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St. Kitts – Nevis PM Outlines Childhood Development Project

St. Kitts - Nevis Anti-Crime Rally

St. Kitts – Nevis Anti-Crime Rally
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
September 03, 2008 (CUOPM)

Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has been outlining the components of the Juvenile (Co-ed) Rehabilitation Center, now under construction at Harris’.

He said the objective of the EC$9 million Child Development Project, which is financed by a loan from the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and includes the consttuction of the center, is aimed at improving the status of children at risk by supporting programmes of early detection and remediation and the provision of rehabilitative care for those who have committed offences.

The project allows for an integrated and holistic approach to the situation of children at risk and those who have come into conflict with the law.

“Firstly it has a component of assisting parents in developing adequate and appropriate parenting skills. That was not there before. It is something new. We intend to ensure that adequate provision is made to assist parents in developing the appropriate skills to help to bring up their children in the way that they should be brought up,” Prime Minister Douglas told a Rally following a March for Hope, Peace and Unity, organised by the Methodist Church on Friday.

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Government Has A Responsibility To Protect Residents

Victor Daley At St. Kitts - Anti-Crime Rally

Victor Daley At St. Kitts – Nevis – Anti-Crime Rally
Photo By Erasmus Williams

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

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says government continues to work with the Security Forces to ensure that the responsibility of protecting residents gets the highest priority.

“Although crime and violence is also a challenge in every country within the region today, it continues to occupy the utmost attention, it is the highest priority issue of my Government today; because  we have a responsibility to ensure that our citizens are protected in their homes, on the streets, in their churches where they go to worship, in their schools, in the hospitals, in the clinics, where ever they are, it is our responsibility to ensure that there is adequate tools available, support available for the protection of our people,” Prime Minister Douglas told a Rally at the CEMACO Parking Lot following a March for Hope, Peace and Unity, organised by the Methodist Church on Friday.

Dr. Douglas said it is government’s responsibility to ensure that both the Police and Defense Force are given the adequate necessary resources, to ensure that there is safety and protection and security of citizens and of their property.

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Nevis Business Owner Widowed, Promises To Keep Poultry Farm Going

Norma Tyson

Norma Tyson (L) and Hyacinth Pemberton

Charlestown, Nevis
September 02, 2008

A local entrepreneur on Nevis gave the assurance that she would continue in the footsteps of her late husband, to ensure that their poultry farm at Spring Hill continued to provide poultry and livestock to the people of St. Kitts and Nevis.

Mrs. Norma Tyson, widow of the late Mr. Oliver Tyson, told officials of the Development Bank of St. Kitts and Nevis of her intention at her home in Spring Hill on September 01, 2008, after the Bank’s representatives presented her with the last photographs taken of her husband while he was alive. Mr. Tyson passed away in June 2008.

“I am very grateful to the Development Bank for recognising my husband his memory will never leave my mind at all. Sometimes I cry and sometimes I am happy because we have had 30 happy years together. Anyone will know that living with somebody for so long when ever they depart this life, you always feel it deep down in your heart. So I am very grateful that you have chosen me for this project and I will continue to do the best I can to keep the farm going,” she said.

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