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Nevisian Wins Sixth Annual Nevis Triathlon

Charlestown, Nevis
March 17, 2008

Nevis made sports history on Sunday March 16, 2008, when the island’s top tri-athlete Mr. Reginald “˜Reggie” Douglas won the overall male title in the sixth annual Carino Nevis Olympic Triathlon and the top male Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS) title. Minister of Sports on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel recorded the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) highest commendation and congratulations to the tri athlete for what he called an outstanding performance.
 
“I want to convey to him our [NIA] highest consideration and to say the Ministry of Sports will do all that it can to facilitate the development of tri athletes  and to facilitate his participation in similar events as we have done in the past in all of the sports.
 
“The Ministry of Sports is here to ensure that athletes excel and I feel that Reggie has demonstrated what can happen with training, with consistency and with a heavy focus on the prize. So again congratulations to Reggie and best wishes,” he said.

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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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