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St. Kitts – Nevis PM Attends UN General Assembly

United Nations Flag Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis Septemeber 23, 2008 (CUOPM) St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas is to address the 63rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly …

Five Boys And One Girl Born on National Heroes Day

PM Douglas With Newborn Francisca George Figueroa and Son Larry
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 23, 2008 (CUOPM)

There were no Independence Baby 2008, but three days earlier National Heroes Day (September 16th), five boys and one girl were born at the Maternity Ward at the Joseph N. France General Hospital.

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, who went to the hospital following the Ceremonial Parade at the Football Stadium at Warner Park, was disappointed there was no Independence Baby when he visited and had hoped that by the end of the day there would have been at least one.

Dr. Douglas, who was greeted and escorted by Assistant Nurse Manager, Sis. Janet Williams, used the opportunity to congratulate five of the new mothers who had given birth on National Heroes Day and were still hospitalised.

They were Anita Charles of Back Street, Mansion who gave birth to 10 lb 6ozs, Jaden Athion Kiko Charles; Icilma Isaac of Stapleton Village and her baby 7lb. 12 ozs Javin Maliq Isaac; Francisca George Figueroa of Pitcairn Street, who named her baby boy, Larry Jensey Figueroa, who weighed 7 pounds 10 ozs; Bibishamshab Rahaman of Haynes Smith Village, whose 7 lb 4 ozs son is named Kenshin Slack; Melissa Hughes of Lodge, whose 7 lb 8 ozs little girl is named Shenique Hadara Arianna Hughes and Uretta Williams of Cistern Hill, St. Peter’s whose 10 lb 8 ozs bouncing baby boy is named Dominic Damion Isaiah Caleb.

Thousands View 25th Anniversary Ceremonial Parade

St. Kitts – Nevis Defence Force Platoon On Parade
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
September 23, 2008 (CUOPM)

Thousands of nationals, residents and foreign dignitaries attended last Friday’s Ceremonial Parade to mark the 25th Anniversary of Independence at the Warner Park Football Stadium.

Among the dignitaries were a Presidential Delegation from the Republic of China on Taiwan, headed by Chief Justice His Excellency Dr. In-Jaw Lai; United States Ambassador, Her Excellency, Mary M. Ourisman; France’s Ambassador, Her Excellency Michele Sauteraud; Russia’s Ambassador, His Excellency Victor Zotin and Mrs. Zotin; Canadian High Commissioner, His Excellency David Marshall and Mrs. Marshall; Asssiant Secretary General of the Organsiation of American States, His Excellency Albert Ramdin, British High Commissioner His Excellency Duncan Taylor and Mexico’s Ambassador, His Excellency Alonzo Losano Arrendondo as well as the Resident Ambassadors of Cuba, Venezuela, the Republic of China on Taiwan and the Honorary Consuls of Turkey, Austria, Italy, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica.

Units of the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force, the St. Kitts-Nevis Defence Force and the Cadet Corps along with the Boys Brigade, Seventh Day Adventist Pathfinders, the Majorettes, Boy Scouts, Boys Brigade, Fire Services, Girls Brigade, the Shadwell Overcomers and the Traffic Wardens were on parade.

PM Douglas Delivering Silver Jubilee Speech
Photo By Erasmus Williams

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

As St. Kitts and Nevis continues to celebrate 25 years as an Independent Nation, the twin-island’s Federation’s Prime Minister says the future will demand “vision and determination, self-awareness and self-mastery, courage, conviction, competence and compassion.”

“Nothing less will do,” declared Prime Minister Douglas as he delivered the Silver Anniversary Independence Message to thousands of nationals including visiting dignitaries attending the traditional Ceremonial Parade at the Football Stadium at Warner Park.

The St. Kitts and Nevis leader pointed out that at this stage of the Federation’s development, “we must now ““ all of us ““ place as much emphasis on developing our intangible assets as we have been on developing our very important, tangible assets ““ our physical infrastructure. We must do so because it is the powerful intangible assets like discipline and determination; initiative and perseverance; fair play and integrity; respect for self, and for others, that determine the fate of a nation. It is these powerful intangibles that determine which societies realize their potential ““ which people truly become masters of their own destiny.”

St. Kitts – Nevis PM Pays Tribute To National Leaders

St. Kitts – Nevis – PM Denzil Douglas

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

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has paid tribute to national leaders who played a role in the attainment of independence for the twin-island Federation.

“These are the tasks that have preoccupied us thus far. Our coming of age as a people was marked by the determination ““ and the success ““ of the Rt. Excellent Sir Robert Llewellyn Bradshaw, the Rt. Excellent Sir Caleb Azariah Paul Southwell, and the Rt. Excellent Sir Joseph N. France at winning for every Kittitian and Nevisian the right to vote, despite others’ determination to keep us vote-less. It was marked by their determination ““ and success – at winning for every Kittitian and Nevisian the right to a secondary education despite others’ determination to keep us locked out, uneducated and uninformed. It was marked by their determination ““ and success – at winning for every Kittitian and Nevisian social security during old age despite others’ indifference to the shame and destitution that gripped our forebears by the thousands when they became too old to earn their daily bread,” St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas said in his 25th Anniversary Address to the Nation during the Ceremonial Parade. It was the first time since 1996, that the Independence Message was delivered at the Ceremonial Parade.