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Government Moves To Assist Locally Owned Hotels

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis  April 12TH 2007 (CUOPM) Small business owners and locally owned hotels are to get a shot in the arm.   The Denzil Douglas led Saint Kitts – Nevis Labour Party Administration has approved concessions for …

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Nevis Health Care Professionals Honored

Charlestown, Nevis (April 10, 2007)

Forty one health service professionals on Nevis were honoured for their sterling contributions of 25 years and over to the development of Nevis. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Health to mark World Health Day 2007 at the Old Manor Hotel on April 7th with the theme “Invest in Health Build a Safer Future”.
 
Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration during remarks said the Nevis Island Administration had recognised the immediate need to invest in the human resource capability in the health service professionals on the island if it is to avert a crisis.
 
He said the Administration had already taken steps and made training of health service professionals a priority, an initiative he had intimated to a number of young persons who had indicated an interest in pursuing studies at college and university.
 
“At the moment [our priority] as it stands, is in human resource development and as such persons wishing to pursue studies, if those studies have to do with the health service professions specifically as they relate to nursing, pharmacists, medical technologists and biomedical engineering, those areas become critical for us to sustain our investment in health and to enable us to build a better future,” he said.

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Premier Invites MUA Graduates To Promote Nevis

Charlestown, Nevis (April 10, 2007)

Premier of Nevis the Hon Joseph Parry invited students of the 2007 graduating class at the Medical University of the Americas (MUA) on Nevis to use their experiences to promote the island.
 
His call came while he presented the Premier’s Award to Ms. Indira Maharaj-Mikielrahaj at the graduating ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort on Tuesday April 10, 2007. She was honoured in recognition of her contributions to the student body, the Medical University and the community of Nevis. A total of 58 students received their White Coats, 47 graduated in Basic Science and 11 with a Bachelor of Health Science.
 
” I gather that you really enjoyed being on Nevis and that you have made many friends here so I am saying to you as you travel now to the various hospitals in the United States of America, that you will remember Nevis, the university and the people of Nevis, we can do with the promotion. Tourism is absolutely important  to us, so we want you to return with your families when you have your families  and we also want you to get your friends, neighbours and colleagues to come to Nevis, you are our marketing department,” he said.

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Nevis Health Minister Applauds Health Workers

Charlestown, Nevis (April 07, 2007)

Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration the Hon. Hensley Daniel commended health workers on Nevis for their contribution to human and social development citing that the key to economic and social advancement rested in their hands.
 
The Minister made the comment during an address to mark the World Health Organisation (WHO) World Health Day on April 7 in Nevis. This year’s theme is “International Health Security” with the slogan “Invest in health, build a safer future”.
 
He said the Nevis Reformation led Nevis island Administration was committed to ensuring that health systems remained a priority and it had shifted its focus from curative care to prevention.
 
“We have strengthened the Health Promotion Unit to raise the awareness of health care and secure a greater commitment at the individual family and community level.
 
“We will shortly start a recruitment process for nurses that will include the financing of training. We will also introduce sessional nursing to address the nursing shortage in the short to medium term,” he said.

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Very Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted

By Dan Elliott
Associated Press Writer

A top researcher predicted a “very active” 2007 Atlantic hurricane season Tuesday, with at least nine hurricanes and a good chance one will hit the U.S. coast. The forecast by William Gray predicts 17 named storms this year, five of them major hurricanes. The probability of a major storm making landfall on the U.S. coast this year is 74 percent, compared with the average of 52 percent over the past century, he said.

The forecast, issued two months before the hurricane season starts, is virtually identical to the one Gray issued before the 2006 season, which turned out far quieter than he and others had feared.

“Our forecast skill does improve as we get closer to the start of the season,” said Phil Klotzbach, a member of Gray’s team at Colorado State University. “Stay tuned.”

Last May, Gray’s team forecast 17 named storms in 2006, including nine hurricanes, five of them major ones, and an 81 percent chance that at least one major hurricane would hit the U.S. Scientists with the National Hurricane Center and two other National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration agencies issued similar predictions.

Instead, there were 10 named storms in 2006 and five hurricanes, two of them major ones, in what was considered a “near normal” season. None of those hurricanes hit the U.S. Atlantic coast “” only the 11th time that has occurred since 1945.

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