Nevis Island News and Notes

Upgrades Planned For St. Kitts Sporting Facilities

PM Douglas (L) and Ambassador Wu
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
July 24, 2008 (SKNIS)

Plans for the upgrade of the sporting facilities in Half Way Tree and Challengers will significantly enhance community and athletic development for residents.

This was the underlying message at a brief ceremony at the Office of the Prime Minister on Wednesday. At the event, Taiwanese Ambassador His Excellency Rong Chuan Wu presented Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas with two cheques for the necessary construction work at the facilities. US $284,000.00 was donated for use at the Half Way Tree facility, while US $115,000.00 was allocated to Challengers.

Ambassador Wu noted that the donations represent his country’s “humble contribution [to] the progression of the infrastructural [development] in St. Kitts and Nevis.” He explained that since assuming duties a few months ago, there have been important discussions regarding increased cooperation on various ventures, particularly sports and agriculture.

Prime Minister Douglas thanked the Ambassador for his close collaboration with the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis in realizing their dreams and aspirations.

Sir Dennis Byron – Rwanda Tribunal Judge

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
July 24, 2008 (CUOPM)

The tenure of Kittitian-born jurist, Sir Dennis Byron, as one the several permanent judges serving on the United Nations war crimes tribunal on Rwanda has been extended.

Sir Dennis, former Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Appeals Court is the lone Caribbean luminary on the tribunal.

The United Nations Security Council has extended the tenure of the judges serving on the war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, so as to ensure that all remaining cases can be completed by the deadline set for the court’s work.

The terms of Charles Michael Dennis Byron (Saint Kitts and Nevis), Asoka de Silva (Sri Lanka), Sergei Aleckseevich Egorov (Russian Federation), Khalida Rachid Khan (Pakistan), Erik MÃ¸se (Norway); Arlete Ramaroson (Madagascar) and William Hussein Sekule (Tanzania) – permanent judges serving in the Trial Chambers – was extended 31 December 2009.

Under its Completion Strategy, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), which is based in the Tanzanian town of Arusha, is supposed to finish all of its trials, excluding appeals, by December 2008. All work is scheduled to be completed by 2010.

TDC Limited – Nevis, West Indies

Charlestown, Nevis
July 24, 2008

TDC Group of Companies joined the list of corporate sponsors for Nevis’ largest cultural annual festival Culturama, when TDC Nevis Ltd. presented a $30,000 cheque to the Nevis Cultural Foundation through the Culturama Secretariat, on July 24, 2008, at its Pinneys Industrial Site location.

The Company’s Managing Director Mr. Ernie France said while he presented the cheque to Culturama Chairman Mr. Halsted “Sooty” Byron, that TDC Nevis Ltd. had been associated with the Festival throughout its 34 years of existence, having provided assistance in the form of gifts and prices for all the participants.

He explained that the chance to assist with the Festival presented a unique opportunity for the Company.

“This is the highlight of the Culturama Festivity and by our sponsorship of this event [senior calypso (kasio) competition], we see this as an opportunity to ensure that a show of the highest and most professional standard is brought to all the patrons who year after year look forward to and attend this event.

“Our sponsorship also assists in ensuring this very important art form is preserved for the benefit of our children and their children’s children,” he said.

In the past, the Company had provided sponsorship for the Mr. and Miss Talented Youth Pageant but switched sponsorship to the Senior Kaiso Monarch Competition in 2006.

Mr. France thanked the Culturama Committee for the opportunity to sponsor the contest and thanked them for their collaboration as the negotiations were long and hard but cordial.

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