
Followings weeks of speculation, it was now official the John Compton dam had dried up. The dreaded day of the announcement turned out to be Monday 7th June 2010. Wasco, the island’s agency for the production and distribution of potable water, had been signaling for weeks that the John Compton dam at Roseau, the island’s [...]

The British High Commission is sponsoring a regional training and development programme for Superintendents designate and members of senior prison management from Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean. The two week course kicked off on Wednesday 24 February at the Auberge Seraphine Hotel, St Lucia with an opening ceremony. Featured speakers were the Minister [...]
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On behalf of the Government of Saint Lucia, I respond to an article carried in last weekend’s issue of the STAR newspaper. The article written by Maryanna Williams in the February 27th, 2010 issue of the STAR was headlined: “When Lateness is Rudeness”. The sad fact is that article, while pregnant with mischief, falls short [...]

It was like watching a train wreck. The Lucian People’s Movement, a new political party, wanted to plant the first seeds of promotion and they thought that there was no better place to do that than St Lucia’s political Ground Zero, Rick Wayne’s TALK.
It was perhaps the first sign that things were going to go [...]
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It was a proud day for those in mental health care and an emotional one for those suffering with mental illnesses as Health Minister Dr Keith Mondesir declared the St Lucia National Mental Wellness Centre open on March 1.
The two and a half hour grand opening ceremony was held on the hospital’s grounds at [...]

The Office of Private Sector Relations (OPSR) has engaged the services of local Consulting firm Right Angle Imaging (RAI) who have been contracted to provide business development and marketing expertise as part of a programme of assistance Choiseul Arts & Craft sector. This assistance is being provided under the auspices of the recently launched Strengthening [...]
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Leaving Saint Lucia? “Not if I can help it,” said Taiwanese ambassador Tom Chou speaking to the STAR yesterday. He had received news of a report that he was about to be transferred out of St Lucia and replaced. Word was that a talk-show host had announced that St Lucia would soon have to [...]
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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 [...]
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St Lucia’s coastline is looking very different lately. The drought the country is currently experiencing has changed the lush green of the coast into a dried out brown. On top of that there have been several bush fires which have further damaged the landscape and have stretched the resources of the local fire department. There [...]
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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 [...]
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