Nevis News

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
January 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

With an annual increase in visitor arrivals to St. Kitts and Nevis and more resorts either under construction or being planned, another passionate call has been made for nationals to get involved in the provision of services in the industry.

That call has come from St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, when he appeared as a guest on VON Radio’s “Let’s Talk” Programme recently.

Dr. Douglas said 2007 was a “very blessed year, because the economy has been transitioning out of sugar agriculture and it is moving very confidently into tourism. Over the past year, we had more visitors coming to our shores than ever before.”

He noted that it is projected that some 400,000 cruise ship passengers will disembark at Port Zante, “bringing untold opportunities to our taxi drivers, the local entrepreneurs who provide goods and services to our hotels and restaurants, and, of course, they bring revenue to the government treasury as well as money into their households so that their families can live better lives.”

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 16, 2007 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis was among five Caribbean countries represented at the swearing-in on Monday 14th January, of Guatemala’s newly-elected President His Excellency Alvaro Colom.

The Federation was represented by the Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, His Excellency Dr. Izben C. Williams.

President Colom, who is Guatemala’s first leftist president in more than 50 years, has promised to fight poverty in a nation where the World Bank estimates that half the people live on less than $1 a day.

Colom took office along with his Vice President, heart surgeon Rafael Espada, in an inauguration ceremony which drew attend by many world leaders, including all Central American Heads of State and Government and the Presidents of Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, China, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 16, 2008 (CUOPM)

Every person who is confirming registration at the electoral offices in St Kitts and in Nevis will have to produce authentic documentation as proof of his or her identity.

So says St. Kitts and Nevis‘ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas.

“We are therefore doing what is absolutely responsible. We are ensuring that every person confirming his registration produces authentic documentation as proof of his identity, and we are taking your photograph,” Dr. Douglas said at a news conference on Tuesday.

He said the new legislation and regulations still to be enacted will close “those big loop holes,” and electoral office officials are working in tandem with the Social Security Board, the Immigration Department, Passport Office, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, and the Inland Revenue Department to back-check the validity and authenticity of every document given in support of the confirmation process.”

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