Category : Caribbean and World News

BELfund Spearheads Efforts To Reduce Unemployment

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...

U.S Experts To Discuss Hurricane Preparedness In Saint Lucia

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...

OECS Athletes Shine At CARIFTA Games

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...

Vehicle Catches Fire After Crash In Choiseul

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...

Access Denied – Man Upset Over CDC Apartment Lockout

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’...

Victim Of Fatal Police Shooting In Vieux Fort Identified

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...

L’Express Des Îles To Launch New Inter-Island Vessel

L’ Express des Îles has announced plans to launch its biggest-ever vessel to sail the Caribbean Sea. The launch will occur later this year. The company declared in a news release that it intends to redefine travel in the Caribbean with the new...

Victim Of Police Shooting In Vieux Fort Dies

A male individual whom police shot in Vieux Fort at about 11:00 am on Tuesday has died. Reports indicate that the shooting occurred after officers responded to a report of armed men in Bruceville. The officers recovered a firearm with an extended mag...

‘Moral Responsibility’ Campaign For Saint Lucia Carnival

Saint Lucia will see a ‘moral responsibility’ campaign for this year’s carnival amid concerns that the annual event has become heavily sexualised. The campaign announcement came from Dr. Ernest Hilaire, the Minister for Tourism, Inv...

‘No Plans’ For Secret U.S. Military Base In Guyana

White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby has declared no plans for a secret United States military base in Guyana. Kirby’s declaration came amid an ongoing border controversy involving Guyana and Venezuela. Venezuela clai...

Male Shot By Police In Vieux Fort

A male individual was in hospital after police shot him in Vieux Fort at about 11:00 am on Tuesday. Reports indicate that the shooting occurred after officers responded to a report of armed men in Bruceville. The officers recovered a firearm with an...

Saint Lucia’s Louise Victor-Frederick On CWI Board

Saint Lucia’s Louise Victor-Frederick is among three women Cricket West Indies (CWI) has appointed as independent directors on its Board. A CWI release described Victor-Frederick as a seasoned branding and communications strategist with a wealt...

Chastanet Warns Of Possible Visa-Free Fallout Over CIP

Opposition leader Allen Chastanet, citing security and transparency concerns regarding Saint Lucia’s Citizenship By Investment Programme (CIP), has declared that they could impact this country’s visa-free access to the United Kingdom and Europe. The...

Police Identify Body In Parked Vehicle In Vigie

Police have identified the deceased found in a parked vehicle near the George F.L. Charles airport fence at Vigie on Tuesday morning. A police statement identified him as 33-year-old Darrel Craige Deterville of Pavee, Castries. He had sustained gunsh...

‘Apparent Gunshot Wounds’ Found On Body In Car At Vigie

Police probing a report on Tuesday morning of a body in a car parked near the George F.L. Charles airport fence have disclosed that the male deceased had ‘apparent gunshot wounds.’ The vehicle’s registration number is PK 155. Shervo...