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Nevis Premier Stresses Investment In Nevis

“The Nevis Island Administration continues to take measures to provide adequate, creative and significant methods to assist young people in Nevis to reach their full potential,” says Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry in an interview with radio host Mr. Marcellus Lee on Voice of Nevis (VON) radio’s popular program “Let’s Talk” on Tuesday, July 17.
“We have been very people focused and it is not surprising since our manifesto is entitled “The Peoples Agenda”. We want to build our people, encourage our people and like a good friend of mine says, touch the people! I want to say tonight that 66 persons have been assisted this year and last year with University Education. Some of the items they are studying are: Environmental Health, Accounting, Civil Engineering, Community Health, Medicine, Law, Architecture, Business Management and Agriculture are just a few areas.”

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Nevis Receives Invitations For Scholarship Propasals

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis (July 19, 2007): Organizations and institutions in St. Kitts and Nevis have an opportunity to get financial assistance from the Organization of American States (OAS) for training programmes in 2008. Public and private agencies, philanthropic …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Holds Two Day Elder Care Workshop

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis (July 19, 2007) Supervisor of Social Assistance Anne Wigley has indicated that a two-day workshop organized to train home care officers to conduct physio-therapy with seniors was a great success. According to Mrs.Wigley, the home care …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Sports Camps A Big Hit

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis (July 19, 2007)

More than 150 children have responded favourably to the teaching and skill sharpening exercises being carried out at the General Sports Camp of the Department of Sports.

The annual camp, which is now in its 12th year, opened on Monday and features instructions in various sporting disciplines. This year approximately 150 children are benefiting from this developmental programme.

Acting Director of Sport Dave Connor told SKNIS that the participants are learning proper techniques in golf, swimming, kayaking, boxing and basketball.

“The camp has been going very well,” Connor said. “We are excited by the response of the children who have really paid attention during the sessions. They are learning while having fun and we see this as a formula for success.”

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St. Kitts – Nevis Sports Tourism Growing

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis (July 19, 2007)

St. Kitts and Nevis continues to set new records as the government’s sports tourism strategy scores high marks with local, regional and international administrators and officials.

The impressive cricket facilities on island led by the modern Warner Park cricket stadium have proven attractive to foreign teams wishing to compete against local squads during preseason exhibition matches or host competitive tournaments.

Exclusive of the four cricket teams and thousands of fans that came for the ICC Cricket World Cup last March, the island has hosted clubs from prestigious institutions such as the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from Lords in the United Kingdom and staged the Leeward Islands Masters Cricket Tournament.

Sports Tourism Officer in the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture Carol Clarke told SKNIS that enthusiasts can now look forward to seeing more exciting cricket and possibly catch a glimpse of the next Brian Lara, Ian Botham or Courtney Walsh over the coming weeks as cricket clubs from two schools in the U.K. tour St. Kitts and Nevis. The island will also play host to the West Indies Under 19 Championship.

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