Category : Caribbean and World News

- 4 months ago

Great Shape! Inc. And Sandals Foundation Transform Lives

The Sandals Foundation, in collaboration with Great Shape! Inc., recently completed the 1000 Smiles Dental Project in St. Lucia, bringing essential dental care and bright smiles to the local community. From July 19th to August 2nd, 2024, this initiat...

- 4 months ago

ICAR Gets $20,000 To Commemorate Marcus Garvey’s Legacy

On August 16, 2024, the Iyanola Council for the Advancement of Rastafari (ICAR), organisers of celebrations marking the birthdate of Marcus Garvey, received $EC 20,000 from Prime Minister Phillip J. Pierre on behalf of the Government and people of Sa...

- 4 months ago

Windwards settle for 2-day draw

Both teams will have been disappointed with their latest result in the West Indies Rising Stars Men’s Under-17 2-Day Championship, as Windward Islands and Jamaica played to a draw. The Jamaicans picked up their first points of the competition,...

- 4 months ago

Youth basketball showcase at Beausejour this week

Six teams, including the defending champions from Trinidad & Tobago, are battling for youth basketball supremacy at the Beausejour Indoor Facility this week. The third annual Aloysius ‘Loloy’ Daniel Youth Classic Tournament will run until Friday...

- 4 months ago

Historic triple ton sets up massive Saint Lucia win

Following a historic triple hundred by former West Indies Under-19 cricket captain Ackeem Auguste, Dominica gave up the ghost in the second innings of their three-day Under-23 Bilateral Series match against Saint Lucia. The visitors succumbed to 124...

- 4 months ago

Vincentian Prime Minister Dines With Vybz Kartel

Jamaican dancehall artiste and self-proclaimed “world boss” Vybz Kartel is in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. One week after his release from prison on July 31, 2024, Kartel revealed during an interview with TVJ that he had been diagnosed with Graves...

- 4 months ago

Heartache For Sister After Losing Teen Brother To Gun Violence

“I feel empty,” says Tanisha John, the sister of 17-year-old Alva Cole. Alva sustained fatal gunshot injuries around 9:15 pm Sunday while at a small shop in Fond Assau, Babonneau. Though the details surrounding the incident are still ske...

- 4 months ago

“Any Attack On Her Is An Attack On Us All!”

The Saint Lucia Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) has condemned what it described as ‘baseless attacks’ against its President, Dr. Merle Clarke. Clarke recently wrote a strongly-worded letter to the board of the Owen King European Un...

- 4 months ago

One win so far in CFU U14 boys

Saint Lucia delivered a commanding performance in their Tier II Group C match of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys’ Under-14 Challenge Series at the Larry Gomes Stadium in Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday, defeating Sint Maarten 4-0, but then...

- 4 months ago

Triple Ton for Auguste!

Ackeem Auguste had one of the greatest batting performances ever by a Saint Lucian, hitting 308 against the Commonwealth of Dominica on Monday. Saint Lucia were 488 all out on the final day of a three-day Under-23 match at the Mindoo Phillip Park in...

- 4 months ago

Male Escapes Unhurt From Trouya Fire

A male individual escaped unhurt when a fire engulfed a wooden structure at Trouya, Gros Islet. On Sunday at about 6:09 pm, Babonneau and Gros Islet Fire Station personnel responded and found the structure ablaze. According to a Saint Lucia Fire Serv...

- 4 months ago

Male Injured After Vehicle Overturns At La Bourne

A male individual sustained injuries when a vehicle overturned at La Bourne, Dauphin, on Sunday, the Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) has said. Emergency personnel from the Babonneau Fire Station responded after receiving a call for assistance at abou...

- 4 months ago

Babonneau Homicide Victim Identified As 17-Year-Old

Police have identified the victim of Sunday’s homicide at Fond Assau, Babonneau, as 17-year-old Alva Cole. He was a resident of Girard Cacao. Babonneau Police Station officers responded to a report that at about 9:15 pm, a male had sustained ap...

- 4 months ago

CARPHA Urges Caribbean Mpox Vigilance After Global Alert

The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) has urged vigilance by Caribbean countries after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. The August 14 global alert followed an upsurge of infec...