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Nevis Civil Servants To Get Financing For Affordable Housing

CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 15, 2007)
Civil servants and non-established workers in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), will now have access to affordable housing through an EC $10 million loan from the St. Kitts and Nevis Social Security Board following an amendment to the Nevis Island Government Loan (Guarantee) Ordinance 2002.

The Nevis Island Administration Loan (Guarantee) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 which was passed in the Nevis Island Assembly in Charlestown on Thursday March 15, 2007 will give the  NIA the authority to guarantee loans from any statutory body, bank and other financial institutions for the benefit of its employees.

The Bill was presented in the name of Minister of Housing and Lands the Hon. Robelto Hector, who said that the new Administration had been approached by the Social Security to make the relevant amendments.

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Wolrd Cup Cricket In Saint Kitts – An Outsiders View

By Neil Manthorp

‘Smokey’ the taxi driver has very quickly become our surrogate big brother. We lean on his every word, though most of them are unintelligible to us. He knows where everything is, naturally, and the likelihood is that will, too, after a week on this tiny but perfectly formed island community.
 
He mockingly berates one of us for referring to the capital as ‘Bass-e-terre’ instead of ‘Bass-terre’. The ‘e’ is silent. “Dis no Frech island, dat pleeass (‘Bass’e’terre’) be in Guadalope,” says Smokey.
 
Before arrival we had been led to believe that St.Kitts was little more than a large rock with two hotels, a couple of restaurants, a port and church or two. How wrong that impression was.
 
A population of 36,000 certainly makes it sound small, especially when the illegal hotel operating next door to my home in Cape Town has that many guests over for Sunday lunch, but that number discounts the tourists inhabiting the enormous ocean liners which cruise into the harbour on a regular basis.
 
As we flew into the larger and more established Antigua en-route to St.Kitts there were four enormous ships docked in the harbour although St.Kitts could never manage those logistics at this stage of it’s tourist economy life.

The sugar cane industry on which St.Kitts and the neighbouring Nevis islands depended for centuries was finally shut down after years of loss-making forcing the islanders to confront the stark reality that their visitors were now also their bread and butter.

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Cunard’s Queen Victoria To Visit St. Kitts – Nevis

Saint Kitts – Nevis, MARCH 15TH 2007
St. Kitts – Nevis has been included in the schedule of the Queen Victoria, Cunard’s
newest cruise line, when it sets sail on its Caribbean tour following her maiden
world voyage next year.

2008 will mark an exciting year on the Cunard Cruise Line calendar as it
will be the first time in history, that three Cunard Queens will be in
service simultaneously.

The newest, Queen Victoria, joins the fleet in December 2007 and will embark
on 21 captivating voyages that will include dozens of celebratory maiden
calls around the world.

Queen Victoria’s 2008 programme include a Caribbean Holiday ­ a 22-day
voyage, departing roundtrip from Southampton, England on December 11, 2008,
with stops in Ponta Delgada, Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, Grenada,
Barbados, Madeira and Vigo. Voyage fares start from $5,695.

The schedule also features visits to Europe, Norway and the Canary Islands
on itineraries of four to 22 days.

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West Indies Win Cricket World Cup Opener

March 14, 2007 AFP, Reuters   Cricket World Cup hosts, the West Indies won today’s opening World Cup match by 54 runs after Dwayne Smith tormented Pakistan with both bat and ball in Group D at Sabina Park.  The 23-year-old …

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Nevis Housing Minister Examines Housing Challenges

Charlestown Nevis (March 15, 2007)
Minister of Housing and Lands in the Nevis Island Administration, the Hon. Robelto Hector said recently that housing development partnerships were important and government’s  would have to play a major role in the provision of affordable housing.

Minister Hector made the comment during an interview with the Department of Information late last week on his return from Barbados where he attended a workshop on housing policies within the Caribbean.  Other ministers of housing, and representatives of the housing sectors of St. Kitts, Antigua and other Eastern Caribbean islands also attended the workshop.

He said that during the two day workshop participants were able to discuss policies and to share each other’s experiences.

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