St Lucia News
St Lucia opposition leader seeks clarification on exclusive oil exploration deal
King wants to know whether Dame Pearlette had issued the license in keeping with the provisions of the Minerals (Vesting) Act or whether or not someone else had issued the license in violation of the constitution.
St Lucia budget to be unveiled today
Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony is intent on containing the island’s fiscal deficit, which currently stands at an estimated nine percent of GDP....
St Lucia jolted by 4.1 magnitude earthquake
The earthquake is the latest in a series of tremors that have occurred in several Caribbean countries in recent months....
Prominent St Lucia author and researcher Devaux dead at 79
In 1961, Devaux founded the St Lucia Research Centre that produced several research papers on a wide range of topics....
Entire St Lucia resort rented by Matt Damon for renewal of wedding vows
The American actor and his Argentina-born wife celebrated their union with some 50 celebrity guests at the Sugar Beach Resort....
St Lucia police praised by PM after three held for robbing tourists
A police statement said that while none of the tourists had been hurt during the ordeal, the gunmen had robbed them of money, jewellery, cameras, and cell phones....
Gunmen rob over 50 cruise ship passengers on St Lucia tour bus
The island’s tourism minister described the incident as an “unfortunate and horrible scenario” which left the victims “shaken”....
St Lucia workers take to streets to demand wage increase
Former Prime Minister Stephenson King, addressing a UWP public meeting on the weekend, called on Prime Minister Anthony to intervene in the industrial dispute....
St Lucia police deny civil servants permission to march
The workers are into week three of their strike and appear determined to obtain a better deal although the other five sister unions grouped under the Trade Union Federation (TUF) have accepted and signed up for the 4 per cent government offer....
St Lucia government services crippled by civil servants strike
The civil servants, chanting the union’s solidarity song, are insisting on a 9.5 per cent wage hike for the 2010-13 period that the government said it cannot meet....
St Lucia police arrest Dominica nationals in major drug bust
Members of the Marine Unit had intercepted the blue, orange and black pirogue named “Von Von” on Friday about 8.2 nautical miles south of Gros Piton in Soufriere....