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The National Skills Development Centre is a second chance. For many it is the answer to their prayers. Education is expensive and seemingly out of the reach of many St Lucians and, yes, this article might just read like a PR piece for an organization that is bringing hope to people who otherwise would believe [...]
It appears that because of “Directive 80/181/EEC of the European Parliament and Council of 20 December 1979” Saint Lucians will have little choice but to adopt the Standard International (S. I.) Units for commercial, academic and legal activities. The European Union (EU) requires that, by January 1 2010, all items imported into the EU [...]
On Tuesday November 24 a group of visiting bartenders from the United Kingdom ended a week long visit to St Lucia where they were hosted by St Lucia distillers.
The bartenders, who arrived here last Wednesday, were Andrew Scutts, representing Emporia, St Lucia Distillers UK Distributor, John Furber from Hula Manchester, Andrew Pearson an intoxicologist from [...]
The Rotary Club of Gros Islet and Diamonds International once again hosted their annual Charity Golf Tournament last weekend, generating over $110,000 for the Club’s community projects, thought to be the highest total in its seventeen-year history. 34 teams sponsored by local businesses battled it out at the St Lucia Golf Club for a vast [...]
The Ministry of Social Transformation, Youth and Sports in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture will be hosting its second annual Jump Rope Festival on December 9.
The festival will be held at the Beausejour Indoor Facility in Gros Islet, and is expected to attract both Primary and Secondary school students from all around [...]
The Vempers Sports Athletic Dramatic Club (VSADC) Youth Academy players and coaches had a session with coaches from the Sacred Cows Foundation, last Saturday at the La Clery Playing Field.
VSADC Youth Academy was fortunate to be part of the of the Sacred Cows Foundation football coaching development program, which has been ongoing for the past [...]
Determined to avoid the repeat of the shame and embarrassment of political infighting over who should lead the 1979 Labour administration, the Labour Party changed the rules governing the election and removal of its leader. When Kenny Anthony became political leader in 1996 unopposed no one foresaw the dangers of the rule change: no [...]
“Investing in [children] is not a national luxury or a national choice. It’s a national necessity. If the foundation of your house is crumbling, you don’t say you can’t afford to fix it while you’re building astronomically expensive fences to protect it from outside enemies. The issue is not are we going to pay, it’s [...]
The death of five-year-old Amya Nicholas rocked all who knew her to the core. It was already too much that a five-year-old had to be added to the ever-increasing list of road fatalities for 2009, but even more so that her life was taken away on the way to a children’s church event in Vieux [...]
St Lucia recorded its best showing ever in an international tournament when the local female rugby team copped second place in the recently concluded North America and Caribbean Rugby Association (NACRA) Seven’s championship held in Mexico City, Mexico. A total of 13 male teams and five female teams participated in the annual tournament to decide [...]
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