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In an interview with the STAR recently general manager of the Water and Sewerage Company John Joseph advised that hoteliers begin to source alternative ways of getting water supplied.
“Our priority is our residents. I appreciate that hotels have guests . . . But at the point where we are, the hotels need to take [...]
According to the Harvard Business Review the new gold rush is for water. The World Water Council states that within the next 50 years water will be among the most sought after resources if the world remains on its current path. States the World Water Vision Report: “There is a water crisis today. But the [...]
General Manager of WASCO John Joseph has gotten used to “getting cussed out on a regular basis.” And he is also used to uninformed consumers suggesting the Water and Sewerage Company invented the current drought situation or is only sending water to “important” people. So concerned is Mr Joseph that he arranged a visit by [...]
With the current drought some people have been without water for over a week!
The STAR would like to know how you are affected and how you are coping. Are you doing anything different to conserve water? Post your comments here or email the editor: nicole.m@stluciastar.com
The Minister for Public Utilities Guy Joseph, according to reports reaching the STAR, met with the management of the Water and Sewerage Company yesterday to discuss an issue that is as much a crisis as is crime—water.
With St Lucia already undergoing a water rationing program, which leaves some without water for days, reports are that [...]
The back and forth between the Taiwanese Embassy and the opposition St Lucia Labour Party is on again. It seems after almost every Labour Party event the Taiwanese Embassy has to issue a statement to answer one accusation or another.
The word coming out of the Labour Party’s January 31st convention was that Opposition Leader Kenny [...]
By the measure of talk-show host Claudius Francis, a man charged with murder yesterday is a hero and should be given the
nation’s medal of honour. And judging from the calls he received to his Straight-Up radio program many agree that the man who was involved in an altercation in late January is a victim of [...]
The eyes of the world are on Haiti. Bodies continue to pile up and the images of the injured are getting more gruesome and real. The poorest country in the western hemisphere is once more in pain.
As we go to the press the Prime Minister of Haiti, Jean-Max Bellerive, is reporting that the casualties [...]
Many people have been contacting the STAR to find out how they can help Haiti.
The following list of bank accounts in aid of Haiti after the Quake was released by the National Emergency Management Organization
1. Bank of Saint Lucia, Decentralized Disaster Preparedness Account, Account # 901029840
2. First National Bank, [...]
Leader of the opposition Kenny Anthony told the House of Parliament yesterday that he was not a proponent of introducing the Value Added Tax. Prime minister Sir John Compton had announced last Thursday in his budget presentation that VAT would be introduced to St Lucia in a matter of twelve months. Sir John explained that [...]
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