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St. Kitts and Nevis Leads the Caribbean In Year 57 NO. 01BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, W.I. FRIDAY, JUNE 06th 2014 EC$2.00 At The Pumps This Weekend Maximum Price ULG per gallon - Dated : 27/05/14 DELTA $16.68 / SOL $15.76 US$40US$40 millionmillion hotel/condohotel/condo projectproject atat Pirate’sPirate’s Nest,Nest, FrigateFrigate BayBay beginsbegins BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, Mr. Ho. Minister the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil L. (CUOPM) – Clearing of the land The development, which is Douglas noted that tourism is a for the US$40 million 246-room expected to become a part of the most competitive area of hotel/condo Pirate’s Nest in vibrant tourism infrastructure endeavour and his government Frigate Bay has begun. coming out of the policies that the decided years ago to enter it with Project Manager Mr. Lung Ho St. Kitts-Nevis Labour a clear and confident competitive told the Communications Unit in Administration has encouraged spirit. the Office of the Prime Minister and facilitated, will be built on a “The developments that (CUOPM) on Wednesday of this 7.1 acre site. continue to go up on this island is week that heavy equipment is on Forty-one condominium units evidence that we have created a the site. will be contained in six independent winning combination of business “We are cutting the roads and buildings each with three floors. and other policies,” Prime Minister removing the debris and Speaking at the ground vegetation in preparation for the breaking ceremony in December (cont’d on page 13) An artiste’s impression of Pirate’s Nest. building of the foundations,” said last year, St. Kitts and Nevis’ Prime New CDB Chairman PM Douglas St. Kitts and Nevis Promises To Exceed Standard Welcomes FBI set by Guyana’s Finance Minister violent and gang-related Assistance crimes.” BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, Development Bank (CDB), has the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas as Basseterre, St. Kitts, “We welcome the (CUOPM) – The 27-member appointed the Federation’s Prime (SKNIS): The expertise of Barbados-based Caribbean Minister and Minister of Finance, (cont’d on page 02) intervention of the FBI to offer agents from the Federal this specialized training to our Bureau of Investigation (FBI) law enforcement officers to has been welcomed in St. Kitts enable them not only to and Nevis as they arm local respond to active threat security personnel with events but to enable them in advanced techniques in Active the execution of their duties Shooter and Intelligence to be effective and skillful in Gathering. using the evidence, the Head of the Anti-Crime information and intelligence Unit in the Office of the Prime available from all sources in Minister H.E. Astona Browne investigating and preventing said the June 3 to 5 course is violent crimes,” Mrs. Browne “timely” as it “enhances the told the participants capacity of law enforcement comprising of supervisors officers to develop the skills within the Royal St. necessary to identify traits and Christopher and Nevis Police behaviours in the individual, President of Guyana, His Excellency Donald Ramotar (second left) and Prime Minster of St. Kitts and (and) is part of a proactive Nevis, the Rt. Hon. Dr. Denzil Llewellyn Douglas (right) with CDB’s Vice-President (Corporate Services) and Bank Secretary, Yvette Lemonias-Seale approach in dealing with (cont’d on page 3) COMMENTARY BY Dwyer Astaphan: PAGE 20 * TRADE UNION NEWS “The whole of Basseterre would have have * THE THINKING CITZEN been decimated and thousands of persons * CANON PERCIVAL * SO TELL killed in PAM’s June 10, 1967 attempted * EARL CLARKE coup 2 - OPINION / LOCAL NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, JUNE 06TH 2014 New CDB Chairman PM Douglas Promises To Exceed Standard THE SPOKESMAN - ESTABLISHED MAY 1957 Published by: The St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union set by Guyana’s Finance Minister Ag. Managing Editor: Dawud Byron Masses House, Church Street (cont’d from page 1) audience that the successful focused on maintaining relevance recovery of St. Kitts and Nevis’ P.O Box 239 . Basseterre . St. Kitts . West Indies to its constituents, improve on economy was due to the efficiency and responsiveness. Tel: (1 869) 465-2229 <> Fa: (1 869) 466-9866 the new Chairman of regional innovativeness and unyielding “Further, the Bank should seize Email: [email protected] lending institution. support of the CDB, he said that the present and emerging Website: www.labourspokesman.com Outgoing Chairman, Guyana’s based on the confidence opportunities to expand the use of Minister of Finance, His Excellency expressed by members to elect him the Policy Based Loan and Dr. Ashni Singh made the to such an important position, the guarantee instruments to announcement at the closing St. Kitts-Nevis leader said he implement new products tailored Editorial ceremony of the 44th Annual would strive to ensure the Bank’s to the needs of the clientele it Board of Governors Meeting held