Nevis News

Charlestown, Nevis (May 15, 2007)

Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration the Hon. Hensley Daniel, lauded the establishment of a Sickbay at the St. James Primary School which he said brought in line the connection between health wellness and education and regarded the facility as an important element in the education of children.
 
The Minister made the comment while he made brief remarks at the opening ceremony of the Sickbay on Monday May 14, 2007. The project formed part of a practicum by one of the School’s teachers Mrs Shea Wilkin in her pursuit of a BA Degree in Educational Administration with the University of the West Indies (UWI) Distance Education Programme.
 
“”I regard the sickbay as an important element in the education of children because they have to be healthy in order to learn and so I to want to join in commending Mrs Wilkins for the establishment of the Bay”¦
 
“I am sure the people who work at the hospital in the Outpatient Unit would be happy to know that there is a sick bay over here because when there is no sick bay, it adds to the traffic in the Outpatients Department at the Hospital. So the more you can help us to reduce the load at the [Health] Centre which is the main facility [here], we would be more than happy for that”¦ Rest assured of our Ministry’s support to do this, I did communicate this to Mrs Wilkin when she started the project,” he said.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts (May 13, 2007)

Local and regional stakeholders as well as participants who attended the inaugural Caribbean Conference of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER-SD) walked away with renewed commitment and new techniques to promote healthy lifestyles and development through sport.

Discussions with delegates and organisers reflect the consensus that the May 11 and 12 conference was a tremendous success as highlighted by the organisation’s regional general secretary Mark Mungal.

“Essentially the conference was planned around a theme that focused on “Creating a New Vision for ICHPER-SD in the Caribbean,” he explained, describing the event as “tremendous.” Mungal stressed that the delegates eagerly participated in the interactive sessions asking difficult questions and challenging the facilitators in a constructive manner.  “All in all it was good for the movement generally,” he added.

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Charlestown, Nevis (May 14, 2007)

Nevisian Mrs. Marjorie Liburd Brandy, was honoured by the government of France through the Alliance Française St. Kitts and Nevis, on Saturday May 12, 2007, in a ceremony attended by Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry and Deputy Premier the Hon. Hensley Daniel, at the Old Manor Hotel in Gingerland. 
 
Mrs. Brandy, who heads the Modern Languages Department at the Charlestown Secondary School (CSS), was on behalf of the Prime Minister of France declared Knight in the Order of the Academic Palm, by Madame Michelle Sauteraud, Ambassador of France to the Organisation of East Caribbean States (OECS).
 
Mrs Brandy received the award for her distinguished work in the promotion of good relations between France and Nevis and for the promotion of the French language as a teacher and an active member of the St. Kitts Nevis Alliance Française Nevis Branch.
 
“This award, demonstrates the gratitude of France, for your great qualities and the esteem in which you are held for your involvement which began some 20 years ago when you began your teaching career. It is people like you who enliven the friendship that exists between St. Kitts Nevis and France, a friendship though long standing, remains dynamic and lively and you are a true example of this.  
 
“I wish to thank you on my own behalf and on behalf of the French community in St. Kitts and Nevis for your work and profound dedication in the promotion of the French language and cultural diversity. It is therefore with the greatest pleasure that I will present you with a declaration, proof of the high regard in which the French government holds you,” Madame Sauteraud said.

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By David McFadden
Associated Press
May 13, 2007

San Juan, Puerto Rico – Researchers have installed a seismometer atop an active volcano called Kick ’em Jenny under the Caribbean Sea to warn of eruptions or earthquake activity, scientists said Saturday.

The device allows scientists to collect real-time rumbling from tremors or as bubbling magma and gases are released from the volcano, about 820 feet beneath the sea’s surface off Grenada’s northwest coast.

“The system essentially acts as a kind of doctor’s stethoscope so we can directly listen to the pulse of the volcano,” said Richard Robertson, director of the Seismic Research Unit at the University of the West Indies in Trinidad.

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