CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 04, 2007)
Top Cop in the Nevis Police Division Superintendent Joseph Liburd said the island’s Tourism Industry and the economy, by extension, stood to benefit from the declining crime rate on Nevis.
 
Mr. Liburd made the observation on Wednesday January 03, 2007 during an interview with the Department of Information at his Charlestown office. He said at the end of 2006, the Police had recorded a 7.2 percent decline in crime over that of 2005 and the crime detection rate had moved from 46 percent in 2005 to 50 percent at the end of 2006.
 
“I would say the reduction in crime augurs well for the island of Nevis, the tourism industry and the economic situation because if crime is increasing and it is out of control than the tourists would not want to come to anyplace where crime is out of control and it would affect the economic situation of any country.
 
“Around this time when almost everywhere [in the world] you go, people are crying out about an increase in crime, Nevis can boast there is a decrease in crime and not only a decrease but also more importantly, an increase in the detection of those crimes that have been reported,” he said.

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BASSETEERE, ST. KITTS, JANUARY 4TH 2007 (CUOPM)
First and second year students at the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College (CFBC), the Sixth Form at the Charlestown Secondary School and Fifth formers at high schools in the twin-island Federation have been invited by Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas to be his special guest at “The Drifters in Concert” on Sunday 7th January.

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CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (January 03, 2007)
A top official in the Department of Education on Nevis issued a call to students on Nevis to push themselves beyond their comfort zone and to work towards the incentives offered by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and the Nevis Island Administration.
 
Mrs. Jennifer Hodge, Principal Education Officer on Nevis made the call recently when she gave an update to the Government Information Service on changes made in the regional examination.
 
“Government is offering full scholarships in areas of need such as in Mathematics, Science and in particularly Chemistry and Physics, in the technical/vocational areas including technical drawing and metal works,” she said.
 
Mrs. Hodge noted that Nevisian students had made their mark and had a record of excellence and it was important that they continued to receive continued encouragement and support to strive for excellence.

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