St. Kitts

Canada Approves CAD$7 Million For Debt Management

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank - St. Kitts

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank – St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
August 19, 2008

Member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) are to benefit from a Debt Management Advisory Service funded by the Government of Canada.

The Canadian Government through the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) has approved a contribution of seven million two hundred thousand Canadian dollars (CAD $7, 200,000.00) for the establishment of a “Canada – Eastern Caribbean Debt Management Advisory Service,” the St. Kitts – Nevis based Eastern Caribbean Central Bank said Tuesday.

The ECCB said the service is designed to support measures to improve debt management in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).

CIDA, represented by the Canadian High Commissioner for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, His Excellency Mr. David Marshall and Mr. Trevor O. B. Brathwaite, Deputy Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) on Monday noted the importance of debt management among the member countries of the Currency Union to enable the region to achieve a sustainable rate of economic growth.

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St. Kitts Saddle Fiesta To Bring Harmony In Community

The Jingle Bells String Band

The Jingle Bells String Band
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint KItts – Nevis
August 18, 2008 (CUOPM)

The 12th Annual Saddle Fiesta celebrations bring communities together to showcase their talents and should focus on the challenges the young people are facing.

Prime Minister and Parliamentary Representative, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas who officially opened the annual festival said the events should be used to bring unity and harmony among residents.

“Saddle Fiesta brings together the residents of the communities of Saddlers, Harris’, Lavington, Parsons, Lynches and Pogson and gives them the opportunity to celebrate. We enjoy ourselves in music, dance, other forms of demonstrations of our natural beauty and talents. It is a time when we show case what the young people can do. It brings out their creativity and natural beauty in song and social commentary via calypsos,” said Prime Minister Douglas at the official opening ceremony on the grounds of the Saddlers Primary School.

Dr. Douglas said bringing people from different communities together allows them to socialise and integrate and allows participants an opportunity “to laugh at each other, laugh with each other, laugh at themselves as we recall the days of fun that is part of our heritage that takes us back to our African ancestors.”

“It is a time when we focus on a number of current issues on the environment, health and the elderly. It also helps us to focus on the challenges that our young people are facing today. And out of all of that, we enjoy ourselves as we educate ourselves in some of these areas,” said Dr. Douglas.

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Prime Ministers Manning & Thomas To Visit St. Kitts

Patrick Manning - Trinidad and Tobago PM

Patrick Manning – Trinidad and Tobago PM

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

St. Kitts and Nevis‘ Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas has confirmed that his Trinidad and Tobago colleague, the Hon. Patrick Manning will visit Basseterre on Wednesday.

The visit by the Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister follows a meeting in Port of Spain, at which the leaders of four CARICOM countries declared their intent to establish a political union by 2013, insisting that their move would not be detrimental to the wider regional integration movement.

Prime Minister Hon. Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago, his St. Vincent and the Grenadines counterpart, Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Lucia, Hon. Stephenson King and the Grenada Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas last Thursday night affixed their signatures to a joint declaration.

This declaration also outlined their commitment to accelerating the establishment of a CARICOM Single Economy by 2011.

Dr. Douglas has confirmed that Prime Minister Manning, who will be accompanied by the Grenada Prime Minister Hon. Tillman Thomas, will travel to St. Kitts and Nevis after stops in Dominica to hold talks with Hon. Roosevelt Skerritt; Antigua and Barbuda to see Prime Minister Hon. Baldwin Spencer, and Montserrat to hold talks with Chief Minister Hon. Dr. Lowell Lewis to discuss the initiatives agreed at the mini-summit in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Eight Calypsonians Seek To Dethrone King Timba

Masquerade Dancers

Masquerade Dancers at Saddle Fiesta – St. Kitts
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
August 14, 2008 (CUOPM)

Eight Calypsonians will seek to dethrone reigning monarch King Timba when the Saddle Fiesta Kaiso Bacchanal is held on Friday night.

King Timba ““ Wendell Gumbs ““ will do battle against Mighty Joules (Jews Solis); Basil Patrick (King Bacca); Blind Genius (Glenville O’Loughlin); Lord Mat (Steve Mason); Lighter (Trevor); Mighty Goose (John Belle); Ras Money How (Armony Charles) and King Blazer (Paul Brian).

Each calypsonian will sing two selections on Friday night. The competition begins at 8:00 p.m. at Festival Village on the Saddlers Primary School grounds. The Grand Masters will play for the calypsonians.

The 12th Annual Saddle Fiesta kicks off this evening Thursday with the Official Opening Ceremony at the Saddlers Primary School Grounds.

Spokesman for the Saddle Fiesta Committee, Ms. Clarissa Langley said Prime Minister and Parliamentary Representative, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas will give brief remarks and officially declare the community festival. Village role model, Tamara Rubaine, an employee of the St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla National Bank is down to give the feature address.

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Travel Agency Refuses To Book St. Kitts Due To PETA

PETA – People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals For Immediate Release: August 13, 2008 Contact: Shalin Gala 757-622-7382 Naples, Fla. — Today, Get Out of Town Travel signed on to PETA’s travel boycott of St. Kitts over the deliberate …

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