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E-poll presentation with Liz-Anne De Beauville.

The St. Lucia Development Bank (SLDB) has launched a special climate adaptation financing facility (CAFF). CAFF provides low interest loans to Saint Lucian enterprises in the agriculture, tourism, manufacturing and service sectors to help build climate change resilience.

Over 30 enthusiastic parents gathered at the Vide Bouteille Primary School, in La Clery on Wednesday, to discuss the participation of their children in the newly launched National Lotteries Authority after school programme (ASP).

The National Emergency Management Organization [NEMO] continues to advance capacity building efforts to establish a national early warning system for Saint Lucia. The organization is getting help from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency, the international telecommunications union and the Cuban government.

A minor from Dennery requires surgery after a dangerous flare-gun mishap last Sunday. The incident has raised questions on whether legislation should be established to regulate flare-gun ownership. The minor reportedly suffered second and third degree burns and blunt force trauma to the face.

Passengers on board a La Clery public bus got a scare around midday Friday, when a retaining wall collapsed on the moving vehicle at active hill. Among the startled passengers taken to hospital was a pregnant woman. One other parked vehicle was also crushed under the weight of the wall, …

Saint Lucia’s Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) is not involved in any negotiations concerning the controversial DSH (horse race) track or any aspect of DSH at this point in time. That’s according to Ceo Nestor Alfred. Alfred says that some aspects of the agreement were approved before his tenure.

Officials at Caribbean Week in Agriculture 2018 are convinced that agriculture can help to reduce the Region’s worrying youth unemployment rate. Joblessness among young people in the Caribbean stands at 30%, compared to a global average of 13%.  Youth need work and the agriculture sector needs all hands on deck, …