Nevis Island News and Notes

Report From Caribbean Heads Meeting In Antigua

Prime Minister Douglas (L) and Prime Minister Spencer
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
June 27, 2008 (CUOPM)

Options for enhancing regional tourism in the context of current international trends, rising energy costs, achieving food security and mitigating rising food prices and climate change are among matters which will be addressed by Caribbean Heads of Government when they meet in Antigua and Barbuda next week.

The St. Kitts and Nevis delegation to the 29th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government from July 1st to 4th will be led by Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas and includes Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry; St. Kitts and Nevis Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Consumer Affairs, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris; Chief Secretary in the Federal Government, Mr. Joseph Edmeade; St. Kitts and Nevis Ambassador to CARICOM, the OECS and ACS, His Excellency Wendell Lawrence; the Cabinet Secretary in the Nevis Island Administration, Mr. Ashley Farrell and Foreign Affairs Desk Officer for CARICOM Affairs, Ms. Nyian Farrell.

Prime Minister Douglas and his regional colleagues will also discuss overcoming challenges in building a community for all, the Free Movement of Skilled Community Nationals including the Issue of Contingent Rights; progress towards the establishment of the Single Economy including the launch of the CARICOM Development Fund, the Regional Development Agency and other developments related to services.

Kerry Mc Donald – West Indies Power

Charlestown, Nevis
June 26, 2008

Chief Executive Officer of West Indies Power Limited (WIPL) Mr. Kerry Mc. Donald told the Department of Information on June 25, 2008, that plans were well on the way towards providing geothermal energy for the island of Nevis in 2009.

He also spoke of his commitment to the initiative.

“Everything is based on power to Nevis at the end of 2009,” Mc. Donald said.

The company, which made its first geothermal reservoir discovery on June 02, 2008 at Drill Site Nevis1 in Spring Hill, had since relocated to Drill Site Nevis 2 at Upper Jessups Village in the St. Thomas Parish.

The CEO spoke of the company’s current undertakings at the new site.

Nevis Island Premier – Joseph Parry Charlestown, Nevis June 26th, 2008 Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry and the Cabinet Secretary, Mr. Ashley Farrell, will be travelling to Antigua to attend the Twenty-Ninth meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) …

St. Kitts Press Secretary – Erasmus Williams
Photo By Sean Douglas

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
June 26, 2008 (CUOPM)

Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr. Erasmus Williams, was among Press Secretaries from the Eastern Caribbean, who attended an International Visitor Leadership Programme in Washington, D.C. last week.

The United States Department of State-sponsored the Leadership Programme, administered by the Institute of International Education was also attended by the Dominica Government’s Press Secretary, Mr. Sean Douglas; Press Secretary to the Premier of Nevis, Mrs. Deli Caines-Bussue and the Press Secretary to the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Mr. Hans King.

The objectives of the programme were to review the history of public information in the United States including the role of the Freedom of Information Act; learn about information sharing and transparency at the Federal, State and local levels including discussions with professional counterparts to discuss challenges and share experiences; observe concrete and practical functions of press spokespersons and explore relationships and cooperation between the government and the media and the government and the general public.

Following the introduction and welcome on Monday morning by Ms. Pat Kowall, Programme Officer in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs in the United States Department of State, participants heard from Professor at the School of Media and Public Affairs of the George Washington University, Dr. Steven Livingston, who gave an overview of the media in the United States. Dr. Livingston highlighted the relationship between government and media as well as the role of media in foreign policy-making.

West Indies Cricket Can Survive..With Help Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis June 26, 2008 (CUOPM) Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas said last year’s cricket World Cup in the Caribbean and the invention of Twenty/20 …

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