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LUCELEC statement on retirement age ruling and strike action notice by CSA
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) operates within the law. There was a dispute between the Civil Service Association (CSA) and LUCELEC on the interpretation of...
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Saint Lucia exports breadfruit to USA
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Perineau’s Exports, a Saint Lucian exporter with guidance and assistance from Export Saint Lucia (TEPA) successfully exported a test shipment of breadfruit to Miami, Florida...
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BVI inmates return home on first anniversary of Hurricane Irma
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Ten Prisoners were yesterday Thursday, September 6, escorted from the Bordelais Correctional facility under heavy security in compliance with arrangements to ensure they were...
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Saint Lucian shot dead after Dallas Officer enters wrong apartment
(SNO) — A Saint Lucian man, Botham Shem Jean, was fatally shot Thursday night after a Dallas police officer entered the wrong apartment, according to reports. Below is the full report from FOX 4 NEWS...
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Health care and party politics don’t mix
(PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – When doctors put down their stethoscopes, fold and pack away their medical coats, the immediate casualties of their failure to report to work, are the people who need them...
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Saint Lucia National Trust’s open letter to DCA regarding demolition works at...
Demolition works at Castries Prison (PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – AN OPEN LETTER TO: Development Control Authority Graeham Louisy Administrative Building The Waterfront Castries It was brought to the...
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VIDEO: Foul play suspected in fire that destroyed cop’s car near Canaries...
https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/video-1536531984-1.mp4 (SNO) — A private motor vehicle belonging to a police officer was destroyed by fire near the Canaries Police Station...
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Botham Jean and Officer Amber Guyger ‘didn’t pose together for a photo’
(DALLAS MORNING NEWS) — Search “Amber Guyger” on social media, and you’ll see post after post of the same photo: 26-year-old Botham Jean in sunglasses, smiling alongside three women. The photo was...
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UPDATED: Hurricane Florence strengthens; Helene becomes a hurricane and Isaac...
A satellite view of the Atlantic tropical region on Sept. 9, 2018. Florence is seen at top, center, while Isaac and Helene are also seen closer to Africa. (NOAA) (SUN-SENTINEL) — This weekend’s weather...
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Dallas police officer charged in fatal shooting of unarmed Saint Lucian neighbor
Amber Guyger and Botham Shem Jean (CNN) — A Dallas police officer who fatally shot a man in his apartment after mistaking it for her own was arrested Sunday on a manslaughter charge, the Texas Rangers...
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Prime Minister Chastanet further outlines plans for sports infrastructure
Concept Design for Desruisseaux Playing Field The statement below appeared on Prime Minister Allen Chastanet’s Facebook page last week At the 2018 National Sports Awards held on February 17 ,2018 my...
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Lesser Antilles bracing for Hurricane Isaac’s impacts late this week
(ACCUWEATHER) — Hurricane Isaac will churn westward and bring strong winds and heavy rain to the Lesser Antilles during the second half of the week. Isaac, the fifth hurricane of the 2018 Atlantic...
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High Court grants injunction against demolition of historic Castries prison
Demolition works at Castries Prison prior to injunction. (PRESS RELEASE) — On 9th September 2018, the Saint Lucia National Trust successfully petitioned the High Court to issue an Order to stop the...
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National Security Minister and Commissioner of Police condemn threats
Minister Hermangild Francis (PRESS RELEASE VIA SNO) – Minister for Home Affairs, Justice and National Security Senator the Honourable Hermangild Francis Commissioner and Police Commissioner Mr. Severin...
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Thousands protest policies of Saint Lucia government, call for fresh elections
(CMC) — Thousands of Saint Lucians took to the streets on Sunday to protest the policies of the Allen Chastanet government calling on him to call fresh general elections on the island. The...
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Dredging issue not seriously affecting operations of southern Marine Unit:...
The jetty where the vessel is usually anchored. (SNO) — The shallowness of the sea in the area where the Southern Branch of the Marine Unit of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force is located in Vieux-Fort,...
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Saint Lucian appointed Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court judge
H.E. Sir S.W. Tapley Seaton, (right) Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis, administers the Oath of Office and Oath of Allegiance to Hon. Justice Eddy Ventose (left) as a Judge of the Eastern...
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PM hopes justice system will “swiftly” investigate Botham Jean’s “senseless...
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet (left) comforts Allison Jean, the mother of Botham. * Facebook photo (SNO) – Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has posted a statement on his Facebook page in connection with...
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UPDATED: Schools in Saint Lucia informed to prepare as Isaac approaches
Editor’s note: Hurricane Isaac has since been downgraded to a Tropical Storm. The notice referred to in the story below was sent out prior to the downgrade. However, residents are still being urged to...
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Witnesses dispute Dallas cop’s account in fatal shooting of neighbor,...
Police Officer Amber Guyger (centre) at the scene of the shooting. (CBS) — Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside Dallas police headquarters Monday evening to demand justice for Botham Jean, the...
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