Nevis Island

Nevis Water Shortage To End Soon

Business Ghaut, Nevis - Water Drilling Site

Business Ghaut, Nevis – Water Drilling Site

Charlestown, Nevis
June 02, 2008

Relief for parts of Nevis that had been facing a water shortage for the last six weeks will be earlier than expected.

Junior Minister with responsibility for Public Utilities in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Carlisle Powell made the announcement on June 01, 2008, during a visit the Business Ghaut drill site, with Senior Scientist to the water exploration project, Geologist Dr. Ronald Hoag of Bedrock Exploration and Development Technologies (BEAD).

“The good news is that even though we have a well at Hickmans that is down, we are very close to the reservoir here at Fothergills. Dr. Hoag has given us a very marvelous suggestion, in that, once the water at this well is tested, once the quality is good, BEAD is prepared to give us a line from here [Business Ghaut] straight to the reservoir.

“So we will be able to put this water into the system very, very, quickly and we are hopeful that we will be able to do that, run a temporary line to the reservoir [and] once we get that water into the system, it would bring immediate relief to the people,” he said.

Dr. Hoag disclosed that drilling had reached a depth of 800 feet, a depth which they expected to find a fairly large amount of water. He explained that his goal was to find half a million gallons of water per day from that location and the indications were that the goal could be achieved.

“My goal is to get about ½ million gallons per day from this location which I think the indications are very good that we will reach that goal,” he said.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Youth Groups Get Assistance

Youth Director - St. Kitts - Nevis - Geoffrey Hanley

St. Kitts – Nevis – Youth Director – Geoffrey Hanley

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
May 30, 2008 (SKNIS)

Youth groups in St. Kitts and Nevis will soon be able to access a “road map” to the successful functioning and sustainability of social clubs.

Director of Youth Geoffrey Hanley told SKNIS that “in a few weeks, the Youth Department will be making available to the public, a manual that can assist groups in their formation and function.”

Topics to be covered in this document include how to write a constitution, the role of executive members, ideas for fundraisers and how to write a project proposal.

In highlighting the importance of grant writing, Hanley stressed that there are significant sums of money made available by local and international agencies, that can be accessed by groups, to implement projects in a number of areas including HIV/AIDS as well as the environment.

“We are trying to equip our youth organizations [with the skills] to write grants so they can get monies that can better serve their group and also their community,” he explained.

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Nevis Government Consults With Interest Groups On Animal Control

Participants Discuss Nevis Animal Control Issues

Participants Discuss Nevis Animal Control Issues

Charlestown, Nevis
May 29, 2008

Minister with responsibility for Agriculture on Nevis Hon. Robelto Hector described a Department of Agriculture hosted consultation for interest groups on Animal Control on Nevis, on May 29, 2008, as timely. He told stakeholders that their suggestions would become a part of the Nevis Island Administration’s (NIA) way forward for the control of animals.
 
He said the consultation had come at a time when the Administration through the Department of Agriculture, had placed great emphasis on the importance of food and animal production in order to meet the needs of a growing society
 
“Let me say to you, that at this time also, there is a heavy concern as to the humane treatment of animals throughout the world. I would ask you today for us to have frank discussions. Your suggestions would be a part of the way forward in this regard.
 
“I know you are aware that there is legislation and you are also aware of some of the weaknesses. You are also aware of some of the shortcomings that we might have at the Ministry level. I am asking you to give your suggestions today and I am hoping that at the end of our deliberations we would leave here in a better position to plot that way forward as it relates to animal control here on the island,” he said.
 
Director of Agriculture Dr. Kelvin Daly told the participants that the Department was forced to address the problem of animal control because it had become highly problematic.
 
He said it was because the Department did not hold all the answers to the problems related to animal control that the decision was taken to hold the consultation in an effort to seek suggestions to have a definitive policy on the long standing matter.
 
“I remember earlier up in the year I said to my Minister we have to do something urgently because here we are on one hand encouraging persons to plant more food and on the other hand they are getting frustrated because of the problems of wild animals or even domesticated animals causing problems in the livestock and root crops industry.
 
“So this morning we are hoping to get ideas, I hope you came with your thinking caps because we at the Department don’t have all the solutions to deal with this national problem,” he said.

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