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Nevis Masquerade Dancers To Perform At CARIFESTA 10

Masquerade Dancers Perform In Charlestown, Nevis
Charlestown, Nevis
August 22, 2008

When the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) 10 commences in Guyana later today, August 22, 2008, a contingent of young masqueraders from Nevis will form a part of the August 22-31 celebration. Minister with responsibility for Culture in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Hensley Daniel said there was a distinct effort placed on masquerades and assured that the group of young persons selected, would make Nevis proud.

The 15 member delegation led by Chairman of the Nevis Cultural Development Foundation Mr. Halsted “Sooty” Byron, left the island on August 21, 2008, and traveled to Guyana as part of a Federal delegation to the Festival, which will be held under the theme “One Caribbean, One Purpose, Our Culture, Our Life”.

“I think the folklore group will form the focus of attention during the CARIFESTA exposition and so we have put together a team of masquerades. Anybody who knows Nevis’ culture would know that the masquerade is at the top of our folklore list and so we have sent a group of young masquerades from across the island.

“We have put a group of them together and I think I should say to the public they have been practicing over the last six weeks preparing for this and so we expect them to do quite well”¦ and I think that our young people who have been selected to participate in the Caribbean Festival of Arts in Guyana, will do Nevis proud and I look forward to hearing great things about their performance he said.

Nevis’ Junior Minister of Trade – Dwight Cozier

Charlestown, Nevis
August 21, 2008

Junior Minister of Trade and Industry, Import and Export and Consumer Affairs in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Dwight Cozier, appealed to members of the public to treat the Supply Office in the Department of Trade on Nevis as a charitable institution and one which worked in the interest of the people of Nevis.

The Minister flanked by his Permanent Secretary Mr. Dwight Morton, Director of Trade Mr. Jermaine D. Stapleton and Business Development Officer Mr. Patrice Wilkin, made the comment during a press conference on August 20, 2008, at the Ministry’s conference room on Government Road. The conference was called to inform consumers of the status of a number of basic food items on the island.

“We hasten to add, however, that the sole purpose of the Department of Trade is to subsidise certain products to the people of Nevis at preferential prices. Nothing at the Department of Trade has any duties or any Custom service charge or any Consumption Tax on the prices of these products. Therefore, all the products that are supplied through the Nevis Supply Office Department of Trade, are supplied under government subside.

“We want to, therefore, appeal to the general public to understand the implications of this and to therefore treat the Department of Trade as an institution that is charitable and therefore working in the interest of the people of Nevis,” he said.

During the Press conference which followed on the heels of earlier meetings with the Nevis Chapter of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce and a group of Bakers on the island, the Minister pointed to the availability of flour, sugar, rice and milk and also on horse feed.

Five Contestants Vie For Ms. Saddle Fiesta

Ms Saddle Fiesta Contestants - 2008

PM Douglas With Ms. Saddle Fiesta Contestants
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 21, 2008 (CUOPM)

The community of Saddlers and the surrounding area will get a new queen on the weekend.

Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism, Sports and Culture, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas will crown the new Ms. Saddle Fiesta from a field of five beautiful lasses, who will strut their stuff on the stage in five appearances – the traditional fanfare, introduction, swim wear, talent and evening wear.

Vying for the 2008 Miss Saddle Fiesta title on the show which starts at 8:00 P.M. on Friday night are 15-year-old Denecia Davis, sponsored by Beaumont Park; 17-year-old Phelicia Warner, sponsored by Jenkins Limited; 17-year-old Cherane’ Fyfield, sponsored by Simone Francis; 19-year-old Peline Isaac and 20-year-old Keirish Richardson, sponsored by Roland Mills.

On Tuesday night, the contestants were hosted at a dinner by Prime Minister Douglas at Marshall’s.

Trinidad and Tobago PM – Patrick Manning

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 21, 2008 (CUOPM)

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Patrick Manning said here Wednesday that his twin-island republic desires to become part of an economic union with the member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) by 2011.

The Prime Ministers of St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada; the Foreign Ministers of Guyana and Barbados and the Secretary General of CARICOM and the Director General of the OECS met last week in Port of Spain with Prime Minister Manning to discuss the new thrust towards economic and political integration.

Prime Minister Manning and Grenada Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas were in Basseterre to sell the idea of a new economic union to St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas.

“It is a coalition of the willing. What was missing over so many years, we believe, was the political will. The desire was there. The political will was much more difficult to muster. But on this occasion that is what we started to do. That is why we made the commitment to bring to economic union by 2015. These are the times we have set and we are committed to work towards achieving those goals, it is a coalition of the willing. A big difference,” Prime Minister Manning told reporters following discussions with St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas at the St. Kitts Marriott Hotel and Royal Beach Casino.

“This arrangement in no way prejudices the OECS arrangement. In fact is preserves it. By going to the economic union first, the OECS is preserved and in doing that, we are also advancing the CARICOM agenda ““ going to a single economy in CARICOM by 2015,” said Manning.

St. Kitts – Nevis National Flag Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis August 21, 2008 (SKNIS) Last week’s National Consultation on the Economy was hailed as a success by the private sector as it provided many recommendations for Government to consider …

Nevis Masquerade Dancers To Perform At CARIFESTA 10

Nevis Supply Office A Charitable Institution

Five Contestants Vie For Ms. Saddle Fiesta

PM Manning Desires OECS Economic Membership

St. Kitts – Nevis Chamber of Commerce Pleased