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Premier Parry Prepares Nevis For Hurricane Omar

Nevis Premier Parry vs Hurricane Omar Charlestown,Nevis October 15th, 2008 Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry announced today (Wednesday) the track of Hurricane Omar and the way forward for the people of Nevis, in a live broadcast to the …

St. Kitts – Nevis Prepares For Hurricane Omar

Hurricane Omar 5 Day Forecast Image From Weather Undeground Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis October 15, 2008 (CUOPM) St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Minister of National Security announced the closure of all schools and government offices and the …

Nevis Island To Rid Itself Of Derelict Vehicles

Derelict Vehicles To Be Removed From Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis
October 14, 2008

A number of persons on Nevis have taken advantage of the one month amnesty period for the disposal of derelict and abandoned vehicles but Manager of the Nevis Solid Waste Management Authority Ms. Carlyn Lawrence said the response has been less than satisfactory from garages and auto repair shop owners on the island.

Ms. Lawrence told the Department of Information on October 13, that the Authority had embarked on the campaign for the month of October, in an effort to recycle and export an estimated 1000 abandoned vehicles, in its attempt to keep the island clean and healthy.

“We want people to take advantage of the amnesty period since we relaxed all fees associated with this. We have even relaxed our regulations because normally in order for us to take an abandoned vehicle, we would require the owners to de pollute the vehicle by removing all the fluids and the tires etcetera but we will take the vehicles as is,” she said.

The abandoned vehicles Ms. Lawrence noted had become havens for rodents and mosquitoes and a health hazard.

PM Douglas States “St. Kitts – Nevis To Maximize Potential”

St. Kitts – Nevis – Government Headquarters
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 14, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis, like every other country in the world, is not immune from the economic challenges spurred on primarily by high oil prices and increases in the cost of food, aggravated further by the crisis of confidence in the financial sector of the United States of America, along with all the other ramifications of that situation.

So says Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, when he spoke to hundreds of nationals, diplomats and Caribbean persons attending the 25th Anniversary Dinner and Ball in the 4th Floor dining Room at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Friday night.

“The first 25 years of nationhood is perhaps the most critical part of a nation’s development, because it is a period of development when there is much expectation and high aspirations of the people. It is a period when the developmental processes must have been geared towards substantial human and infrastructural development, because both are important to our future potential for growth and prosperity. That is why the theme, Pride, Development, Progress ““ 25 Years of Success was selected in an open competition among all our primary and secondary school students in St. Kitts and Nevis and which encapsulates the forward momentum that has been achieved,” Prime Minister Douglas said.

With the international financial markets in crisis, Prime Minister Douglas said the people of the twin-island Federation celebrated in the knowledge that “we, as a people, are resilient, and if we are determined to work together towards the common good, then we will adapt and overcome.

St. Kitts – Nevis Invites Sprint Officials

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St. Kitts – Nevis Track and Field Program Review

Basseterre, St. Kitts
October 14, 2008 (SKNIS)

The track and field programme in St. Kitts and Nevis will receive a boost with the visit of two high profile sports figures that are credited in part, with the success of the Jamaican athletic development.

President of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association, Howard Aris and former gold medal Olympian and Commonwealth champion Donald Quarrie will visit the Federation from October 16 to 20.

“The Ministry of Sports remains committed to the development of sports and the advancement of young people through sports. The visit by these two respected gentlemen is testament to this pledge,” Director of Sports, Dave Connor told SKNIS. “The construction of the Silver Jubilee Athletic Stadium provided the infrastructure for local athletes to physically train. This week, we will take another step in addressing the mental preparedness of these athletes as the demands of international competition can be daunting at times.”