objectives are achieved and its serves…The Bank must enhance at the Guyana International agenda for change realised. its systems to ensure full Conference Centre last week. Kaieteur News reported Prime integration of the wealth of LABOUR - The Guyana’s newspaper, Kaieteur Minister Douglas as saying: information generated by its News, reported that Prime Minister “Going forward, the Bank will need reports.” Douglas in extending his heartfelt to accelerate the pace of Prime Minister Douglas lauded appreciation to the outgoing disbursements in respect of his predecessor, Dr. Singh for his Education Party Chairman said that as the projects that were already valuable contributions when he stakeholders of the CDB embrace In last week’s editorial (Labour Leads) we highlighted several approved by the Board of served as CDB Chairman and the fact that change is inevitable, Directors some years ago. The points concerning the IMF report on our nation’s performance promised to uphold, if not exceed, it is important for the financial disbursement rate is critical to the the standard set by Guyana’s over the three-year period of the Stand By Arrangement with institution to act as a catalyst to bottom line of the Bank and can Finance Minister. them. We also mentioned, very briefly, some of the areas in which help the Caribbean region in the make a real difference in the growth St. Kitts and Nevis is to host Labour has played a leadership role, both at home and abroad, in adaptation process. prospects of borrowing member the next Board of Governors creating and implementing sound programmes which have led to While confessing to his states. The Bank has to be more Meeting in May 2015. the benefit of our people and the general advancement of St Kitts and Nevis. Education is one of the areas in which Labour has always played a leadership role. That fact was reinforced on Wednesday establishment of the senior schools system to mentioned at this time. 28 May, 2014 when the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College launched our country. Mrs. Andrews-Edwards later went Readers will recall that it was Labour who, in the two new programmes and certain enhancements to a third. on to become the first Lady Speaker of early and mid-nineteen-sixties (1960s) drew up plans Through the Division of Health Sciences (Nursing Education Parliament in the region. for and eventually made secondary education available Department) the college will now offer a Bachelor of Science Under the political leadership and direction nation-wide, and on a free basis. The work of true (BSc) Degree in Nursing, and, through the Division of Teacher of, first the late Sir Joseph France, KCMG and leaders, it sparked an educational revolution region- wide. Indeed, social scientists and commentators Education, a Post Graduate Diploma in Education (Secondary). then Mr. Clarence Fitzroy Bryant, they were throughout The Commonwealth spoke and wrote of These awards will be validated and awarded by The University also responsible for, and involved with, the our education system as being a major achievement, of The West Indies. establishment of an Evening Institute for Adults, not only by a Caribbean Government, but by any Additionally, the Level One (first year) offerings of several the upgrading of technical education at The developing country in the world. UWI bachelors degree programmes will be greatly improved in Grammar School, the introduction of Specifically it was recorded that our arrangements such areas of study as Accounting, Economics, International commercial education in all secondary schools, for infant and junior education reached easily into every Relations, Management Studies, Sociology, Political Science, Pubic as well as for the introduction of our free home in every town and village throughout the country, Administration, Marketing, Psychology, Mathematics, Human secondary education programme, the first in that the proportion of children receiving high school Resource Management, Finance and Law. the region. education was higher than anywhere else in the British The realisation of these accomplishments is no accident. For a From the early to late-nineteen sixties they were Caribbean, that the curricula at primary and secondary levels and in the colleges were broad-based, modern fact, the attainment of such milestones is due to Labour and our also involved with the establishment of our Nursing and forward looking, and provided up-to-date and visionary approach to development over the years, founded in the School, our Teachers’ College and our Technical College. Several of those involved were Matron relevant information to our students. It was also that needs and aspirations of our people and our country. As always case that we already had a first-class Teacher Training we consider it an opportune moment at which to pause, reflect, Walwyn, Assistant Matron Williams, Sister Hicks and Sister Byron-Dickinson; and, at the Technical College and Technical College, whose graduates were and recognise some of those who ploughed the hard ground and College, persons like Mr.
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