CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The small opposition Lucian People’s Movement (LPM) Wednesday said that it supports the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) in principle but, cautions the St. Lucia government about a long-term dependence on the organization. “While the government...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government Tuesday described as “false” some of the questions being raised by newly elected leader of the main opposition United Workers Party (UWP), Allen Chastanet regarding St. Lucia’s membership of the Bolivarian Alliance for the P...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A new publication based on the work of St. Lucia’s second Nobel Laureate, Derek Walcott, has been released here and acclaimed as an essential addition to the understanding and appreciation of his work. The book titled “Interlocking Basins of a Globe &ndas...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – President of the St. Lucia Manufacturers Association (SLMA), Paula Calderon, is calling on the government to give more attention to the manufacturing sector which has been making a consistent contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). In a television interview...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Contractors who won a three million EC dollar (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) judgement against the “Mayor and Citizens” of Castries are calling on the St. Lucia government to honour the High Court ruling. Attorney Lydia Fasial said the judgment was grant...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government Monday denied regional media reports that Police Commissioner Vernon Francois had been sent on leave in the wake of a decision by the United States to bar him from attending a conference in that country. “The attention of the government...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC-Two years after Heads of Government of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), declared that people of the regional grouping can move freely, Chairman of the OECS Authority Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Baldwin Spencer says the free movement of nationals ...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Chile’s Ambassador to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Eduardo Bonilla has affirmed his country’s support for an enhanced relationship with the regional grouping. Bonilla, the first Ambassador of Chile to the OECS, expressed confidence in th...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – A former police officer was electrocuted at the Beausejour Cricket Ground (BCC) as cricket fans watched the Limacol Caribbean Premier League (CPL) match between the St Lucia Zouks and the Antigua Hawksbills Tuesday night. Julian Agard, a former member of the St. Luc...

CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC - Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has rejected claims from sections of the business community here that St. Lucia’s membership in the Venezuela led Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) would harm the island’s future socio-economic developmen...