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St. Lucia Water and Sewage Authority water scheduling.

admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:25:58 +0000

The St. Lucia Water and Sewerage Company Inc. (W.A.S.CO.) wishes to inform residents in the north of the island that due to the adverse drought weather conditions the supply of water will be affected as follows:

Monday 8:00 AM: Affected Areas:

Upper Ravine Chabot, Bocage, Girard, Morne Du Don, Sunbilt, Bois Patat, Carellie, Agards, Ti Rocher, Forestierre, Upper La Pansee, Agards, Morne Fortune, Goodlands, Union To Balata, Corinth, Marisule, Trouya, Eastwinds, Bois D’ orange, Mongiraud to Cap Estate, Cas Em Bas, Rodney Bay, Rodney Heights, Beausejour, Vieux Secre, Caiye Manger, Riviere Mitant And Monchy. Supply To Be Restored: Wednesday 9:00 AM

Tuesday 9:00 AM: Affected Areas:

Ciceron & Coubaril, Vigie, La Clery, Vide Boutielle, San Souci and Caiye. Supply To Be Restored: Thursday 9:00 AM

Wednesday 9:00 AM: Affected Areas:

Friday 8:00 AM: Affected Areas:

Upper Ravine Chabot, Bocage, Girard, Morne Du Don, Sunbilt, Bois Patat, Carellie, Agards, Ti Rocher, Forestierre, Upper La Pansee, Balata. Ciceron, Coubaril, Goodlands and Morne Fortune. Supply To Be Restored: Saturday 9:00 AM

Friday 9:00 AM: Affected Areas:

Union To Balata, Corinth, Marisule, Trouya, Eastwinds, Bois D’ orange, Mongiraud to Cap Estate, Cas Em Bas, Rodney Bay, Rodney Heights, Beausejour, Vieux Secre, Caiye Manger, Riviere Mitant And Monchy. Supply To Be Restored: Sunday 9:00 AM

Saturday 9:00 AM: Affected Areas:

Vigie, La Clery, Vide Boutielle, San Souci and Caiye. Supply To Be Restored: Monday 9:00 AM

Sunday 9:00 AM: Affected Areas:

Bexon, Marc, La Bayee, Ravine Poisson, Cul De Sac, Fond Manger, La Croix Maingot, Ti Colon, Marigot, Odsan, Barre Denise, Jackmel, Bois Den, Roseau, Tete Chemin and Millet. Supply To Be Restored: Monday 9:00 AM

Please note that Castries City and environs including Entrepot, Waterworks Road, Marchand, Leslie Land and Lastic Hill will be closed daily from 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM.

WASCO regrets any inconvenience caused to its valued customers.

FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE ST.LUCIA WATER AND SEWAGE AUTHORITY

St. Lucia Parliment meets for important Session

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:01:00 +0000

A sitting of the St. Lucia Parliament will be held on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010. Tuesday’s session will consider fifteen (15) Statutory Instruments, four (4) bills for first reading and six (6) bills for second reading.

Among the bills for first reading will be the Civil Code (Amendment) and Crown Proceedings Amendment. These bills seek to ensure that monies and debts owed to Government cannot be prescribed by time. Other bills for first reading will include: Sale of Agricultural Products (Amendment), which seeks to address issues related to the problem of predial larceny and Shipping (Amendment) which aims to modernize legislation related to shipping.

The bills for second reading will feature a number of provisions designed to ensure adequate systems for accountability and regulations within the financial services sector in view of recent crises at the regional level which gained prominence in the public domain. The Finance (Administration) (Amendment) will put in place measures in direct response to the first recommendations within the Ramsahoye Commission of Enquiry Report. The amendment will seek to ensure that all loans and guarantees must be approved by Parliament before they can take effect and that full disclosure must be provided.

Other bills for second reading will include: Payment System, Money Services Business, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Insurance and Commercial Code (Bills of Exchange) (Amendment). During this sitting of Parliament a motion will be moved authorizing the Finance Minister to guarantee loans from the National Insurance Corporation by the Saint Lucia Development Bank for the purposes of funding the education, housing and productive sectors.

Official Launch of the St. Lucia 2010 National Population and Housing Census

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:30:11 +0000

The 2010 National Population and Housing Census will be officially launched on Monday, January 25th, 2010 during a ceremony to held at the Bay Gardens Hotel in Gros Islet. The census launch will mark the commencement public sensitization and education ahead of the commencement of the 2010 Census in May of this year.

The Official Launching Ceremony will feature addresses by the Director of the Statistics Department, Mr. Edwin St. Catherine and Prime Minister Stephenson King. During the ceremony presentation will be made of the census jingle, mascot and logo as well as the slogan for the 2010 census.

The launch will also provide an opportunity to unveil the Helen Info 2.0 and Census Info Saint Lucia Data Dissemination Tools. Helen Info 2.0 is a software dissemination package which features selected socio-economic indicators on St. Lucia. Census Info Saint Lucia on the other hand, is an innovative and flexible database technology for the dissemination of information on Population and Housing Censuses.

Census Day for Saint Lucia will be observed on May 10, 2010.

Change of venue for St. Lucia youth video conference

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:00:11 +0000

The public is informed that the venue for the Youth Video Conference, which is being stage to mark the commencement of activities for Home Coming, 2010 has been changed from the UWI Open Campus (St. Lucia) to the East Caribbean Central Bank Agency Office Conference Room at Colony House on the John Compton Highway, Castries, St. Lucia.

The date and time for this activity remain the same, i.e. Monday, January 18th, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon. Please be guided accordingly.

The St. Lucia Haiti Earthquake appeal Aid Fund

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:57:47 +0000

On behalf of the Government and People of Saint Lucia, the National Emergency Management Organization of St. Lucia (NEMO) would like to inform persons of a correction to the list of accounts as relates to the bank of Nova Scotia Account. Please note that the account in question is in fact Account no. 2001483 and not # 32816 as indicated in the earlier Press Release on this subject. Please note that information related to the other accounts remain the same.

See updated listing below:

‘Haiti Earthquake Aid Appeal Fund’

Donations can be made to the following bank Accounts:

1. Bank of Saint Lucia, Decentralized Disaster Preparedness Account, Account # 901029840
2. First National Bank, Disaster Relief Fund, Account # 6002153
3. RBTT Caribbean Limited, Account # 7076300
4. First Caribbean International Bank – National Emergency Fund, Account # 02-1804460
5. Royal Bank of Canada, Disaster Emergency, Account # 1002005
6. Bank of Nova Scotia Bank, Account # 2001483 (and not Account #32816)

Please continue your donations as your contributions will be greatly appreciated by our Haitian Brothers & Sisters.