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Nevis Pleased With Results For Renewable Energy And Water

Charlestown, Nevis
April 15, 2008

Exploratory works on Nevis which involved drilling for renewable energy and water, have progressed satisfactorily. Word came from Junior Minister with responsibility for Works Public Utilities, Natural Resources and the Environment in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Carlisle Powell in a statement during a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on April 15, 2008.
 
“I am happy to report that drilling for water continues. Dr. Hoag has reported in writing that his company Bedrock Exploration and Development Technologies (BEAD) has found and are ready to proceed with pipe and pump works to supply NIA with 600,000 gallons of new water per day. Most of this new water will come from a well at Maddens,” the Junior Minister disclosed.
 
Mr. Powell explained that he had engaged the staff of the Nevis Water Department to look at a feasibility of sending some of the “new water” to Gingerland to ensure that there were no interruptions on any part of the island.
 
Notwithstanding, he said deep drilling continued at Maddens but productive wells had been completed at Barnes Ghaut and Cotton Ground.

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Nevis Easter Camp Participants Learn Safety Lessons

Charlestown, Nevis
(April 15, 2008)

Over 100 primary school age students on Nevis were admonished to take heed to the lessons which encompassed the value of safety that they would receive and to utilise them to enhance their lives and that of those around them.
 
The advice came from Minister of Youth and Social Transformation in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Hensley Daniel on April 14, 2008, at the start of the annual week long Easter Camp organised by the Ministry of Social Affairs at the St. Thomas Primary School. The theme for the activity is “Nurturing strong minds in a safe environment; safety first”.
 
“At the moment the society is changing where people are tending towards violence, crime and fighting and I want you as participants in this programme with a focus on safety first to be able to make that difference. Nobody who comes to this Easter Camp must be involved in a fight in school nobody who comes to Camp must be in a gang. We want you to be good examples and “¦share with all of your friends and all of the other students”¦
 
“As you go through the week bear in mind that all the people who have come to make presentations they have come because they have your interest at heart. They have come because they want to help promote the orderly development of young people and I want you to think very seriously as they say to you they want you, there are over 100 of you to be good examples for the others who were not able to attend,” he said.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Develops Small Business Policy

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
April 15, 2008 (CUOPM)

Legislation to govern the implementation of a Small Business Policy to encourage the emergence of a lively entrepreneurial spirit and an active small business sector, is being prepared.

According to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the Small Business Policy has been developed in partnership with wide stakeholder participation.

Legislation to govern the implementation of the Policy has also been prepared as the Ministry continues to explore other possibilities to expand its assistance to micro and small indigenous businesses.

This assistance is to be provided by The National Entrepreneurial Development Division (NEDD), a division strategically placed within this Ministry to implement Government’s commitment on micro and small business development.

The National Entrepreneurial Development Division (NEDD) is responsible for the fostering of entrepreneurial development by providing technical assistance to potential entrepreneurs. The NEDD will creatively assists clients from the point of an idea, to the development and running a successful micro or small business.

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Nevis Villa Owners To Be Taxed

Charlestown, Nevis
April 15, 2008
“The business of Government is not just about revenue and the collection of taxes, but it is about development of the country. Our government is just 25 years old this year and Nevis is fairly young. We are in a position to be called a developing country, a country which needs investment, infrastructure and development of services,” said Premier and Minister of Finance, the Hon. Joseph Parry.

The Premier was at the time speaking at a Town Hall meeting at the Nevis Cultural Centre on Monday, April 7th, 2008.The meeting was held by the Nevis Island Administration in collaboration with the Nevis Island Revenue Service to discuss the Property Tax Bill, 2007 as part of the Governments policy of inclusion and transparency.

This tax seeks to modernize the property tax law of Nevis, by introducing the market value as the valuation standard for most properties in Nevis.

The first reading of this Bill took place in November 2007, in the Nevis Island Assembly Chambers at Hamilton House in Charlestown. The Town Hall meeting was held before the second reading to get opinions, questions and feedback from the general public before the second reading of the said bill.

The Nevis Island Administration believes that this will result in greater tax equity and it will also facilitate the computerization of property valuation and taxation in Nevis.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Prime Minister Has Nation’s Confidence

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
April 15, 2008 (CUOPM)

A recent poll in St. Kitts and Nevis has indicated that Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas and his St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKLP) still have the vote of confidence of the population.

This is according to a Caribbean Development Research Services (CADRES) public opinion poll which was released on Monday after being conducted during the last two weeks of March.

The story carried by the Barbados-based Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) showed that if elections were called at that time, 45 percent of the electorate would give their vote to Prime Minister Douglas while 20 percent would support People’s Action Movement (PAM) leader, Mr. Lindsay Grant.

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