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Dr. Timothy Harris To Promote His Book In Nevis

Dr. Timothy Harris Charlestown, Nevis November 05, 2008 The Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris, St. Kitts Minister of Finance, Consumer Affairs, Industry and Commerce will be visiting Nevis to promote and present copies of his book, “˜St. Kitts and Nevis, A …

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Nevis Senior Citizen Publishes First Novel

Nevis Author - Bertram Roach

Nevis Author – Mr. Bertram Roach

Charlestown, Nevis
November 5, 2008

You can achieve regardless of age. That was the call Minister with responsibility for the care of the elderly Hon. Hensley Daniel made to the youths of Nevis, as he celebrated Nevisian Author and senior citizen Mr. Bertram Roach of Hamilton for his novel “Only God Can Make A Tree”.

Mr. Daniel told the Department of Information recently, he was proud of Mr. Roach’s achievement and offered public acknowledgement of his accomplishment.

“I am waiting for the young person to match Mr. Roach. He has a tremendous spirit, he lived in England for many years, he’s been back, and he’s in good health.

“What that must say to the younger people, is that if you develop a purpose in life and you work towards achieving that purpose you can do just about anything. Mr. Roach says to Nevisians you can achieve regardless of age,” he said.

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St. Kitts Left In The Dark….Again

Needsmust Power Plant Generator Photo By Erasmus Williams Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis Novemeber 05, 2008 (CUOPM) A faulty isolator switch is responsible for Tuesday night’s island-wide power failure, while thousands of residents were watching of results of the United …

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Nevis Earthquakes Triggered By Plate Tectonics

Nevis Disaster Manager - Mr. Lester Blackett

Nevis Disaster Manager – Mr. Lester Blackett

Charlestown, Nevis
November 04, 2008

Director of the Nevis Disaster Management Office, Mr. Lester Blackett during a routine Emergency response Press Conference announced Monday that the earthquake felt on Nevis Sunday at approximately 4:05 am local time, was consistent with tectonics event and was not linked to volcanic activity. Blacket based this revelation on the University of the West Indies (UWI) Seismic Research Unit (SRU) Scientific Advisory on earthquakes and volcanoes activities for most of the Easterm Caribbean countries.

He explained that in 16 years, St Kitts and Nevis experienced an unprecedented amount of earthquakes, mainly attributed by the Caribbean plate boundary, situated just north of Puerto Rico (PR) and just east of most of the Caribbean Islands. This he said accounted for the many earthquakes documented on the Caribbean Scale and assured the nation that the series of recent earthquakes activity on Nevis, are normally what has happened over hundreds of thousands of years.

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