- 5 months ago
“Where is Saint Lucia?” one headline by an international news outlet screamed after Julien Alfred comfortably bagged the 100 m Gold Medal at the Paris Olympics on August 3, 2024. Now, millions worldwide have come to know the name, Saint L...
- 5 months ago
A relative of the toddler who perished in the tragic August 7, 2024, fire in Praslin has launched a GoFundMe account to raise funds for the family. Sharmaine Wells-Clarke, who opened the account, wrote of the ‘unimaginable tragedy’ result...
- 5 months ago
On Wednesday July 31, 2024, at Blanchard Desruisseaux, thirteen-year-old Melchizedek Gilbert Tixcy of Blanchard, Desruisseaux, was shot and killed. The Major Crimes Unit of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLF) led the investigations into the cir...
- 5 months ago
Last year the Saint Lucia Tourism Authority (SLTA) announced the Saint Lucia Carnival Foodie Fortnight, during the month of July. The culinary event aimed to celebrate Saint Lucia Carnival within the restaurant sector by luring food enthusiasts durin...
- 5 months ago
Police have confirmed the death of a driver after a vehicle accident on Tuesday. Investigators have identified the deceased as Thomas Martial of Bexon, Castries. He was in his late sixties. At about 10:00 pm, the Traffic Department in Castries receiv...
- 5 months ago
The Saint Lucia Life Saving Association (SLLSA) has expressed alarm over the growing number of drownings in the country, especially among men under 35. According to the association, 2024 has seen a disturbing rise in such tragedies, highlighting a cr...
- 5 months ago
A taxi driver was unresponsive after his vehicle crashed into a concrete wall at Odsan on Tuesday. An emergency crew from the Babonneau Fire Station responded after learning of the incident at about 9:41 pm. The responders placed the patient on a spi...
- 5 months ago
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 was felt in several Caribbean countries on Tuesday, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the St Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies has announced. It said that the quake, which oc...
- 5 months ago
Saint Lucia Fire Service (SLFS) emergency personnel attended to two women and a man after they sustained injuries due to attacks in Castries. At about 10:51 am on Monday, a twenty-three-year-old male showed up at the SLFS Headquarters in Castries wit...
- 5 months ago
The National Council of and for Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) has spoken out about the absence of accessible features on highway walkovers. In an interview with St. Lucia Times, Merphilus James, President of the NCPD, highlighted the urgent need f...
- 5 months ago
Saint Lucia police are seeking information about Anthony Christopher Henry, a Morne Du Don, Castries resident who has been reported missing. According to the police, the 58-year-old, whose alias is ‘Tofar’, was last seen on July 31 at Mor...
- 5 months ago
[3:16 PM, 8/12/2024] Pete Ninvalle: Wikipedia describes the Roseau Valley in Saint Lucia as home to the island’s largest banana plantation. It goes on to say that “the Roseau River runs through the valley and enters the sea at Roseau Bay...
- 5 months ago
The Praslin Bay Fisherfolk Association is organizing a candlelight vigil to honor the memory of three-year-old Zhaiyan Peter, who tragically lost his life in a house fire last week. The vigil will occur on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at 6 PM near the...
- 5 months ago
From the day he was released from prison in Jamaica on July 31, many fans across Jamaica and indeed the Caribbean and the world were stating via social media just what they would sacrifice to attend the first post-prison Vybz Kartel concert. Already...
- 5 months ago
On Monday, Saint Lucia’s National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) issued an advisory, informing residents and motorists in areas prone to flooding and landslides to exercise caution. The advisory also urged residents to stay alert to t...
