- 8 months ago
Deputy Police Commissioner Ronald Phillip on Friday expressed confidence that the police acted lawfully in a shooting on Tuesday that led to the death of a teenager. Nineteen-year-old Jay-Z Joseph succumbed following the Vieux Fort incident. The Depu...
- 8 months ago
Caribbean countries have been ramping up health and safety measures as they prepare for significant events, including Carnivals and the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup. According to an Organisation of Eastern Car...
- 8 months ago
On Saturday, 6th April, 2024, in honor of its 60th Anniversary, the United Workers Party hosted a historic gala fundraiser under the theme “All that Glitters Is Gold”. It was attended by several Opposition leaders from the region, party members and s...
- 8 months ago
A Dennery Segment Show and National Junior Panorama Festival are among the new events launched for Lucian Carnival 2024. During the press launch of Lucian Carnival 2024 held on Thursday, April 4, at Sandals Grande, Chairperson of the Carnival Plannin...
- 8 months ago
The Regional Security System (RSS) Unity Exercise 2024 (UNEX 24), currently underway in Saint Lucia, simulated a gang fight at a music festival. According to an RSS Facebook page post, UNEX ’24 participants responded to the simulated gang fight...
- 8 months ago
American football star and actor O.J. Simpson has died at the age of 76, his family has confirmed. “On April 10, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer,” the family said in a statement posted to Simpson...
- 8 months ago
Police do not suspect foul play in the death of an ailing man in Ciceron, Castries. Residents identified the deceased as Edison Charlemagne. He was in his fifties and was found dead at his home. Charlemagne’s long-time friend Paul Stephen, reca...
- 8 months ago
On Tuesday, Guy Joseph, the first deputy political leader of the opposition United Workers Party (UWP), declared a grave crisis regarding Saint Lucia’s crime situation. Addressing a news conference, Joseph expressed concern that the Island had...
- 8 months ago
The mother of a teenager Jay-Z Joseph, who died after police shot him in Vieux Fort on Tuesday, wants answers regarding the incident. ” Up to today, I have not gotten any answers yet,” Noelita Wells told reporters on Thursday. Wells ackno...
- 8 months ago
Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment Minister Hon. Joachim Henry is championing a new era of inclusivity in the granting of loans by BELfund, aimed at empowering traditionally marginalized Saint Lucians and fostering small business development to...
- 8 months ago
United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) experts will visit Saint Lucia on April 19 to discuss hurricane preparedness. The visitors will also discuss hurricane resilience and how people can become weather-ready ahead of the hurricane season, whi...
- 8 months ago
by Terry Finisterre The 11-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States garnered a total of 32 medals at the CARIFTA Games, held at the Kirani James Athletics Stadium in St George’s, Grenada, over the Easter weekend, 30 March to 1 April. The...
- 8 months ago
A Suzuki Swift caught fire after running off the road at River Doree, Choiseul, resulting in injuries to its four occupants. Emergency responders from the Vieux Fort Fire Station responded with a fire appliance and an ambulance after receiving a call...
- 8 months ago
James Polius was an unhappy man on Tuesday when he visited his deceased mother’s CDC Block W apartment in Castries and found himself locked out. “I come in there – I seeing two locks on the doors where I cannot enter my mother’...
- 8 months ago
Police have identified the victim of a fatal officer-involved shooting in Vieux Fort on Tuesday as Jay-Z Joseph. According to a police release, the nineteen-year-old was a New Village, Castries, resident. The release said officers had responded to re...
