Charlestown, Nevis (April 05, 2007)

Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry told Nevisians, that crime fighting should be of paramount importance to all because a stable and peaceful island was critical to the continued development of Nevis. He said the island must continue to maintain the reputation of a low crime society, if it was to continue to experience prosperity.

The Premier made the comment while he delivered the feature address at the opening ceremony of the refurbished Gingerland Police Station on Tuesday April 03, 2007.

He said crime had been the highest priority for the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) and promised to fight against and reduce crime. Mr. Parry listed a number of corrective measures as he urged parents to take responsibility to help solve the problem of crime.

“I am saying to the parents that you have a responsibility to help solve the problem of crime. It makes no sense to defend your boy at the age of 8, 10 or 12 and refuse to accept that your boy is misbehaving, to refuse to give support to the headmasters and teachers then at the age of 14 and 15 you come to the police and other persons and say that you need help because you cannot control your child.

“You are being unfair to yourself, you are in a state of denial and you are being unfair to the community on whom you are placing the burden to discipline your child,” he said.

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Charlestown, Nevis (April 04, 2007)

The issue of greater authority for the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) over the police in Nevis, was top on the agenda at a luncheon meeting with Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry, Federal Minister for National Security the Hon. Dwyer Astaphan and  Junior Minister in the Premiers Ministry the Hon. Dwight Cozier. The meeting was held on April 03, 2007 at the Montpelier Plantation Inn to discuss matters of security as it related to Nevis.

In an interview with the Department of Information following the meeting, Premier Parry described the meeting as comprehensive and useful. As he outlined some matters discussed, he explained that it was the second such meeting the NIA had held with the Federal Minister, the first was held in Basseterre last year.

“We discussed how we could give more authority to the NIA in dealing with the police and we looked at a number of matters dealing with the police: how we will fund the Cotton Ground Police Station; the repairs we are doing on the Newcastle Police Station and some barracks in the Bath Hotel area for the police at Charlestown because they do not have good sleeping quarters.

“In addition to that, we were discussing patrols; increasing the police, providing motor cycles and bicycles and doing all the necessary things like bullet proof vests for the police. So it was a very comprehensive discussion, very, very useful and we will continue to have meetings until we achieve what we hope to achieve,” he said.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis, April 4th 2007

Director of Maritime Affairs, Mr McLean Hobson, who is presently studying
at Southampton University, England, recently visited the offices of  the
St. Kitts & Nevis International Ship Registry to meet staff and see the
work of the Ship Registry at first hand.

“It is always good to see our colleagues from St. Kitts & Nevis visit us.
The United Kingdom High Commissioner, Dr. James Williams and his Deputy High
Commissioner, Mrs. Jacinth Henry-Martin have previously visited our offices,
but it was particularly good to get a visit from Mr. Hobson in view of his
responsibilities for the Ship Registry,” said International Registrar of
Shipping & Seamen, Nigel Smith.

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Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis – April 3rd 2007 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis’ First National Hero, the Right Excellent Sir
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw stood tall in his quest to improve the
conditions of the landless.

Speaking at the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the Sir
Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw Memorial Park on 3.5 acres of cane land in St.
Paul’s, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said
that as son of the soil and a son of St. Paul’s Village, it is only fitting
that the Nation’s First National Hero, The Rt. Excellent Sir Robert
Llewellyn Bradshaw, should have his presence felt and seen, and that his
legacy to the nation is soundly embedded in the hearts of the people of St.
Paul’s who he loved so dearly.

“Bradshaw worked tirelessly to bring hope and a brighter future for our
children, and he was a man who shared a vision of self-determination. He
worked hard. Maybe if he had not worked that hard, he would have lived a
little longer. He fought many battles, and above all he stood firmly in the
corner of the disadvantaged masses.”

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