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Nevis Leadership Seminar Is A Success

Participants At The Nevis Leadership Seminar Charlestown, Nevis September 29th, 2008 “Phenomenal, exemplary, most enriching and enlightening”¦” These comments were indicative of the praise showered on the recent Principals’ Leadership Training Seminar, at the Red Cross Building in Charlestown, by …

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Trinidadian Tutor Satisfied With Nevisian Trainee’s Progress

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Contractor Mr. Eric Brookes

Charlestown, Nevis
September 29, 2008

Training Coordinator of the Metal Industries Company Ltd. (MIC) in Trinidad Mr. Dean Smart, voiced satisfaction with the progress of 17 Nevisian trainees who had been facilitated by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) at his institution for three months earlier this year. They pursued training in various technical fields, as part of the Administration’s plan to develop and empower the youths on the island.

The MIC Official, who visited Nevis as a follow up exercise to evaluate the trainees work on Nevis, spoke to the Department of Information in Charlestown, following his field visits.

“I am very happy to report that the employers and the employees are very happy with what they [trainees] are doing. From the employee’s point of view, the general report is that these trainees have come back with renewed enthusiasm and effort and willingness to make contributions to whatever they are involved in whether it’s the construction industry or the auto mechanic area,” he said.

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Nevis Government Launches Initiative To Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour

Abdu Kareem Ahmed

Director Of The Program – Mr. Abdu Kareem Ahmed

Charlestown, Nevis
September 29, 2008

The Nevis Island Administration (NIA) through the Ministry of Social Development, launched the Community Cohesion Initiative on September 24 at the Ministry of Trade’s conference room. The programme was designed to reduce the level of anti social behaviour among youths in the community and to coordinate the development of meaningful dialogue between various communities, groups and the government.

Minister with responsibility for Social Transformation on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel, looked at the evidence to support the development of the programme. He stated that the Counseling Unit of the Department of Social Services had indicated that many persons who were involved with the law or conflict, their difficulties had flowed from family issues, so that type of intervention was an important step to address the situation.

Director of the programme is Mr. Abdu Kareem Ahmed who gave some insight into its establishment.

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Scores Line Up To Meet St. Kitts – Nevis Voter Confirmation Deadline

St. Kitts - Nevis Electoral Offices

St. Kitts – Nevis Electoral Offices
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 2008 (CUOPM)

Residents qualified to vote were making sure Monday that they meet Tuesday’s deadline to confirm their names on current Voters List.

Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday long lines of persons confirming that their names are on the current list, registering for the first time having attained 18 years of age and meeting the necessary qualification or picking up their National Identification Cards were maintained throughout the day outside the Electoral Office on Central Street in Basseterre.

The deadline for the Voter Confirmation Exercise which began on December 27th 2007 is September 30th 2008.

The electoral reform process, which began two years ago, is expected to result in a new Voters List, a national identification card and the introduction of a photo id when registering for the first time.

In August 2006, the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis presented a White Paper in the lawmaking body outlining the process for electoral reform and the preferred steps through which consultation with stakeholders and implementation of electoral reform will result in a legally reformed electoral system.

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