Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
December 13, 2007

With the successful completion of a Behaviour Change Workshop, the HIV/AIDS Campaign 2007 gathers momentum as preparations are  made for upcoming events.

The Behaviour Change Workshop which ran from December 10 to 12 saw young people being empowered to adjust certain personal stereotypes and attitudes towards the virus and persons living with it.

This year’s activities are being held under the theme “Respect I: My Life, My Rights, My Choice” which falls under the broad theme of “Keep the Promise, Stop HIV/AIDS.”

Upcoming activities include next Tuesday, December 18th”˜s Whistle Stop. Health personnel and volunteers will drive in a motorcade first through St. Peters and then east around the island.  Stops will be made in the various communities in order to give information, distribute condoms and localized literature suitable to the Kittitian society and culture.  Like last year, the event is a Cable and Wireless bMobile-supported activity.

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Charlestown, Nevis
December 14, 2007

The Nevis Reformation Party led-Administration is on a “warpath” against low levels of reading. So said Minister of Community Development, the Hon. Hensley Daniel, at a brief handing over ceremony at the St. James Primary School on Wednesday December 12, 2007, when he accepted a gift of books on behalf of the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) from United States Embassy Political Officer Mr. Arend Zwartjes.
 
He said most of the schools on the island had been outfitted with a library and that government had recently restructured the entire library services to include community, school and parish libraries.
 
“We intend to interconnect all of them through the internet service and also by sharing the material and also libraries at the community centres because we want to make sure that all of the aspects of our reading is included”¦we in the government are on a warpath against low levels of reading and that is why we are spending a considerable amount of money on school community and parish libraries.

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Charlestown, Nevis
December 14, 2007

Financial Secretary in the Nevis Island Administration Mr. Laurie Lawrence disclosed on Thursday December 13, 2007, that the Nevis economy had done well over the past year.
 
During an interview with the Department of Information ahead of the 2008 Budget Address presentation by Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance at the House of Assembly Chambers in Charlestown on Monday December 17, 2007, Mr. Laurence said there was a net positive performance despite changes in policy. They included employment of persons in the social services as well as the issuing of duty free concessions to small business people.
 
“The economy has been doing quite well. The financial situation is still quite sound. For instance, if you compare up to November of this year with the sane period of last year, you would find that we have increased our current revenue by about eight percent and last year during that same period, while we had a deficit of about 2.9 million on the current account, this year we actually have a surplus on the current account of 5.4 million.

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Charlestown, Nevis
December 13, 2007

Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis His Excellency Dr. Ernst Martens, accompanied by his wife Mrs. Martens and Mr. Walter H. Mertins, paid a courtesy call on Premier of Nevis Hon. Joseph Parry at his Bath Plain Office on Wednesday December 12, 2007, during his first visit to Nevis.
 
Premier Parry welcomed the Ambassador and expressed gratitude on behalf of the people of Nevis to the German government, for its invaluable assistance to Nevis through the Basic Education Trust Fund. The Fund is administered on Nevis by the Premier’s wife Mrs. Myrthlyn Parry.
 
He said Germany together with the Europeans had established a long and successful relationship with Nevis and the Federation and looked to continued good relations and financial aid in the future.
 
Premier Parry described the visit as an auspicious occasion which in his view was symbolic.
 
“This is the Bath Hotel, the first hotel in the Caribbean where we are. This hotel was built in 1778, close to some warm springs and that is why it was a hotel in the first place. People from England used to come here to the waters in the late 18th century and 19th century. So I think it is a very auspicious that we are in this historical place and I hope this is a historic occasion for us and this will be the beginning of a very good relationship,” he said.

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