PRESS RELEASE — Today Wednesday February 3, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of seventy-seven new cases …
Saint Lucia Records 77 New Cases of COVID-19, 2 Deaths
Government Places Saint Lucia under State of Emergency
With COVID-19 figures skyrocketing out of control, the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Hon. Allen Chastanet, together with a full …
Vaccines will be Available Towards the End of the First Quarter of 2021
Saint Lucia, like the rest of the world, is working diligently to access COVID-19 vaccines that are safe, efficacious, and …
8 inmates Confirmed as Positive for COVID-19 at BCF
On Monday January 25, 2021, the Ministry of Health received notification that a correctional officer at the Bordelais Correctional Facility …
Saint Lucia to Continue Under Existing Covid-19 Prevention and Control Protocols
In an effort to continue to manage the Covid-19 pandemic in Saint Lucia the existing protocols will continue until Wednesday …
216 new cases of COVID-19 Recorded in Saint Lucia
The Ezra Long Laboratory continues to manage the backlog of COVID-19 samples. Today Sunday January 31, 2021, the Ministry of …
Banana Farmers Hopeful After WinFresh’s Collapse
There is a real possibility that banana farmers, operating under the Fairtrade brand, could rise financially stronger from the ashes …
SLP Says Country Needs Stability
Political Leader of the St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) Phillip Pierre has urged citizens to hold strong amidst the many …
SLMDA Calls For Two Week Shutdown amid record COVID Spike
Given the unprecedented surge in cases of COVID-19 on island with over five hundred (500) cases being diagnosed during this …
COVID-19 Cases Over 1000 and Counting
Once considered a model to follow in handling the pandemic, Saint Lucia today confirmed and eclipsed an unenviable number. In …
PM Allen Chastanet: “We cannot shut the country down”
PRIME Minister Allen Chastanet this week attempted to explain why the country cannot be shut down altogether despite the rising …
Saint Lucia Expresses Outrage at Crimes Targetting Women
INDIVIDUAL voices are speaking out against rising violent crimes against both males and females that are pushing homicides rates to …
Police Intensify Investigations into Young Woman’s Body Discovered at Pigeon Island
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force are actively pursuing leads that will help unlock the mystery of identifying a woman’s …
Saint Lucia Records its Eleventh COVID-19 Related Death
On Saturday January 23, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Wellness received confirmation of forty new cases of COVID-19 from …
COVID Impacts Vendors, Flea Market Operations
IN response to the need to lessen the current spread of COVID-19, and protect the health of the public, tenants …
Businesses to Close as Commercial Activity Scaled Down For Ten Days
With reference to the recent address by the Honourable Prime Minister – January 20th 2021, in which new measures were …
63 year female is island’s Tenth COVID-19 Related Death
The Ministry of Health and Wellness today Thursday, January 21, 2021, received confirmation from the Ezra Long Laboratory of thirty-seven …
Dr. Gene Leon Elected to the Post of President of the Caribbean Development Bank
The Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) elected Dr. Gene Leon to the position of President of …
Increased Protocols Announced to Curtail Transmission of COVID-19
At an Update to the Nation on 20th January 2021 with Prime Minister Honourable Allen Chastanet, Command Centre Chairman Honourable …
7000+ Tourism Workers Back at Work
DESPITE the battering of the tourism industry by COVID-19 about half of the workforce within that sector are back at …