Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 16, 2007 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis was among five Caribbean countries represented at the swearing-in on Monday 14th January, of Guatemala’s newly-elected President His Excellency Alvaro Colom.

The Federation was represented by the Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States, His Excellency Dr. Izben C. Williams.

President Colom, who is Guatemala’s first leftist president in more than 50 years, has promised to fight poverty in a nation where the World Bank estimates that half the people live on less than $1 a day.

Colom took office along with his Vice President, heart surgeon Rafael Espada, in an inauguration ceremony which drew attend by many world leaders, including all Central American Heads of State and Government and the Presidents of Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, China, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 16, 2008 (CUOPM)

Every person who is confirming registration at the electoral offices in St Kitts and in Nevis will have to produce authentic documentation as proof of his or her identity.

So says St. Kitts and Nevis‘ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas.

“We are therefore doing what is absolutely responsible. We are ensuring that every person confirming his registration produces authentic documentation as proof of his identity, and we are taking your photograph,” Dr. Douglas said at a news conference on Tuesday.

He said the new legislation and regulations still to be enacted will close “those big loop holes,” and electoral office officials are working in tandem with the Social Security Board, the Immigration Department, Passport Office, the Registrar of Births and Deaths, and the Inland Revenue Department to back-check the validity and authenticity of every document given in support of the confirmation process.”

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Charlestown, Nevis
January 15, 2008

Students of the Charlestown Primary School now have the comfort of two additional classrooms that were constructed to ease overcrowding at the school. The rooms were funded by the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation at a cost of $135,000.
 
Minister of Housing and Land Development and Area Representative for the St. Paul’s Constituency, Hon. Robelto Hector, said during a visit to the school on Monday January 14, 2007, that when the government assumed office in 2006, it became aware of the problem that had existed at the institution and had moved swiftly to address the situation.
 
“We realised what the problem was at the Charlestown Primary School.  The problem of overcrowding which would affect your learning and I am happy that within a short time we were able to provide these two additional classrooms to help you in your learning process.  I am happy that the government together with the Land and Housing Cooperation was able to solve that problem.

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