NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (April 20, 2021) – Mr. Antonio “Abonaty” Liburd, Director of the Culturama Secretariat, has announced the launch of the Culturama 47 slogan competition.
Mr. Liburd is calling on persons to fashion their slogan entries to reflect the new COVID-compliant version of the Nevis annual summer festival.
“We would like to invite persons to submit entries for the Culturama 47 slogan competition.
“Since we will not be having a lot of feting and gyrating we want to move away from those types of slogans and have a more COVID-compliant slogan. Based on the existing times that we are living in we want you to be a little more creative in terms of your slogans.
“So we want the slogan for Culturama 47 to reflect the COVID-19 environment in which Culturama will be staged this year. I want to invite persons to be very creative because we are looking for you to bring out that creativity to reflect the times we are presently living in,” he said, reminding that the slogan should be catchy and minus any form of vulgarity or profanity.
Entries can be submitted to the Culturama Secretariat at the Cotton Ginnery Mall in Charlestown in person, or emailed to slogan@culturamanevis.com.
“There’s a lot at stake for submitting the winning slogan for Culturama 47.
“The winner of the slogan competition will get a cash prize of EC $500 and a plaque or trophy.
“That person would also get free passes if they wish to attend the festival events in person or if they prefer to stay at home and view Culturama online, they will also be given free access to do so,” he said.
The deadline for submissions is May 14, 2021.
Culturama 47 will take place from July 27 to August 03, 2021 and the number of events has been scaled back due to the existing COVID-19 protocols in place for events considered to be mass gatherings.
]]>Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 3rd, 2021 (ZIZ News) In a show of gratitude, the St. Kitts Methodist Men’s Commission donated a plaque to the Joseph N. France General Hospital on Tuesday.
The plaque was handed over by President of the commission, Anthony Jeffers.
He said the plaque donation is in recognition of the contribution of health care providers to the people of St Kitts and Nevis during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“On behalf of our Superintendent Minister the Reverend Mark Christmas and the St. Kitts Methodist community, we present this plaque to you in recognition of your unwavering commitment, hard work and professionalism. We pray and we ask that you all continue to be the kind of support that you all are, and indeed we are grateful and thankful to Almighty God for all of you.”
The plaque was received by Director of Institution Nursing Service at JNF, Kerry Williams.
She thanked the Methodist Men’s Commission for their donation.
“I would like to say by extension on behalf of the Ministry of Health and the Executive Management Committee of Institution Nursing Services a heartfelt thanks to the Sandy Point Methodist Men’s group for such a worthy contribution to the health care providers for all their hard work and contribution to the general public, so we thank you words can’t express how grateful we are thanks very much.”
The plaque reads “the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA ) Men’s Commission St. Kitts Circuit – presented to all health care providers of the IBHS Institutional Based Health Services in recognition and appreciation for its commitment and dedication in health care.”
]]>Basseterre, St. Kitts, February 18, 2021 (SKNIS): Thirty-seven (37) persons – 26 in vegetable and 11 in ornamental – are registered to participate in the 2021 National Backyard Garden Competition, an initiative by the Ministries of Tourism and Agriculture, aimed at encouraging more locally grown food.
During her appearance on Wednesday’s (February 17) edition of “Working for You” Shaline Welcome-Lewis, Community Tourism Officer said the competition, which was launched in October 2020, is designed to promote healthy eating, as well as to encourage persons to beautify their communities and homes.
“The project is to encourage the development of backyard gardening while increasing the awareness of healthier eating for persons with fresh daily consumption. We want to encourage locals to grow what they want to consume and with the economic impact that we would have all endured recently we want to ensure that persons can reduce their supermarket bills, they eat healthier and spend less,” said Mrs. Welcome-Lewis.
The competition will be judged on plant cultivation and health (40 points), layout (15 points), and environment (25 points). A bonus segment using drone footage will allow persons to score an extra five points.
Under plant cultivation and health, participants are required to implement and adopt creative measures, demonstrate proper use of the garden space, have healthy plants, as well as label plants properly so they can be easily identified, just to name a few.
Kyle Flanders, Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, said that the physical layout of the garden is an important component of the competition.
“We are going to look and see exactly how you decided to lay out your garden, where the footpaths are, and the organization of plants in the garden. We want to know if you are going to pair the plants properly and we want to know that you have clear, comfortable access to your overall garden,” said Mr. Flanders.
Mrs. Therez Ambrose-Versailles, Tourism Research Officer, stressed the use of recyclable materials as recycling can help to protect the environment.
“We want persons to utilize recyclable materials in their garden. We will be able to see the impact of the recycled materials used. [I want to see] the uniqueness when I enter your garden and what materials were used that I have never seen before. We want to have this wow factor when I enter your garden,” said Mrs. Ambrose-Versailles, adding that the sustainable aspect of the competition is important because “it is not about just gardening for a competition but to be able to feed yourself and your family.”
Participants hail from all around the island including St. Peter’s, Sandy Point, Half Way Tree, Old Road, and Newton Ground to name a few.
In the vegetable section, the top three competitors will be rewarded while the top two will be rewarded for ornamental. Some of the prizes include an irrigation system, wheelbarrow, gardening tool kit, plaque, basket, and gardening hose with control head.
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