MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE URGES SAINT LUCIANS TO EMBRACE LOCAL FOODS

The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank has launched Financial Information Month 2025 announcing exciting new investment opportunities for residents across the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. The ECCB is seeking to democratize the securities market...

Saint Lucia Cricket HPC to be revamped to match West Indies standards

A new era for domestic cricket is nigh with the revamping of the Saint Lucia Cricket High Performance Centre (SLCHPC) in alignment with international standards. This is according to Wayne Auguste, president of the Saint Lucia National Cricket...

Dr Terrance Martin Jr publishes children’s books on financial literacy

St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): A Kittitian, financial expert, Terrance Martin Jr, in October 2025, launched three financial literacy books for children, produced in partnership with the St. Kitts Co-operative Credit Union. The initiative aims to...

The Caribbean cultural industries provide tangible economic benefits

Cricket West Indies’ financial struggle highlights a wider Caribbean dilemma: cultural industries only provide a major local economic boost when they successfully function as tourist attractions. In a media event on October 1 at Cricket West...

Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Plans To Increase Grant Funding For YEA

- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre has promised to increase the budgetary allocation for the grant component of Youth Economy Agency due to overwhelming demand. Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J....

Financing Secured For Castries-Gros Islet Highway Expansion

- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – Two loan agreements have been signed in Washington, D.C. between the Government of Saint Lucia, through the Ministry of Finance, and two major international development partners — the OPEC Fund for International...

Two Saint Lucian stars return home on holiday

Saint Lucia’s internationally acclaimed actor, Joseph Marcell, is enjoying a well-deserved visit to his homeland following a recent performance in Scotland. The star, best known for his role as Geoffrey Butler on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, is...

SAINT LUCIA FAST-TRACKS DEVELOPMENT WITH NEW GRANT FROM INDIA

Saint Lucia is set to fast-track community development without touching taxpayers’ pockets, thanks to a new five-year grant agreement with India. The Memorandum of Understanding will fund small-scale, high-impact projects across the island,...

Financing secured for Castries–Gros Islet highway expansion

The Government of Saint Lucia has officially secured financing for the long-awaited expansion of the Castries–Gros Islet Highway, a major infrastructure project expected to ease traffic congestion and improve road safety along the island’s busiest...

Health Works Leaders Coalition Launched To Promote Health System Investments And Spur Economic Growth, Job Creation

The World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launched the Health Works Leaders Coalition . This global alliance brings together health and finance ministers, philanthropic organizations, business...

Saint Lucia Reaffirms Support for Morocco’s Autonomy Plan for Western Sahara

Rabat – Weeks before the Security Council’s vote on a new resolution, many countries took to the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee to reaffirm their confidence that the Moroccan Autonomy Plan is the only possible way to end the dispute over...

Caribbean Development Bank and youth agency support mushroom agri-business for young men in St Lucia

Dominica News Online - Wednesday, October 15th, 2025 at 9:23 AM The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), in collaboration with Saint Lucia’s Youth Economy Agency (YEA) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security, and Rural Development,...

Julien Alfred’s Track Spikes Auctioned for US$75,000 to Support Young Saint Lucian Athletes 

Saint Lucia: The Track spikes worn by Saint Lucia’s Olympic champion, Julien Alfred have been auctioned for US$75,000, in order to raise funds to support the next generation of local athletes. The sale took place during the Power and Grace: An...

Government Accountants Gather To Strengthen Public Financial Management

- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Treasury Department has convened its first Public Sector Accountants’ Conference in several years, bringing together accountants from across government ministries and agencies to strengthen accountability,...

Bank Account Freeze Ruled Unlawful by Courts

Imagine waking up one day to discover that your bank account, holding a significant sum, has been frozen, and the bank refuses to let you access it. Now imagine this continuing for almost three years. That is exactly what happened in the case of...

Kuwait Fund seals $12.8mln road deals for Belize, Saint Lucia

WASHINGTON - The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed two loan agreements with Belize and Saint Lucia on the sidelines of the World Bank Group meetings taking place this week in Washington, with Kuwait’s participation. In a...

Kuwait Fund seals KWD8 million road deals for Belize, Saint Lucia

Acting Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Waleed Al-Bahar, signs a loan agreement with Saint Lucia. WASHINGTON, Oct 14: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) signed two loan agreements with Belize...

Job Creation: Dangote Urges Nigerians To Patronise Made-in-Nigerian Goods

The President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has called on Nigerians to patronise only made-in-Nigerian goods and services so as to grow the economy. He also said that this was very necessary if Nigeria wants to grow and be at par with more...

Saint Lucia psychic retreat review: How travelling 4000+ miles opened up my third eye (and heart)

Saint Lucia isn’t just another dreamy Caribbean island shrouded in white-sand beaches, wild jungle trails and those iconic Pitons you’ve seen all over your Instagram (side note: they are worth seeing, but more on that below). It’s also a place to...

OVER 140 STUDENTS EXPLORE DIGITAL FINANCE AT SLTCC YOUTH SYMPOSIUM

Over 140 students from across Saint Lucia stepped into the future of money management at the St. Lucia Teachers’ Credit Co-operative’s (SLTCC) annual Youth Symposium — a high-energy event fusing finance and technology under the theme “Smart...