Category : Caribbean and World News

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Education Ministry Says Schools Will Remain Open

Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Education has advised principals and early childhood development centre administrators that schools will remain open today, Tuesday, October 3, 2023. “We remain guided by the Saint Lucia Meteorological Office and...

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Saint Lucia Nurses Get Snake Bite Training

The ministries of Health and Agriculture have collaborated on the establishment of a Centre for Excellence for Snake Bite Education. On Sep. 21, health practitioners on the west coast participated in a training session to bring awareness to snake spe...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Pioneers Awarded Nobel Prize

Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, who developed the technology that led to the mRNA COVID vaccines, will share the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The Nobel Prize Committee said the two scientists’ discoveries were critical fo...

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Pedestrian Rushed To Hospital After Being Struck By A Vehicle

Emergency personnel from the Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) rushed a male pedestrian to the OKEU Hospital Sunday after a vehicle struck him at Bois D’Orange. A Gros Islet fire station crew responded after receiving the accident report at about...

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Two People Injured After Accidents At Bexon

Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) ambulances responded to reports of two accidents at Bexon on Sunday. At about 1:38 pm, emergency responders from the SLFS Castries Headquarters rushed to Sarrot, Bexon, in response to a report that a vehicle had plunge...

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Sandals Saint Vincent And The Grenadines To Open In 2024

Tucked away against a rainforest backdrop between lush green mountains that meet a cobalt blue sea, Sandals® Resorts’ newest all-inclusive resort, Sandals Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, will mark the ninth Caribbean destination and 18th Sandals Re...

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CMO Emphasises Importance Of Early Start For Healthy Habits

Saint Lucia’s Chief Medical Officer has told a World Health Organization (WHO) event of the need for healthy habits to start early in life. “Healthy behaviours and habits must start from very early,” Dr. Sharon Belmar-George observe...

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RSLPF Halts Issuing Passports On Sundays

The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) has stopped issuing passports on Sundays, an initiative it had introduced to address a backlog. “The Immigration Department of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force would like to inform the public that pa...

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New York City Area Under State Of Emergency Due To Heavy Flooding

A state of emergency has been declared in New York City as strong storms bring flash flooding. Many of the city’s subway systems, streets and highways have flooded, while at least one terminal at LaGuardia Airport closed on Friday. Up to five inch...

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Dominica Elects First Woman President

Mrs. Sylvanie Burton is the President-Elect of the Commonwealth of Dominica. Mrs Burton, the first woman, and first Kalinago woman, was elected in a formal process during the Fifth Meeting of The First Session of The Eleventh Parliament on 27 Septemb...