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St. Kitts – Nevis Considers Noise Abatement Bill

Noise Pollution In St. Kitts – Nevis

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 18, 2008 (CUOPM)

A bill regulating noise in residential areas on St. Kitts is now available for public scrutiny.

The draft legislation was introduced by Prime Minister and Minister of Sustainable Development, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, and given its first reading during the November 11th sitting of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly.

The Noise Abatement Bill, 2008, will make provision for the regulation of noise from private premises and public places.

If it becomes law, a person will not be allowed to create noise in a manner that the sound is audible beyond a distance of one hundred meters from the source of the sound and is reasonably capable of causing annoyance to persons in the vicinity.

Where the sound is audible beyond one hundred meters in the vicinity of any school, church, hospital, nursing home, infirmary, dwelling house, hotel or guest house, the sound shall be presumed to cause annoyance to persons in that vicinity.

LP Gas In St. Kitts Is 2nd Lowest In Eastern Caribbean

St. Kitts – Nevis Cooking Gas Prices Low By Comparison Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis November 18, 2008 (CUOPM) The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis continues to subsidise Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) making it cheaper for householders than …

Unauthorized Settings Led To St. Kitts Blackout

Cabinet Meeting Officers Investigate Power Outages
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

Two employees of the St. Kitts Electricity Services have been sent on leave after unauthorized system settings led to power outages on Friday and Saturday, hours after Minister of Public Works and Utilities, Dr. the Hon. Earl Asim Martin assured the general public of efforts to stabilise electricity generation and transmission to consumers.

The Cabinet, which convened a Special Session Monday to review this very disturbing development, said that the team of engineers was able to indicate precisely what resulted in the loss of electrical power in various sections of the island.

General Manager of the Electricity Department, Mr. John Channer in his report to the Cabinet, cited negligence on the part of staff members responsible for system protection matters at the power station as a reason for the outages.

“What was very concerning to the team of engineers was that system settings had been changed, adjusting what is called the “˜earth fault setting,’ without the guidance of the supervising engineers. In instances, it was not clear who made the setting changes. These changes in settings precipitated the development of electrical faults which led to the tripping of the generators,” said Minister of State for Infromation, Sen. the Hon. Nigel Carty in a Cabinet Statement issued late Monday afternoon.

Kiawah To Invest $2B In St. Kitts Christophe Harbour

Breaking Ground At Christophe Harbour Development Photo By Erasmus Williams Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis November 17, 2008 (CUOPM) Chairman of Kiawah Development Partners, American Charles Pinckney (Buddy) Darby says global economic conditions will not deter his company from moving …

St. Kitts – Nevis Nationals’ Opinions Important

St. Kitts – Nevis PM Greets Nationals In New York City
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
November 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

The opinion of nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis residing overseas is important to the formulation of national policy.

So says St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas.

“My presence in any country around the world where there are large groups of our people has and will always be used to inform them of developments at home and importantly to hear from them what they are thinking so that their thoughts, their suggestions and ideas can form part of the body of opinion that impacts positively on policy development and formulation here in St. Kitts and Nevis,” said Prime Minister Douglas in response to questions from reporters at a recent news conference.

“There are also consular matters that nationals also bring to my attention and the attention of other ministers and their concerns give us the basis to have talks aimed at resolving those issues with officials of the host country through diplomatic channels,” said Dr. Douglas.