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At The Pumps This Weekend Maximum Price ULG per gal 24/08/10 DELTA $13.97 SHELL $11.80 Year 53 NO. 14BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, W.I. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 2010 EC$2.00 TEXACO $11.93 Construction of St. Kitts’ New bridge linking St. Peter’s to F.T. multi-million dollar Williams Highway private jet facility to start completed, work February 2011 continues on new road Work continues on the new bridge. BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 26th 2010 (CUOPM) – Work has been completed on the construction of the new bridge over the College Street Ghaut in the area of the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport. The 22 meters wide and 20 meters long structure was completed last week, will link the new route leading to New Road and St. Peter’s (cont’d on page 2) Laptop: Stepping stone to upward mobility and BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 25TH 2010 (CUOPM) – Construction of St. Kitts’ multi-million empowerment dollar private jet facility at the Robert L. Bradshaw International Airport is to start in February next year. BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 26TH 2010 (CUOPM) – The U.K-based Veling Aviation (UK) limited Consultant, Michael Dingemans said construction firms or groups Government of St. Kitts and Nevis is set to launch the first phase of a of individuals and tradesmen will be able to register their interest and complete the required paper work. project that provides high school He said the main contractor will be selected by the end of the year and construction is scheduled to start and college students with their in February 2011. The first phase of the FBO Terminal is to be completed by August 2012. personal laptops by the end of “The project will be developed in several phases starting with an FBO terminal and VIP lounge as Phase the first term of the new school One. The initial and immediate size of the investment will be in the region of US$6 million. The phases to year. follow are (a) extension of the apron and (b) extension of the FBO Terminal,” Dingemans told government, Prime Minister and Minister Port Authority and private sector officials at the signing of an agreement between Veling and the St. Christopher of Finance, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA). Douglas said the laptops must Mr. Dingemans said Veling will use local contractors, craftsman and tradesman but this being a specialised be valued and viewed as the key project will also tap into international expertise. to intellectual liberation and “The principal objective is to build a product that can only enhance the country and its reputation as a academic advancement. premier tourist destination. This in turn will attract further foreign direct investment,” he said. “I urge all recipients, then, to The project is a Build Operate Transfer (BOT) project with a term of 30 years. The development will be in see them, and use them, as (cont’d on page 2) phases and will complement the overall development of St. Kitts and Nevis in the tourism and real estate sectors. The total investment may well be in the region of US$15-million to US$20-million, with a completion Be Prepared period of 10 to 15 years. HURRICANE SEASON 2010 “This project will lead to further investment in the country by (cont’d on page 3) PAGE 02 PAGE 03 COMMENTARY BY PAGE 19 Holeby generating sets VAT will make St. Kitts- * THE THINKING CITIZEN * VIEW PIONT mounted, installation Nevis More Competitive * EARL CLARKE in Global Environment begins * SOTTO VOCE 2 - OPINION / LOCAL NEWS - The Labour Spokesman FRIDAY, AUGUST 27TH 2010 Power Station to accommodate the Holeby generating sets four gensets, all of which will be in place and fully commissioned by the end of February 2011. mounted, installation Rooms housing the Motor THE SPOKESMAN - ESTABLISHED MAY 1957 Control Center, control panel and Published by: The St. Kitts-Nevis Trades & Labour Union begins medium voltage switchgear and office, the electrical annex, Ag. Managing Editor: Dawud Byron radiators for cooling and the fuel Masses House, Church Street treatment building to treat fuel for P.O Box 239 . Basseterre . St. Kitts . West Indies both HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil) and Tel: (1 869) 465-2229 <> Fa: (1 869) 466-9866 LFO (Light Fuel Oil) have been Email: [email protected] built. The two generators were Website: www.labourspokesman.com purchased at a cost of US$10,828,000 and the two expected later this year and to be commissioned by February next Editorial year were bought at a cost of US$11,031,000. The total cost for the four gensets is US$22 million. Photo shoes the storeroom, Motor Control Center and cooling The