Saint Lucia
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OECS policy unit conducts consultations on Trade facilitation
CASTRIES, St.Lucia , May 16, CMC-Specialists from the OECS Secretariat are meeting in Basseterre, St Kitts Nevis, this week for a consultation on national and regional measures to better facilitate trade in keeping with the emerging commitments being negotiated on Trade Facilitation in the World Trade Organisation. This will be the final in the current series of national consultations which…
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Government presents budget reducing subsidies on basic food commodities
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government has presented an EC$1.32 billion (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) budget to Parliament late Tuesday reducing the subsidies on basic food commodities such as rice and flour and increasing the Value Added Tax (VAT) for the hotel industry. Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony told legislators that the budget, which he…
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Government to pay public servants salary increases
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The St. Lucia government says it will pay a four per cent increase to all public servants even though members of the Civil Service Association (CSA) had voted last month to reject the government’s offer and settle for a wage freeze. Government said that the increase will be a one per cent in the first…
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Opposition wants more details on oil license given to US businessman
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Opposition Leader Stephenson King has written to Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy seeking clarification on an exclusive license granted to a United States businessman, Jack Grynberg, to carry out oil exploration in St. Lucia waters. King wants to know whether Dame Pearlette had issued the license in keeping with the provisions of the Minerals (Vesting)…
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Prime Minister to outline budget measures on Tuesday
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony will Tuesday provide details of his administration’s fiscal policy for the next 12 months when he presents the national budget to Parliament. The government is expected to table an EC$1.3 billion (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) fiscal package and has already indicated that the recently introduced value added tax…
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OAS CSEP Project Host Workshop on Energy Efficiency Designs for Office and Public Buildings in Tropical Climates
The Organisation of Amercan States (OAS) Secretariat through the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP) and the Energy Efficiency Working Group of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), hosted a workshop on energy efficiency designs for office and public buildings in tropical climates. The event took place at the Bay Gardens Inn in Rodney Bay from February 28th…
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PM Anthony challenges CARICOM senior public officers
CASTRIES, St. Lucia CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has challenged Cabinet secretaries and heads of the Public Services in the Commonwealth Caribbean to set examples in their professional lives so others in the service may be inspired and motivated. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the “Commonwealth Caribbean Cabinet Secretaries and Heads of Public Service Consultative Meeting” in…
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St. Lucia jolted by late night tremor
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – St. Lucia was jolted by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 late on Tuesday night, the Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) reported Wednesday. It said that the quake occurred at 11.45 pm (local time) and was located at 14.02° degrees north, and 60.61 degrees west. UWI…
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EU provides millions in aid to St. Lucia
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The European Union is providing EC$37 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) over a five year period to St. Lucia under the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) to finance the government’s Agricultural Transformation Programme (ATP). “Today marks another milestone on our journey towards the restructuring of our agricultural sector. This we hope to achieve through…
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PM defends membership of ALBA
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony has been defending his government's decision to join the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) dismissing suggestions that membership would harm the island’s future socio-economic development. Last month, Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy said St. Lucia was joining Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica and St. Vincent and the…
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