Nevis

Nevis Agricultural Personnel To Receive Training

Charlestown, Nevis
January 21, 2008

The Departments of Fisheries and Cooperatives in the Ministry of Agriculture on Nevis in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), concluded a three-day workshop on Thursday January 17, 2008 at the Nevis Cooperative Credit Union Conference Center.
 
The workshop on the Project Management Cycle attracted over 15 participants from the Board of Directors of the Nevis Fishermen Marketing and Supply Cooperatives Society Limited, staff of the Public Works Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Cooperatives and was facilitated by Mr. Mitsuhiro Ishida of JICA.
 
Speaking at the opening of the workshop on January 15, 2007, Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. Robelto Hector gave his full support to the training exercise and told participants they should maximise what was being taught.

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Over 200 Homes In St. Kitts – Nevis To Be Improved

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 22, 2008 (CUOPM)

Over 200 of the NEMA Starter Homes constructed following Hurricane Georges in 1998 will be expanded under the NEMA Housing Improvement Project, financed by the Government of Venezuela.

Minister of Housing, Hon. Cedric Liburd said 458 houses were constructed of which 302 were allocated free to occupants and 146 were sold.

The one-room homes were built to provide shelter for persons whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged as a result of Hurricane Georges.

Speaking at a ceremony to mark the completion of the first home under the NEMA Housing Improvement Project, Minister Liburd said of the 458 homes allocated 223 persons requested  assistance to expand their houses and several owners have already sign the necessary agreement with the National Housing Corporation (NHC).

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St. Kitts – Nevis To Get Commercial Fishing Boats

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis January 22, 2008 (CUOPM) Another step by the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis to develop the fishing industry to provide better food security, job creation and foreign exchange earnings. Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, …

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St. Kitts – Nevis Defends Diplomatic Policy With Taiwan

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
January 22, 2008 (CUOPM)

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas says his government has no intention of severing diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan in favour of mainland China.

“We took an informed position that we would prefer to support Taiwan because Taiwan at the moment can bring the greater support in the advancing of the economic, social and political development of the people, that is what we pursue in our foreign policy,” Prime Minister Douglas told reporters during the recent OECS Heads of Government Meeting in Roseau, Dominica.

The Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) is reporting the St. Kitts and Nevis leader as saying that the twin-island Federation was interested in the further development of its citizens and that Taiwan best reflect that policy.

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Nevis Premier Welcomes Mediation Centre

Charlestown, Nevis
January 22, 2008

Premier of Nevis Hon. Joseph Parry said that the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Mediation Centre on Nevis, could not have come at a better time for the island, in light of its growing economy and expanding population. He said the top notch facility was an indication of the importance the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) had attached to law and order on the island.
 
Mr. Parry made the observation on Thursday January 17, 2008, at a ceremony to launch the new facility on Government Road in Charlestown.  The event brought Nevis in line with a number of jurisdictions throughout the Caribbean who had already implemented the mediation programme.
 
“With any growing population and in any changing society, there will be need for other changes there is a ripple down effect”¦ We are changing and we have been leaders in Nevis in so many areas. First to have full secondary education; first to have a land reform programme so we are accustomed to being first and creating our own new pathways.
 
“We are not first in the Mediation Programme, I understand we are last but nevertheless I have been assured “¦ that we are the best and “¦ that it is an indication of how serious we as a government take the business of law and order and the rule of law on Nevis. I must reiterate that law and order is very important in our society. We see seeds of growing crime, we see drug related activities and we notice problems in the schools. We also have an increase in divorces and other problems and I do believe that this mediation exercise is very timely,” he said.

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