); 2,450-passenger capacity Celebrity Summit (12 calls) and the 2,850-passenger capacity, Celebrity Silhouette (6 calls).

Port Zante will also host the 2,850-passenger capacity Celebrity Solstice (4 calls); the 3,840-passenger capacity Explorer of the Seas (6 calls); the 1,627-passenger capacity Maasdam and the 2,281-passenger capacity, Mein Schiff 2 (10 calls).

Royal Caribbean’s 3,840-passenger capacity Navigator of the Seas makes 8 calls and the 2,224-passenger capacity Norwegian Dawn will make 16 calls.

The 1,611-passenger capacity Thomson Dream will make 11 calls, and the 3,100-passenger capacity Ventura (7 calls).

Other ships making calls are the Windsurf, Wind Spirit and the Westerdam. Star clipper, Silver Whisper, Silver Spirit, Silver Cloud, Seabourn Quest, Seabourn Spirit, Silver Cloud, Royal Clipper, Oriana, Oceana, Le Levant; Braemar and Black Watch.

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Keep St. Kitts – Nevis’ Beaches Clean

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 29, 2011 (SKNIS)

A much anticipated and critical underwater component will be featured in this year’s Annual National Beach Clean Up which will take place  on September 29.

Graeme Browne, Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and Conservation Officer, at the Department of Physical Planning in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, will be supervising the underwater clean up at South Friars Bay.  He told the St. Kitts and Nevis Information Service that a team of at least 10 certified divers, including himself, will be removing debris from the reef in the mentioned area.

Conservation Officer Browne took the opportunity to thank Lieutenant Lyn Wilkin and the other staff of the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force Coast Guard who will be assisting directly with the clean up as well as safety for divers.  He further noted that several students of the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant (CFB) College will be taking part in the underwater clean up.

It is expected that these volunteers will essentially find similar garbage and debris in the water to what is found on the beaches.  These should include glass, broken bottles, plastic bags and plastic bottles.  Mr. Browne explained that most of the garbage washes from the beaches and the ghauts into the sea but also includes that dumped into the sea by persons on boats.

“I would like to encourage persons sailing the seas not to dispose their garbage in the water, bearing in mind that it can end up along any coastline.”  Mr. Browne emphasized.  “The reef along South Friars Bay, in particular, provides the best snorkeling in St. Kitts because it is a living reef.  It is a nursery for lobsters and fish, and the first line of protection for the coast.  When garbage gets trapped in it, not only is it unsightly but the reef is damaged and all the mentioned benefits are lost.  It is important to enable the reef to do its natural job.”

Back on land, beaches around St. Kitts will be cleaned chiefly by high school students involved in geography and related subject areas, supervised by the Department of Physical Planning and Environment.  Last year volunteers in St. Kitts removed almost 2,000 pounds of trash which was sorted and the information relayed back to Ocean Conservancy.  Reports and statistics compiled by this agency are useful to students and researchers.

Communications Officer of Physical Planning Derionne Edmeade revealed that the Conaree, Irish Town, Bay Road, Newtown, Keys and Cockleshell Beaches as well as North and South Friars Bay, North Frigate Bay, and Banana Bay will also have trash removed.

Mr. Edmeade said that each year, prior to the National Beach Clean Up his department does an outreach activity with students in St. Kitts.  He further outlined that this year, over a two-week period which started Wednesday, September 21, all seven of the high schools on the island were visited by himself and Conservation Officer Andy Blanchette.  They addressed groups of 30 students about the Beach Clean Up and care of the environment in general.

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Deputy Prime Minister – Sam Condor
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 27, 2011 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis has called for an end to the economic embargo by the United States against Cuba and resolution to the gaming dispute between the United States and Antigua and Barbuda.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Sam Condor in his address to the United Nations General Assembly also called on the world body to fulfill pledges made in the aftermath of the destruction of Haiti by an earthquake.

“We must ever remember Haiti, one of CARICOM’s most populous Member States. We should remain acutely aware of Haiti’s trials and struggles against natural and manmade catastrophic events, unsettling social and political vicissitudes, and economic hardships. Their effects have set Haiti many years behind compared to the rate of development of other Nations in the Region. As such, we encourage the fulfilling of the many goodwill pledges that have been made for assistance in its reconstruction efforts,” Mr. Condor said.

He noted that another CARICOM member state, Antigua and Barbuda continues to be locked in an underdog struggle to benefit from its success before the WTO Dispute Settlement Body.

“We again urge a speedy, fair and just Resolution to this Gaming dispute,” said the St. Kitts and Nevis official.

Foreign Minister Condor noted that within the Caribbean, the people of a sister nation, Cuba, continue to endure much hardship as the consequence of a fifty-year-old commercial, economic, and financial embargo.

“This Assembly and the International Community has consistently called for the lifting of the said embargo. Our country reiterates its call, and the call of regional neighbors and the International Community, particularly the UN General Assembly, for a speedy redress of this matter,” Mr. Condor told the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

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