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The St. Lucia senate handed the government a rare defeat during Thursday’s sitting of the upper house of parliament. The senators voted against the company’s amendment bill. The bill had raised questions during its passage in the lower house, with members of the opposition seeking clarification on a number of …

The captain of the St. Lucia Zouks T 20 cricket side Darren Sammy has promised to raise the level when they play their first home game for the 2019 Caribbean premier league competition.

The St. Lucia Labour party says it is excited about the number of prospective candidates seeking to contest the next elections on its ticket.

The minister for home affairs and national security senator Hermingild Francis says all of the parties involved in the IMPACS matter, need resolution in order to move on with their lives.  

The government of St. Lucia is working towards establishing a national spatial data infrastructure. The NSDI is said to be an asset, that can be used for better decision making. Communications officer for the disaster vulnerability reduction project Lucious Doxeire has the details.

St Lucia has registered a record number of stay over visitors for the month July. According to the latest figures, the visitor numbers continue to surpass projections.

The shortage of sugar in the south of St. Lucia will soon be addressed. The ministry of commerce, which has said that the shortage of sugar is caused by retailers hoarding supplies, warned that the practice is unlawful.

The National Council on Public Transportation says it is working on introducing far reaching changes for the public transport sector. One component of the changes is the training of bus drivers. https://youtu.be/s01h4JFGHAE

The striking millet bus drivers have continued their protest. However, the drivers say they are prepared to sit and negotiate a solution to the strike, which withdrew service to the communities of Bel Air and Venus.

The South African who etched his name in the record books for his marathon swim from the shores of Barbados to St. Lucia, on Wednesday spoke to the media about accomplishing this challenge. For more than two days, he swam without taking a sleeping break, swimming for close to one …