The Government of St. Lucia has made public the famed Ramsahoye Commission of Enquiry Report. This comes on the heels of a special cabinet meeting to debate on the report where members of the opposition walked out on the debate due to the fact that hte former Prime Minister was not allowed additional time (1 [...]

LIME, the Caribbean’s premier telecommunications company, today announced a sponsorships package for the staging of the 2010 CARIFTA Games valued at approximately US $200,000 dollars. The company has signed a one year contract with the North America Central America & Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) to become the major sponsor of next year’s games, which will [...]

LIME, the Caribbean’s only full service telecoms provider, has partnered with Jamaican Oliver Samuels, the King of Caribbean comedy and veteran actor, along with Shadow, the renowned calypso and soca icon from Trinidad & Tobago who both performed in a Musical Comedy Spectacular in Boston and New York last weekend. The show also featured Audrey [...]

The Folk Research Centre in collaboration with Alliance Francaise de Saint Lucie, will this month host a series of seminar presentations on various themes related to the rich Creole heritage of St Lucia. On Friday, 23rd October, 2009, St Lucian cultural activist Travis Weekes will make a presentation on “Kont and Nine Night: African Derived [...]

The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Performance Rights Act (S. 379). The bill will close a loophole in copyright law that allows music radio stations to earn billions of dollars each year in ad revenue without compensating the artists, musicians and rights holders who bring music to life and listeners’ ears to the radio dial. [...]

The Banana Industry Trust (BIT) is calling for partnership and collaboration among primary stakeholders as well as strong community support for the Choiseul Economic Revitalization Project scheduled to commence next week. The EC$1.4 million project, funded by the EU under the SFA 2003 ‘Environment Management Fund’, will see the installation of a 150,000 gallon water [...]

The Saint Lucia Tourist Board’s Road Shows in Germany got off to a great start in September and by all indications, was a huge success. The German Office has thus far covered four major cities in the German speaking markets including Vienna (Austria) on September 28, Zurich (Switzerland) on September 29 Fuerth (Germany) September 30, [...]

The Honorable Lenard Montoute, Minister for social Transformation, Human Resource Development, Youth and Sports alongside decathlon champion and former star athlete Daley Thompson today launched a new programme that will focus on the development and implementation of a national sports coaching plan for St. Lucia.  Minister Montoute welcomed the new programme, which will work with [...]

The ECCU Eight Point Stabilisation and Growth Programme will be placed on the international agenda when Governor of the ECCB, Sir K Dwight Venner presents the programme at the Annual General Meeting of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Turkey on 3 October. According to Governor Venner, the IMF/World Bank [...]