Archive for August, 2010
St. Lucia Government Saddened by the Passing of Saint Lucia’s Queen of Culture
The Government of Saint Lucia is saddened at news of the passing of Saint Lucian’s Queen of Culture, Dame Marie Selipha Descartes at the age of 96. Dame Marie Selipha Sesenne Descartes has touched the hearts of Saint Lucians for many decades through her irresistible folk music and numerous songs. She was gifted with one of the most melodious and [...]
St. Lucia Labour Party says “Stop The Blame Game”
As pressure mounts for accountability and swift action to deal with the shock waves of last Sunday’s daring Bordelais break-in and escape, the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) notes that Minister Rufus Bousquet, along with other apologists for the Government, have made statements seeking to blame the former Labour Government which left office 44 [...]
St. Lucia’s Dame Marie Selphia “Sesenne” Descartes dies at the age of 96
St. Lucia’s Queen of folk culture, Dame Sesenne Descartes has died at the age of 96. The Folk Research Centre extends condolences to her family and home community of La Pointe, Mon Repos. In 2005, she was declared by the Folk Research Centre a National Cultural Hero. From her discovery by the late Harold Simmons and Eric Branford in the [...]
New Arrangements for Collection of St. Lucia Civil Status Records
The Ministry of Justice wishes to notify the public that all vital records (that is Birth Certificates, and so forth) applied for must be collected at the Collections Office on High Street in Castries. Certificates may no longer be collected on Brazil Street. The Public should note that approximately 5841 Birth Certificates have not been [...]
The St. Lucia Labour Party demands a Commission of Inquiry and dismisal of Hon. Guy Mayers
Reports of a daring break-in at the Bordelais Correctional Facility by four (4) heavily armed masked men, and their freeing up of two (2) Venezuelan nationals and a Saint Lucian, have sent shockwaves through the Saint Lucian society. It is reported that the Venezuelans were held for trafficking in cocaine. This unprecedented crime against such [...]
Breach at St. Lucia’s Bordelais Correctional Facility
On Sunday August 8th, 2010 at about 4:50 pm three inmates escaped from the Bordelais Correctional Facility with assistance from three or four individuals who operated from the south west perimeter of the facility. It has since been established that there was no entrance unto the compound of the facility. As a result of this action three [...]
Carpet Media SLU Launches Scruffy TV2
Carpet Media SLU St.Lucia's online media production company has launched a second channel Scruffy TV2. This channel will support the original Scruffy TV now Scruffy TV1 with archiving of its recorded live events. Scruffy TV came to greater recognition in 2010 when it consistently broadcast all St. Lucia Carnival events which was made [...]
