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UPDATED: Julien second in Youth Olympics 100m, hopes to improve race in next...
(SNO) — Saint Lucia is in sight of its first-ever youth Olympic Games medal, as Julien Alfred finished second overall in Stage 1 of the women’s 100m on Friday (Oct. 12) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The...
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Saint Lucia Writers Forum honours Ashanti Prescott
(PRESS RELEASE) — The Saint Lucia Writers Forum is honored to invite Mr. Ashanti Prescott to be its first candidate of the Rising Author Recognition, as its first featured Artist for the month of...
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Bay Gardens offering free World T20 tickets
A general view over the Darren Sammy Stadium Getty Images (PRESS RELEASE) – As excitement builds for the ICC Women’s World T20 cricket tournament next month, a St. Lucian hotel group is making it even...
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St. Lucia signs crime fighting agreements with France
External Affairs Minister Hon. Sarah Flood Beaubun and H.E. Philippe Ardanaz, Ambassador of France. (CMC) – Two agreements which will assist in combating crime and extraditing criminals have been...
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Obesity on the rise in Caribbean women
(CMC) – Director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr. Virginia Asin-Oostburg says studies have revealed that women in the Caribbean have higher rates of obesity in terms of body mass...
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World Bank says Caribbean could still benefit from Human Capital Index Report
(CMC) – The World Bank Saturday said that the new World Bank Human Capital Index released earlier this week gives policymakers in the Caribbean and around the world compelling evidence that delivering...
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Int’l Olympic Committee honours Richard Peterkin
Peterkin (PRESS RELEASE) — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has formally notified the Saint Lucia Olympic Committee Incorporated (SLOC Inc.) that it has awarded IOC Member and Immediate Past...
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Trump says family separations deter illegal immigration
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that separating migrant families at the border could deter illegal immigration and that he was considering several options to tighten border...
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Trump says U.S. would be ‘punishing’ itself if it halts Saudi arms sales
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday the United States would be “punishing” itself by halting military sales to Saudi Arabia even if it is proven...
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Four dead in shootings at one-year-old’s birthday party in Texas
(Reuters) – Four men were killed when a fight between two families turned into a shootout at the birthday party for a 1-year-old in Texas, state officials said. Gunfire broke out early Saturday evening...
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Portugal hit by hurricane-force winds from Hurricane Leslie
(BBC) — Hurricane-force winds have struck central and northern Portugal, leaving 300,000 homes without power. The remnants of Hurricane Leslie swept in overnight on Saturday, with winds gusting up to...
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Dr. Anthony says Barbados restructuring “unavoidable” but country will return...
Dr. Kenny Anthony (BARBADOS TODAY) — St Lucia’s former prime minister Dr Kenny Anthony has described Barbados’ economic restructuring as necessary and unavoidable. But Dr Anthony told Barbados TODAY he...
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Trinidad: Female pastor stabbed to death by another pastor who is Guyanese
Ali (TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) — A Longdenville pastor was allegedly stabbed to death by another pastor last night. The bloodshed evoked horror among worshippers in the community of Gill Trace,...
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Fire at Vide Boutielle, Castries (video clips added)
(SNO) — The American Drywall building in Vide Boutielle, Castries sustained minor damages by a fire on Sunday (Oct. 14). A law enforcement official told St. Lucia News Online that the fire was...
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UPDATED: Saint Lucia’s Leavern St. Rose gears up for regional mothers pageant
Leaverne St. Rose and her daughter (SNO) — Leavern St. Rose is preparing to represent Saint Lucia at the third edition of the Miss International Elegance Mothers Pageant and Pre-Event Cocktail Party in...
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Hazardous coconut tree in Pierrot, Vieux Fort cut down “finally” (+video)
A man (left) cutting the tree which had posed a threat to homes (right) in the area in the storm season. (SNO) — Several residents in the community of Pierrot, Vieux Fort are reportedly relieved that a...
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St. Lucia SSU officers in St. Kitts-Nevis battling crime
File photo: St. Kitts-Nevis Police training exercise. National security personnel from that country are among the Regional Security System force fighting crime there. Saint Lucia officers (not in pic)...
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Saint Lucia sightings of missing Martinique woman turns out to be “unfounded”
(SNO) — Martinique law enforcement officials have renewed their calls for witnesses to come forward in the search for 21-year-old citizen Aude Jean-Alexis, who has been missing since November 15, 2017....
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Jeffa’s “healthy” baby now with family in the U.S. (+video)
Jeffa Belasse (left) passed away shortly after giving birth at King County Hospital in Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A., to her first child, a baby girl named Sabbatini (right). (SNO) — The baby daughter of...
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Barbados government to axe more than 1,000 jobs
Barbados PM Mia Mottley (CMC) – The Barbados government says at least 1, 500 public workers will be laid off over the next few weeks as it seeks to turn around an ailing economy, while acknowledging...
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