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Saint Lucia’s Schengen Visa-Free Access at Risk Over CIP

Sharefil Gaillard -
Saint Lucia could lose visa-free access to 29 European countries if it continues operating its Citizenship by Investment Programme (CIP), as the European Union intensifies pressure on Eastern Caribbean states to phase out investor citizenship schemes. Prime Minister Philip J....
Crime

40-Year-Old Man Shot Dead in Bexon Police Launch Homicide Probe

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Police have launched a homicide investigation after a 40-year-old man was found with multiple gunshot wounds in Bexon, Castries, on Saturday night. The victim has been identified as Justus Leo of Belaire, New Development. According to the Royal Saint Lucia...
Health

Saint Lucia Takes Suicide Prevention Message Directly to Teenagers

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Saint Lucia’s mental health officials are taking the suicide prevention conversation directly to teenagers, teaching secondary school students how to recognise warning signs in themselves and their peers and when to seek help. The National Mental Wellness Centre’s Engagement Committee...
Crime

Guns Used in 77% of Saint Lucia’s Homicides as Police Sound Alarm

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Firearms have been used in more than three-quarters of Saint Lucia’s homicides so far this year, prompting police to renew concerns about weapons entering the country and call for stronger interagency action. Of the 48 homicides recorded between January 1...
Crime

Police Warn WhatsApp Checkpoint Alerts Could Help Armed Criminals Evade Officers

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The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) is warning that social media alerts revealing the location of police checkpoints could be helping armed criminals evade officers and escape detection. ASP Terry Bradley of the Special Service Unit said Thursday that...
Business

Polish Visitor Makes History at Saint Lucia’s Underwater Sculpture Park

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A visitor from Poland has become the first tourist to explore Saint Lucia’s new underwater sculpture park and ring its submerged ceremonial bell. Tourism and Investment Minister Dr Ernest Hilaire revealed the milestone during the closing ceremony of the inaugural...
Health

Saint Lucia Opens Prosthetic Limb Centre

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A former police officer who arrived in a wheelchair and walked out hours later is among the first beneficiaries of Saint Lucia’s new Artificial Limb Centre. The facility officially opened at Tapion Hospital on Thursday, September 24. For Saint Lucians...
Business

Saint Lucian Products Make U.S. Push as Export Saint Lucia Targets New Buyers

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Saint Lucian manufacturers are being placed directly in front of international buyers as Export Saint Lucia intensifies efforts to secure new opportunities for locally made products in the United States. Food, beverages, wellness products and other Saint Lucian specialties recently...
Business

Hilaire Steps Up Saint Lucia’s Tourism Push

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Fresh from putting Saint Lucia’s tourism product before international travel partners at home, Tourism Minister Dr. Ernest Hilaire has taken the message directly to Canada, pitching an island he says should be experienced not only through its beaches and...
Arts

Saint Lucian Sculptors Target Global Market as CDF Pushes Craft ‘From Workshop to World Shops’

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Saint Lucian wood sculptors are being prepared to take their work beyond local workshops and tourism displays and into international markets, as a new phase of training combines traditional craftsmanship with the business skills needed to turn art into...
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Francis challenges Chastanet to resign as MP over disputed ‘bazooka’ remark

House Speaker Claudius Francis and Opposition Leader Allen Chastanet exchanged heated words during the October 20 sitting of the...

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