Nevis News

Charlestown, Nevis July 27, 2007
For Immediate Public Release

Minister of Health in Nevis the Hon. Hensley Daniel gave the assurance that the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) would keep health matters in the fore. He said the Administration planned to use the recently concluded Inaugural Eastern Caribbean Conference on Health, as a springboard to improve the health services on Nevis.
 
He made the disclosure on Thursday July 26, 2007 during a press conference at the Nevis Credit Union Conference Room. He said a number of international and regional health agencies who had supported the first bi-annual health conference, had indicated their willingness to partner with the NIA.
 
“We will keep health on the top burner. We have never done this [health conference] in Nevis and this is a first and so we are going to work our health policy this way. We are going to focus on prevention, care, treatment and support but the first order of business is prevention, the second order of business is prevention and the third order of business is going to be prevention. We are going to redirect some of our resources and we have done so in the Budget last year and we are going to continue to do that so that we push the preventive measures,” he said.
 
Mr. Daniel explained that a number of target groups had been identified and received particular attention in the island’s health policy. The groups were made up of Children, Women, Men and Workers.

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Charlestown, Nevis, July 27th 2007 (CUOPM)
For Immediate Public Release
St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry said tremendous progress was made in the first joint meeting of the Federal St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Cabinet and the Nevis Island Administration-led Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) Cabinet last year.
 
Welcoming Prime Minister Douglas and his Cabinet Members to the Second Joint Meeting Friday morning at Mount Nevis Hotel in New Castle, Premier Parry said the first meeting was very fruitful “and we have been able to make advances from that first meeting.”
 
“It is good to see that we are able to establish a cordial relationship and that we are able to work together on a number of issues to the mutual benefit of both St. Kitts and Nevis,” said the Nevis Premier.
 
He said his NRP-led Administration in Charlestown “looks forward to the continued relationship and for us to continue to work on the issues that concern us both in St. Kitts in Basseterre and in Nevis in Charlestown here.”

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis – July 26, 2007
For Immediate Publice Release

The developmental programmes of the Department of Sport and sporting associations continue to bear fruit.

The most recent accomplishment by a national athlete on the international scene occurred on Wednesday (June 25) at the XV Pan American Games being held in Rio, Brazil. In the Men’s 1500 meter final, Masai Jeffers ran a time of 4:09.47 minutes to break the junior national record of 4:10.12 set by Randolph Ronnie Davis in 1983.

Jeffers, 17, was the youngest athlete in the race. The contest was won by Brazil’s Hudson Souza who is 30 years old.

Minister of State with responsibility for Sports Hon. Richard Skerritt was excited by the news and noted that the young man has great potential that is being nurtured in a strategic way. He noted that it was important for public and private sector agencies to continue partnering to ensure the full potential of local athletes is realized.

This kind of partnership was evident at two functions held on Thursday. The first was held at the practice batting facilities at Warner Park.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis – July 26th, 2007 (CUOPM)
For Immediate Public Release

Deputy Prime Minister the Hon. Sam Condor has told the Chamber of Industry and Commerce that the health of the St. Kitts and Nevis economy is in good shape and the Labour Party Administration has managed to maintain a stable economic, social and political environment, and to establish an  economy as a very attractive investment centre.

Saying that the evidence is quite obvious, Deputy Prime Minister Hon. Sam Condor told the Chamber at its 25th Annual Private Sector Banquet that economic performance in 2006 resulted in GDP expansion by over 5 percent, led primarily, by tourism, construction and manufacturing.

“This expansion comes despite pressures exerted by high fuel prices,” said the Deputy Prime Minister who added that recent information indicated that for 2007, thus far, there has been increased economic activity in the first quarter of the year, fueled by activity in agriculture, the distributive trade, construction, and public and private sector services.

He told the local businessmen and women that significant surpluses for the quarter are recorded at EC$5.8 million on the current account.

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