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Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Chief Visits St. Kitts

PM Douglas (L) and Justice Rawlins Photo By Erasmus Williams Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis July 29, 2008 (CUOPM) Recently appointed Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, His Lordship, Mr. Justice Hugh Anthony Rawlins, paid a courtesy call …

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Nevis Premier Throws Swicth For New Water Well

Premier Parry Turns On New Water Well

Premier Parry Turns On New  Nevis Water Well

Charlestown, Nevis
July 25, 2008

Relief came for the residents in St. Johns and St. Georges when another high yielding water well which added 432,000 gallons of water to the island’s water system, was commissioned at Fothergills in Gingerland. The event took place on July 25, 2008, when Premier of Nevis Hon. Joseph Parry flipped the lever to begin pumping the “new water”. He said the well represented another promise fulfilled by his Nevis Reformation Party led Nevis Island Administration.

“It was my personal determination to beat this dry weather before Culturama. When Nevisians come home they must have the same comfort that they have abroad and I am pleased to see that we have been successful and we are here to turn on this pump in the Fothergills area today. I will say this, the government has promised and the government has delivered and has been delivering for the past two years and we will continue to do so.

“We have not built the pump house yet but you will see some other pieces of construction taking place but the most important thing is to get water into the pipes and to make the people of Nevis comfortable and that is exactly what we are doing and in the famous words ““ better has come for the people of Nevis,” he said.

The Premier added that some weeks ago when the first new well was commissioned at Maddens, it was said that there was enough water for all the people of Nevis but the difficulty was to get the water from St. James to Gingerland or parts of St. Johns. Therefore, the Nevis Water Department continued to ration the water supply to those areas.

Notwithstanding, Mr. Parry said both new wells which had been developed by Bedrock Exploration and Development Technologies (BEAD), under the leadership of Geologist Dr. Ronald Hoag supplied an added 1 million gallons of water daily.

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Nevis Government & Local Businesses Fight Crime

Nevis Business Owner At Meeting On Fighting Crime

Nevis Business Owners At Meeting About Crime

CharIestown,Nevis
July 25, 2008

In a continued effort to combat crime on the island, Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry hosted a panel discussion with members of the private sector at the conference room of the Nevis Credit Union at Chapel Street in Charlestown on Thursday, July 24th 2008.

The panellists included Deputy Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Hensley Daniel, Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Ashley Farrell, Legal Advisor, Hon. Patrice Nisbett and Superintendent of Police in Nevis, Mr. Samuel Seabrookes.

In his opening remarks, Premier Parry noted how pleased he was to see so many business owners responding to the call to put an end to the spate of criminal activity in Nevis.  He said, “We do not want business people to be afraid or live in continuous fear of these criminals; we want them to be able to stand up and continue to run their business as usual. We can not in any way make those individuals committing the crimes feel like they have won!”

During the meeting, Mr. Parry articulated several ways in which he thought the business community could assist in stemming the crime wave on the island.  Among these was the idea of having members adopt a school, a community or a child; and create avenues whereby our young people could engage themselves positively and productively.  He reminded the audience that while the government is committed to doing its part, the rest of the society must also play an active role if we are to realize a significant reduction and possible eradication of serious criminal activity on the island.

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Social Security Contributes To Health And Culturama

Nadine Carty Caines and Elvin Bailey

Nadine Carty Caines (L) and Elvin Bailey

Charlestown, Nevis
July 25, 2008

The St. Christopher and Nevis Social Security Board continued to show its commitment to organizations across the island when it gave financial support to the Nevis HIV/AIDS Coordinating Unit to assist in the fight and education of the disease. The financial institution also made a similar donation to the Culturama Committee to assist with the sponsorship of the festival.

The presentations took place at the Cotton Ginnery courtyard in Charlestown on July 24, 2008. During the presentation to the Unit, Assistant Director of Public Relations, Statistics and Research Mr. Elvin Bailey explained that Health education was a key area that his institution had decided to contribute to.

“Two things that Social Security has taken onto itself to do which it does not have to do by law is to partner with the Ministry of Health and to Partner with the Ministry of Education because we believe that an educated healthy population will be a working population and a working population will contribute to Social Security and Social Security therefore, would enjoy long and healthy life from our constituents, our clients our insured persons – one continue to grow; two live for a long time and three, continue to be productive.

“So when we were approached to ask to contribute to continuing education in health it really was a no brainer for us. It was something that we had to do and so it pleases my heart on behalf of Social Security to donate to the HIV Unit through the Nevis Island Administration this cheque for your continued use in the education of the people of St. Kitts and Nevis, Nevis in particular and especially the young people,” he said.

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