Category : Caribbean and World News

- 4 days ago

CDB Confirms Removal Of Leon As Its President

The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Sunday confirmed that it had concluded the “internal administrative process” involving its president, Dr Hyginus Leon, and that he “has ceased to hold the office of the President of the Bank”. ...

- 5 days ago

Three People Rushed To Hospital After Road Incidents

A motorcyclist was among three people Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) emergency responders rushed to the hospital after separate road incidents on Sunday. In the early morning, the Gros Islet Fire Station learned of a collision involving two vehicles...

- 5 days ago

Biden Drops Out Of U.S. Presidential Race

President Joe Biden has announced that he will end his 2024 presidential re-election campaign and has backed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic nominee. The 81-year-old Biden’s announcement Sunday came amid a growing...

- 6 days ago

NR for Alfred in London

Saint Lucian superstar Julien Alfred ran herself into the record books once again on Saturday. Competing at the London Athletics Meet 2024, she lowered the national record for the women’s 200m by five hundredths of a second. The 23-year-old fr...

- 6 days ago

One Man Dead, Five In Custody After Police-Involved Shooting

About 2:00 a.m. officers attached to the Anse La Raye Police Station responded to information regarding a suspected Robbery in the village. Officers pursued a motorcar, having confirmed the particulars of the suspects and their getaway vehicle. In an...

- 6 days ago

Saint Lucia To Host OECS Boxing Championships

By Robertson Henry Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Grenada, Guyana, Martinique, Sint Marteen, Trinidad and Tobago, and host nation Saint Lucia are the countries confirmed to compete at the 2024 Organisation of Eastern Caribbea...

- 6 days ago

Over 12,000 Rounds Of Ammunition Seized From April To June

The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) seized 12 319 rounds of ammunition and twenty-one illegal firearms between April and June 2024. The RSLPF official Facebook page described the seizures as ‘impressive.’ In April, officers recover...

- 1 week ago

Breezy to join West Indies camp

Saint Lucia’s Nerissa Crafton is poised to make her mark in regional cricket. Less than a week away from her 26th birthday, the former Windward Islands Under-19 captain received an invitation to join the West Indies Women in Antigua & Barb...

- 1 week ago

Caricom Road Races this weekend in Saint Lucia

& 24 riders from four territories will participate in what is being billed as a Caricom Road Race this weekend. The 86-kilometre ride, funded by the Regional Integration Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister, is scheduled to get underway fro...

- 1 week ago

Allen Chastanet knocks tax waiver to Rodney Bay developers

By Sandy United Workers Party leader Allen Chastenet has voiced strong objections to Government’s decision to exempt developers of the Rodney Bay City Centre project from the payment of the Health and Citizen Securit...

- 1 week ago

Companies donate EC$100 000 to battered Carriacou

In a display of corporate solidarity, Ganzee Grenada’s joint shareholders have stepped up to support Grenada’s hurricane-ravaged island, Carriacou. Following Hurricane Beryl’s direct hit on July 1, legendary Barbadian retailer Cave...

- 1 week ago

Richard Frederick Lauds CCC For Post-Carnival Cleanup

By Keira St. Rose Minister for Local Government and Parliamentary Representative for Castries Central, Richard Frederick, has praised the Castries Constituency Council (CCC) for its diligent cleanup efforts after Carnival.  “I drove the streets...

- 1 week ago

Update: Missing Gros Islet teenager found

The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force report that Payton Orr, 13, of Mongiraud, Gros Islet who was reported missing last Thursday, July 11 has been found and is safe. Police said Orr was located in the Castries area and has been reunited with her family...

- 1 week ago

RSLPF Holds Commissioner’s Church Parade

On Sunday, July 14, 2024, the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) hosted a Commissioner’s Church Parade at the Sacred Heart Parish Catholic Church in Marchand, Castries. This parade was convened as part of the RSLPF’s community policin...