Coming of age
Subtitle: speeches by Hon Dr Denzil L. Douglas, prime minister of St Kitts and Nevis : the first two terms July 1995-October 2004
By: Denzil L. Douglas ; edited and introduced by Kenneth G. Tilley
Contributors: Tilley, Kenneth G.
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Kingston; Miami
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
ISBN-13: 9789766374020; 9789766373856
Subjects: Prime ministers; Politics and government
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Edwin W. Carrington; title: Acronyms; title: Biographical notes; title: Introduction / Kenneth G. Tilley; title: SETTING THE STAGE. Justice and fairness for all : Speech at the swearing-in ceremony of government ministers, Basseterre, Warner Park, July 6, 1995; title: Rebuilding a nation of beauty, peace, and love : First official speech to the nation, ZIZ Television & Radio, August 2, 1995; title: NATIONAL SECURITY. Reform process showing results : Address at the twenty-fifth passing-out parade of recruits, Basseterre, Police Training Complex, October 24, 1996; title: Embodiment of the St Kitts-Nevis defence force : Statement in the National Assembly during debate on the St Christopher and Nevis Defence Force Act, 1997, Baseterre, July 8, 1997; title: Transnational crime requires transnational solultions : Statement at the twentieth special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the world drug problem, New York, June 8, 1998; title: Community policing the way of the future ; Address at the twenty-eighth passing-out parad of recruits, Basseterre, Police Training Complex, APril 15, 1999; title: 'Silly season' is upon us : Address to the nation, ZIZ Television & Radio, January 30, 2000; title: You must rise to the occasion : Address to police officers concerning the Carifesta celebrations, Baseterre, Police Headquarters, August 18, 2000; title: Cooperation is making a difference : Address at the opening of the Maritime Counter-Drug Operations Conference, Frigate Bay, Jack Tar Village Resort, February 18, 2002; title: 'Country above self' : Address to the officers' mess dinner of the Royal St Christopher and Nevis Police Force, Frigate Bay, The Royal St Kitts Hotel, February 22, 2002; title: Institutional strengthening a priority : Address on the occasion of the thirty-first passing-out parade of recruits, Basseterre, Police Training Complex, March 27, 2003; title: HOUSING AND LAND. Empowerment through affordable homes : Speech at the ground-breaking ceremony for low income homes, East Basseterre, January 15, 1997; title: Some good form Horricane Georges : Address at the hand-over of the first NEMA starter home, St Paul's Village, March 18, 1999; title: Everyone can own a piece of the rock : Address at the official hand-over of keys of the ICS-built starter houses, Saddlers Village, March 25, 1999; title: Champion of the ordinary man : Brief remarks at the hand-over of certificates of title under the Village Lands Freehold Purchase Act, Basseterre, Factory Social Centre, November 9, 1999; title: Diversifying agriculture a massive challenge ; Remarks at the signing of leases by farmers at Fahies Settlement, Fahies Outreach Centre, April 15, 2003; title: THE ECONOMY. Greater public/private sector cooperation required : Feature address to the St Kitts & Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Basseterre, Fort Thomas Hotel, August 2, 1995; title: God and other help those who help themselves : Speech to the nation in the aftermath of Hurricane Luis, ZIZ Radio & Television and VON Radio, September 7, 1995; title: Small island state face special economic challenges ; Presentation at the thirteenth meeting of the Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development, Washington, DC, June 12, 1996; title: Sugar prospects bright : Remarks at the 1996 annual general meeting of the Sugar Association of the Caribbean, St Kitts, Fort Thomas Hotel, November 8, 1996; title: A significant accomplishment : Address marking achievement of the target of 30,000 tons of sugar by the St Kitts Sugar Manufacturing Corporation, Basseterre, SSMC Offices, July 11, 1997; title: A half century of achievement : Congratulatory remarks at the fiftieth anniversary banquet of the St Kitts & Nevis chamber of Industry and Commerce, Nevis, Four Seasons Hotel, June 19, 1999; title: Another ambitious development : Address at the opening of the new offices of the Whitegate Development Corporation, Dieppe Bay, Old School, February 12, 2000; title: Soaring oil prices necessitate rate increases : Statement to the National Assembly, Basseterre, July 18, 2000; title: Poverty alleviation strategies : Address at the National Consultation on the