Nevis News

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 25, 2007 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis‘ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is among leaders of Commonwealth nations returning home on Sunday following the conclusion of the summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala which ended without binding environmental commitments being reached.

The 16 presidents, 20 prime ministers and 12 delegates from the 53-member bloc of English-speaking countries discussed a range of issues during the three-day meet including environment, governance and human rights.

A resolution reached on the environment, and dubbed the “‘Lake Victoria Declaration on Climate Change,”’ was intended as a follow-up to the Langkawi Declaration on the Environment, issued in 1989 during a Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Langkawi, Malaysia.

In the new declaration, the leaders however toned down their stand, saying that measures to control environmental degradation should not compromise development strategies drawn out by individual countries.

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St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said Sunday rich countries should compensate poor and Nevis leader as saying that the Commonwealth did not go far enough in pushing rich countries to tackle climate change at its Kampala summit.

A statement issued by the club of mostly former British colonies on Saturday contained only vague language and did not middle income countries negatively affected by climate change.

A Reuters report from Kampala, Uganda, venue for the 2007 Commonwealth Conference quotes the St. Kitts and call for binding targets on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which many members had said they wanted.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 21, 2007

The fishing industry in St. Kitts and Nevis will be significantly boosted as government partners with the Republic of China (Taiwan) to revolutionize local fishing customs.

The donation of US $230,000.00 from the Taiwanese Embassy will be used by the Ministry of Agriculture to purchase a modern mid-sized fishing boat that will be used to train local fishers in advanced techniques of trap and deep sea fishing as well as long line fishing.

What makes this boat different from the ones which are used now is its size and capabilities. It will be approximately 40 feet in length and will allow a crew of three persons or more to stay at sea for one week. This is a far cry from the present routine, where local fishers leave shore every morning and return later that same day to sell their catch.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 21, 2007 (CUOPM)

The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that the Government of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is continuing efforts to place the public debt on a downward path.

An IMF team which visited the Federation from October 29th to November 1st said despite two consecutive years of primary fiscal surpluses, the public debt in St. Kitts and Nevis remains high even though there were advances in other sections of the economy.

The IMF team which visited for its annual Article IV consultation with government was headed by Mr. Paul Cashin, who said that “macroeconomic outcomes” in St. Kitts and Nevis have strengthened significantly in recent years, with growth reaching 4 percent in 2006.

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