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Canada Approves CAD$7 Million For Debt Management

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank – St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
August 19, 2008

Member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) are to benefit from a Debt Management Advisory Service funded by the Government of Canada.

The Canadian Government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has approved a contribution of seven million two hundred thousand Canadian dollars (CAD $7, 200,000.00) for the establishment of a “Canada – Eastern Caribbean Debt Management Advisory Service,” the St. Kitts – Nevis based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank said Tuesday.

The ECCB said the service is designed to support measures to improve debt management in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).

CIDA, represented by the Canadian High Commissioner for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, His Excellency Mr. David Marshall and Mr. Trevor O. B. Brathwaite, Deputy Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) on Monday noted the importance of debt management among the member countries of the Currency Union to enable the region to achieve a sustainable rate of economic growth.

Head of St. Kitts – Nevis Fire Services – Hester Rawlins

Charlestown, Nevis
August 18, 2008

Head of the St. Kitts and Nevis Fire and Rescue Services Mr. Hester Rawlins assured his men stationed on Nevis that the shortage of manpower would be addressed before year end.

He made the disclosure at a recent ceremony held by the Nevis Air and Sea Ports Authority (NASPA) to commission a new EC$1.5million dollar fire tender at the airport in Newcastle on Nevis.

“I want to give my ministry’s commitment that the manpower problem on Nevis will be improved later this year when our basic training course is completed,” he said.

Notwithstanding, Mr. Rawlins appealed to the young persons on Nevis to join the security services because their services were needed now more than ever as partnership and collaboration was embraced to make the communities safe.

He also addressed the issue of training which he said was critical to the Fire fighting service and urged the authorities to treat it with some degree of seriousness.

The Jingle Bells String Band
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint KItts – Nevis
August 18, 2008 (CUOPM)

The 12th Annual Saddle Fiesta celebrations bring communities together to showcase their talents and should focus on the challenges the young people are facing.

Prime Minister and Parliamentary Representative, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas who officially opened the annual festival said the events should be used to bring unity and harmony among residents.

“Saddle Fiesta brings together the residents of the communities of Saddlers, Harris’, Lavington, Parsons, Lynches and Pogson and gives them the opportunity to celebrate. We enjoy ourselves in music, dance, other forms of demonstrations of our natural beauty and talents. It is a time when we show case what the young people can do. It brings out their creativity and natural beauty in song and social commentary via calypsos,” said Prime Minister Douglas at the official opening ceremony on the grounds of the Saddlers Primary School.

Dr. Douglas said bringing people from different communities together allows them to socialise and integrate and allows participants an opportunity “to laugh at each other, laugh with each other, laugh at themselves as we recall the days of fun that is part of our heritage that takes us back to our African ancestors.”

“It is a time when we focus on a number of current issues on the environment, health and the elderly. It also helps us to focus on the challenges that our young people are facing today. And out of all of that, we enjoy ourselves as we educate ourselves in some of these areas,” said Dr. Douglas.

Patrick Manning – Trinidad and Tobago PM

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 18, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis‘ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has confirmed that his Trinidad and Tobago colleague, the Hon. Patrick Manning will visit Basseterre on Wednesday.

The visit by the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister follows a meeting in Port of Spain, at which the leaders of four CARICOM countries declared their intent to establish a political union by 2013, insisting that their move would not be detrimental to the wider regional integration movement.

Prime Minister Hon. Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago, his St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Hon. Stephenson King and the Grenada Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas last Thursday night affixed their signatures to a joint declaration.

This declaration also outlined their commitment to accelerating the establishment of a CARICOM Single Economy by 2011.

Dr. Douglas has confirmed that Prime Minister Manning, who will be accompanied by the Grenada Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas, will travel to St. Kitts and Nevis after stops in Dominica to hold talks with Hon. Roosevelt Skerritt; Antigua and Barbuda to see Prime Minister Hon. Baldwin Spencer, and Montserrat to hold talks with Chief Minister Hon. Dr. Lowell Lewis to discuss the initiatives agreed at the mini-summit in Trinidad and Tobago.

Premier of Nevis – Joseph Parry

Charlestown, Nevis
August 15, 2008

Premier of Nevis Hon. Joseph Parry cleared the air on his upcoming two day visit to Iceland and cited it would be for positive reasons related to geothermal energy unlike the Opposition’s charge that it was for prior lack of research on the matter.

Mr. Parry told the Department of Information on August 14, 2008, on the heels of a National Consultation on the Economy which was hosted by Prime Minister Hon. Denzil Douglas at the Marriott Hotel in St. Kitts earlier that day, that he explained to the forum why he found it important to accept an invitation to visit with the government of Iceland.

“I specifically indicated why I was going to Iceland, I thought that was very important because I didn’t want anybody to be mistaken why I was going to Iceland and there are two reasons why I am going. The first reason is to get their government’s support to build our negotiation team for the power purchase agreement and the second reason was to see the economic impact that geothermal has had on Iceland, so that we can get a feel of what it can do in terms of Nevis for the next few years.

“I am not going to Iceland because we have a problem or we did not do proper research at the beginning. I am going to Iceland for positive reasons and I want the public to be quite clear on that and let me finally say as far as this is concerned I like to define myself, I think I can speak very well I don’t need the Opposition [Concerned Citizens Movement] to define me. They seem better defining me than doing the work they should have done in the last 14 years,” he said.

Canada Approves CAD$7 Million For Debt Management

Nevis Firefighter Shortage To Be Addressed

St. Kitts Saddle Fiesta To Bring Harmony In Community

Prime Ministers Manning & Thomas To Visit St. Kitts

Nevis Premier Speaks About Iceland Trip