The government of St. Lucia has reached out to members of a Vieux Fort family who lost all their belongings to a raging house fire.

The annual “Annou Manje Dance Ek Chante En Kweyol” was launched by de soca-lypso review on Friday. Competition is set for October 31st 2015.

On Friday, the They Often Cry Outreach (TOCO) foundation took it’s spay and neuter campaign to the north of the island. The exercise is being held at the old Gros Islet police station from 8.30 am to 3.30 p.m. and will end on October 18th.

Venezuelan president Nicholas Maduro is expected to make his first visit to Saint Lucia on Saturday. Ahead of the official trip, a delegation from the Latin American country arrived on island on Wednesday and visited a number of schools to see the Venezuelan-funded laptop programme in action.

The St. Lucia medical & dental association (SLMDA) has continued its partnership with the university of the west indies (UWI) in hosting the 11th annual UWI/SLMDA conference in October. It is part of the association’s continuing medical and dental education drive.

The animal wing of the TOCO foundation has moved north with the spay and neuter campaign. The campaign was initially launched in Soufriere where locals were encouraged to bring in pets and animals in the community to have them spayed and neutered in an effort to reduce the number of …

The late Frank Norville was a musician; dancer, actor and cultural enthusiast who contributed immensely to the cultural landscape of Saint Lucia. Frank Norville passed on Wednesday April 8th 2015 at the age of 70. Now Member of Parliament for the Gros Islet constituency Emma Hippolyte says his legacy will …

On Tuesday October 13th, the Soufriere marine management area (SMMA) organized a consultation for its diverse partner community. At that meeting, the parties sought to strengthen the organisation’s legal framework.

The ministry of health has joined the international community in declaring October as breast cancer awareness month. To support the fight against breast cancer, the ministry has invited key partners to be part of its pink Friday initiative. Telecoms giant Digicel has answered the call.

The United Nations development project (UNDP) is helping young people become the drivers of change. On Wednesday, the UNDP commenced a three day exercise in Saint Lucia entitled “social innovation for change,” with about 50 contenders vying for project funding.

Saint Lucia is preparing to welcome the president of the Bolivarian republic of Venezuela, H.E. Nicolas Maduro, on his first visit the country. The president is expected here on Saturday.

SLASPA has added seven (7) new students to its annual scholarship awards program. The 2015 SLASPA scholarship awards ceremony was held earlier last week at SLASPA’S headquarters in Castries.

This month, the Saint Lucia national lotteries is observing its 10th anniversary with a ‘celebrate and win’ promotion. The promotion began on October 12th and ends on November 13th 2015.

CARICOM is stepping up its preparations for the United Nations conference of the parties, known as cop 21, in December. Saint Lucia is one of the countries which has hosted a number of preparatory meetings of negotiators and experts and the country’s sustainable development minister says there will be a …

The ministry of health is aiming to boost the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding. The ministry is hoping that come 2016 more mothers adopt the practise that according to the health officials, can affect the lives of children into their adulthood. Chief nutritionist Lisa Hunt Mitchell says there is a direct …