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Okolo Tegremantine Celebrates 35 Years

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 17, 2008

The Okolo Tegremantine Arts Theater is celebrating 35 years of existence and is marking this milestone by reaching out to various communities to promote the art form.

An official for the group told SKNIS that Master Drummer Dominique Williams from Trinidad and Tobago is in St. Kitts to assist with this initiative. Williams spent this week visiting primary schools, talking to students about his exciting field and the importance of maintaining a rich cultural heritage.

He has also been working with the National Youth Drum Corps as well as the Okolo group, refining their performances.

Mr. Williams indicated that the sessions have been interesting and he is particularly pleased with the enthusiastic response from the young students during school visits. Williams has been drumming for the past 14 years and leads the group Hands of Rhythm in his home country.

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St. Kitts – Nevis At Guatemalan Presedential Inauguration

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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St. Kitts – Nevis Overseas Voters Will Have Vote

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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Nevis Students Receive Alexander Hamilton Scholarships

Charlestown, Nevis
January 15, 2007

Four students from Nevis received scholarships from the Alexander Hamilton Scholarship Fund on Friday January 11, 2007, at a fund raising tea party in the courtyard of the historic Alexander Hamilton Museum.
 
The students Ms. Iyana Dore and Ms. Shienlka Maynard from the Gingerland Secondary School and Master Keithroy Merchant and Ms. Orecia Parris from the Charlestown Secondary School received their scholarship cheques to cover the 2007/2008 school year from Deputy Premier and Minister for the Department of Community Development which administers the scholarships.
 
The Minister told the students that funds from the scholarship programme should in many respects uphold the legacy of Alexander Hamilton and by people worldwide a legacy of hard work, discipline and deep individual study.
 
He said education was the means by which the Nevis Island Administration equipped today’s generation for the many possibilities of tomorrow and the scholarship fund required the recipients to be a cut above the rest and to aim to be the best in school.

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