This past Saturday, a hawksbill sea turtle nest was discovered by a member of the Christophe Harbour Security Team in the parking area of the Beach House Restaurant. With a quick call to the Sea Turtle Hotline, the St. Kitts Sea Turtle Monitoring Network (SKSTMN) first responders were quick to arrive on the scene. Together, the SKSTMN first responders and members of the Christophe Harbour team relocated the nest, containing 118 ping-pong-ball-sized eggs, to a safer location on Turtle Beach. The SKSTMN team will carefully monitor the eggs during the 60 day incubation period and excavate the nest once the hatchlings emerge to determine hatch success.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts - NevisNovember 19, 2009 (SKNIS)

The Christophe Harbour Development Company is the latest entity to step forward to support the St. Kitts and Nevis National Carnival 2009/2010.

At a recent handing over ceremony, the company’s Director of Government and Community Relations, Ellis Hazel, said that carnival is an annual celebration of what is uniquely Kittitian and Nevisian.

“We see carnival as an important activity in the development of St. Kitts as a destination and so we are pleased to be afforded the opportunity to make what I consider to be a very kind contribution, especially given the trying economic circumstances,” he said.

Senior Accountant, McNish Jeffers, then presented the sponsorship...