Politics

First Woman Labour Party Candidate Honored

PM Douglas and Ermine Queeley-Evelyn

PM Douglas and Ermine Queeley-Evelyn
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
May 28, 2008 (CUOPM)

Labour Women ““ the women’s arm of the St. Kitts – Nevis Labour Party has honoured the party’s first female candidate ““ Nevisian-born businesswoman, Mrs. Ermine Queeley-Evelyn.

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and National Political Leader of the governing St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, the Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, presented the Leadership Award to Mrs. Queeley-Evelyn during the Labour Women Conference at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort and Royal Beach Casino.

Mrs. Queeley-Liburd, the Labour Party’s candidate in the Nevis Local Elections in 1979 and the National Elections in 1980, was honoured for her “outstanding leadership in Politics and Business. For your courage and your pioneering spirit and for your being a good role model for the women of St. Kitts and Nevis.”

In accepting the award, Mrs. Queeley-Evelyn thanked Labour Women for the recognition and urged women of the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party to work hard to achieve their goals.

Unmarried in 1979, Ermine Queeley was the lone female candidate for the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party when she contested the local elections and the 18th February 1980 General Elections. She ran on the St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party ticket for the Gingerland seat in Nevis which was against Mr. Simeon Daniel of the Nevis Reformation Party (NRP).

Born in New Castle, Nevis, Ermine is the first child of the late Elmond Queeley and Rosanel Queeley, both of Newcastle. She attended the Combermere School, and at an early age demonstrated a passion for business when she started, with the help of her mother, to make and sell coconut drops and frozen-joys to her classmates, teachers and others around the community. Her entrepreneurial spirit was encouraged by her father, himself a businessman, when he sent her abroad, at a very early age to gain more into the field business.

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Nevis Benefits From Relationship With Taiwan

Charlestown, Nevis
April 11, 2008

Premier of Nevis the Hon. Joseph Parry said he was very pleased with the assistance that the Nevis Island government had received from Taiwan over the past years.  The Premier made the remark in a statement on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at his Bath Plain office.
 
“I first visited Taiwan back in 1984 just after diplomatic relations were established with St. Kitts and Nevis. We have been very fortunate to have a government like Taiwan.  The Taiwanese have made considerable contributions to the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, but I speak in particular to Nevis.
 
“They have established an agricultural station here in Nevis which we sorely needed.  They have done a lot of work in experimentation in a variety of crops and our farmers have benefited, and we are expecting our farmers to continue to benefit.  The Taiwanese have also been involved in offering many scholarships which our people have taken up,” the Premier stated.

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St. Kitts – Nevis and China (Taiwan) Relationship

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
March 13, 2008

Relationship between St Kitts and Nevis And the Republic of China (Taiwan)
The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis and the Republic of China on Taiwan (ROC) have enjoyed a friendship which spans more than twenty-five years of independence.  In October 1983, the Republic of China (Taiwan) was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with our young nation.

The Republic of China maintains an Embassy in each of the allied countries, St Kitts and Nevis being no exception.  In a spirit of reciprocity, in January 2008, to demonstrate the Government’s commitment to the mutually beneficial relationship, the Government of St Kitts and Nevis established an Embassy in Taipei, the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Our relationship with the ROC revolves principally on cooperation programmes including community development, agriculture, education and training and cultural exchanges.

The focus of the Taiwanese Agricultural Mission includes Crop Development, Exotic Fruit Trees, Pineapple, Agro-Processing and Floriculture.  The work of the Mission is to share best practices in farming and to develop sustainable management and increase the unit yield to promote productivity.

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