Nevis News

Charlestown, Nevis – July 27, 2007
For Immediate Public Release

It was a historical moment in Nevis on Friday July 27, 2007, when the cabinets of the Federal Government and the Nevis Island Administration held their first joint Cabinet meeting in Nevis, under the Chairmanship of Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry at the Mount Nevis Hotel Conference Room in Newcastle.
 
 The meeting, which was held behind close doors, was held in keeping with a commitment by both Cabinets to meet on a regular basis. It was the second of its kind since the Nevis Reformation Party took up office one year ago. The first meeting was held in October 2006 in Basseterre.
 
In opening remarks, Premier the Hon. Joseph Parry welcomed the Federal Ministers to Nevis and expressed his gratitude for the opportunity to discuss matters of mutual interest with the Federal Cabinet and said that much progress had been made since the first joint meeting.

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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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