Nevis

Nevis’ First Female Olympian Returns Home

Meritza Williams - Nevis' First Female Olympian

Meritza Williams – Nevis’ First Female Olympian
Charlestown, Nevis
August 28, 2008

Nevis’ first female Olympian, 19 year old Ms. Meritza Williams, returned home just after midday on August, 27, 2008, and was welcomed at the Charlestown Pier by Deputy Premier of Nevis and Minister of Sports Hon. Hensley Daniel, Junior Minister Hon. Carlisle Powell and her first coach, Nevis’ first male Olympian Mr. Kurvin Wallace.

“Congratulations and welcome back to Nevis. I am sure you have done Nevis proud, our first female Olympian going that far. I want to congratulate you for reaching this far”.

“As you continue your athletic journey, you are likely to go much further. All the best and I join with all of Nevis in saying congratulations and wish you all the best for the future,” Mr. Daniel said.

Mr. Powell echoed similar sentiments.

“Welcome back to Nevis and congrats! You have the Olympic experience now so it only gets better so congratulations you did well. I hope the experience serves you good in the future,” he said.

Shortly after, accompanied by her mother Ms. Lolita Williams who had joined the welcoming party, Ms. Williams was whisked away to meet with Premier of Nevis Hon. Joseph Parry at his Bath Hotel office where she was warmly received.

While he extended congratulations to the athlete, the Premier registered his love for athletics and said it was important for the people of Nevis to be reminded of their sporting prowess.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Sports Department Grants Scholarships

St. Kitts - Nevis Sports Scholarships

St. Kitts – Nevis Sports Scholarships

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 28, 2008 (SKNIS)

The partnership between the Ministry of Tourism, Sports and Culture; Bird Rock Community Club; and To God Be the Glory Sports in the United States, has yielded athletic scholarships for two young men.

Basketballers Shamile Jeffers, 18, and Erasmus Williams Jr., 17,  have been recruited to U.S. schools to pursue their academic and athletic ambitions after impressing overseas coaches who facilitated the July 28 to August 08 Reach One, Teach One Basketball Camp, held at Bird Rock.

“This is good news,” exclaimed Director of Sports Dave Connor. “When the Department of Sports started this initiative two years ago, we did it with the expressed intent of improving local talent and getting young men and women seen by college scouts and coaches. We have been doing that and are continuing to see favorable results.”

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Nevis’ Chief Pharmacist Receives Regional Recognition

Nevis' Cheif Pharmacist - Loston Nisbett

Nevis’ Chief  Pharmacist – Loston Nisbett

Charlestown, Nevis
August 26, 2008

Chief Pharmacist at the Alexandra Hospital Mr. Loston Mac. Ketney Nisbett, received regional recognition when he was awarded by the Caribbean Association of Pharmacist (CAP), for his outstanding contribution to hospital pharmacy on Nevis. The event took place during a brief ceremony at the Alexandra Hospital’s conference room on August 26, 2008.

During the ceremony, executive member of CAP Mr. Rohan Claxton announced that Mr. Nisbett had won the Caribbean Spirit Award 2008 trophy donated by Boehringer Ingelheim and three nights of free accommodations at the Association’s next annual convention in Dominica in 2009. He also explained the basis on which the winner was selected.

“The nominee must be a registered pharmacist working in the hospital system in the Caribbean or a hospital, clinic or pharmacy institution in the private sector providing pharmacy service to the Caribbean people. He should also be a member of the Caribbean Association of Pharmacist or have such a pharmacist in its employ.

“He should also be a member of a professional organisation that represents pharmacy; be making an outstanding contribution to the practice of pharmacy in the place of employment or engage in outstanding service delivery; be recognized as an integral part of the health care team; exemplify equity, access, honesty, caring and adherence to the laws in the delivery of the service to the public,” he said.

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Nevis Citizens Poised to Receive Geothermal Training

University of Iceland Geothermal Training Board

University of Iceland Geothermal Training Board

Charlestown, Nevis
August, 26, 2008

Geothermal training is in the works for Nevisians.  This was the good news received when the Premier of Nevis, the Hon. Joseph Parry and his Nevis delegation visited the United Nations University Geothermal Training Programme (UNU-GTP). The Hon. Joseph Parry held talks with the programme directors on his recent trip to Iceland, August 17-20, 2008.

The Nevis delegation included Junior Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Hon. Carlisle Powell, Permanent Secretary, Mr. Ernie Stapleton and Protocol Officer, Miss Angelica Elliott.

The UNU-GTP has operated in Iceland since 1979, with an aim at assisting developing countries with geothermal potential to build up or strengthen groups of specialists in most aspects of geothermal exploration and development.

According to Premier Parry, a number of professional studies in geothermal are available in Iceland and the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP) led Nevis Island Administration (NIA) is working towards getting interested residents of Nevis, to work towards degrees and certificates in this renewable energy resource to the island.  Presently there are no training courses for persons who do not have a first degree, but the (NIA) will be seeking to have a course of study put in place for those individuals who are interested but do not have a professional degree.

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Daniel Foundation Donates To Nevis Students

Hensley Daniel of The Daniel Family Foundation

Hensley Daniel of The Daniel Family Foundation

Charlestown, Nevis
August 25, 2008

In keeping with its pledge to contribute to the development of Nevis, in particular the field of education, the Daniel Family Foundation of Cox Village presented a second group of nine students with financial assistance for their five year tenure in secondary school. The presentation took place at the SJCIC building at Cole Hill on August 23, 2008.

Deputy Premier of Nevis Hon. Hensley Daniel, who is also a member of the Foundation, told the students it was important for them to maxamise the benefits derived from the assistance.

“The provision of the assistance for you to go to high school is important for you to take it and make as much use as possible and I am doing so because in our time in high school, these things were very, very scarce and having taught for many, many years, I recognise that these scholarships and these forms of assistance were absolutely necessary and they could have made a difference in the lives of so many other children had we had enough of these being available.

“Having been a teacher and having seen the need for these, it was not difficult for me to agree with my other brothers and sisters, that we should make a contribution to the education of the children”¦the idea is that the assistance must be like pebbles in water, it must have ripples. So I want to urge the students to continue on the mode of excellence. We may give you these scholarships and by hard work you may be able to win bigger ones and that is what we are hoping, that by sowing this small seed in first form, we would be able to win some others,” he said.

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