Nevis News

CHARLESTOWN Nevis (March 08, 2007)
Charlestown Primary School dominated the Gulf Insurance Inter Primary Schools Athletic Championship dubbed the Nevis’ Mini Olympics at Grove Park on Wednesday March 07, 2007, as they captured the overall winner’s trophy for the third consecutive year.

The athletics meet which was organised by the Nevis Amateur Athletics Association and the Department of Education involved eight events among the eight primary schools on the island.

At the end of the eight hour meet, Charlestown Primary had amassed 257 points; Gingerland Primary 170; Ivor Walters Primary 88; St. Thomas Primary 150; Violet O. Jeffers Nicholls Primary18; Charlestown Preparatory 85; St. James Primary 76 and St. Johns Primary 33.

Master Donne Dyer of the Charlestown Primary emerged Victor with 20 points while Miss Tyra Lewis and Miss Uniqueko Willett tied for the position of Victrix with 20 points each.

In what could be described as a colourful and peaceful afternoon, hundreds of patrons crowded Grove Park to witness the keenly contested events and enjoy the half day holiday which was granted by the Nevis Island Administration.

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CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 08, 2007)
Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance the Hon. Joseph Parry denounced critics who claimed that the renegotiated deal with Canadian developers Newfound Group and the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led Nevis Island Administration (NIA) for the development of Pinneys Estate was for party politics and not in the interest of Nevisians.

The criticism had been levelled against the NIA following the announcement of the new arrangement by Mr. Parry, Hon Hensley Daniel, the Hon. Carlisle Powell, Hon. Dwight Cozier and Cabinet Secretary Mr. Ashley Farrell and a team from Newfound comprised of Mr. Brian Dobbin, Mr Michael Morton president of the TDC Group of Companies and Mr. Todd Reppert during a press briefing at Bath Hotel on Friday March 02, 2007.

In an interview with the Department of Information on Wednesday March 07, 2007, Mr Parry said anyone who believed that it was just a political issue was someone who was not sensitive to issues surrounding the deal, who was un Nevisian and someone who had no love for Nevis but held more interest in party politics and assume power to manipulate the people of Nevis.

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Jamaica Gleaner
March 4, 2007

It Would appear that the West Indies team created an unfavourable impression on their arrival at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay on Friday afternoon as airport workers were clearly not impressed with their manners and general attitude.

Having missed the arrival of the West Indians because news of their arrival was not communicated on time, when the local media turned up for the back-to-back arrival of Kenya and the Netherlands he complaints about the Caribbean side were plenty.

“I felt insulted by the appearance of our players (West Indian). They looked like a bunch of rebels with mismatched clothing and their shirts out of their pants,” said a female airport worker. “All the other teams came in looking quite smart – either in their blazers or suits.”

One male airport worker, who described himself as a long-standing Brian Lara fan, said he found the West Indies captain’s attitude towards the fans, which were clearly quite happy to see him, most disappointing.

“He just walked by with his two earphones stuck in his ears not even a smile of acknowledgement despite the attempts by the fans to catch his attention,” said the airport worker. “Personally, I feel insulted by the attitude of our (West Indies) players.”

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By MARC LACEY
Published: March 2, 2007

All travelers to the Caribbean for the Cricket World Cup in March and April will have their passports checked against an international database of lost or stolen travel documents, making the islands the first region in the world to put such a system in operation.

Before the nine countries involved in the World Cup along with the Bahamas jointly began operating the screening system, only Switzerland was checking all incoming passports against Interpol’s database of 13.4 million lost or stolen travel documents.

“The Caribbean is living proof that it can be done,” Ronald K. Noble, the secretary general of Interpol, said in a telephone interview yesterday from New York.

“It’s not a question of money,” he said. “It’s not a question of population size. It’s not a question of the size of the police force.”

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