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St. Kitts – Nevis Tourism Strategy Garners Results

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
April 09, 2008 (SKNIS)

The forecast by the Caribbean World Travel and Tourism Council that St. Kitts and Nevis will register the second highest tourism growth in the region of 5.6 percent, has been welcomed by local officials who stress that efforts must continue to consolidate the gains.

This week, Unoma Allen, Corporate Communications Manager of the St. Kitts Tourism Authority, appeared on SKNIS’ radio magazine programme, Perspectives and noted that the expansion of services with American Airlines and the newly formed relationship with Delta Airlines operating from Atlanta has yielded satisfactory results.

“This sort of information [comes] from the efforts that have been taking place over prior years and what we are doing now,” she stated. “Our destination is now open to many more people and as you’ve heard time and time again, Atlanta is the largest international airline hub in the world.”

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Nevis Sanitation Workers Honored On World Health Day

Charlestown, Nevis
April, 8, 2008

Several Health Workers on Nevis were honored for their contribution to health services during an Award Ceremony on World Health Day Monday, April 7, 2008 at the Nevis Red Cross Center. Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Hensley Daniel said the event was the Ministry’s way of showing appreciation for the important contribution of the workers and to raise their profile.
 
Minister Daniel said the private sector has a role to play to honor sanitation workers and help to manage garbage generated by them. He also added the Ministry expected the private and public sector cooperation.

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Nevis Pays Tribute To Norman Dore On World Health Day

Charlestown, Nevis
April 8, 2008

In honor of World Health Day, observed globally on April 7, 2008, Health Educator Ms. Shirley Wilkes paid tribute to the late Mr. Norman Dore, in an Award Ceremony held to honor sanitation workers at the Red Cross Building Chapel St. Charlestown. The ceremony was organised by the Ministry of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA).
 
Tribute to Mr. Norman Dore.
 
Mr Norman Dore worked in the environmental health department- the sanitary department as it was then called. He started off in the 60s working as part of the sanitary gang in Gingerland, doing the usual- road cleaning, mosquito inspection, picking up garbage and advising people about keeping their premises clean. He worked along side persons like Mr Edmund “Eddy” Dasent. He quietly worked his way up the ranks to become foreman of the gang.

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Bob Marley’s Mothers Passes Away

April 09, 2008 Miami-Dade, Florida Cedella Marley Booker, the mother of late reggae musician Bob Marley, has passed away at her South Florida home.  Cedella Marley Booker was 81 years old. Not only was she the mother of famed reggae …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Attracting Direct Foreign Investment

Caribbean Cinemas - Buckley's Estate, St. Kitts

Caribbean Cinemas – Buckley’s Estate, St. Kitts
Photo by Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
April 8, 2008 (CUOPM)

The US$7 million investment by Caribbean Cinemas Management of Puerto Rico, Inc. is a show of confidence in the economic climate as the government continues to transform the national economy of the twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.

So says Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Tourism and Sustainable Development, Hon. Dr. Denzil l. Douglas, who pointed out that Foreign Direct Investment in St. Kitts and Nevis over the years, has “outstripped and surpassed the rest of the Caribbean islands, especially in the Eastern Caribbean.”

“This is part of the overall thrust for the development of St. Kitts and Nevis, especially providing appropriate modern entertainment facilities for our people,” said Prime Minister Douglas as he toured the construction site at Buckley’s Estate von the outskirts of Basseterre, the capital.

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