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Nevis Tackles Domestic Violence With Wokshop

Say NO To Domestic Violence In Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis
October 22, 2008

The community must find a way to ensure that it nurtured a culture of open communication, of tolerance for different shades of opinion and one in which people were seen as equal. That was the sentiment of Minister of Social Affairs Hon. Hensley Daniel when he spoke to front line workers on October 22, at a sensitisation workshop to address issues of violence against women on Nevis.

The workshop funded by MATCH International Canada is hosted by the Change Center on Nevis in collaboration with the Women Development Unit of the University of the West Indies (UWI). The two day workshop which commenced on October 21 was the first in a six part series entitled: “Sensitisation of front line workers on violence against women on the island of Nevis”. It will conclude in April 2009. The series is intended to address a critical issue and to explore ways in which the risk of violence and abuse could be prevented, minimised and treated.

St. Kitts – Nevis Continues Civil Service Training

Ongoing Civil Service Training In St. Kitts – Nevis Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis October 22, 2008 (SKNIS) New employees to the Civil Service are in for a one day immersion experience on Friday when they are introduced to the …

Students To Take St. Kitts – Nevis Culture To Cook Islands

Students, Armstrong (L), O’Loughlin (R), and Taylor (C)
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts
October 22, 2008 (SKNIS)

Three UNESCO Small Islands Voice (SIV) students have an opportunity to showcase the culture of St. Kitts and Nevis, and the region, when they take part in a UNESCO Pacific-Caribbean Youth Cultural Exchange.

Makeila Armstrong, Markysa O’Loughlin and Jherez Taylor, all Back Chat participants will be travelling to the Cook Islands in the Pacific from October 27 to November 01, where they will be taking part in a UNESCO Participation Programme. The students were chosen due to their involvement in SIV activities and their interest in exploring different island cultures.

St. Kitts – Nevis Review It’s Sports Programs

Sandy Point High School Students Listen To PM
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 22, 2008 (SKNIS)

The Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture has begun its review of existing sports development programmes, and all parties agree that that the process is off to a good start.

On this week’s edition of SKNIS Perspectives, Director of Sports, Dave Connor explained that the Ministry is currently redefining and redesigning its approach in sports and the way it interacts with stakeholders. He revealed that a decision was taken to start with track field in order to continue the momentum from the respectable showing at the Beijing Olympics and the bronze medaling at the recently held Commonwealth Youth Games.

As such, sports administrators and development consultants Donald Quarrie and Howard Aris of Jamaica were brought in to share their experience with sporting administrators and coaches from the Department of Sports, Local Olympic Committee, athletic associations and other related agencies. Interactive motivational sessions were also held with athletes and various officials.

The duo, was specially invited by the Prime Minister, who is responsible for sports, after he met the pair in March during the 2008 CARIFTA Games. Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas spent last Friday, with the visiting team touring the high schools on St. Kitts as they stressed the benefits of sports including teamwork, discipline, motivation, self esteem and self respect.

OECS Meeting Regarding T&T To Be Held In St. Kitts

PM Douglas (L) and PM Manning (R)
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 22, 2008 (CUOPM)

Thursday’s meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis between the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Patrick Manning and Heads of Government from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States will discuss further the idea of the oil-rich Caribbean republic becoming a member of the proposed sub-regional economic union and a subsequent political union with St. Lucia, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in an interview with a reporter following a tour on Thursday afternoon of the work in progress to restore the Frigate Bay strip to normalcy by this weekend following damage by Hurricane Omar noted that Prime Minister Manning and OECS leaders met in St. Lucia last month to discuss the Port of Spain Initiative. Manning and the Grenada Prime Minister Hon. Tillman two months ago travelled to St. Kitts to brief Prime Minister Douglas on the initiative.

“We felt that the second initiative (Political Union) is a very serious initiative. We know that it is an initiative that is being proposed by those three OECS countries and Trinidad and Tobago. We believe that we wanted to discuss that in a much more frank and open way in the presence of the Prime Minister Manning and so we invited him to come to St. Kitts and Nevis when we meet on Thursday to pursue this particular discussion,” said Prime Minister Douglas.

The OECS proposes to put in place the Economic Union by 2009. Trinidad and Tobago wants to join the economic union by 2011. The Political Union comprising Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines should be implemented by 2013.