St. Kitts – Nevis Defends Diplomatic Policy With Taiwan

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 22, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says his government has no intention of severing diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan in favour of mainland China.

“We took an informed position that we would prefer to support Taiwan because Taiwan at the moment can bring the greater support in the advancing of the economic, social and political development of the people, that is what we pursue in our foreign policy,” Prime Minister Douglas told reporters during the recent OECS Heads of Government Meeting in Roseau, Dominica.

The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is reporting the St. Kitts and Nevis leader as saying that the twin-island Federation was interested in the further development of its citizens and that Taiwan best reflect that policy.

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Nevis Premier Welcomes Mediation Centre

Charlestown, Nevis
January 22, 2008

Premier of Nevis Hon. Joseph Parry said that the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Mediation Centre on Nevis, could not have come at a better time for the island, in light of its growing economy and expanding population. He said the top notch facility was an indication of the importance the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) had attached to law and order on the island.
 
Mr. Parry made the observation on Thursday January 17, 2008, at a ceremony to launch the new facility on Government Road in Charlestown.  The event brought Nevis in line with a number of jurisdictions throughout the Caribbean who had already implemented the mediation programme.
 
“With any growing population and in any changing society, there will be need for other changes there is a ripple down effect”¦ We are changing and we have been leaders in Nevis in so many areas. First to have full secondary education; first to have a land reform programme so we are accustomed to being first and creating our own new pathways.
 
“We are not first in the Mediation Programme, I understand we are last but nevertheless I have been assured “¦ that we are the best and “¦ that it is an indication of how serious we as a government take the business of law and order and the rule of law on Nevis. I must reiterate that law and order is very important in our society. We see seeds of growing crime, we see drug related activities and we notice problems in the schools. We also have an increase in divorces and other problems and I do believe that this mediation exercise is very timely,” he said.

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Nevis Island Fashion Fusion Show (NHCS)

 Newcastle, Nevis January 22, 2008 Nevis Historical & Conservation Society Presents HERITAGE FASHION FUSION Featuring “˜Her Best’& “˜Njambi D-Zines’ plus a special tribute to John Warden Sunday 27 January 2:00 p.m. Mt. Nevis Hotel New Castle, Nevis Tickets: EC $25 …

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Delta Airlines Weekly Non-Stop Flights to St. Kitts

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 21, 2008 (CUOPM)

Plans continue for the inauguration of the once weekly scheduled flight by Delta Airlines into St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport with the training of local employees.

Airport Manager Mr. Denzil Jones said counter space has been provided to the US carrier for the introduction of the new non-stop flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on February 16th.

The St. Kitts Tourism Authority said Delta Air Lines flight DL373 will depart Atlanta at 11:15 a.m. eastern daylight-saving time and arrive into St. Kitts’ Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport at 4:05 p.m. local time. The return flight DL372 will depart St. Kitts at 4:55 p.m. and arrive into Atlanta at 8:05 p.m. These flight times allow for several convenient connections from the feeder banks on both flight segments

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CARICOM’s New Commitment To Tourism

By David Jessop
January 20, 2008

Last week in Nassau, I had the opportunity to listen to an address by Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, who recently assumed the role of Chairman of Caricom.

He was opening ‘Caribbean Marketplace’, the Caribbean Hotel Association’s (CHA) annual commercial gathering. Later the same evening, I heard a much broader and domestic version of his thinking when he addressed the Bahamian people on television.
In both cases and unlike some of his regional counterparts, Mr. Ingraham had much that was serious to say about the challenges facing the tourism sector in the region and in The Bahamas.

He identified near-to-static growth in arrivals; the increasing cost of energy; the challenge of climate change; the increased costs of airlift; and, the need to address the competitive imbalance between cruise and land-based tourism. He pointed also to the changing nature of the industry and its evolution from traditional European plan hotels (accommodation only) to mixed-use resorts and the rapid expansion of vacation ownership products that are appearing in formats that include timeshare, vacation-ownership plans, condo-hotel residences and fractional ownership.

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