Nevis News

Charlestown, Nevis
October 25, 2007

Farmers on Nevis were reminded of the importance of good agricultural practices to ensure food safety for all. The call was made by Director of Agriculture on Nevis Dr. Kelvin Daly at the formal opening of a workshop on Good Agricultural Practices on October 25, 2007, hosted by the Department of Agriculture in Prospect. 
 
The workshop which was the final in a total of four hosted by the Department for 2007, was designed to assist farmers to become better and by extension to improve the farming culture on the island. Dr. Daly regarded the workshop facilitated by Dr. Felix Canet-Prades of Havana Cuba, an International Consultant of Food and Agriculture and an Auditor in Good Agricultural Practices as a timely exercise for several reasons.

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Charlestown, Nevis
October 24, 2007

Deputy Premier and Minister of Social Development in the Nevis Island Administration, the Hon. Hensley Daniel told members and regional Credit Union officials that their institution had the opportunity to launch an assault on poverty and under-development.
 
Mr. Daniel was at the time delivering an address at the 5th annual OECS Credit Union Summit held at the Royal St. Kitts Marriott Resort recently under the theme “Re-engineering the OECS Credit Union System for Sustainable Development”.
 
He reminded the over 250 credit union officials that their strength lay in their numbers, and to re-engineer the credit union systems for sustainable development within the sub-region should not be a difficult task, since these financial institutions were owned by their members.
 
“Any organisation driven by its members must regard itself as having a head start.  Any organisation which is grounded in the experience of the people, with its grass-root support is always supposed to be on the cutting edge of development.  I charge you to use your strong support at the community level to promote and sustain social and economic development.
 
“Your roots can be found in the cooperative movement.  I must remind you that your strength lie in your numbers.  There is strength in your differences, in teamwork, collaboration, sharing of common values and the commitment to adapt to changes in your organisation,” he said.

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Charlestowne, Nevis
October 25, 2007

A community based mentor initiative called the CARES Programme has been inaugurated by the Charlestown Secondary School (CSS) Counseling Department. The programme commenced on Thursday October 18th 2007 with an opening ceremony at the school’s new extension.
 
Supervisor of the Multipurpose Center, Mr. Dwight Morton, who served as master of ceremonies, said in his welcome remarks that the Charlestown Secondary School was well known for its numerous successes and had always strived for excellence.
 
 He said that it was in that regard that the school’s Principal, Mr. Edson Elliott and the counselors had decided to start the programme.  Mr. Morton noted that the outreach program was intended to reach out to the community to partner with the school in an attempt improve the students who were selected for the programme.
 
“The CARES Programme [means] the school and community working together to Create, Achieving Responsible and Exceptional Students.  The critical word is Exceptional students.  We know we have good students but we want them to excel and that is why we decided to launch this CARES programme,” said Mr. Morton.

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