CASTRIES, Saint. Lucia, CMC-Saint Lucia has registered a statistical improvement in the fight against crime in 2013. The statistics revealed a decrease in the number of homicide, burglaries, stealing and sexual offences, however there was an in reports of firearm offences, illegal drug offences and ...

OECS Secretariat, Castries, St. Lucia, February 21st  2014 - Chairman of the OECS Authority Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer revealed on Friday that the OECS Authority has selected Dr. Didacus Jules as the Organization's new Director-General.   The position became vacant when the for...

CASTRIES, St.Lucia, CMC- The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has formally agreed to help St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as both countries continue to recover from devastation caused by torrential rains in December. During recent missions to St Lucia and St Vincent and the Gren...

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – St. Lucia’s Opposition Leader Dr. Gale Rigobert is calling on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries to remain “neutral” in the ongoing political disturbances in Venezuela where the opposition have been staging anti-government demonstrations ...

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Tuesday February 25, 2014, CMC – UNAIDS Caribbean said Monday that eight regional countries have finalised specific strategies aimed at strengthening their HIV programmes by making them more responsive to human rights. It said that the representatives from Barbados, ...

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS, FEBRUARY 22ND 2014 (CUOPM) - The Government and people of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis have expressed congratulations to the Government and citizens of St. Lucia on the occasion of the 35th Anniversary of Independence. “I pray that our mutual friendship which ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC- Manufacturers here have urged the Government to reexamine issued related the Value Added Tax (VAT) that was introduced one year ago. The manufacturers state that with empirical data and stakeholder feedback now available, the Government is in a position to make the necessa...

The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP-GIZ) Project, based in Saint Lucia, is the remaining component of original programme (the other being UNDP) which commenced in 2004. This second phase (CREDP-GIZ Phase II) which has been in progress since April 2008 has been extended until ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Oc 7, CMC – The St. Lucia police say they are not overly perturbed at possible United States sanctions over alleged human rights abuses and have been focusing on reducing criminal activities on the island. "I have generally said my piece on the US sanctions. This remains ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - St.Lucia's Prime Minister Kenny Anthony says his government is seeking to revolutionise the islands education system by eliminating the need for books in the classroom. Anthony, who is also Finance Minister made his intentions known to students in the south of the isl...