Nevis News

Charlestown Nevis (February 25, 2007)
The New Fine Arts Theatre for Nevis will be named for Michael Herald Sutton.  Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry made the commitment on Sunday afternoon while addressing thousands of Nevisians at the Celebration of Life, thanksgiving service in honor of Michael Herald Sutton.

Following the ceremony, in a live radio interview with guest commentator, Stevenson Manners, Premier Parry further confirmed the Nevis Island Administration’s commitment and explained why his Administration was moving forward in this direction.

“I think that none other than Michael Herald Sutton will deserve to have this honor in his name. It will be a great gesture on our [NIA] part especially for the young people to see us [NIA] honor persons who have made difference.  He has indeed made a great difference in music and in the lives of Nevisians and young people especially.

We [NIA] hope that by the 10th July of this year that we [NIA] would have organized to name a number of things after persons because we need to have landmarks in Nevis and it must be a Historical landmark.  Landmarks that indicate to the young people that these persons have been achievers and these are people to emulate and inspire, and so in the arts, in education, in different fields we expect to honor people dead and or alive”, the Premier said.

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Fashions by John Warden – Island to Island Designs

The Nevis Historical & Conservation Society held its 10th annual fashion show at the very scenic Mt. Nevis Hotel this past Sunday.  John Warden and his staff put on a fabulous final performance at this year’s show.  John has been collaborating with NHCS over the past 10 years thanks to an idea by Mrs. Maureen Lupinacci.  This year’s show topped them all, from the beautifully designed clothes; gorgeous and graceful models; a great setting and great music and accommodations.  This was our largest crowd, as many of John Warden’s friends and fans came to wish him well.  There were well over 300 people in attendance.

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Thursday February 22 2007
Sun St. Kitts – Nevis

Officials of the Ministry of Finance, in particular, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) are still wrestling with finding a rate for the new property tax.

At the start of this month, the IRD caught the interest of property owners when it announced that the new property tax would be reduced from five per cent on the rental value to less than one per cent of the market value.

At a press conference days later, the Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas further disclosed that the new tax rate would be less than 0.5 per cent.

Still, at that time, an exact figure was not given. The government has repeatedly made it clear that the new rate would not create hardship and burden, but rather it was a means of ensuring that all property owners were assessed fairly.

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February 23, 2007
St. Kitts-Nevis has received EC$9 million (US $3.5 million) as the first installment in promised European Union (EU) assistance to support the closure of its 350-year-old sugar industry.

The first trance of money under the sugar adaptation strategy represented the roll out of the EU eight-year assistance programme for former sugar producing countries in the Caribbean.

Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas, in signing the grant agreement with Amos Tincani, European Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, said the funds would primarily be used to assist government with building capacity in the post-sugar environment.

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