Nevis

Hospitality Training Appeals To St. Kitts – Nevis Youth

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 20, 2008

New recruits for the UNESCO Youth Path Project are expressing excitement about the start of Phase 2 in which they will be exposed to entrepreneurship training in the field of tourism and heritage.

Loyola Challenger, one of the new Youth Path students told SKNIS that although she is not 100 percent  certain about her future vocation, she hopes to expand her knowledge about the tourism industry and explore the possibility of working in the field, especially in the area of hospitality.

Secretary General of the National Commission for UNESCO Mr. Antonio Maynard recently announced that the launch of Phase 2 of the UNESCO Youth Path Project would take place at the Ocean Terrace Inn on Tuesday 26th February at 10:00 a.m.

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Nevis Onion Production Up

Charlestown, Nevis
February 20, 2008

The Department of Agriculture on Nevis announced that it increased its onion cultivation for the 2008 planting season from 7.5 acres in 2007 to nine acres to take advantage of the commodity’s increased world market price.
 
Director of Agriculture Dr. Kelvin Daly on the island told the Department of Information in a recent interview that the Department of Agriculture had toyed with the idea of phasing out onion cultivation in 2007 because it was not cost effective. However, since that year’s harvest, world prices had increased by 100 percent, a decision was taken to increase production.
 
“Since the last crop in 2007 the cost has increased almost 100 percent on the international market it [onion] has become now a more viable product to anything else. So we are increasing the acreage, the price has stabilized around $75-$80 per 50 pound bag and up to last year, it was up to $117 per bag.

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Nevis Premier Meets 1 on 1 With Citizens

Charlestown, Nevis February 19, 2008 Premier of Nevis, Hon. Joseph Parry had a very successful inaugural one-on-one session last Wednesday as he met with residents of Nevis to hear them air their concerns and express their opinions. The Premier was …

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D’Vybz Band Hits #1 On UK West Indian Charts

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 19, 2008

The decision of the d’ Vybz Band to introduce a new blend of music to the entertainment and carnival scene in St. Kitts & Nevis is already paying dividends for the seven, (7), member group of talented Kittitian musicians.

The music from the band’s latest CD, titled, “Life”, has been in full rotation on many radio stations overseas, including various cities in England.

For the past two weeks, d’Vybz has occupied the Number One spot, on the popular West Indian chart, hosted weekly on the well known internet radio station, VIBES FM, operating out of Sheffield, England.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Nationals Association Opens In Atlanta

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
February 19, 2008 (CUOPM)

A new association of nationals living overseas has been launched in Atlanta, Georgia.

Last Friday’s night launching of the St. Kitts and Nevis Association of Atlanta (SKANAA) coincided with the inauguration of the scheduled non-stop flight by Delta Airlines to the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport on Saturday.

The Federation’s Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, following a dinner with incoming Board Members of the SKANAA, was guest of honour at a reception on Friday night, at the home of Denise Chambers-Quinlan, President of the newly formed national association. SKANAA will serve as a community organisation for St. Kitts and Nevis nationals living in the greater metropolitan Atlanta area.

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