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Nevis Premier Supports Switch To New Drivers License

Charlestown, Nevis
March 04, 2008

Premier of Nevis Hon. Joseph Parry encouraged Nevisians to switch to the new enhanced drivers license. He made the call moments after the Ms. Neva Manners Deputy Comptroller for the Inland Revenue Department issued him with the first card on the island, on Monday March 03, 2008, at the Department’s Charlestown office.
 
“I would like to encourage all Nevisians to get the new card. It is my understanding that it is time saving, it is only a matter of minutes and you get your card the same time rather than the next day. I also understand that it has some enhanced security features which would be of benefit to all the citizens who use it.

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Nevis Shows Support For Nevis Debate Team

Charlestown, Nevis
March 04, 2008

Premier of Nevis and Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Joseph Parry and Mrs. Parry showed their support for team Nevis during the 2008 Leeward Islands Debating Competition which concluded in St. Kitts at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel and Casino in Bird Rock, St. Kitts on March 02, 2008.
 
At the end of the two day contest which brought together contestants from Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat and St. Maarten. Mr. Parry told the Department of Information that the NIA would continue to throw its support behind students and would make the necessary input to nurture and groom potential debaters who possessed good oratorical skills and demonstrated effective research prowess for future contests.
 
However, during Nevis’ short lived participation in the contest, Ms, Micaia Mills and Ms. Sachia Godet opposed the Moot “Vocational qualification is far more valuable than a university degree” against their opponent St. Maarten.

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Nevis Island’s Renewable Energy Project Promising

Charlestown, Nevis
March 04, 2008

Junior Minister of Communications, Works and Public Utilities in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), the Hon. Carlisle Powell said the geothermal energy project had generated a tremendous amount of interest throughout the Caribbean and the international community.
 
Minister Powell made the statement during a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on February 28, 2008, at the Assembly Chambers at Hamilton House.  While he gave an update on a number of important projects that his ministry had been engaged in, the Utilities Minister said latest reports from West Indies Power Nevis Limited were encouraging.
 
“This project has generated a tremendous amount of interest throughout the Caribbean and indeed the international community. I continue to be bombarded with calls from power companies, Ministries and interested parties.

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Celebrity Equinox Cruise Ship To Visit St. Kitts – Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
March 03, 2008 (CUOPM)

With the 2007/2008 cruise ship season carded to bring in over 400,000 passengers to St. Kitts and Nevis, it is expected that the 2008/2009  and 2009/2010 seasons will be busier.

Celebrity Cruises has just announced that its newest ship, the 117,000-ton, 2,850-passenger Celebrity Equinox, the second in the lines’ newest class of ships, sets sail in 2009, will visit St. Kitts mid-summer 2009 and the first quarter of 2010.

On November 5, 2009, the Celebrity Equinox will sail a transatlantic voyage to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where she will subsequently begin a series of alternating 11-and 10-night “Ultimate Caribbean” voyages.

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