Nevis News

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 18TH 2006 (CUOPM)
Expenditure from tourism is expected to surpass EC$300 million for the first time in its history in 2006.

This disclosure has come from Prime Minister Denzil Douglas and Minister of Finance and Tourism, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas in his 2007 Budget Address in the National Assembly.

Dr. Douglas said the tourism sector has performed well despite major challenges facing the industry and highlighted that the current period is a critical time for making capital out of the opportunity that we had created to become the smallest ever World Cup Cricket venue.

“Much of our expenditure in the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture over the past year has been focused on completing our obligations as a World Cup venue, but also to position our Country as a significant player in the sports, cultural and events tourism business,” said the Prime Minister.

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BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, DECEMBER 17TH 2006 (CUOPM)
St. Kitts and Nevis will continue to make every effort to introduce preventative measures to ensure that the Federation’s youths do not resort to criminal lifestyles.

The Ministry of National Security will continue to work with the Ministry of Education and Youth and Social Development, Community and Gender Affairs and other relevant arms of Government.

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CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (December 14, 2006)
General Secretary for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Mr. Antonio Maynard has encouraged Nevisians to familiarise themselves with projects and programmes offered by the Organisation and to take advantage of them.
 
Mr. Maynard’s advise came at the end of a UNESCO sponsored Library training project certificate award ceremony on Tuesday December 12, 2006, at the Department of Education, Marion Heights in Nevis in a bid to raise UNESCO’s profile and sensitise the public on Nevis.
 
He said, though UNESCO funded projects had increased on Nevis over the years, there were many more available that had not been fully utilised.

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CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (December 13, 2006)
An official of the Department of Education on Nevis called for a major paradigm shift by administrators, classroom teachers and librarians, who are of the view, that libraries and librarians were not as important as other educational institutions. On the contrary, she said, libraries played a major role in the total development of the community.
 
Mrs Ellen Grant, Coordinator at the Teachers Resource Unit in the Department of Education on Nevis, made the call while she delivered remarks on behalf of the Department on Tuesday December 12, 2006, at the culmination of a four-day Library Training Workshop at Marion Heights facilitated by Ms. Londa Browne.

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CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (December 11, 2007)
Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration the Honourable Hensley Daniel, showered praise on the Bank of Nevis (BON) on Friday December 09, 2006, for what he termed was the bank’s critical investment in health care on Nevis.
 
Mr. Daniel’s commendation came following the BON’s donation of about EC$20,000 to the Ministry of Health on Friday December 09, 2007, to be used in the health services on the island.

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