St. Kitts

Nevis Health Minister Calls For Public’s Support

Nevis Health Minister - Hensley Daniel

Nevis Health Minister – Hensley Daniel

Charlestown, Nevis
April 18, 2008

Minister of Health in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) Hon. Hensley Daniel urged the Nevis public to give full support to the programmes of the HIV/AIDS Unit on the island given the social and economic cost of the disease.
 
The Minister was at the time addressing the situating with regard to HIV/AIDS on Nevis during a sitting of the Nevis Island Assembly in Charlestown on April 15, 2008.
 
He said the disease required continue efforts at the school, family and community level and as such it was of absolute importance that he brought the matter to the attention of the general public, given the impact HIV/AIDS had on the population and it’s potential to destroy the social and economic fabric of the society.
 
“The challenge we have in this small country is that the strong socio cultural norms continue to drive the epidemic. These norms continue to allow for the early sexual debut and multi sexual partners. As such the HIV/AIDS Unit has developed the ABC approach ““ Abstinence, behaviour change and Condom Use.

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St. Kitts – Nevis Foreign Service Officers To Visit Taiwan

The following is a press release from the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs
 
Foreign Service Officers to be hosted by Taiwanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

On the 18th of April 2008, three representatives from the Federation will depart for the Republic on China (Taiwan) where they will be hosted by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  Ms. Karina Phillips, Nyian Farrell and Angelica Elliott will represent the Federation and participate in the “2008 Seminar for Diplomats from the Caribbean Region.”

The Seminar will be conducted by Taiwan’s Foreign Service Institute and will include lectures by high level officials.  Subject matters will include the Foreign Policy of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Straits, the Learning of Basic Chinese and the development of Small Enterprises and Agriculture on Taiwan.   The seminar will also include tours of centers of cultural importance and meet and greets with other Foreign Service officials.

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UK Gives US$1.2 Million Grant To PANCAP

PANCAP Meeting Members

PANCAP Meeting Members
Photo By Erasmus Williams

Basseterre, Saint Kitts – Nevis
April 17, 2008 (CUOPM)

The United Kingdom Department of International Development (DFID) is pumping US$1.2 million into the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP).

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on Wednesday between St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas and the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) Representative, Jane Armstrong, during the Opening Ceremony of the 10th Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) at the Royal St. Kitts Hotel and Casino.

The grant of £600,000 (about US$1.2 million) to PANCAP is to support its core budget until June 2009.

“This contribution by DFID represents the first practical commitment to the principle of pooled funding that PANCAP has advocated for some time now; and we applaud DFID for this pioneering effort,” said Prime Minister Douglas when he delivered the feature address.

Dr. Douglas used the opportunity to place on record his personal thanks and those of his colleague Prime Ministers to the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the European Union (EU), German Development Bank, The Global Fund, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), United States Government and the World Bank for the funding support provided through PANCAP since its birth in 2001.

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St. Kitts & Nevis In Young Diplomats Program In Turkey

The following is a press release from the Ministry of Foriegn Affairs

St. Kitts & Nevis to be represented at 14th International Young Diplomats Program in Turkey

Mr. Eustace T. Wallace, Foreign Service Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is set to travel to Ankara, Turkey on Saturday to participate in the 14th International Young Diplomats Program being coordinated by the Foreign Service Training Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.

St. Kitts & Nevis will be among 48 countries participating in this six week program and it promises to be one that will enhance our own capacity in the areas of understanding Turkish foreign policy, culture, history as well as the art of diplomacy, negotiation, protocol and international politics in that key area of the world.  The program is premised on Turkey’s promise to emphasize the improvement of relations with relatively young states who are desirous of establishing a strong and effective foreign service to act as a bulwark of national growth.

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Getting to Nevis Just Got Easier Via Delta Airlines

Delta Airlines Flights To St. Kitts Nevis  Charlestown, Nevis April 16, 2008  Got this in my email today from Delta Airlines / Northwest Airlines.  Due to the “hopefully” upcoming merger between these two airlines, getting to Nevis will be easier …

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