Country POverty Assessment Report, Basseterre, Ocean Terrace Inn, November 9, 2000; title: The inportance of social capital : Speech at the opening ceremony of the sixth annual Conference of Development, St Kitts, eastern Caribbean Central Bank, October 8, 2001; title: Federation removed from FATF blacklist : Remarks to the nation, Basseterre, SKNIS Studios, Government Headquarters, June 24, 2002; title: Achieving a single market & economy : Address to the annual private sector banquet of the St Kitts-Nevis Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Frigate Bay, Marriott Resort, July 12, 2003; title: HEALTH CARE AND HIV/AIDS. Mounting an effective national response to HIV/AIDS : Address at the presentation of the draft 'Situation and Response Analysis; title: -National AIDS Programme,' Basseterre, Ocean Terrace Inn, October 25, 2000; title: Health issues in the Caribbean : Address at the opening session of the Mona Academic Conference 2001, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, August 31, 2001; title: Multi-level assault needed to combat HIV?AIDS : Address to the tenth International Conference for People Living with HIV?AIDS, Trinidad, Hilton Hotel, October 27, 2001; title: Medicine 2000 and beyond; title: -Knowledge and practice : Address to the UWI Medical Alumni Sixth Reunion Conference, St Kitts, Jack Tar Village Resort, November 7, 2001; title: Doctors must play a bigger role in the fight against HIV?AIDS : Address to the St Kitts-Nevis Medical Association on HIV?AIDS in the Caribbean Region, Basseterre, Ocean Terrace Inn, January 25, 2003; title: Good health care critical to the country's development : Remarks at the official opening of new wards at the Joseph N. France General Hospital, Basseterre, January 30, 2003; title: Nurses deserve more recognition : Remarks at the launching of the Caribbean Nurses Year of Celebration, Frigate Bay, Marriott Resort, May 19, 2003; title: EDUCATION. Tertiary education critical to national development : Address at the graduation ceremony, College of Further Edcation, St Kitts, November 21, 1995; title: An opportunity to earn as you learn : Address at the official launch of the National Work Experience Programme, Basseterre, Fort Thomas Hotel, December 1, 1995; title: Invitation to locate a UWI campus in St Kitts : Speech at the opening ceremony of the UWI Level I Programmes, Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College, Basseterre, January 29, 1998; title: Retraining fo rthe new economy : Remarks at the recognition ceremony for participants of Phase I of the Rural Adult Education Programme, Newton Ground Primary School, February 21, 2002; title: Internet access ket to competitiveness : Remarks at the launch of Free Internet Access for All Schools, Clarence Fitzroy Bryant College, Basseterre, March 15, 2002; title: Fighting poverty through educaiton : Address at the graduation ceremony of students who studied in Cuba, Basseterre, McKnight Community Centre, August 22, 2004; title: TOURISM. Cruise ship tourism set to grow : Address at the official opening of Port Zante, Basseterre, June 12, 1997; title: 'Caribbean Arts and Culture...Reflecting, Consolidating, Moving On! : Welcome and opening address at CARIFESTA VII, Basseterre, Warner Park, August 17, 2000; title: Marriott and Royal Group developme first championship golf course in St Kitts : Remarks at the signing of the agreement , Frigate Bay Development Corporation Centre, Frigate Bay, February 8, 2001; title: Sugar train links tourism and agriculture : Remarks at the official launch of the St Kitts Scenic Railway, Needsmust Station, March 6, 2003; title: MEDIA/TELECOMMUNICATIONS. The responsibilities of a free media : Address at the launch of VON Radio's News Service, Nevis, December 1, 1995; title: Catching up to the infocom revolution ; Feature address at the opening ceremony of the first meeting of the standing committee of CARICOM Information Ministers, St Kitts, Jack Tar Village Resort, December 14, 1995; title: Building the foundation for a new telecommunications environment : Address at the Telecommunications Reform Sector Policy Conference, Basseterre, Ocean Terrace Inn, January 24, 1999; title: A milestone in telecoms liberalisation : Brief address at the official opening of the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority Office, Castries, St Lucia, June 3, 2002; title: Democracy requires open airwaves : Address on the forty-second anniversary of ZIZ Radio and the launch of Big Wave 96.7 FM, Springfield, ZIZ Broadcasting Corp., March 5, 2003; title: NEVIS. A new era in the St Kitts-Nevis relationship : Address at the opening ceremony of the Federal Office, Charlestown, Nevis, June 