Category : Caribbean and World News

Korra Hops On The Soca Bandwagon With Ricky T, Bronxx & Mata

Not only did social media influencer Korra Obidi turn heads and become the talk of the town during her stay in Saint Lucia for Lucian Carnival, but it would also seem that she caught the Soca fever. During several of her interviews and social media...

Police Lecture Cadets On Topics Including Gun, Gang Violence

Gun and gang violence were among the topics addressed when Saint Lucia police gave lectures to members of the Saint Lucia Cadet Corps. The lectures occurred amid an alarming surge in gun violence, primarily responsible for 48 homicides so far in 2024...

Fire Partially Destroys Abandoned Building In Castries

A late-night fire on Sunday partially destroyed an abandoned building at Bois Cachet, Castries. The Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) headquarters in Castries dispatched a fire truck after receiving a distress call at about 11:30 pm. However, when the...

Health Ministry Issues Respiratory Illness Advisory

Saint Lucia’s Health Ministry has advised that the risk of contracting respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19, still exists. In a statement Monday on the Ministry’s behalf, Medical Surveillance Officer Dr. Dana DaCosta Gomez noted that...

National Record for Odlum-Smith in Paris

Saint Lucia’s Jayhan Odlum-Smith competed in the opening round of the men’s 100m freestyle swimming event on Tuesday morning at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad. The national record holder lowered his personal-best and finished second in...

‘Flambeau Must Win!’

Former Economic Development Minister Guy Joseph has echoed recent assertions by United Workers Party (UWP) Chairman Therold Prudent that the party is on the road to victory at the next general elections. The Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won the Jul...

Saint Lucia to host Windwards Senior

Saint Lucia will be hosting the 2024 Windward Islands Cricket Board Senior Men 50-over Cricket Tournament from August 4-11, 2024, with matches to be played at two venues. Matches will commence at 9:30 a.m., and will be played at the Mindoo Philip Pa...

CSA Ready To Represent Employees Of A Revived RSL

The Saint Lucia Civil Service Association (CSA) has expressed its readiness to support the workers of a reactivated Radio Saint Lucia (RSL). Information Minister Dr. Ernest Hilaire declared earlier this month that at times of potential crises, such a...

Misfits win Saint Lucia Carnival rugby double

Eight visiting teams, and 12 squads in total, contested the third annual Caribcation Carnival Sevens tournament on Saturday, July 27 at the Gros Islet Playing Field. Coming out of Canada, Misfits did the double, winning the men’s and women’s competi...

Saint Lucia repeat as OECS Boxing Champs

Ninety boxers, elite, youth, novice, male and female, from around the Caribbean converged on the Vigie Sports Complex at the weekend for the 2024 Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Boxing Invitational. It was the biggest event ever put...

Grenades Advance, BAYS Out Of Caribbean Shield

Saint Lucia’s Sherman Augustin has been twice on target, as Antigua & Barbuda champions Grenades FC advanced to the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield quarterfinals in Curaçao at the weekend. Meanwhile, BAYS FC failed to advance from the...

Police Seek Public Help In Dennery Double Homicide Probe

On Saturday, July 27, 2024, the Richfond Police Station received and responded to a report of a shooting which occurred at La Ressource, Dennery, which claimed the lives of two (2) males. At the location of the incident, investigators discovered the...

Belle Vue Mourns Fatal Shooting Of Uncle, Nephew

The community of Belle Vue in Vieux Fort was in mourning Monday following a double homicide that claimed the lives of 39-year-old Angus Jeffery and his nephew, Ernest William, alias ‘E.R’. Both men sustained gunshot injuries at La Ressour...

City Police Arrest Marchand Labourer For Illegal Gun Possession

A Marchand labourer was in City Police custody on Monday after an early morning arrest for possession of an illegal gun. The City Police were due to hand him over to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). At about 4:30 am, City Police officers...

Maduro Declared Winner In Disputed Presidential Election

Partial results announced by the electoral council in Venezuela indicate that President Nicolás Maduro has won the presidential election. The head of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Elvis Amoros, said that with 80% of ballots counted, President...