Nevis News

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

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.

Read More

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis (May 11, 2007)

Minister of State with responsibility for Sport Hon. Richard Skerritt officially opened the inaugural Caribbean Conference of the International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICHPER-SD) on Friday.

Governor General His Excellency Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Acting Prime Minister Hon. Sam Condor and Deputy Premier in the Nevis Island Administration Hon. Hensley Daniel were among senior government officials attending the opening held at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel and Casino in Frigate Bay.

Minister Skerritt welcomed the ICHPER-SD officials, which included President Dr. Dong Ja Yang and the regional Secretary General Mark Mungal, and other visiting sporting officials and all delegates describing them as “outstanding and hardworking servants of youth development.”

“All of you are here because of your commitment and dedication to the health, fitness and general well being of the communities and the societies where you live and work,” the minister of state said. “I hope that (this) conference will ? reinvigorate your enthusiasm, if thatt is needed and strengthen your commitment, wherever that is possible.”

Read More

Charlestown, Nevis (May 11, 2007)

The Gingerland Primary School (GPS) can now enjoy the benefit of enhanced visibility, thanks to two pointer signs which were erected and unveiled by Mrs. Joycelyn Liburd on the grounds of the Gingerland Police Station.
 
The event was witnessed by a number of top Education officials on Nevis and a contingent of students from the school on Friday May 11, 2007. The signs form part of a practicum which would lead to a Bachelor of Education Degree for Mrs Ilena Mills, the schools Deputy Principal.
 
While she gave an overview of the project, Mrs Mills explained that the project was a partial fulfilment of the University of the West Indies (UWI) Distance Education Programme which required students to complete a Practicum with specific focus on a school or community related need.
 
Mrs. Mills explained that she had selected the sign project because it was both community and school based and also because the GPS had been in existence for over 28 years, the school’s name which had been painted on a retaining wall was not visible from any other location beyond its immediate environs.

Read More