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President Obama With St. Kitts – Nevis Ambassador – Jacinth Henry-Martin

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 22, 2012 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis’ Ambassador to the United States, Her Excellency Mrs. Jacinth Henry-Martin is to visit the national association in Houston, Texas this weekend.

The St. Kitts-Nevis Association of Houston (SKNAH) is hosting a reception in the ambassador’s honour on Saturday, February 25, 2012 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at the Westin Galleria Hotel, in  The Royal Suite on the 24th Floor.

Ambassador Henry-Martin, who is based in Washington, D.C. will address nationals living in the Houston area. She is also the Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS).

“There will be a short programme and we expect over 100 nationals including Kittitian and Nevisian students who are attending Mid-Western Universities,” said Melvina Audain, one of the organisers.

Nationals living in the Houston area or other areas of Texas who wish to attend can contact Melvina Audain at 832-248-5007 or Denise Patrick at 832-654-9686.

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Oil Tanker Fouling The Water Of St. Kitts

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 12, 2012 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis has already developed a draft action plan to commence consultation with relevant stake holders in support of establishing for the first time, a national maritime policy to guide the sustainable development of the maritime sector in the twin-island federation.

Mr. McClean Hobson, the Director of Maritime Affairs in the Department of Maritime Affairs within the Ministry of International Transport said he was among local ttechnocrats from several agencies in St.Kitts and Nevis, who joined their counterparts from across the OECS in what was considered a very productive two-day workshop on Ocean governance.

He said the Physical Planning and the Environment and Legal Departments of both the Federal Government and the Nevis Island Administration attended the workshop at the Garden Bay Hotel in St. Lucia over the period February 8 – 9, 2012.

The is workshop which came on the heels of the 54th meeting of the OECS Authority, was jointly sponsored by OECS Secretariat and The Commonwealth  and seek to follow up on the Heads decision for an OECS-wide approach to the development of a regional integrated ocean governance framework.

The facilitators for the workshop were drawn from Florida State University, and the Commonwealth and the OECS Secretariat and guided the workshop on issues pertaining to effective ocean governance frame work, economic benefits of the OECS waters, maritime boundary delimitation, development of hydrography, sustainable development of the ocean, maritime policy frame work at the national and regional level.

“While the ocean is a source of significant benefits, my gut feeling tells me we are still taking it for granted. Instead of exploiting the resources it is being left for all to do what they want. It is about time the whole issue of ocean governance be sorted, hence, I am pleased with the decisions on this matter coming out of the 54th Meeting of the Authority,” opined Mr. Hobson.

He stated that St. Kitts and Nevis is wasting no time on this matter.

“In fact, I will venture to say that we are ahead of the rest of the OECS where this is concerned. We have a very vibrant Maritime Boundary Delimitation Negotiating Team in place, fully trained and making preparation to enter the first round of negotiations with the Netherlands in the case of St. Eustatius sometime soon,” said Mr. Hobson, who commended the efforts of the Right Honorable Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and the rest of the St. Kitts and Nevis Cabinet  “for their foresight on ocean governance and for  creating the environment for the local technocrats to proceed with the work in this area, even without the efforts of the OECS Secretariat.

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Nicole Slack Liburd – Ministry of Health on Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis
February 05, 2012

Nevis will join a number of organisations including the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) in the observance of World Cancer Day (WCD) on February 4th, 2012 under the theme “Together it is Possible”. Health Officials on the island have collaborated with a number of partners to engage in activities throughout February to encourage the prevention, detection, care and treatment of Cancer.

Health Planner in the Ministry of Health on Nevis Mrs. Nicole Slack Liburd told the Department of Information on February 3rd, that they had commenced the activities ahead of Saturday’s observance with cervical cancer screenings at the Gingerland Health Centre on February 2nd.

Cancer messages were held at schools on the island and the Pink Lily Foundation set up an informational table at the Memorial Square in Charlestown on February 03. Minister of Health Hon. Hensley Daniel also delivered a speech in observance of WCD.

“Although we at the Ministry of Health have always been engaged in Cancer initiatives, this year we are having quite a number of activities in partnership with Pink Lily, the Nevis Maternal Health Fund and also the Ministry of Health in St. Kitts to bring a bit of awareness to this disease.

“It has affected our population for quite a number of years and continues to do so. In 2011 right here in Nevis 27 persons were diagnosed with Cancer and in 2010, 25 and those numbers are alarming,” she said.

However, Mrs. Slack Liburd was of the view that the Ministry of Health’s proactive approach had helped to spur the public to take advantage of their status with the disease.

“With our screening initiatives, with the Pap smear screenings for example at the Health Centres and Prostate Cancer Screening at the [Alexandra] Hospital, we have been able to identify quite a number of our cases at the early stages. So although our numbers are increasing, we feel that it also has something to do with our prevention and our early detection initiatives,” she said.

The Health Official pointed to the many risk factors for Cancer and indicated that the Health Promotion Unit and all Health Departments on the island had engaged in the promotion of healthy lifestyles.

She noted that Nevis had quite a number of diabetic and hypertensive cases and those were diseases predisposed to Cancer.

“So cancer is here, it is in our population and we at the Ministry of Health are trying to get everyone on board to play their part in reducing Cancer here on Nevis hence the big promotion, the big campaign in 2012,” she said.

According to the Health Planner, it was the first time that Nevis was observing WCD with so many awareness activities in partnership with other organisations. She explained that this year’s theme was one of oneness and as such, everyone could contribute in whatever way possible to the fight against Cancer.

Mrs. Nicole Slack made mention of a presentation of five neck ties from the St. Pauls Anglican Church to members of the Nevis Island Administration Cabinet. She said she was certain the ties would generate some level of discussion as they were worn by the Ministers during the month of February as she explained what the colours on the tie denoted.

“The different colours on the tie representing the most prevalent cancers here on Nevis and those include prostate, breast, lung and cervical and there is also a purple colour there for the survivors of cancer and we do have quite a bit of survivors and they are supported by organisations such as Pink Lily. So to honour our survivors and the support organisations there is a purple colour on the neck tie,” she said.

Other activities in the Cancer awareness month include a Cancer based discussion  on  Choice Radio’s Good Old Days on February 4th, an Oncology Symposium at the St. Pauls Anglican Church Hall from 8:30-11:00am on February 8th and a Cancer based Church Service at the St. Pauls Anglican Church on February 12th. There will also be Health Tips read by Nurses on local radio stations and a number of Cancer Education sessions at all Health centres.

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