- 5 months ago
by Neval Auguste In an effort to strengthen Saint Lucia’s food security and improve nutrition within the country, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development is spearheading several food festivals aimed at encouraging...
- 5 months ago
Local contractors have received an invitation to present bids to reconstruct the road from Gros Islet Town to the Cap Estate gate. The disclosure came from Infrastructure Minister Stephenson King on Sunday. King spoke at a ceremony to name the Castr...
- 5 months ago
Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre says he has not considered the matter of states of emergencies in known crime hotspots in Saint Lucia. But at the same time, he has not ruled out exploring the idea. Reporters raised the issue with Pierre, responsible...
- 5 months ago
Home Affairs Minister Dr. Virginia Albert-Poyotte in her continued quest to ensure she assesses first – hand the conditions of work of law enforcement officers paid an official visit to the Marine Unit compound at Vigie, Castries on Thursday,...
- 5 months ago
The driver of a Subaru escaped unscathed after the vehicle burst into flames Monday afternoon on the Barre de L’Isle road. Emergency personnel from the Dennery fire station rushed to the scene after receiving a distress call at 3:40 pm and fou...
- 5 months ago
Micoud North MP and former police officer Jeremiah Norbert believes there’s need to address a backlog of applications for licensed firearms while expressing the view that it was one of the reasons behind the proposed new five-member Firearms L...
- 5 months ago
Some 900 million people, or 96% of the population of the 35 countries of the Americas are currently protected by at least one of the six tobacco control measures recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), up 50% from 2007. However, progress...
- 5 months ago
The Castries -Gros Islet Highway has been renamed the Sir Julian R. Hunte Highway. Sir Julian selflessly devoted decades of his life to Saint Lucia’s national development and remains one of the island’s most respected politicians and re...
- 5 months ago
Agriculture Minister Alfred Prospere has disclosed that when the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) came into office it found the banana industry ‘in a mess’. But the Dennery North MP told reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Monday that S...
- 5 months ago
Transport Minister Stephenson King has expressed concern over the spate of road accidents in Saint Lucia and the resulting fatalities. So far for the year, fourteen people have lost their lives due to road accidents, the most recent being Kurlan Mar...
- 5 months ago
On Saturday, August 20, 2022, the New York City-based Babonneau Day (Original) Committee will host a fundraiser to benefit former several-time Saint Lucian calypso monarch Minelle, who was hospitalized after being violently attacked on the eve of th...
- 5 months ago
Saint Lucia’s Ministry for Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment is in discussion with St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) about providing pre-paid electricity and solar modems to vulnerable households. We hear more in this John...
- 5 months ago
Saint Lucia’s Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Rural Development has expressed concern over the dumping of waste, including bulky items like fridges and stoves in the Island’s rivers. Alfred Prospere told the Communications Un...
- 5 months ago
Following an incident on Wednesday aboard the party cruise vessel Harbour Master in the Grenada capital, St. George’s, Grenadian javelin champion Anderson Peters has given the assurance that he is feeling better than he was in the immediate af...
- 5 months ago
The Public is hereby notified that in keeping with changes in international oil prices and Government’s application of the modified market pass-through petroleum pricing mechanism, the retail price of kerosene and LPG 100lb cylinder has changed. The...
