Nevis News

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 29, 2007 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis was one of several Caribbean countries jolted by a powerful 7.3 earthquake centered 25 miles south of Dominica.

Residents of the twin-island Federation rushed fro their homes and offices as buildings shook when the tremor struck just after three pm.

The quake felt from St. Lucia to the United States Virgin Islands abruptly ended a telephone conversation between St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in Basseterre and the Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Her Excellency Dr. Len Ishmael in Castries, where the earthquake was felt in both capitals at the same time.

As the tremor continued Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas led members of his Secretariat and other civil servants from the third floor and second floors to safety to the street outside Government Headquarters.

Minister of State for Finance, Sustainable Development, Information and Technology, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty and Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Hon. Dennis Merchant joined several employees of Government Headquarters in the road on Church Street.

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Charlestown, Nevis

Minister of Health on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel issued a call to Nevisians to be mindful of their diet in particular over the Christmas season and onwards to help in the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) fight against diabetes.
 
He gave the advice on November 23, 2007, when the Nevis Diabetes Association in conjunction with the Health Promotion Unit held its World Diabetes Awareness March and Rally on World Diabetes Day, which culminated at the gazebo on the Charlestown waterfront. The theme was “Diabetes in Children and Adolescents”.
 
“We are getting too fat, we eat too much,” Mr. Daniel told those present including a contingent of secondary and primary school students, “there is too much sweet in our diet, we need to reduce the consumption of sweets and soft drinks; cut back on the cake for the Christmas season.”
 
He addressed the prevalence of diabetes on Nevis and reminded those present that there were 500 recorded cases on the island which had resulted in a staggering social and economic cost.

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