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New National Events Added to Lucian Carnival 2024 Calendar

A Dennery Segment Show and National Junior Panorama competition are among the new events launched for Lucian Carnival 2024. During the press launch of Lucian Carnival 2024 held on Thursday, April 4, at Sandals Grande, Chairperson of the Carnival Planning and Management Committee (CPMC), Tamara Gibson, announced several new additions to the Lucian Carnival Calendar. According to Gibson, the CPMC’s focus for 2024 is on building capacity. “At the CPMC, we’re heavily focused on the growth and development of our […]

April 10, 2024

Press Release

OECS Athletes Compete at CARIFTA Aquatics

In the XXXVII CARIFTA Aquatics Championships, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States enjoyed significant representation, with Martinique, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines all figuring in the medal count. Over four days of competition at the Betty Kelly-Kenning Aquatic Centre in Nassau, The Bahamas, some 500 athletes from 25 participating nations engaged in friendly rivalry. The host team emerged overall winners once again, with 101 total medals. Martinique (five gold, eight silver, eight bronze […]

April 10, 2024

Press Release

ECTEL’s Digital Inclusion Strategy

ECTEL’s Digital Inclusion Strategy Gains Momentum Across 5 Eastern Caribbean Countries Courtesy Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) A survey to ascertain information about access to, use and affordability of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and broadband products and services in the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority’s (ECTEL’s) five (5) Contracting States is well underway. The initiative is spearheaded by ECTEL, and forms part of the World Bank-funded Caribbean Digital Transformation Project. The survey is ongoing in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia […]

April 5, 2024

CARICOM

Outcome declaration of CARICOM, International Partners and Haitian Stakeholders

The text of the following statement was released by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Haitian stakeholders, the United Nations, the Governments of Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, and the United States of America, on the announcement of a transitional governing arrangement between the Haitian stakeholders, in Kingston, Jamaica - 11 March 2024. CARICOM convened Haitian Stakeholders and the following International Development Partners: Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, the United Nations, and the United States of America to discuss the multidimensional crisis in Haiti. This meeting followed a series of […]

March 11, 2024

CARICOM

CARICOM’s food security drive receives USD1.6M boost from New Zealand

The Caribbean Community’s goal to reduce food imported to the Region by 25 percent by 2025, has received a boost from the government of New Zealand to the tune of USD1.6M, targeting women and youth in agriculture. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, and the new Plenipotentiary Representative of New Zealand to CARICOM, Her Excellency Linda Charlotte Te Puni, signed a Grant Funding Agreement for the project on Wednesday, 28 February at the Guyana Marriot in Georgetown, on the margins of […]

March 5, 2024

CARICOM

CARICOM, USAID Partner on Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project

Collaborating to build a resilient cyber future across the Caribbean The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the United States Agency for International Development launched a Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project to enhance cybersecurity capacity across CARICOM States. Against a backdrop of rising cyber threats globally, the CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development, in 2019, unanimously approved the development of the Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project. The Project seeks to galvanise Caribbean-wide collaboration on cybersecurity efforts and empower stakeholders to […]

March 4, 2024

Press Release

Wasco successfully completes major maintenance works to raw water pipeline

The Water and Sewerage Company Inc. (WASCO) announces the successful completion of repairs to the raw water pipeline between the John Compton Dam and the Theobalds Treatment Plant in Ciceron. This is an exercise that must continue until the replacement of the entire pipeline has been completed. Despite the inherent challenges of working in wet conditions due to overnight rainfall, WASCO technicians achieved a repair turnaround time of approximately 36 hours, with a scope of work that involved the replacement […]

March 4, 2024

Press Release

Water Interruption Update

WASCO acknowledges the inconvenience caused by recent water supply interruptions to some areas on the northern system due to essential maintenance work. Your frustration is understandable and we sincerely apologize for the extended duration of these interruptions. At present, maintenance work is being carried out at the Theobalds Treatment Plant in Ciceron. These works are responsible for the current low pressures experienced on the network and will continue for the next five days. To alleviate the situation, WASCO has activated valving […]

February 8, 2024

Press Release

BOSL Global Investment Fund Launches Pioneering Diversified Mutual Fund in the OECS

The Bank of Saint Lucia Limited (BOSL) proudly announces the launch of the BOSL Global Investment Fund (the Fund), the first ever indigenous mutual fund, marking a milestone in the financial landscape in Saint Lucia and the wider Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). This innovative mutual fund demonstrates our unwavering dedication to empowering individuals and corporations to achieve their financial aspirations. The BOSL Global Investment Fund is a professionally managed investment opportunity that pools money from many investors to invest […]

January 31, 2024