largest engine, a 7.6 MW A national system and fuel treatment building. (Photo by Erasmus Williams) set, was damaged by fire in 2008 BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, AUGUST 26TH 2010 (CUOPM) – The and two Caterpillars sets two new generators at the new Needsmust Power Plant have been purchased between 1989 and 1995 investment in our mounted on the concrete platform at the new Needsmust Power Plant. had to be removed from service The two 4.0MW Holeby gensets from MAN Diesel arrived on board due to their long history of failures the Antigua registered BBC Ukraine on Saturday and were mounted and problems, poor fuel efficiency advancement earlier this week. and extreme unreliability. Superintendent at the Needsmust Power Plant Mr. Kevin Bennett Between 2007 and 2011 the The results are in. The students of the nation are rejoicing at the said the engineers are presently connecting the high voltage cables Ministry of Public Utilities would CAPE and CXC results. The many nights of studies have paid off. from the alternator to the Switch Gear and the cables to the various panel have procured a total of seven (7) The preliminary results reflect that our teachers and parents need and fuel lines and radiator. 4.0MW Holeby engines costing to be commended for the preparation of our students and for the Civil works are continuing at the new site, east of the Needsmust approximately US$38.2 million. encouragement that they gave to our young people who sat the exams. While the glory goes to the students, these results reflect New bridge linking St. Peter’s to favourably on a policy of education of for all started by Comrades Bradshaw, Bryant and Mills more than forty years ago. They reveal that in St. Kitts-Nevis, the sons and daughters of ordinary men and F.T. Williams Highway completed... women share equal opportunities with all their peers. (cont’d from page 1) Our education system continues to show that it is a blessing for all. with the Shadwell Link Road on The skill-sets of our young people continue to amaze us as a the western side of the runway of nation. The good that continues to be showcased each year reveals the airport. that no matter the criticisms levelled against our youth; there is an Work is continuing on the drainage system and the 300 abundance of hope in our youth that must be further developed. meters road on the eastern and The accomplishments of our young people must never be western sides of the bridge. underemphasized and so this publication, along with the St Kitts- Base works have been Nevis Labour Party and the St. Kitts-Nevis Trades and labour Union, completed on one side of the road takes this opportunity to congratulate all 2010 examinations and as soon as the other side is candidates on their brilliant successes. done, asphalting of the entire new More than this, it takes greater insight and understanding to make road will begin. a good thing better. The education system today must continue to The existing curved road at the offer opportunities for advancement to all our children. end of the runway is to be closed Section of the new road leading to the BNFT Road. Now that we have offered comprehensive education, with a school when the new road is opened to (Photos by Erasmus Williams) feeding programme, free texts and subsidized uniforms to those traffic. Peter’s right along the western extremities of the airport and into the who need, the time has come for us to weigh the requirements of The new road will take BNTF Road leading to the new Shadwell round-a-bout onto the Frederick the age and see what else can be offered to fully prepare our children vehicular traffic to and from St. T. Williams Highway. for the academic excellence and future service to the nation? After having done this, the Labour led St. Kitts-Nevis Federal developed into our education in our nation’s history. We will admonished to view and value Government must be highly commended for its commitment to system by this government and see how our nation planted a seed the laptops “as the key to further sharpen the skill-sets of our young people by providing each the laptop distribution of faith in our youth and watered intellectual liberation and high school student with a laptop computer in this new academic programme. it with encouragements, and academic advancement. See year, starting with fifth-formers. It is our time to envision the God will grant us the increase. them and use them, as stepping The education policy of Bradshaw, Bryant and Mills will be greatness we can achieve and Soon and very soon, the stones to upward mobility and continued to be upheld as all our young people would be fully strategically work towards it. Let school bags will not just tote empowerment; as a path to equipped to cross the digital divide.