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		<title>The Rural Unknown- The Paradox of Paradise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Caribbean nations like Saint Lucia that are heavily dependent on tourism for economic stability, a lot goes into glossing up images to attract tourists. The photos range from happy children to smiling waiters and cheery vendors. It is a concept of eternal happiness that permeates throughout, an idea that there is no worry of poverty, homelessness or destitution.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>International Women’s Day: Revisiting the Past</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Mar 2019 19:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Sir Winston Churchill once said, “The farther backward you can look, the further forward you can see.” With Women’s Day festivities in the air, we look at three of the women who have shaped Saint Lucia as a whole.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>We Gatherin’  2020</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In coincidence with this year’s Independence Day on February 22, a hundred miles away, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced huge plans for Barbados in the year 2020. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Independence Day Musings: Helen- What would she  think of herself at 40?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Forty years old! If we could liken Saint Lucia to a woman, she would be middle-aged, with a vast number of children (but not as many as her neighbours) and grappling financially. It could be said that Saint Lucia has come a long way since 1979, when water-borne diseases such as bilharzia plagued the population, poverty was rampant and living conditions were deplorable.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rural Unknown: Haiti’s Tech Summit</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2019 17:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In four months from now, from June 20-22, 2019, Haiti will host its third annual ‘Haiti Tech Summit’ founded by Christine Souffrant Ntim, a Haitian-American, Forbes 30 under-30 entrepreneur.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rural Unknown- Curbing the Use of Global Consultancy Firms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2019 18:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The World Economic Forum held its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland from 22-25 January under the theme “Globalization 4.0: shaping a global architecture in the age of the fourth industrial revolution.”]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rural Unkown Drought and Dengue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2019 19:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) issued a prediction of drought and dry spells for the Caribbean region.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rural Unknown Fyre Island:  A Cautionary Tale</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just a week ago, streaming services Netflix and Hulu, released two documentaries about the Fyre Island scandal. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rural Unknown Basic Rights for Vendors</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 19:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Good news came this week of the newly announced “Vendors’ Registration Programme” where 178 provisions vendors, craft vendors and “roadside traders” became registrants.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rural Unknown: Home-Sharing: The Future of Tourism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2019 20:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just before the dawn of the New Year, the President of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association, Patricia Affonso-Dass, published a message of reflection and optimism on the past year. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Last Call for Bananas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Dec 2018 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Almost a week ago, Winfresh, the sales and marketing organisation of Fairtrade bananas in Saint Lucia, produced a 2019 market outlook for Saint Lucian bananas.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Rural Unknown &#8211; Patriotism in the Shopping Aisles</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nationals]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[On the eve of National Day I came across a Facebook post that captured my attention. The post suggested that for those purchasing Christmas gifts, we should buy from small businesses, women and mother entrepreneurs, and local artisans so that the money could reach small business-owners and allow everyone the benefit of a good Christmas.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Suicide in Rural Areas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2018 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Suicide is often left undiscussed, particularly in rural areas, but being a Babonneau-ian (if that is even a word) and living in an area with the highest rates of suicide, you can’t help but wonder what factors lead people to ultimately take their own lives.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Case of the Lettuce Disappearance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[About a week ago, lettuce—of all things—caught the attention of our local media houses and the headlines were inexcusable: “Massy Stores Pull Romaine Lettuce From Shelves”.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">70532</post-id>	</item>
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		<title>The Rural Unknown Global Entrepreneurship Week</title>
		<link>https://stluciastar.com/the-rural-unknown-global-entrepreneurship-week/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keithlin Caroo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2018 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chamber]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce deemed this week, from 12-19 November Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW). Since 2011 the Chamber of Commerce has been hosting GEW as a catalyst for Saint Lucian start-ups and entrepreneurs.]]></description>
		
		
		
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