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Philippines President To Meet With St. Kitts – Nevis PM

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis September 23, 2008 (CUOPM) Philippines President Her Excellency Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is to meet with St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas on the sidelines of the United …

St. Kitts – Nevis PM Attends UN General Assembly

United Nations Flag Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis Septemeber 23, 2008 (CUOPM) St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is to address the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly …

Nevis Premier Speaks At Independence Parade

Nevis Premier At Independence Parade – 2008

Charlestown, Nevis
September 23, 2008

Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry has urged his country’s young people to resist the desire to delve into bad behaviour, as it will undo the hardwork of the good contributions of those who preceded them.

“I ask that the young people get rid of the guns. Maybe we should ask Police to have an observed gun amnesty, because crime does not pay and Badness is outta style,” said Premier Parry.

Mr. Parry’s comments came during the Ceremonial Independence Day Parade at Grove Park on Friday morning, part of celebrations marking the 25th Anniversary of Independence of St.Kitts and Nevis.

Premier Parry also paid tribute to the first Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Cabinet, which comprised Dr. Simeon Daniel, Mr. Ivor Stevens, Mr. Uhral Swanston, Mr. Arthur Evelyn and Mr. Levi Morton who he said, “all worked very hard to make Nevis the proud Nation that it is today!”

Five Boys And One Girl Born on National Heroes Day

PM Douglas With Newborn Francisca George Figueroa and Son Larry
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 23, 2008 (CUOPM)

There were no Independence Baby 2008, but three days earlier National Heroes Day (September 16th), five boys and one girl were born at the Maternity Ward at the Joseph N. France General Hospital.

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, who went to the hospital following the Ceremonial Parade at the Football Stadium at Warner Park, was disappointed there was no Independence Baby when he visited and had hoped that by the end of the day there would have been at least one.

Dr. Douglas, who was greeted and escorted by Assistant Nurse Manager, Sis. Janet Williams, used the opportunity to congratulate five of the new mothers who had given birth on National Heroes Day and were still hospitalised.

They were Anita Charles of Back Street, Mansion who gave birth to 10 lb 6ozs, Jaden Athion Kiko Charles; Icilma Isaac of Stapleton Village and her baby 7lb. 12 ozs Javin Maliq Isaac; Francisca George Figueroa of Pitcairn Street, who named her baby boy, Larry Jensey Figueroa, who weighed 7 pounds 10 ozs; Bibishamshab Rahaman of Haynes Smith Village, whose 7 lb 4 ozs son is named Kenshin Slack; Melissa Hughes of Lodge, whose 7 lb 8 ozs little girl is named Shenique Hadara Arianna Hughes and Uretta Williams of Cistern Hill, St. Peter’s whose 10 lb 8 ozs bouncing baby boy is named Dominic Damion Isaiah Caleb.

Thousands View 25th Anniversary Ceremonial Parade

St. Kitts – Nevis Defence Force Platoon On Parade
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 23, 2008 (CUOPM)

Thousands of nationals, residents and foreign dignitaries attended last Friday’s Ceremonial Parade to mark the 25th Anniversary of Independence at the Warner Park Football Stadium.

Among the dignitaries were a Presidential Delegation from the Republic of China on Taiwan, headed by Chief Justice His Excellency Dr. In-Jaw Lai; United States Ambassador, Her Excellency, Mary M. Ourisman; France’s Ambassador, Her Excellency Michele Sauteraud; Russia’s Ambassador, His Excellency Victor Zotin and Mrs. Zotin; Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency David Marshall and Mrs. Marshall; Asssiant Secretary General of the Organsiation of American States, His Excellency Albert Ramdin, British High Commissioner His Excellency Duncan Taylor and Mexico’s Ambassador, His Excellency Alonzo Losano Arrendondo as well as the Resident Ambassadors of Cuba, Venezuela, the Republic of China on Taiwan and the Honorary Consuls of Turkey, Austria, Italy, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.

Units of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force and the Cadet Corps along with the Boys Brigade, Seventh Day Adventist Pathfinders, the Majorettes, Boy Scouts, Boys Brigade, Fire Services, Girls Brigade, the Shadwell Overcomers and the Traffic Wardens were on parade.