Nevis News

Nevis news – local Nevis news, and regional Caribbean news.

Demand For Nevis Produced Meat On The Rise

Charlestown, Nevis
April 22, 2008

Manager of the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) owned abattoir at Prospect on Nevis, says while he is pleased with the public’ support for locally produced organic meats, the Department of Agriculture is busy trying to keep pace with the increasing demand for its products.
 
During an interview with the Department of Information on Tuesday April 22, 2008, two days before the Department’s grand Agriculture Open Day 2008, Mr. Garfield Griffin gave the assurance that the public would have a wide range and ample meat and meat cuts to purchase. 
 
“We have a wide range of meat and meat cuts this year we have beef different cuts of beef, pork, mutton, sausages (pork and beef-seasoned and unseasoned), beef liver, mutton liver , tripe, ground beef, local chicken (raw and smoked), pigtails and pigs feet.
 
“We normally can’t have enough mutton [at the Open Day] but this year we have stepped up a few hundred pounds over what we have had in previous years so hopefully, we will be able to satisfy the needs of everyone in terms of mutton. In terms of beef and pork I think we have more than enough for everyone,” he explained.

Read More

Young Nevis Students Start A Renaissance Movement

Members Of HOPE In Nevis

Members Of HOPE In Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis
April 22, 2008

A renaissance movement has become the buzz on Nevis.  A group of young vibrant Nevisians came together and formed the Helping Our People Excel Organisation (HOPE) Nevis. The Organisation which was established in August of 2006 immediately set out to work in the community to introduce and accomplish their goals and aspirations.
 
Notably among this, was the Organisation’s decision to adopt the St. Johns Primary School (SJPS) after members of the Organisation made themselves available to give motivational speeches at all of Nevis’ Primary Schools.
 
The group of young men and women soon became attached to St Johns Primary School students and teaching fraternity, after they gave their initial motivational speech and the guidance counselor suggested that they should adopt the school.
 
According to one of the Organisation’s representative Ms. Shanelle Simmonds, the idea to adopt St Johns Primary was agreed to after the issue was discussed among the executive body and other members. HOPE Nevis thereafter, continued to impress upon students through additional motivational speeches.
 
The historical background for SJPS appeared distinct from other schools on Nevis. While other Primary Schools were being renovated or upgraded to brand-new modern educational facilities, the school’s building remained one of the older structures on the island, until recently when students were relocated to an ultra-modern school edifice with a modern library, Science and Computer labs.

Read More

Nevis’ Agriculture Open Day 2008

Charlestown, Nevis
April 21, 2008

Final plans are progressing smoothly in readiness for Nevis‘ premier annual agricultural showcase on April 24th to 25th and officials of the Department of Agriculture, hosts of the annual event, said all preparatory works are on schedule.
 
During an interview with the Department of Information on Monday April 21, 2008, the Department’s Communication’s Officer Mr. Eric Evelyn described the 14th Agriculture Open Day at the Villa grounds in Charlestown, as an event to promote food security and a tool to promote farming at every level.  The Theme for the 2008 fair is “Micro-Farming: The Driving Force for Agriculture ““ Past, Present and Future”.
 
“The reason for this theme being, we are trying to promote agriculture at all levels. We have over the years done a lot to promote commercial farming but we are trying to promote farming from a micro level to a macro level, where you can have people doing farming in their backyard and even persons who do not have space can be doing farming in containers,” he said.
 
Mr. Evelyn explained that the theme was selected against the backdrop of rising food prices worldwide and agriculture officials wanted to buffer the effect on Nevis.

Read More

NIA Embarks On Physical Development Plans On Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis
April 18, 2008

In accordance with the Nevis Physical Development Planning Ordinance 2005, the Physical Planning Unit in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) held a Stakeholders Consultation on April 10, 2008, at the Mount Nevis Hotel, to embark on the process of developing physical development plans for specific areas on Nevis.
 
The Organization of American States (OAS) Director to St Kitts and Nevis Mr. Starret D. Greene, who spoke at the consultation, confirmed that the OAS through its Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI) approved the Nevis Physical Development Plan, with funding from its Special Multilateral Fund for technical cooperation.
 
He further added that through the project, the goal of the OAS was to further strengthen its partnership with the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and to provide help to Nevis for the development of a comprehensive system of land usage.
 
“Moreover, the OAS recognised that land was a premium on the island of Nevis, given the island’s relatively small size and it was essential to develop a legal, administrative and managerial system that would ensure an orderly long-range development plan to guide every aspect of the island’s physical development,” he said.

Read More