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Body of missing American visitor found
St. Lucia Times
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July 9, 2025
The search for a missing American tourist ended tragically on Tuesday when authorities discovered a lifeless body in Rodney Bay, with no immediate signs of foul play. The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force had been searching for 35-year-old Travis...
Tinubu’s Promise To Make South East Region Taiwan Of Africa Is Laudable — Yih-Ping Liu
Daily Independent
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July 9, 2025
1 The Taiwan Representative in Nigeria and Head of Mission, Taipei Trade Office, Lagos, Andy Yih- Ping Liu, in this interview with CHIBUIKE CHUKWU, appreciates President Bola Ahmed Tinubu following his bilateral visit to Saint Lucia. Liu also...
Shallow pledges ‘on my mother’s grave’ to transform Spring Village
I Witness News
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July 14, 2025
The opposition New Democratic Party’s (NDP) candidate for North Leeward, Kishore Shallow, has pledged “on my mother’s grave” to address the issues affecting the constituency. The NDP returned to the campaign trail on Thursday, two days after...
Gusto strikes again as Bucks win in USL 2
St. Lucia Times
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July 8, 2025
Powered by goals from their Saint Lucian striker Donavan Gusto Phillip, the Flint City Bucks came from a goal down to win their latest road fixture in League Two of the United States Soccer League. The Bucks (7-3-0) defeated Union FC Macomb 3-1...
Fifth Element Mas has a change of heart
The Nation Barbados
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July 12, 2025
Last year, award-winning designer Kevin Small intended to bow out of the mas business. However, his family convinced him to stick around and take Fifth Element Mas back on the road for Junior Kadooment and Grand Kadooment this Crop Over. Although...
Pierre highlights OECS-Nigeria Commission as key outcome of Tunubu trip
St. Lucia Times
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July 8, 2025
At Monday’s pre-Cabinet press briefing, Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre outlined the concrete outcomes of Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent visit to Saint Lucia, framing it as a pivotal moment for deeper collaboration between the OECS...
‘Our five-star Caribbean resort was filthy and bug-infested’
The Times
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✉ My wife and I booked a nine-night, all-inclusive trip with Virgin Atlantic Holidays, including Upper Class flights, to St Lucia for the end of January. It cost nearly £16,000. After reading some alarming reviews about the five-star hotel we were...
The United Arab Emirates taps Toncoin for golden visa program
Cryptopolitan
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July 6, 2025
Toncoin just announced a partnership with the United Arab Emirates that allows it to offer a 10-year Golden Visa to investors who can stake a specific amount of TON tokens for at least three years. The blockchain-based residency program, which...
Banannes Bay fishers meet with port officials on temporary relocation
St. Lucia Times
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July 8, 2025
Fishers at Banannes Bay got the opportunity to air concerns and hear directly from officials about temporary relocation plans during construction of the new Saint Lucia Cruise Port. The session, held last Tuesday, and hosted by Saint Lucia Cruise...
Archbishop calls for national day of prayer amid surge in murders
St. Lucia Times
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July 8, 2025
In response to a wave of gun violence that claimed at least 10 lives in Saint Lucia within eight days, Archbishop Gabriel Malzaire has called for a national day of fasting and prayer. The head of the local Catholic Church urged Christians and all...
SportsMax, Loop—the latest Digicel casualties
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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On Tuesday, the Caribbean’s media landscape was blindsided by the news that sports channel SportsMax and digital news company Loop News were set to wind down their operations. The decision to shut down both entities came from...
La Clery, Mabouya, Central win again in SPFL
St. Lucia Times
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July 8, 2025
Three teams retain perfect records in Tier 1 of the 2025 Saint Lucia Semi-Professional Football League, after two weeks of action at the Mindoo Phillip Park. Defending champions La Clery and Central Castries have each kept clean sheets in their...
Bola Tinubu Preaches Pan-Africanism
Modern Ghana
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This is my sort of reply to the Nigerian president’s spokesman’s press release regarding his principal’s visit to Saint Lucia: Wow! So, the same man who, at France’s gleeful nudging, dismantled ECOWAS like a drunken mason knocking down his own...
Heritage prevail in Dream 11 eliminator
St. Lucia Times
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July 8, 2025
Iyanola Heritage will face Amazonian Warriors in the Dream11 T10 Saint Lucia Blast final on Tuesday after securing a seven-wicket victory over Whiptail Smashers in Monday’s rain-shortened semifinal at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground. Opting to bowl...
Dwayne Brown Gives Him Glory
Bahamas Local
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Introducing Dwayne Brown, no stranger to the gospel music scene in St. Lucia. A strong voice making it’s mark in the hearts and minds of the people who need a voice to worship. Born in Clarendon Jamaica, he relocated to St. Lucia in 2011. He...
COMMENTARY: Time to Rethink Caribbean Tourism
Antigua News Room
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July 10, 2025
By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean For decades, Caribbean tourism has been synonymous with sun, sea, and sand. These natural assets remain a source of beauty, pride, and economic promise. During my four years in the region,...
Dennery Schools to Benefit from Solar Microgrid Project
The Voice
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July 7, 2025
Photo via GOSL Two schools in Dennery are set to benefit from a groundbreaking renewable energy initiative designed to enhance resilience and energy security in Saint Lucia. The Dennery Infant and Dennery Primary Schools will soon be powered by a...
From Lake Como to the Savannah, these are the world’s best hotels with swimming pools
The Independent
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July 10, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Prospere propels Warriors into Dream 11 final
St. Lucia Times
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July 7, 2025
Amazonian Warriors are into the final of the 2025 Dream 11 Saint Lucia T10 Blast, having overcome an indifferent start. Led by Alleyn Prospere, the Warriors defeated Iyanola Heritage by six wickets in Sunday’s qualifier at the Daren Sammy Cricket...
Barbados warns of deepening climate frustration ahead of COP30
Barbados Today
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July 10, 2025
51 Barbados has warned that mounting frustration and broken promises on climate finance are eroding trust among developing nations, as the government prepares for the COP30 United Nations Climate Change Conference with “guarded and cautious...