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St. Kitts – Nevis’ PM Calls For Daily Exercise

Wellness Walk Healthy Breakfast

Wellness Walk Participants Enjoy A Healthy Breakfast
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 03, 2008 (CUOPM)

With more than 70 percent of the St. Kitts and Nevis population overweight, Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has called on residents to exercise daily.

Dr. Douglas hopes his monthly walk through the constituency will lead to daily exercise by residents throughout the twin-island Federation.

Constituents of all ages ““ children, youth, middle-age and senior citizens joined Prime Minister Douglas, the Parliamentary Representative for the walk from Saddlers to the Island Purified Water Parking Lot in Newtown Ground Saturday morning.

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Ocean Wings – A New Charter Airline For Nevis

Ocean Wings Charter Service

Ocean Wings Air Charter Service Now Serving Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis
November 01, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

CONTACT:
Lisa Lothian
Ocean Wings
1-800-253-5039 (T)
1-508-228-3962 (F)
[email protected]
www.flyoceanwings.com

Ocean Wings Expands Private Air Charter Service Throughout the Caribbean–Now Serving Tortola, St. Maarten, Guadeloupe, Virgin Gorda, Antigua, Anguilla, Nevis, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

The Caribbean’s premier private air charter service, Ocean Wings, has expanded its charter flight service throughout the Caribbean just as the holiday vacation travel season begins.

Ocean Wings’ private group and corporate charters now serve Tortola, St. Maarten, Guadeloupe, Antigua, Virgin Gorda, Anguilla, Nevis, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.  Ocean Wings offers flexible flight routes throughout the islands of the Caribbean which makes it the first choice for many business and vacation travelers.

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Christian Council Embraces HIV/AIDS Counseling

St. Kitts - Nevis Health Minister - Rupert Herbert

St. Kitts – Nevis Health Minister – Rupert Herbert
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 31, 2008 (SKNIS)

The Ministry of Health through funding from the Pan Caribbean Partnership on HIV/AIDS and UNAIDS has assisted the Christian Council in organizing a workshop designed to sensitize faith-based marriage counselors on issues relevant to HIV/AIDS counseling.

President of the St. Kitts Christian Council, Rev Fr. Isaiah Phillip said his organisation felt that the three-day “Capacity Building for Pre-Marriage Counselors” workshop was necessary.  He said that this was because the earliest work that the faith-based organization did pertaining to HIV/AIDS in the mid 1980s revealed that often the issues pertaining to the pandemic, disease in general, and people’s response, depended on the connection with their faith.  As such, it was felt necessary to increase the information and understanding of the faith leaders in order to make as broad a Christian response as possible to the pandemic.

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