Bank of Saint Lucia lends support to neighbouring St Vincent

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Bank of Saint Lucia lends support to neighbouring St Vincent

Bank of Saint Lucia continues to lend critical support to our sister island St. Vincent in the wake of the devastating impacts of the La Soufriere volcanic eruptions. The Bank mobilized significant financial contributions to the OECS Stronger Together programme, and the St Vincent and the Grenadines National Insurance Services support of the mobilization of relief efforts on the ground. “Stronger Together” is global initiative led by the Organization of […]

May 11, 2021

National Trust Archaeological Priority Area

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Review of the Archaeological Investigation of the Cabot Development

The Saint Lucia National Trust (the Trust) and the Saint Lucia Archaeological and Historical Society (AHS) have been advocating for the conduct of an Archaeological investigation of the area of land on the south east corner of the Cabot (Saint Lucia) development since 2019 and been advising on what should be included in the Terms of Reference with both the developer and the Development Control Authority during conversations and in […]

May 10, 2021

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Saint Lucia Up for Major Accolades in the 28th Annual World Travel Awards

Voting is now open to the public in the 28th Annual World Travel Awards that has nominated Destination Saint Lucia for six prestigious titles, namely, Caribbean's Leading Adventure Tourism Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Cruise Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Luxury Island Destination 2021, Caribbean's Leading Nature Destination 2021, and Caribbean's Leading Honeymoon Destination 2021. World Travel Awards is a global initiative to recognize and reward excellence in […]

April 28, 2021

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Caribbean Airlines & CARPHA collaborate for healthier, safer tourism

Caribbean Airlines is collaborating with The Caribbean Public Health Agency, through its Regional Traveller Health Program (THP) to promote healthy, safer tourism, as the region opens to tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both CARPHA and Caribbean Airlines are committed to safe and responsible tourism to protect the health and wellbeing of both visitors and the local populations. On April 20-21 April, a total of 179 employees of Caribbean Airlines underwent […]

April 26, 2021

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Archaeological Assessment of the Cas en Bas Priority One Area of the Cabot

The Saint Lucia National Trust received a copy of the 2021 Archaeological Assessment of the Cas en Bas Priority One Area of the Cabot (Saint Lucia) development yesterday and is currently reviewing the findings and recommendations. However, given the extensive public interest in this matter, we consider it appropriate to make this statement on our initial reactions to the Assessment and the methodology used to generate it. Our interest in […]

April 24, 2021

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ECTEL Empowers Girls to Get Connected with ICT

As the regulating body for electronic communications in the Eastern Caribbean, the Eastern Caribbean Telecommunications Authority (ECTEL) is calling all girls to participate in an interactive virtual tech talk from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (Saint Lucia time) on Friday, April 30th for International Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day that was observed under the theme ‘Connected girls, creating brighter futures’. “We believe that this is the perfect […]

April 24, 2021

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Digicel donates Smartphones to Assist CDEMA in St. Vincent

Digicel donates 30 fully loaded smartphones to assist CDEMA’s urgent relief efforts in St. Vincent & The Grenadines .In a further move to support the urgent relief and recovery activities in St. Vincent & the Grenadines in light of the La Soufriere volcanic activity, Digicel has ensured that the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Authority (CDEMA) was hooked up and mobilised with a donation of 30 smartphones. The smartphones come fully […]

April 24, 2021

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Food Security Alert in Saint Vincent and The Grenadines

The Minister of Agriculture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has issued a food security alert in this Caribbean country The catastrophic situation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, which suffered a series of volcanic eruptions this month that left the country in a state of emergency, is affecting the availability and affordability of food, said the Minister of Agriculture of the Eastern Caribbean nation, Saboto Caesar, who calculated the […]

April 24, 2021

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Food Safety Tips To Avoid Contamination From Dust And Ash Fall

Given the series of eruptions of the La Soufriere Volcano in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, it has been noted that Saint Lucia is affected by the ash fall. Therefore, the Ministry of Health and Wellness emphasizes the importance of ensuring proper food safety to avoid contamination due to the dust and ash fall. Some of the food safety tips are: Ensure that all produce are adequately washed after harvesting […]

April 22, 2021

General Programming

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