Nevis Island Sponsored Trainees Return From Trinidad

Nevis Trainees Return From Trinidad

Nevis Trainees Return From Trinidad

Charlestown, Nevis
July 29, 2008

Minister with responsibility for Social Transformation on Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel, together with other Cabinet colleagues, were on hand at the Charlestown Pier on July 26, 2008, to welcome the graduates who returned home from a successful three month training programme in Trinidad.

He registered his satisfaction with their performance and that he was anxious to see the difference their training in auto mechanics, plumbing, carpentry, masonry and welding would have on the community.

“We are indeed happy to welcome back our trainees and within a week we expect them to hit the ground running to put their training to good use and we have heard good things about their performance in Trinidad and this underscores another effort on behalf of the people of Nevis by the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) to build up our skills bank and to provide our young people with opportunities for development.

“Your performance tells us that we could send another group of people over there. We thank them and we look forward to feeling the weight of this training and feeling the impact in the community,” he said.

Seventeen students had left Nevis in May for training at Metal Construction Industries Ltd. (MCI) which was sponsored by the NIA. The Minister also used the opportunity to thank all who had supported the programme.

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St. Kitts - Nevis' Prime Minister - Denzil Douglas

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Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
July 21, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas will be among world leaders attending the 17th International AIDS Conference in Mexico early next month.

The conference will draw around 25,000 participants from across the globe, including many world-renowned leaders and experts in their field, according to a message received here on Monday.

AIDS 2008 will be officially opened on the evening of August 3 by Mexican President, His Excellency Felipe Caldern Hinojosa.

International Aids Society (IAS), a Geneva-based charity which convenes the AIDS conference said besides Prime Minister Douglas other world personalities include former United States President Bill Clinton, Mexican Secretary of Health Jos, Angel Cordova Villalobos; Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon, Director- General of the World Health Organisation, Margaret Chan; Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS Peter Piot; Asian activist and advocate for the rights of HIV-positive women around the world, Mony Pen; former President of Botswana Festus Gontebanye Mogae, and First Vice-President of Spain Mar-a Teresa Fernandez de la Vega.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, founder of the William J. Clinton Foundation, will present a keynote at a session titled ‘HIV/AIDS and Health System Reform: Achieving Universal Coverage’ on August 4.

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