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Nevis Island Budget Address 2008

NEVIS ISLAND ADMINISTRATION BUDGET ADDRESS

By The Honourable Joseph Parry, M.N.I.A.

Premier and Minister of Finance

On December 17, 2007

1. Madam President, I beg leave to move the second reading of the bill shortly entitled the Nevis Appropriation (2008) Ordinance 2007.

INTRODUCTION

2. Madam President, I am extremely happy to be able to report to this Honourable House on the stewardship of the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) regarding the management of the economic resources of the Nevis Island Administration over the past 18 months. This privilege is very important to me because when the NRP assumed office, there were many detractors who felt that our agenda for social and economic transformation was too ambitious. We were not in any way discouraged by these negative sentiments. Instead, we have forged ahead with The Peoples’ Agenda feeling assured that responsible, honest and dynamic leadership will bring progress to all Nevisians regardless of political persuasion, economic status, or family background.

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St. Kitts – Nevis New Years Gala Entertainment Announced

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
December 17th, 2007 (CUOPM)

Publisher and founder of America’s Black Enterprise Magazine, Earl Gilbert Graves, Sr. is the Guest Speaker at the Seventh Annual Prime Minister’s New Year’s Gala.

Chairperson of the Gala Committee, the Hon. Marcella Liburd said that the prominent American entrepreneur and philanthropist, has accepted the invitation of St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas to speak at the January 5th 2008 event in the Grand Ballroom of the St. Kitts Marriott Beach Resort. The event begins at 7:30 P.M.

“2008 will see the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Our theme “BEYOND BORDERS,” therefore is a timely reminder that to be successful individually and as a nation, we must move not only beyond our physical borders but our mental, economic, and partisan borders as well,” said Liburd, adding, that the theme fittingly captures the life of Mr. Earl Graves Sr.

She said that Mr. Graves, a corporate giant, who has been officially designated by Harvard University, as one of the most outstanding business leaders of the 20th, “will share with St. Kitts & Nevis his special insights on empowerment and moving beyond borders.”

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St. Kitts – Nevis HIV/AIDS Campaign 2007 Gathers Momentum

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
December 13, 2007

With the successful completion of a Behaviour Change Workshop, the HIV/AIDS Campaign 2007 gathers momentum as preparations are  made for upcoming events.

The Behaviour Change Workshop which ran from December 10 to 12 saw young people being empowered to adjust certain personal stereotypes and attitudes towards the virus and persons living with it.

This year’s activities are being held under the theme “Respect I: My Life, My Rights, My Choice” which falls under the broad theme of “Keep the Promise, Stop HIV/AIDS.”

Upcoming activities include next Tuesday, December 18th”˜s Whistle Stop. Health personnel and volunteers will drive in a motorcade first through St. Peters and then east around the island.  Stops will be made in the various communities in order to give information, distribute condoms and localized literature suitable to the Kittitian society and culture.  Like last year, the event is a Cable and Wireless bMobile-supported activity.

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Nevis 2008 Budget Session Set For Monday

Charlestown, Nevis December 16, 2007 The Budget Session of the Nevis Island Assembly will be on Monday, December 17 at the Nevis Island Assembly Chambers, Hamilton House at 10:00 AM Premier and Minister of Finance in the Nevis Island Administration, …

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