Nevis

St. Kitts – Nevis Electoral Reform Process Moving Ahead

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 27, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis‘ Supervisor of Elections, Mr. Leroy Benjamin says the electoral reform process in the twin-island Federation is moving forward satisfactorily.

Mr. Benjamin also told BBC Caribbean on Tuesday that the Electoral Office is being run independently.

He disclosed that hundreds of persons have responded so far to the confirmation process that is now underway at the Electoral Offices in Basseterre and Charlestown involving a new Voters Registrar. That process is expected to continue until September and will result in a New Voters list.

In the BBC interview, Pastor Benjamin denied reports that the reform will cater to overseas voting and that while Kittitians and Nevisians residing overseas can participate in the confirmation process at embassies and consulates, voting will actually be restricted to the country on Election Day.

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Entrepreneurship A Way To Transform Nevis society

Charlestown, Nevis
February 26, 2008

Minister of Social Transformation, Trade and Industry in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) the Hon. Hensley Daniel, said entrepreneurship was one critical ingredient that could transform the society and the development of Nevis. 
 
Minister Daniel made the statement on Monday February 25, 2008 during a feature address to signal the start of a week long celebration of Nevis‘ first ever Small Business Week.
 
Mr. Daniel who also holds portfolios for Social and Gender Affairs, made reference to a report on small enterprise development in the region and said that it was critical to the development of women, single mothers, children and young people.  He said support for female business owners, single mothers and poor women who worked to help maintain their families had been found to be one markedly beneficial result of micro credit programme. 
 
These credit programmes he said could benefit and bolster these small enterprises which could yield benefits across a broad range of economies and help them to become more abundant, productive and resilient.

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US Airways Now To Charge For 2nd Checked Bag!!!

Well now that you can get easy flights to St. Kitts and Nevis via US Airways…it will now cost you more!!! Cheap $%^@##&*!  See the press release below from US Airways. US Airways February 26, 2008 Today, US Airways announced …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Airports Have More US Air Traffic

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 26, 2008 (CUOPM)

The arrival of Delta Airlines inaugural flight from Atlanta, Georgia, into the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport earlier this month, inked another historic moment in the Federation’s aviation history.

Saturday 16th February marked the first time that three US carriers were on the tarmac at the same time. They were the America Airlines flight 2299 from Miami International Airport, Florida; US Airways flight 1693 from Charlotte, North Carolina, and Delta’s flight 373 from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia.

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Slavery Landing Site In Nevis Under Attack

Nevis Historical and Conservantion Society
Charlestown. Nevis
February 26, 2008

The NHCS would like for everyone to support its effort to bring some publicity to this area of concern regarding history and heritage.

EDITORIAL:

In the late 1600’s through the mid 1700’s, at a time when Nevis was the headquarters of the Leeward Islands, all British ships coming to the Western Hemisphere had to clear customs in Nevis.  This included the ships that carried the human cargo of enslaved people from Africa.  They were carried on ships of the Royal African Company, a company registered in England and established in Nevis and Virginia.

The enslaved ancestors of Nevisians as well as other West Indian countries and the Americas, after surviving the horrendous `Middle Passage’, set foot on solid ground after months at sea and wallowing in their own waste at the Nevis port of entry.  The pier was located near to the site where Unella’s is located today.  There was a seawall built in Charlestown approximately 20 yards from the Main Road.  The sea wall contained a small passage way or threshold where individuals could pass from the beach to the town.  This particular threshold was where all the enslaved had to cross on their way to a holding area, which today is behind the walls at Crosses Alley.  Manacles (known as Manillas) from this time period and found at this location can be seen
at the Alexander Hamilton Museum.

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