24, 1996; title: One people bonded by blood, history, and culture statement during the National Assemby sitting on the proposed secession of Nevis, Basseterre, July 16, 1996; title: Constitutional reform can address concerns : Extracts form a press conference at Government Headquarters following the unanimous vote by the Nevis Island Assembly on the second reading of the Secession Bill, Basseterre, October 16, 1997; title: Finding a way forward : Address to a joint meeting of the St Kitts & Nevis National Assembly and the Nevis Island Administration, St Kitts, Ministry of Finance Conference Room, February 18, 2003; title: Recent constitutional developments : Address to the National Assembly concerning Nevis' call for another referendum in independence, Basseterre, September 18, 2003; title: SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS). Small Island Developing State and food security : Statement to the World Food Summit, ROme, Italy, November 16, 1996; title: Where'e the fairness in Fair Trade? : Extract from a statement at the opening of the general debate of the fifty-second United Nations General Assembly, New York, September 29, 1997; title: Progress report on the Barbados Programme of Action : Address to the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Small Island Developing States, New York, September 27, 1999; title: SIDS can't be guinea pigs and dumping grounds : Feature address to the first technical workshop on the Cartegena Protocol on Biodiversity and Small Island States, St Kitts, December 4, 2000; title: REGIONAL AFFAIRS. ECCB critical to regional integration : Remarks at the handing-over ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Monetary Council, ECCB Headquarters, St Kitts, July 15, 1996; title: Regional integration will begin with uneven development : Address to the twenty-seventh meeting of the Authority of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, St Lucia, November 19, 1996; title: Report by the outgoing chairman; title: -OECS : Addres to the twenty-ninth meeting of the OECS Aughority, St Lucia, January 13, 1998; title: Rerport by the outgoing chairman; title: -CARICOM : Address to the twenty-first meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Carenage Bay Beach and Golf Club, July 2, 2000; title: Twentieth anniversary of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States : Address to the nation, ZIZ Radio & Television, June 18, 2001; title: Another milestone on the path to a single OECS financial and economic space : Speech at the opening of the Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange, St Kitts, ECCB, October 19, 2001; title: It's time to make OECS Economic Union a reality : Remarks at the thirty-fifth meeting of the OECS Authority, Anguilla, Mallihouna Hotel, January 30, 2002; title: Pulling together as one : Address to the thirty-seventh meeting of the OECS Authority, Antigua and Barbuda, April 24, 2003; title: INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. Caribbean under-represented in OAS : Address to the twenty-sixth regular session of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States, Panama, June 5, 1996; title: Small Island States need special consideration : Speech at the fifty-first session of the United Nations General Assembly, New York, October 4, 1996; title: Welcome to our staunchest friends and supporters : Address on the occasion of the visit of the Premier of the Republic of China, St Kitts, RLB International Airport, September 3, 2001; title: ST KITTS-NEVIS LABOUR PARTY/ST KITTS-NEVIS TRADES AND LABOUR UNION. This is labour's time : Address to the Annual General Convention of the St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party, Basseterre, Masses House, May 19, 1996; title: Triprtism the way of the future : Address to the annual delegates Conference of the St Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Unon, Basseterre, October 27, 1996; title: All eight; title: -nothing less! : Speech at the sixty-seventh St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party Conference, Basseterre, May 1999; title: Sitck by labour and labour will stick by you : Address to the sixtieth anniversary Conference of the St Kitts-Nevis Trades and Labour Union, Basseterre, Masses House, October 31, 1999; title: Whither the Caribbean working-class in the twenty-first century? : Address to the Unity Labour Party Convention, St Vincent and the Grenadines, November 28, 1999; title: None shall be left behind : Address to the annual National Conference of the St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party on its seventieth anniversary, Basseterre, Factory Social Centre, May 26, 2002.