St. Kitts

Christian Council Embraces HIV/AIDS Counseling

St. Kitts - Nevis Health Minister - Rupert Herbert

St. Kitts – Nevis Health Minister – Rupert Herbert
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 31, 2008 (SKNIS)

The Ministry of Health through funding from the Pan Caribbean Partnership on HIV/AIDS and UNAIDS has assisted the Christian Council in organizing a workshop designed to sensitize faith-based marriage counselors on issues relevant to HIV/AIDS counseling.

President of the St. Kitts Christian Council, Rev Fr. Isaiah Phillip said his organisation felt that the three-day “Capacity Building for Pre-Marriage Counselors” workshop was necessary.  He said that this was because the earliest work that the faith-based organization did pertaining to HIV/AIDS in the mid 1980s revealed that often the issues pertaining to the pandemic, disease in general, and people’s response, depended on the connection with their faith.  As such, it was felt necessary to increase the information and understanding of the faith leaders in order to make as broad a Christian response as possible to the pandemic.

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Commonwealth Meeting To Be Held In St. Kitts – Nevis

Meeting To Promote Respect & Understanding Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis October 31, 2008 (SKNIS) Representatives from across the region will convene in St. Kitts – Nevis in November for a four-day conference designed to promote “respect and understanding.” The “Consultative …

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National Assembly Speaker Thanks Taiwan’s Ambassador

Curtis Martin With Taiwan Ambassador

Curtis Martin With Taiwan Ambassador (R)
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
October 31, 2008 (CUOPM)

Speaker of the St. Kitts and Nevis National Assembly, the Hon. Curtis Martin says the twin-island Federation desires to cement its relationship with the Republic of China on Taiwan.

Speaker Martin, who led a three-man delegation to National Day activities in Taipei, gave the Taiwanese President this commitment, when the delegation paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Dr. Ma Ying-jeou.

“We reiterated that in the future, we will continue to make every effort to speak on behalf of Taiwan in support of meaningful participation for Taiwan in international organisations. A special appeal was made for President Ma to visit the Federation sometime in the near future. From all indicators, President Ma looks forward to being here,” he told the National Assembly during its recent sitting, in the presence of Taiwan’s Resident Ambassador of the Republic of China on Taiwan, His Excellency Rong-Chuan Wu.

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