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US and UK Coaches To Help With SKN Basketball Camp

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 02, 2007
For Immediate Public Release

The Department of Sports is finalizing arrangements to welcome basketball coaches from the United States and United Kingdom who will mentor and train young people in a camp for two weeks.

The August 06 to 18 camp titled “Reach One, Teach One ““ Building Bridges to Success” is a sports tourism initiative coinciding with the recent touring of two junior cricket teams from the UK as well as six regional squads contesting the ongoing TCL West Indies Under 19 Championships.

Acting Director of Sport Dave Connor told SKNIS that the basketball camp is designed to impart knowledge on the rules of the game and teach fundamental techniques to locals playing the sport as well as to those interested in learning basketball. Participants from the U.S., the U.K. and Jamaica will also attend this camp, taking advantage of the expertise of Coach (Camp Coordinator) Dave Schumacher, Steve Graham and Billy Hahn.

Connor explained that focus will also be placed on shaping individuals to be well rounded, productive citizens.

“Life skills are an important part of the camp,” he stressed. “Presentations will be made on issues such as teamwork, discipline and conflict resolution which are necessary for proper socialization within a society.”

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MV Christina Disaster Brought New Beginnings For Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis
August 02, 2007
For Immediate Public Release

Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry said of the grief borne by Nevis from the MV Christina Disaster 37 years ago, he said the sad event which had the single greatest impact on the  maritime history of St. Kitts and Nevis, also brought many new beginnings for the people of Nevis.
 
He made the comment during a memorial service to observe the 37th anniversary of the MV Christina Disaster in which 233 persons, mostly Nevisians, lost their lives on a voyage from Basseterre en route to Charlestown. Ninety passengers survived the ill fated trip.
 
“We have a lot to thank God for even in the face of that disaster we were able to pick ourselves up and move forward”¦It seems to me that that [disaster] also gave us an opportunity to have a new beginning because many of those persons who went abroad were able to send money back to build homes, they were able to send money back to help our children go to school and now we have another chance.
 
“We have our own government, we have our economy and we are in a position to develop ourselves. I do believe that even though I say it myself, we have done exceedingly well over the past 37 years and there is a lot we can point to as having achieved as Nevisians. So at that time [even if] it felt like the end of the world, you had a new beginning in culture, a new beginning – a struggle for government which we have, a new beginning in looking after ourselves and we have done a great job of it,” he said.

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Nevis Premier Urges Christina Survivors To File Claims

 

MV Christina Disaster Memorial
Mourners At The MV Christina Memorial

 

Charlestown, Nevis
August 02, 2007
For Immediate Public Release

Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry, urged survivors and eligible relatives who had perished when the MV Christina ferry sank 37 years ago en route to Nevis, to claim from a Provident Fund that had been set in their honour which still held millions of dollars.
 
He made the call on Wednesday August 01, 2007 while he addressed a gathering which included a number of survivors and surviving relatives during a memorial service in Charlestown to mark the disaster’s 37th anniversary. On August 01, 1970 at approximately 4:10pm the MV Christina sank one mile off Nag’s Head, St. Kitts en route to Nevis. Two hundred and thirty three persons perished but there were 90 survivors.
 
“I am told that there is a Provident Fund that is associated with the Christina Disaster where $8million is still held somewhere in this fund. It is there because many survivors did not bother claim on behalf of the persons who they lost. I am now saying to you the money is still there, it is not too late.

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July 2007 Tropical Weather Summary

National Hurricane Center August 01, 2007 For the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico…Tropical cyclone activity in the Atlantic Basin during July was near average.  One Tropical Storm…Chantal…formed during the month…which matches the long-term average of one tropical …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Builds New Computer Training Center

Bassterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 02, 2007 (CUOPM)
For Immediate Public Release

In keeping with its promise to offer computer training to the widest possible cross-section of the population and create a computer-literate society, the St. Kitts – Nevis Labour Government of Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas on Tuesday discussed the progress which is being made in the implementation of the St. Kitts and Nevis and Taiwan IT Centre.

Minister of State for Information and Technology, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty said Tuesday’s Cabinet Meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Douglas was informed that the renovation of the IT Centre to be located at the C.A. Paul Southwell Industrial Estate will be completed by the end of August and that all equipment should be installed by September.

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