TODAY’S FITC is one of the reasons why I can never stop loving and being proud of my island home, because whilst we do have a few bad apples TRYING to spoil our good name and reputation, we have sons and daughters like her, who is living proof that St. Lucia is bursting with talent that can match that of the elites.
COMPUTER programmers are expected to avoid making mistakes in their work. Of course, we know that does not always happen since words like “debugging” are used to describe part of the role of a programmer. Fortunately, many errors are obvious and are easily avoided because they prevent the programme from running.
Q: DEAR REGINA, My dad has late stage dementia and has been bed-ridden for approximately a year in NY. My sister has been his primary caregiver. She does have help with other family support and hired help. My brother and I here in St Lucia provide the finances for the hired help. We both feel so disconnected and helpless. Is there any support groups out here in St Lucia to help us cope with long distant care support?
OCTOBER was breast cancer awareness month and in St. Lucia there was a sustained campaign to help those affected by breast cancer through early detection, education and other support services.
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Nov 23, CMC – Evin Lewis struck his first ODI century but his knock was in vain as West Indies panicked in the death overs to hand Sri Lanka a nail biting one run win in the fifth game of the Tri-Nation Series at Queen’s Club here on Wednesday.
ST. JOSEPH’S Convent Egrets continue their good run on form in the 2016 Shamfest Netball Fiesta being played at the Vigie Multi-Purpose Sports Complex. On Monday, the Egrets defeated Sir Ira Simmons Secondary 24-3 to secure another victory while Toughest edged out Northern Arrow for their first win.
THE Saint Lucia Tourist Board is hosting a group of British journalists. The Fleet Street Exiles is made-up of senior journalists from major British media outlets who tour abroad playing local cricket sides and writing about many aspects of the countries they visit.
THE southern zone completed their preliminary round of matches in the Saint Lucia Football Association / Vision Super League Inter District Under -21 tournament when the final two games were played at the Phillip Marcellin Grounds on Tuesday evening.
VIJAYAWADA, India Nov 22, CMC-West Indies Women defeated India Women by 15 runs to complete a three-nil sweep of the T20 International series at Vijayawada here on Tuesday. A solid half century opening partnership between Hayley Matthews and Captain Stafanie Taylor laid the foundation for West Indies 139 for four in 20 overs after they won the toss and elected to bat.
“SERVE now your Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not and the years draw nigh when thou shalt say I have no pleasure in them.” I have given over a decade of my life to politics and the one thing I knew from the start was that it was not a sprint, more like the longest marathon ever run in the world.
WITH about a month to go before Christmas Day, many Saint Lucians are hoping that the season does turn out to be a festive one. All year long, it has been a tough challenge for people to manage their affairs, whether employed or not.
POLICE are reporting no arrest so far in an incident in which prominent attorney Marcus Foster was beaten with a baseball bat about his body sustaining a broken leg in the process.
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CONSUMERS will have a wide variety of goods and services to choose from when the 9th annual Saint Lucia-Taiwan Partnership Trade Exhibition opens tomorrow at the Johnsons Centre in Rodney Bay.
PARIS (CMC) – St. Lucia has signed the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters that will enable the government to automatically exchange information.
A welcome ceremony hosted by the Saint Lucia Tourist Board to mark the start of Karibik Trophy Regatta was held on Monday evening at the Pigeon Island National Landmark. The Regatta consists of 20 boats with 120 participants including members of famous sailing clubs, individual sailors and Press.
SANTIAGO, Chile November 23:– China’s President Xi Jinping is inviting journalists and media houses in Saint Lucia and the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean to join their Chinese counterparts to do more to better cover growing ties between China and the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region.
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NEARLY two months after Tropical Storm Matthew swept across Saint Lucia, its after-effects are still being felt in the agricultural sector. Massy Stores (St. Lucia)’s Perishables Manager, Dunstan Demille, told The VOICE this week that the supermarket chain is currently experiencing a vast reduction in its usual supply of key produce from local farmers whose livelihoods stood in T.S. Matthew’s destructive path.
The UWI Open Campus Saint Lucia will on Tuesday, November 29 host a public lecture entitled “The Evolving Culture and …
OECS Media Release Thursday, November 24, 2016 — The OECS Commission is working with Member Countries to strengthen the recently …
The Saint Lucia Coalition of Service Industries (SLCSI) is hosting an Export Development Training Programme dubbed “Services Go Global” for …