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Saint Lucia’s Ministry Of Equity Concludes Transformative Parenting Program
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 21, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – The Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment, in collaboration with the Millet Development Committee, Jacmel Development Committee and Anse La Raye Parents in Action, has successfully concluded its Empower...
Forty-Four Saint Lucian Students To Study In Taiwan
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 21, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – The Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) has announced that seven Saint Lucians have been awarded the 2025 TaiwanICDF Scholarship, while 37 will receive the MOFA Taiwan Scholarship! The award ceremony will be...
From St. Lucia to New Orleans: Nina Compton shares her chef's journey through recipes
KCRW - California
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June 20, 2025
An individual's culinary point of view can be focused or expansive depending on where their footsteps have taken them and how food weaves through their journey. Nina Compton's culinary curiosity led her to places outside her home island of St....
Saint Lucia Celebrates Top Travel Partners at Piton Awards
St. Lucia Times
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June 20, 2025
The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority honoured the country’s top-performing travel advisors and tour operators at the 5th annual Global Piton Awards, held at the Sandals Grande Resorts Ballroom on Tuesday. This elite incentive programme recognised...
St Lucia Opposition leader highlights corruption in CBI programmes amid US travel ban debate
St. Vincent Times
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June 19, 2025
At a press conference held by St Vincent’s National Democratic Party on Wednesday, St Lucia’s opposition leader Allen Chastanet voiced serious concerns about the integrity of Citizenship by Investment (CBI) and Citizenship Investment Programmes...
A Jerseyman, a Guernseywoman and someone from St Lucia walk into a bar…
Jersey Evening Post
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June 19, 2025
IT sounds like the start of a rather niche joke, but in fact is an attempt at summarising my top night out in St Peter Port last Wednesday… During a five-week election campaign that ends tonight when the polls close, something in the region of 40...
A Sweet Slice of Progress: Seedless Watermelon Cultivation Takes Root in Saint Lucia
The Voice
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June 19, 2025
In a refreshing step forward for local agriculture, Saint Lucian farmers are diving into the world of seedless watermelon cultivation, thanks to a dynamic initiative under the Seven Crops Project. The recently held Seedless Watermelon Field Day at...
SAINT LUCIA MONITORS U.S. TRAVEL POLICY REVIEW
HTS St Lucia
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The government of Saint Lucia is keeping tabs on unconfirmed U.S. reports suggesting potential new travel restrictions, a development that could have implication for the island’s vital tourism sector and overall economic stability. Deputy Prime...
Saint Lucia Among 16 Caribbean Countries To Boost Debt Transparency With Commonwealth-IMF Support
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 19, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – Thirty-three public debt managers from 16 Caribbean countries, including Saint Lucia, came together in Jamaica for an intensive workshop on improving debt data quality and transparency. Officials from the Eastern...
McKenzie credits Cool and Smooth T20 Tournament as the start to his cricketing journey
The Antigua Observer
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June 20, 2025
By Samuel Peters When 18-year-old legspinner Micah McKenzie reflects on his cricket breakthrough, he points to one spell at the 2023 Cool and Smooth T20 tournament where he “bamboozled the Liberta Blackhawks”. “That was really the start,” McKenzie...
Saint Lucia Beat Guyana In Caribbean Table Tennis
St. Lucia Times
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June 18, 2025
Saint Lucia advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s team competition at the Senior Caribbean Table Tennis Championships in Barbados. After losing their opener on Tuesday to the Dominican Republic, Saint Lucia bounced back on Wednesday with a...
Five Saint Lucians Set to Play in CPL 13
St. Lucia Times
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June 18, 2025
Five Saint Lucians have been selected for the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League, including newcomer Keon Gaston and returnee McKenny Clarke, both fast bowlers. Veteran batter Johnson Charles returns to defending champions Saint Lucia...
Tim David signs with defending champions St Lucia Kings for CPL 2025
ESPN Africa
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June 18, 2025
St Lucia Kings, the defending champions of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL), have signed IPL champion Tim David as their first-round pick at the draft for the 2025 season. Kings, however, will be without Faf du Plessis, who had led them to their...
PM Pierre: Due Diligence Affirmed for Saint Lucia’s CIP
The Voice
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June 18, 2025
Photo credit: GUIDE Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre has firmly stated that there has been no official confirmation from the USA indicating that Saint Lucia is among six Eastern Caribbean countries blacklisted for travel restrictions. Recent...
St Lucia Opposition leader calls for OECS-CARICOM reassessment
St. Vincent Times
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June 18, 2025
St Lucia Opposition leader thinks OECS should have new arrangement with CARICOM St Lucia Opposition leader Allen Chastanet says the OECS assembly has become ceremonial and suggests OECS makes a new arrangement with CARICOM. Chastanet says he would...
St. Lucia’s Ministry Of Health Advances 24-Hour Service Plans For Gros Islet Polyclinic
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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June 18, 2025
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs is actively progressing with plans to provide 24-hour healthcare services at the Gros Islet Polyclinic. The ongoing infrastructure upgrade at the facility...
St Lucia opposition leader tells OECS members to consider breaking away from CARICOM
The Gleaner
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June 17, 2025
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, CMC – St Lucia’s Opposition Leader, Allen Chastanet, on Tuesday said the relationship between the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the larger regional integration grouping, CARICOM, was not working and...
Former St. Lucia PM says CARICOM not serving OECS well
Caribbean National Weekly
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June 18, 2025
St. Lucia’s Opposition Leader Allen Chastanet has raised serious concerns about the effectiveness of the relationship between the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and the wider Caribbean Community (CARICOM), suggesting that OECS...
St. Lucia opposition leader suggests new OECS arrangement with CARICOM
I Witness News
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June 17, 2025
By Kenton X. Chance KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent (CMC) — St. Lucia’s Opposition Leader, Allen Chastanet, Tuesday said the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Assembly has become too ceremonial, adding that the challenges to citizenship by...
Editorial | Allen Chastanet’s folly
The Gleaner
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June 21, 2025
Allen Chastanet, the St Lucian opposition leader who has served as the country prime minister, may have temporarily lost trace of time and space – as well as his common sense – and found himself in a twilight zone. How else might Mr Chastanet’s...