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CWCF in partnership with Flow and One on One Educational Services

More than 130,000 Students Across the Caribbean to Benefit from Virtual Learning Platform

CWCF provides Flow Study Program FREE for ALL students until June 15 in response to COVID-19 Over 130,000 kindergarten, primary and secondary school students across the Caribbean will benefit from the Flow Study program FREE of charge from now through June 15. The Cable and Wireless Charitable Foundation (CWCF) in partnership with Flow and One on One Educational Services Limited joined forces to provide access to the comprehensive virtual education platform, which offers a wide array of educational content enabling […]

April 1, 2020

Press Release

Government Issued Contact Numbers – COVID-19 Response

1 Clinical Support 1: 518 5849 2 Clinical Support 2: 518 4128 3 Clinical Support 3: 518 5615 4 Clinical Support 4: 518 4095 5 Clinical Support 5: 518 4150 6 Clinical Support 7: 518 7886 7 Clinical Support 8: 518 4083 8 Clinical Support 9: 722 6435 9 Clinical Support 10: 722 7788 10 Clinical Support 12: 723 0663 11 Clinical Support 13: 722 6485 12 Clinical Support 14: 722 6403 13 Clinical Support 15: 518 9942 14 Clinical […]

April 1, 2020

Press Release

Notice from Owen King EU Hospital

In an attempt to control the spread of the COVID-19 virus the Management of Owen King EU Hospital informs the public of the following: Starting April 1st 2020 daily visiting hours are reduced to 30 minutes; 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. 12:00p.m. to 12:30 p.m.Absolutely NO evening visiting time are allowed until further notice. Individuals with any respiratory issue (flu, asthma, COPD, etc.) must first visit the Victoria Hospital Respiratory Clinic (Big White Tent), for triaging/screening after which a determination […]

March 31, 2020

Press Release

Maintaining Social Distance for COVID-19

The Ministry of Health and Wellness supports the introduction of the national scale down which was put into effect to support the establishment of social distancing on Monday, March 23, 2020 that has now been extended to Tuesday, April 14, 2020. We note the importance of such an intervention as it serves as a primary measure to prevent the spread of contagious diseases and in this case COVID 19. However, we have observed that in practice, the recommended 6 ft. […]

March 31, 2020

Press Release

Press Release from Tapion Hospital and Medical Associates

Wearing Masks for COVID-19 People, if we go out in public we need to wear masks. The rise of COVID cases has been found to be much slower in Asian countries versus western countries. There are certainly many explanations for this such as aggressive testing and using technology for contact tracing but one thing stands out; wearing masks. Basic science research has demonstrated that droplet spread is reduced when masks are worn. We know that COVID is spread mainly by […]

March 31, 2020

Press Release

Saint Lucia Records Four New Cases Of COVID-19

As of March 30, 2020, the World Health Organization reported a total of 693 282 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally with 33 106 deaths. There are now 81, 137 confirmed cases in the region of the Americas. The affected region includes: Dominican Republic (581), Haiti (15), Barbados (26), Jamaica (32), Cuba (119), Dominica (11), Grenada (7), Trinidad and Tobago (76), Guyana (5), Antigua and Barbuda (7), Bahamas (10), Saint Vincent and Grenadines (1), Guadeloupe (96), Martinique (105), St. Kitts and […]

March 31, 2020

Public Notice

Temporary Suspension of Services – Transport Division

In keeping with the need to observe social distancing measures to combat the spread of COVID 19, Division of Transport wishes to advise that the registration of new vehicles will be suspended this week from Tuesday March 31st, Wednesday April 1st and on Friday April 3rd 2020. This service will only be available on Thursday April 2nd, 2020 from 8 am to 12 noon. The Transport Division can be contacted via email address transport@govt.lc; one of our representatives will be […]

March 31, 2020

Press Release

Department of External Affairs Notice

The Department of External Affairs wishes to inform all internal and external clients of the revised hours of operation. Be informed that effective Monday March 30, 2020 the Department of External Affairs will operate with minimum staff in office coupled with a "work from home" arrangement between the hours from 8.00 am to 12.30 pm. These revised hours of operation will remain until further advisements by the Government of Saint Lucia. The Department of External Affairs solicits the cooperation and […]

March 31, 2020

Press Release

Prime Minister to Update the Nation Today on COVID-19

Prime Minister Honourable Allen Chastanet and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr. Sharon Belmar-George will provide an update to the nation on Saint Lucia’s response to the Coronavirus disease COVID-19 at 4:00PM today, Sunday March 29th 2020. All Saint Lucians should tune in to the live update to be carried via the National Television Network (NTN) and local broadcast TV and radio stations, as well as via youtube and facebook platforms at 4:00PM. The Prime Minister and CMO will be joined […]

March 29, 2020