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PAM Calls For Early General Elections In St. Kitts – Nevis

St. Kitts Citizens Still In The Dark With Blackouts

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 25, 2008

Leader of the People’s Action Movement Lindsay Grant has called on the Denzil Douglas administration to call early general elections, saying the government does not have the answers to the ongoing power crisis here.

Mr Grant, speaking here at a press conference Tuesday, said that the country’s economy has been undermined by weeks of load-shedding, and power cuts that have continued even after the government announced last week that the problem was solved.

There were a series of power outages on the weekend, but officials blamed those on what was described as a feeder fault.

“Ten years and millions of dollars later, the fumbling Denzil Douglas regime has no final solution for this nation’s power crisis,” Grant declared.

St Kitts has had problems with an unreliable power supply since it bought new generators in 1999.

Cabinet Wants Homes To Be Completed Quickly

St Kitts – Nevis Houses To Be Built Promptly Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis November 25, 2008 (CUOPM) The St. Kitts – Nevis Labour Government wants to ensure that homes for families along the coastline from Old Road to New …

American Eagle At Nevis International Airport Charlestown, Nevis November 25, 2008 American Airlines is slated to resume its daily flights to and from Nevis later today November 25. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nevis Tourism Authority (NTA) Mrs. Garcia …

Nevis Hotel Bookings Are Down, But Not Spirits

Charlestown, Nevis
November 25, 2008
By Anna Gaskell
Observer Staff Writer

No one’s expecting a good year. Least of all the hotels.

Election year in the United States has kept many American tourists at home. The global economic recession has many people cutting back on their spending, including travel spending. To some people on Nevis, the closure of Four Seasons after Hurricane Omar feels like our very own economic recession.

And yet, despite admitting that this will be a slower season than average, many hotel owners are optimistic. The manager of Nevis’s Golden Rock Inn, Pam Barry, thinks that soon “people will get tired of hearing about the recession.”

Hoteliers also say that this slower time gives St. Kitts and Nevis a chance to sit back and re-evaluate. Tourism in the federation could come out stronger.

There are different predictions as to how many seasons will be affected; one, two, or even three. And how bad will it be? They just don’t know yet. Marty Lowell, one of the owners of Ottley’s in St. Kitts, said that when it came to predictions, he was “more likely to be right about predicting the next power cut in St. Kitts.”

Even the already confirmed bookings are not a decisive marker of how the season will go; every year bookings become more and more last minute. If the flights are there, people will keep coming, says Mrs. Barry of Golden Rock Hotel.

American Airlines stopped coming to Nevis this year, and XL Airways terminated their London-St. Kitts charter. But flights to the federation have actually increased, according to John Yearwood of Nevis’s Oualie Beach Hotel. British Airways decided it would be a good business move to take up where XL Airways left off, beginning the first ever scheduled flights from London to St. Kitts in January.

Emergency Care Workshop Participants

Charlestown, Nevis
November 24, 2008

A number of Nevisians will benefit from a five day workshop on Emergency Care and Treatment which commenced on November 24 at the Llewellyn Newton Disaster Management Facility at Long Point. The training sponsored by the Disaster Management and the Ministry of Health, targets a number of key private and public sector personnel.

Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Hensley Daniel who formally launched the activity, facilitated by the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), said the continued training of persons on Nevis to respond to disaster represented the best investment.

He expleined the Government could purchase modern equipment, erect large buildings and secure large amounts of basic food supplies but if persons were not adequately trained the return on investment will be less than satisfactory.

Mr. Daniel further underscored the importance of the training which he said would ensure that injuries were treated speedily.

PAM Calls For Early General Elections In St. Kitts – Nevis

Cabinet Wants Homes To Be Completed Quickly

American Airlines To Resume Daily Nevis Flights

Nevis Hotel Owners Optimistic About Tourism Trade

Nevis Benefits From Emergency Care & Treatment Training