Nevis Island Ushers In Mentorship Programme

Charlestowne, Nevis
October 25, 2007

A community based mentor initiative called the CARES Programme has been inaugurated by the Charlestown Secondary School (CSS) Counseling Department. The programme commenced on Thursday October 18th 2007 with an opening ceremony at the school’s new extension.
 
Supervisor of the Multipurpose Center, Mr. Dwight Morton, who served as master of ceremonies, said in his welcome remarks that the Charlestown Secondary School was well known for its numerous successes and had always strived for excellence.
 
 He said that it was in that regard that the school’s Principal, Mr. Edson Elliott and the counselors had decided to start the programme.  Mr. Morton noted that the outreach program was intended to reach out to the community to partner with the school in an attempt improve the students who were selected for the programme.
 
“The CARES Programme [means] the school and community working together to Create, Achieving Responsible and Exceptional Students.  The critical word is Exceptional students.  We know we have good students but we want them to excel and that is why we decided to launch this CARES programme,” said Mr. Morton.

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St. Kitts – Nevis To Accept Superyachts

The Caribbean island of St Kitts is to open a new eco-friendly superyacht marina by 2010 which will be able to take vessels of up to 91m. This is a continuation of the trend among other nearby islands to convert …

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Monetary Council Appoints New Commissioners To ECSRC

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis October 23, 2007 (CUOPM) Two new commissioners have been appointed to the Eastern Caribbean Securities Regulatory Commission. Mr. Arthur Thompson of Antigua and Barbuda and Mr. Ambrose Sylvester of Dominica were appointed by the Eastern …

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St. Kitts – Nevis In Small States Network Meeting

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 23, 2007 (CUOPM)

The Board of Trustees of the Small States Network for Economic Development (SSNED) reviewed the draft governance statute of the network during the annual IMF/World Bank Meetings in Washington D.C.

The Board of Trustees which consisted of the founding members (Barbados, Mauritius, Samoa, St. Kitts and Nevis and Malta) as well as representatives from Vanuatu, the World Bank and the Commonwealth Secretariat arrived at an agreed ratified text that would underpin the network’s operations, activated the network officially and gave Malta the authority to register the network legally.

During the Small States Forum, which was attended by Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas; St. Kitts and Nevis Financial Secretary, Mrs. Janet Harris; Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of the Nevis Island Administration, Mr. Laurie Lawrence; St. Kitts and Nevis Ambassador His Excellency Wendell Lawrence and Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Izben Williams, the Network’s Board of Trustees presented a report on the Network’s activation and immediate next steps. At that meeting the World Bank indicated its financial support of over US$8 million for the SSNED.

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Stanford 20-20 Nevis Cricket Pro-Team Coming Along

Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation – Barbados
October 22, 2007

The Stanford 20-20 Nevis Pro-Team will be a reality by December 01,2007 Chief Operations Officer of Stanford Twenty20, Barbadian Adrian Griffith has said.

Griffith, who now resides in Antigua after being appointed in June, spent the last three days here, coordinating a two-day camp at Grove Park for 30 invited Nevisian cricketers.

He said St Lucia and Anguilla should be on board by November 1, making Nevis the fourth pro-team to be established in the region. Antigua and Barbuda, established in July, was the first.

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