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Driving along the southern portions of St Lucia you would have likely noticed the destruction caused by several recent bush fires. Fire response personnel around the island have been responding to an increased number of bush fires this year, partLy due to elevated temperatures.
On Tuesday last week, Lambert Charles from the St Lucia Fire [...]
Not considering the month of July when carnival celebrations are held in St Lucia, Castries had not seen so many people gathered on its sidewalks for a single purpose in recent times. Not even the most well attended political meeting could rival the thousands of people who lined the streets on Wednesday afternoon when Corporal [...]
Jazz 2010 is going to be unpredictable.” So said Tourism Minister Allen Chastanet at the St Lucia Golf and Country Club on
Wednesday at the Jazz press launch. The event was set to start at 7:30pm, but after 8pm guests were still sipping on cocktails waiting for organizers to get it together and make the announcements [...]
For the girls at St Joseph’s Convent, the Carnival Princess pageant is one of the most anticipated events of the school year. The pageant is to students, what the National Carnival Queen pageant is to St Lucian society, with an almost equal level of glam associated with it—well, at least where students are concerned.
On Friday, [...]
It was a day for lovers of cars and speed, and for those simply looking for something out of the ordinary to do over Independence weekend. On February 21 and 22, all roads led to Vieux Fort for the much anticipated Drag Wars.
Anyone arriving to the old airport strip would have noticed a major transformation [...]
Minutes after it happened, the news was all over St Lucia. Two police officers had been shot in Castries, near the Waterfront. Initially reports were that both officers were dead, but as the uncertainty of the incident faded, sources confirmed that two officers had indeed been shot, one was dead and the other injured.
It was [...]
It is exactly 30 days until World Water Day. Quite ironic considering the present drought situation being faced by Caribbean islands including St Lucia. It won’t be day for celebration but a day to come to grips with our dire circumstances.
This week WASCO Managing Director, John Joseph told the STAR obscenely low levels of [...]
Activities to mark St Lucia’s 31st Independence have already started unfolding all over the country with schools being among the first to unveil demonstrations of national pride.
The STAR visited the Anglican Primary School on Tuesday, February 16 and there we found the school in the midst of showcasing their end of the ongoing Schools [...]
Late last year after much ado, the government granted public servants a promised salary increased owed to them. It took sweat, marches, and strike action, but finally it seemed government caved in and granted the group that included teachers and health care workers what they felt they deserved.
After all was said and done, one government [...]
It may be too early to tell but perhaps Radio 100’s interview last week with Housing minister and Castries Central MP Richard Frederick, ‘Bage’ and the hosts of the Can I Help You program might not have been all for nothing.
Whether or not the international day of love, Valentine’s Day, had anything to do with [...]
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