Nevis News

Charlestown, Nevis
November 21, 2007

Premier of Nevis and Minister of Education in the Nevis Island Administration Hon. Joseph Parry told teachers that the time had come to take their place in the communities they served and to break down barriers of perception. He said they should reach out to the parents, in particular those who needed assistance, to give them a new reality of themselves, their children and life around them.
 
He gave the advice to a number of stakeholders in Education on Nevis during the second annual Extra Mile Teacher Recognition Award ceremony on November 17, 2007, at the Old Manor Hotel in Gingerland.
 
“You have taken on a profession, a calling a vocation and so you are going to have to break down those barriers of perception. You are going to have to reach across the community to the parents and I must say to you do not reach only to the parents to come to the parent/ teachers meeting, you have to reach to those who don’t come because those who don’t come are the ones who need the most help.

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Charlestown, Nevis
November 21,  2007

Principal Education Officer in Nevis Mrs. Jennifer Hodge epitomised teaching as a form of higher calling and a public service which ultimately shaped the community it served. She made the comment at the second annual Extra Mile Teacher Recognition Award, hosted by the Department of Education on Nevis, on November 17, 2007, at the Old Manor Hotel in Gingerland.
 
She said while the constant alterations in structures, policies and programmes provided the framework for a sound forward-looking system, the ultimate progress in education was dependant on teachers.
 
“The demand on today’s teachers from government, parents, employers and society at large is overwhelming. Rapid economic development has resulted in startling social transformations this makes the teacher’ role as moral and social anchors even more critical,” she said.
 
Mrs. Hodge who initiated the award programme, admonished the teachers present to be good exampled of citizenship, since their actions would later be instrumental to shape the future of the society in which they served.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 20, 2007 (CUOPM)

With the St. Kitts – Nevis Labour Government of Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas setting the pace on price control in the region, other Caribbean nations are now weighing in as consumers in other nations, grow increasingly frustrated at the rising cost of food prices including basic items like milk, sugar, rice and flour.

After weeks of discussion on the growing concern in St. Kitts and Nevis with the identification of a basket of food and non-food items, the signing of a Price Control Order and an amicable arrangement between Government and owners of bakeries to freeze bread and other bakery products, CARICOM leaders have agreed in principle to discuss the issue.

Earlier this month St. Kitts and Nevis signed a Price Control Order aimed at limiting prices of a basket of goods.

Twenty-nine items comprising basic food items such as chicken, meats, fish and rice as well as non-food goods including toothpaste, disposable diapers, and some pharmaceutical products are addressed in the Price Control Order.

Minister of Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs Hon. Dr. Timothy Harris said the price control initiative is a direct intervention by Government to protect consumers and small businesses from the spiraling costs of goods, and to achieve a level of moderation in the cost of living.

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