Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
March 20 (AP)

Garfield Sobers feels the notoriety he gained for hitting six sixes in an
over may have overshadowed his other achievements and hopes that does not
happen to Herschelle Gibbs.
At a ceremony on Monday to celebrate Gibbs becoming the first to achieve the
feat in an international match, Sobers jokingly suggested it was almost a
curse when he became the first to do it a 1968 first-class match.
“I hope that Herschelle doesn’t suffer the way that I have suffered over
the years, because where ever I have gone people have recognized me as the
man that hit six sixes,” the West Indies great allrounder said. “I have
always wondered if that was the only thing I had done in cricket. I thought
I had done a little bit more than just hit six sixes.

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Charlestown, Nevis (March 16, 2007)
Nevisians will now be afforded government lands at cheaper rates. The disclosure was made at a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly on Thursday March 15, 2007 by Housing and Lands Minister on Nevis the Hon. Robelto Hector.

” I am happy to report in this House and to the nation, that the land sale policy as approved by the Board of Directors of the Nevis Land and Housing Corporation is that where you are a first time buyer in Nugent’s Village, we would offer you land at EC$3.50 per square foot. If you are a land owner taking a second bite at the cherry, we are still able to accommodate you but we are not using the first come first serve attitude. You can purchase land at EC$4.25 per square foot, which is a bit higher than the man who is a first time owner,” he said.

According to the Minister, land was also being offered at Nugent’s Heights to first time buyers at EC$6.00 per square foot and existing land owners at EC$6.50. Regarding the commercial lots, once a purchaser was an established business owner, land prices would be set at EC$8.00 per square foot but would be offered to young upcoming entrepreneurs for EC$7.00.

Notwithstanding, Mr. Hector spoke to a number of procedures put in place to guard against possible fraudulent purchases.”We [Corporation] have realized that we would have problems and so we have created a certificate where an oath would be taken by first time landowners in which you [purchaser] are going to indicate to us at the Corporation that you are a first time landowner.  We would then do a search in the Registry to make sure that this is so.  This search of course will take time and as such it would involve a small fee.

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CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (March 15, 2007)
Civil servants and non-established workers in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA), will now have access to affordable housing through an EC $10 million loan from the St. Kitts and Nevis Social Security Board following an amendment to the Nevis Island Government Loan (Guarantee) Ordinance 2002.

The Nevis Island Administration Loan (Guarantee) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2007 which was passed in the Nevis Island Assembly in Charlestown on Thursday March 15, 2007 will give the  NIA the authority to guarantee loans from any statutory body, bank and other financial institutions for the benefit of its employees.

The Bill was presented in the name of Minister of Housing and Lands the Hon. Robelto Hector, who said that the new Administration had been approached by the Social Security to make the relevant amendments.

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