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St. Kitts – Nevis Voter Registration – 5,000 Confirmed

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
March 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

The Supervisor of Elections in St. Kitts and Nevis is reporting that 238 persons registered as new voters and 2,337 confirmed their registration during the month of February.

Mr. Leroy Benjamin also disclosed that between December 17th 2007 and February 29th 2008, 5,169 persons confirmed their names on the Voters List, while there were a total of 559 new registrations for the same period.

He said that the Confirmation Lists were delivered to all political parties in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis last Friday 14th March 2008.

The Supervisor of Elections also released a breakdown of the Confirmation and New Registrations by Constituency and Polling Division for the period 27th December 2007 to February 29th 2008.

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Nevis Island To Embark On Health Survey

Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies
March 17, 2008

The Nevis Health Promotion Unit (HPU) has been enhanced to provide greater health promotion services to the people of Nevis.
 
According to Health Educator Ms. Shirley Wilkes who also heads the department, the unit had planned to embark on the formation of a comprehensive health data bank and to provide reading materials for the public and health professionals.  They would be used as a vehicle for the development and enhancement of disease prevention and promotion practices on Nevis.
 
Ms. Wilkes made the announcement during a recent interview with the Department of Information.  According to Ms. Wikes, the collection of data would be done in the form of a three STEPS survey where key information would be gathered about behavorial and biological risk across the population.  Approximately 2200 adult males and females aged 25 to 63 years would be invited to participate in the survey.

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Work Begins On St. Kitts’ Christophe Harbour

March 17, 2008
By Floyd French
Observer Reporter
Cockle Shell Bay, St. Kitts – Nevis

The clearing of the construction site for Christophe Harbour has started at Cockle Shell Bay on the Southeast Peninsula.  The project will span 2,500 acres with access to six beaches including Cockle Shell Beach, where the work began.

According to Mr. Mark Pavluvcik, Director of Development/Construction for KHT Land Holdings, the project will take 10 to 15 years to be completed.  He added that the first phase was to remove the old buildings in order to assess the land for its future development.  “Before you can have an official ground breaking we got to tear down some buildings first to make way for the new,” he said on March 7, when initial demolition began.

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Nevis Government Commends Local Contractors

Charlestown, Nevis
March 15, 2008

While Contractors on Nevis were commended for their sustained outstanding work they were urged to continue to produce and to take advantage of the opportunities created for them under the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led Nevis Island Administration (NIA).
 
The praise and words of advice came from Mr. Ashley Farrell Cabinet Secretary when he addressed a number of local contractors at a workshop. Mr. Farrell represented the Minister of Labour on Nevis who was at the time off island on other government duties. The half day event was hosted by the Department of Labour on Wednesday March 12, at the Red Cross Centre in Charlestown.
 
“I wish to commend you for the very outstanding work you continue to produce. This NRP government supports you, we want to see local construction firms expand into mega companies and in this regard I wish to inform you that several projects will be coming on stream later this year and it is anticipated that job opportunities in the construction field for at least the next three years will continue to increase.

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