BVI minister denies visiting Saint Lucia to hire new head of prison: report
Walwyn (left) and Garde (BVI NEWS) — Myron Walwyn, the minister who jointly holds responsibility for local prison with the governor, has refuted claims that he visited St Lucia several months ago to...
View ArticleSaint Lucia police commissioner responds to SLP chairman over mysterious letter
Moncherry (SNO) — Police Commissioner Severin Moncherry has discredited the contents of a letter printed in a local newspaper which had disturbed the main Opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) and...
View ArticleLocal rugby referee excels
(SNO) – Chantel John, a rugby player since 2004, has been making waves in the rugby world of refereeing. John starting refereeing in 2015, doing a level 1 rugby refereeing course. She did not stop...
View ArticleSaint Lucia football homeless ahead of Concacaf clash
(SNO) – The ongoing discussion about facilities in Saint Lucia is set to be thrown into high relief over the next few weeks. Saint Lucia’s men’s national football team is riding high after beating...
View ArticleSaint Lucia’s tourism minister is new Caribbean Tourism Organization chairman
Fedee (PRESS RELEASE) – Saint Lucia has been voted in as chair of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), with the election today of its minister of tourism Dominic Fedee, ending the two-year term of...
View ArticleVigé residents plan protest march for better roads this Sunday (+photo gallery)
(PRESS RELEASE) — In an effort to draw attention to the poor state of roads in our community of Vigé, we have organized a match this coming Sunday. We will be walking from the Vigé Primary School to...
View ArticleSaint Lucian college student achieves top scholarship in the U.S.
Krystal Nicholas Editor’s note: Krystal Nicholas is from La Resource, Vieux-Fort, Saint Lucia and lives in Roselle, New Jersey. She studies Computer Science Engineering at Union County College and is a...
View ArticleSLP still in the dark about OJO Labs: Pierre
Prime Minister Allen Chastanet (right) during a visit at OJO Labs in August 2018. (SNO) — More than a year after establishing roots in Saint Lucia the artificial intelligence and call centre entity...
View ArticleVehicular guardrails being installed in Castries to improve road safety
Scene of a fatal accident in July 2016 in which a Suzuki Swift vehicle plunged into the Castries harbour killing one of the two females on board. (PRESS RELEASE) – The Department of Infrastructure,...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Saint Lucia’s Melius makes blazing start in Super 50 series
Melius (SNO) — Saint Lucia’s Kimani Melius makes an encouraging start to the NAGICO Super 50 series, hitting 46 runs off 46 balls. West Indies B are now poised at 83/3 after 15.2 overs against Canada....
View ArticleHurricane Leslie forms
(CMC) – Tropical storm Leslie strengthened into the Atlantic season’s sixth hurricane on Wednesday, but meteorologists said the Category 1 storm is expected to give the British Overseas Territory a...
View ArticleRoderick Cherry gets CEO job at Invest Saint Lucia
(PRESS RELEASE) – Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) announces the appointment of Mr. Roderick Cherry as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Cherry brings to the post over twenty years of management and marketing...
View ArticleNo outbreak of ‘Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease’ in Saint Lucia: officials
(PRESS RELEASE) — The Ministry of Health and Wellness has clarified the situation as it related to Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease of island and has dismissed an audio recording circulating on social...
View ArticleDallas police, DA refuse to release Amber Guyger’s 911 call, other info in...
Amber Guyger, right, fatally shot Botham Jean at the South Side Flats in Dallas Sept. 6. Photos: Courtesy/WFAA (DALLAS NEWS) — The city of Dallas refuses to release a recording of the 911 call that...
View ArticleBeloved St. Jude employee passes away in the U.S. after giving birth, leaving...
Jeffa (SNO) – Many people in the south of Saint Lucia have been plunged into shock and mourning following news of the untimely death of Jeffa Belasse, who was very active in sports, education,...
View ArticleTribute to Jeffa Bellas: An amazing, exceptional woman (from Titoya Savery)
Jeffa Editor’s note: Jeffa passed away in the U.S. on Tuesday (Oct. 2, 2018) after giving birth (SEE STORY). She was an employee of St. Jude Hospital and was a very active member of the Vieux Fort...
View ArticleMurdered Bagatelle teens memorialised in local rap song
Glendon Barthelmy (left) was stabbed to death in August 2018 and Antonio McVane (right) was shot to death in September 2017. Both were from Bagatelle. (SNO) — Two young men have penned a tribute in...
View ArticleBabonneau family loses “everything” after tree falls on house during storm
(SNO) — A family of four is now homeless after a tree destroyed their four-bedroom house in Cacao, Babonneau during the passage of Tropical Storm Kirk. The near-tragic incident occurred between 8 p.m....
View ArticleAmber Guyger was not wearing a body camera the night she shot Botham Jean,...
Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, left, and Botham Jean, right. (DALLAS NEWS) — Dallas police officers now have body cameras, but Officer Amber Guyger wasn’t wearing one the night she shot...
View ArticleFundraising account set up to “help bring Jeffa home” and “raise her baby girl”
(SNO) — An online fundraising campaign was launched on Thursday, Oct. 4 to raise funds to help relatives bring home the body of Jeffa Bellas, who passed away in the U.S. on Tuesday, Oct. 2 shortly...
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