Category : Caribbean and World News

- 9 months ago

New National Events Added To Lucian Carnival 2024 Calendar

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...

- 9 months ago

UNEX’ 24 Officers Respond To Gang Fight Simulation

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...

- 9 months ago

O.J. Simpson Dies At 76

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...

- 9 months ago

No Foul Play Suspected In Death At Ciceron Residence

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...

- 9 months ago

Guy Joseph On Crime : ‘We Are In A Crisis Situation’

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...

- 9 months ago

Mother Seeking Answers After Police Fatally Shot Her Son

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...

- 9 months ago

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...

- 9 months ago

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...

- 9 months ago

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...

- 9 months ago

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...

- 9 months ago

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’...

- 9 months ago

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...

- 9 months ago

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...

- 9 months ago

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...

- 9 months ago

‘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...