Nevis News

Basseterre, St. Kitts June 21st 2007 (CUOPM)

Kiawah Development Partners of South Carolina has announced it is part of a group planning to build a US$500 million to US$600 million luxury getaway resort on the island o St. Kitts.

The announcement comes three weeks after the Cabinet of St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas  “reaffirmed its strong support for a multi-million dollar tourism development on the south east peninsular of St. Kitts.”

A news report in South Carolina’s Post and Courier said: “Kiawah Development Partners is going offshore again for its next major real estate project.

This time, the company is part of a group planning to build a $500 million to $600 million luxury getaway on the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.

The property “” dubbed the St. Kitts Peninsula Resort “” would include a marina, a golf course, three hotels and an undetermined number of high-end condominiums, said Kiawah Development spokeswoman Karen Bacot.

“It’s been sort of bubbling for a while,” Bacot said. “Nothing’s signed or final yet.”

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Charlestown, Nevis (June 20, 2007)

The body of Federal Parliamentarian and former Deputy Premier of Nevis the late Hon. Malcolm Guishard, was laid to rest at the Bath Cemetery amidst the pomp and ceremony of a State Funeral early afternoon, on Wednesday June 20, 2007 before hundreds of mourners.
 
The casket, draped in the State flag of St. Kitts and Nevis, was drawn by carriage to its final resting place, accompanied by a contingent from the St. Kitts and Nevis Defense Force, the Defense Force Band, the St. Kitts and Nevis Police Force, family and hundreds of other mourners, as it exited Grove Park at 2pm. 
 
Early morning showers did not deter Nevis and Kittitians who came to say their final good byes to Mr. Guishard. The service was held in Grove Park in brilliant sunshine with a gentle breeze on Wednesday June 20, 2007.
 
During a number of tributes, Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry eulogized Mr.  Guishard and referred to him as a “people’s man” who served the people of St. Kitts and Nevis well, until his passing on June 11, 2007, since his election to public office in 1992.

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Charlestown, Nevis (June 19, 2007)

Nevisians lined the route from the Hunkins Funeral Home on Government Road to the Court House on Prince William Street in Charlestown on Tuesday June 19, 2007, to pay their last respects to the late Hon. Malcolm Guishard, as his casket, accompanied by a compliment of military personal, close family and friends was transported by hearse to lie in state.
 
The occasion, on the first of two official days of mourning in Nevis, cast a sombre mood in Charlestown and disrupted the early morning traffic, as commuters were forced to make way for the slow moving procession. At the time of his passing, the late Mr. Guishard was the sitting Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament of St. Kitts and Nevis and had earlier served in Nevis as the Deputy Premier for 14 years.
 
The bereaved family and close friends led by widow Mrs. Yvonne Guishard and his mother Mrs Myrtle Guishard, were the first to view the body which was guarded by four military sentries, followed by Deputy Governor General His Honour Eustace John and Mrs. John led by Ms. Angelica Elliott and Superintendent of Police Mr. Joseph Liburd.
 
Members of the Nevis Island Administration led by Premier of Nevis the Hon Joseph Parry were next in line and they were followed by members of the Opposition in the Nevis Island Assembly.

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

A recent report from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat rates St. Kitts and Nevis as the best in implementing initiatives of its youth ambassador programme.

In a June 2007 official review and assessment of the PANCAP/CARICOM Mini-Grant Programme, St. Kitts and Nevis distinguished itself by having the best overall implementation in the region.

The Mini-Grant Programme (MGP) is administered by CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA) and seeks to sensitise persons about HIV/AIDS-related issues, while challenging young persons to develop projects to reduce the transmission of the pandemic and the associated stigma and discrimination of persons infected and affected by the disease. The MGP launched in St. Lucia in 2005 and is also being implemented in the Bahamas, Belize, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Outgoing female CYA Khalea Robinson told SKNIS that she was proud to have the Federation achieve top status.

“It is a wonderful feeling, she said. “I think that the project has been enormously successful and I’m very grateful for that. It is a wonderful note for me to end my tenure as CYA on.”

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