Charlestown, Nevis
November 15, 2007

Nevisians received word on the performance of the island’s economy, when Premier of Nevis and Minister of Finance in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Joseph Parry, announced that the finances were safe and doing well. He made the announcement at a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly in Charlestown on Wednesday November 14, 2007, ahead of the 2008 Budget presentation in December.
 
Mr. Parry said he had received information from the Ministry of Finance that the island’s finances from its current account position had shown growth for the period January to October 2007, as compared to the corresponding period in 2006.
 
“Madame President, if we looked at the current expenditure for the two periods in question, January 2006 to October 2006, the expenditure was $83.89million. For this year 2007, from January to October the expenditure is $84.34 million, a difference of $449, 852. In other words we have spent half a million dollars more this year for that period than we did for last year. I must also report Madame President, for the same period when we looked at the revenue collection in this island, we had $80, 115,653 collected last year January to October. This year we have collected $85, 684,161, a difference of $5,568, 508.

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Charlestown, Nevis
November 14, 2007

Nevis has taken steps to pursue another source of renewable energy in its efforts to remove an existing fuel surcharge. Junior Minister in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) charged with Public Utilities Hon. Carlisle Powell, disclosed at a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on Wednesday November 14, 2007, that the Administration had been in discussions with a Canadian based company, which wanted to provide the island with an initial 1MW of power through wind harnessed energy.
 
He said that Nevis, like other Caribbean islands had been blessed with good winds, a resource which had gone unutilised because of the region’s heavy dependence on oil.
 
“We in this Government have also been in discussions with a firm named WINDWATT Power who is interested in providing us with an initial amount of 1MW of power through the harnessing of one of our truly neglected resources, wind. I want to remind the country that quite a bit of work was done by the Organisation of American Sates (OAS), the Germans among others and the potential is clearly evident on Nevis. During the course of this week, I hope to further the discussions with the principals of the company.

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Charlestown, Nevis
November 14, 2007

Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), the Hon. Hensley Daniel called on Nevisians to pause and examine their lifestyles as they observed World Diabetes Day.   Mr. Daniel made the call on Wednesday November 14, 2007, in an address to mark the occasion.  He revealed that there were 500 known cases of diabetes on the island and said the Administration was working to reduce the incidence of the disease.
 
The Health Minister said the NIA had planned to work toward the establishment of a comprehensive diabetes registry and to sharpen the focus on physical education.  It would also pay closer attention to the nutritional value of food, work toward more trained people in the preparation of healthy foods to continue efforts to make healthy choices easy choices and to strengthen prevention, promotion and research.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 14, 2008 (CUOPM)

Carnival Cruises was one of two cruise liners that this week announced changes to their southern Caribbean lineup which will result in more passengers coming to St. Kitts – Nevis.

“There’s a distinct chill in the air now, which makes many cruisers begin to dream about sailing in the Caribbean, and some cruise lines also appear to be thinking about the islands. Both Carnival and Holland America announced changes to their southern Caribbean lineup this week,” said Smarter Travel.com Staffer, Erica Silverstein.

She reports that the Carnival Destiny will begin new seven-night southern Caribbean itineraries out of San Juan on March 2, 2008. The new cruises are designed to attract travelers who wish to see as many islands as possible, featuring six ports-of-call: St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Lucia, Barbados, Dominica, and St. Thomas/St. John and in November 2008, the Carnival Victory will reposition to San Juan and take over this itinerary.

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