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St. Kitts – Nevis Bird Rock Stadium Takes Shape

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 27, 2007

The 2008 CARIFTA Games are a little less than four months away in St. Kitts and Nevis. Construction crews have been working steadily over the past months to ensure the Bird Rock Athletic Stadium ““ which will host the Easter-weekend tournament ““ is completed on time.

A thumbs up signal was given to the construction crew at the Bird Rock Athletic Stadium as work on the Class 2 Track and Field facility continues apace.

Minister of State responsible for Sport the Hon. Richard Skerritt headed a delegation of government officials and representatives from the Local Organizing Committee of CARIFTA at a site visit on Friday. The party toured the construction ground and responded with enthusiasm to the updates being given by Project Manager Wycliffe Morton Jr.

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Building Continues On Ocean Edge Resort In St. Kitts – Nevis

Basseterre, St, Kitts – Nevis
November 27, 2007 (CUOPM)

Phase One which began in June this year will see the construction of 16 hillside apartments which will be complete by September 2008. Phase two is planned to start in late 2007 and will include the remaining accommodation units and amenities. Resort completion is planned for the end of 2009.

Ocean’s Edge Resort comprises 32 one bedroom beachfront apartments, 16 two-bedroom beachfront homes, 48 semi-detached garden cottages, 66 two-bedroom hillside apartments and 23 hilltop plots for private, bespoke villas.

According to the new website www.oceansedgestkitts.com building height for the apartments will be restricted to two floors and most properties will have uninterrupted ocean views. The first properties will be complete by mid-2008 with resort completion planned for December 2009. A leading Caribbean resort operator will be appointed to manage Ocean’s Edge and all rentals on behalf of the owners. Ocean’s Edge has been accepted into the Green Globe Benchmarking program.

Four beachfront apartment buildings, each housing 4 two-bedroom duplex apartments, will be built within yards of the beach offering great ocean views. These two bedroom units will offer unbeatable ocean views from the lounge and terrace located on the upper floor. The bedrooms will be located on the lower floor with easy access to the clubhouse, beachfront restaurant and the resort’s main swimming pool.

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Nevis Island Main Road Project Phase III To Begin

Charlestown, Nevis
November 26, 2007

Construction Manager Mr. Desmond Lewis of Surrey Paving and Aggregate Ltd., a Jamaican based company contracted to construct 8.5 kilometers of the Nevis Island Main Road from Gingerland to the St. James Anglican Church, disclosed that Nevisians were well positioned to receive a fully paved road well ahead of Christmas.
 
He made the announcement on Thursday November 22, 2007, during an interview with the Department of Information. He said the project was within the stipulated time of completion in spite of several setbacks encountered with utility relocation during the earlier part of the project.
 
“Our operation closes down after the 14 [December] until January so we have programmed to have completed all major works to include all paving [and] all drainage work by the 14. However, that is dependent on Zion Hill where there is still work being done with the utility companies especially the Water Department.

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Nevis Island Reviews Social Security Policy

Charlestown, Nevis
November 26, 2007

Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry addressed the Public Presentation of the 8th Actuarial Report from the Reform Committee of the Social Security department of St. Kitts- Nevis on Friday, November 23rd at the Four Seasons Resort.

At the beginning of his address, Premier Parry gave a brief historical overview of the St.Kitts”“Nevis Social Security board. “The Social Security board started some 30 years ago and I was the first manager of the Social Security department in Nevis. I can tell you that many people were not in tuned to Social Security at first. In Nevis, it was very hard to get people to be part of Social Security and put into the scheme early on, but today Social Security has grown tremendously. Today the St.Kitts-Nevis Social Security contribution fund is worth EC$800 million and it is one of the best funded Social Security systems in the Caribbean.”

On recounting the obvious foresight of his Party, Mr. Parry discussed how the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led Nevis Island Administration (NIA) had advocated a Health Care scheme during their campaign. Mr. Parry further stated that now that the NRP is seated in government, plans are underway to execute their campaign promise to the people of Nevis for a better health care system.

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Drilling On Nevis Finds Deep Ground Water

Charlestown, Nevis
November 26, 2007

Junior Minister in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) with responsibility for Public Utilities Hon. Carlisle Powell, announced Friday November 23, 2007, that he had received information that the water exploration team had found water during their drilling operations at 497 feet below the earth’s surface on the first drill site at Hamilton Estate one day before.
 
“On Thursday afternoon while we were in a Cabinet session, I received the kind of telephone call that we had been waiting on, that BEAD (Bedrock Exploration and Development Technologies) in their first drill site at Hamilton had found some water.
 
“While they had found a limited amount of water earlier during the week, this time they were seeing signs of more water being available and that is due to I would say the hard work of not only the exploration drilling team but of  Dr Hoag as well, who has been here on island with us in Nevis, he has identified the site and has made it his business to be present here during the drilling to make sure that BEAD will be able to deliver on their promise of up to one million gallons of water per day,” he said in an interview with the Department of Information at the drill site.

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