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		<title>CSEC, CAPE exams delayed by a further  two weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2021 13:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After careful deliberation and consideration of all the pertinent issues, Council (made up of Governments from across the region), agreed that the revised strategy for the 2021 regional examinations shall be as follows:]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Exam Requirement for Entry into SALCC</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The STAR]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2021 18:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(Sir Arthur Lewis Community College)- The Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) is doing its part to ensure the successful entry of students into their programme of choice by offering an entrance examination in Mathematics and English Language. The Examination will be administered on Wednesday May 26th, 2021 and will be held at all Secondary [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rica Guelian Jongué-Remy’s Transition from the Classroom to the Courtroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2021 13:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The legal fraternity in Saint Lucia recently welcomed a new member to its fraternity in the person of Mrs. Rica Guelian Jongué-Remy. Jongué-Remy, who was Called to the Bar in England and Wales in March 2021, was sworn in at a virtual ceremony held at the law office of Richelieu &#38; Co. in Castries on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Teachers Back to Work</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean Nestor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2019 17:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A staff member at the Gordon and Walcott Memorial Methodist Primary School has assured the STAR that come Monday teachers will be back to school, following their walk-out on Tuesday this week, now that the education ministry has promised their complaints will be addressed.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ANOTHER ASPECT OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Josie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2019 13:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Someone whose opinion I appreciate recently convinced me that I should take a fresh look at a national school feeding programme with the awareness of its potential to organise specific farmers and fishermen, unemployed youth, professional chefs and even delinquent fathers. The idea is that these people would be organised by the Ministry of Education with other departments in government to produce vegetables, food crops, eggs, milk and fish in a project to commence possibly as early as 2020.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>£20 million Caribbean Reparations Agreement</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Press Release]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2019 18:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Glasgow have signed the first ever agreement for slavery reparations since British Emancipation in 1838. The £20 million agreement was signed at the Regional Headquarters of The UWI in Kingston, Jamaica last week by Vice-Chancellor,&#160;Professor Sir Hilary Beckles and Dr David Duncan, University of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Education, Love and Compassion</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter Josie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jul 2019 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Calixte George]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was heartened to read what Calixte George wrote about me in the alumni pen-portraits in his recent book St. Mary’s College. I was somewhat taken aback by a friend of the author, who was disgruntled because he expected Calixte to have written more than a half-page about him. That incident persuaded me to re-examine [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>MDGPS has Much to Celebrate this Year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean Nestor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jul 2019 15:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a difference a year makes! The sobs of one tearful sixth grader and his equally overwhelmed mother seemed to clash with the festive backdrop of the brightly festooned kindergarten classroom, the traditional hall for graduation ceremonies at Morne Du Don Government Primary School (MDGPS). In attendance were parents/guardians and teachers, all dressed for the momentous occasion, all eyes firmly fixed upon the sobbing student. The earlier roof-raising applause and cheers abruptly gave way to the sound of silence as the principal Jacinta Auguste recalled Dwany Dalson’s year-long journey. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sandals Staff Member Brings Skill Training Programme to Dennery</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Press Release]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The high unemployment rate and restlessness among young men and women in his Dennery community has always concerned Sandals Regency La Toc Golf Resort and Spa team member, Anius Regis. When he saw the opportunity to help stem this problem, he grabbed it with both hands. Regis, known in his community as “Tiny”, wanted to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>REFLECTIONS: Keeping it  in the family</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Walker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2019 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some twenty-five years ago, or thereabouts, my wife and I commenced our efforts to try to improve things on the educational landscape of Saint Lucia. Inger had taken the decision not to continue practising medicine in our adopted new homeland but decided instead to spend her time visiting schools in the north and helping in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sweet E captures Secondary Schools Calypso Crown</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joshua St. Aimee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jun 2019 18:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although they may be much younger than seasoned calypso veterans, secondary school students competing in the 2019 Junior Calypso Monarch held their own on stage, dishing out songs that addressed matters of social importance. The tournament took place on Friday June 7 before a packed National Cultural Centre and saw nine secondary schools competing for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>REFLECTIONS: The World at our Feet</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Walker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So there we were! We’d had our much-anticipated mystery meeting with the American publishing house and had been informed that ‘we had a deal’ without really knowing what the deal was or what work was involved. But the world was at our feet and that was all that mattered, really. The ‘deal’, it turned out [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World Autism Day 2019</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Press Release]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tuesday April 2, 2019 is recognized internationally as World Autism Day. The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Gender Relations and Sustainable Development is pleased to join the international community in recognizing this day to raise awareness of people affected by this disorder. Persons with autism, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience challenges in three main areas: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Library and Information Month Activities</title>
		<link>https://stluciastar.com/library-and-information-month-activities/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Press Release]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2019 03:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The National Association of Libraries and Information Professionals (NALIP-St Lucia) celebrates April 2019 as National Library and Information Month under the theme&#160; &#8220;Libraries and&#160; Information Services on the Move: Enhancing Communities through Connections &#38; Collaboration.&#8221; This year’s observance seeks to give more visibility to the Association (NALIP) and its work within the communities. The schedule [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sunbilt Fire Family Coping With Loss of Home</title>
		<link>https://stluciastar.com/sunbilt-fire-family-coping-with-loss-of-home/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dean Nestor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2019 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For mother of four Kysia Stephen and her sister, the afternoon of Wednesday, February 2019 will not soon be forgotten. It was on that day that they experienced their worst nightmare: ]]></description>
		
		
		
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