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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — The St Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) says the islandwide blackout over the last weekend was due to an “unexp...
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St Lucia PM urges Caricom leaders to ‘speak to each other’
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC)– St Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre on Monday urged his Caribbean Community (Caricom) colleagues to use the telephone...
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The St Lucia-based Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission says it has formalised a strategic partnershi...
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Prime Minister of St Lucia Phillip J Pierre on Monday said British officials are due to arrive in the country this week as ...
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US denies asking St Lucia to stop sending nationals to Cuba to study medicine
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The United States (US) Government said on Wednesday it had not asked St Lucia to stop sending its nationals to study medi...
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US wants St Lucia to ban nationals from studying medicine in Cuba, says PM
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – St Lucia Prime Minster Phillip J Pierre says the United States has called on the Caribbean country to stop sending its nati...
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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake jolts St Lucia
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted St Lucia on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries....
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — The Derek Walcott Library at the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in St Lucia has been officially inscribed on the United...
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OECS launches first of a kind student census in the region
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) - The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) has launched a student census that it says will provide the opportunity...
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Earthquake rattles three Caribbean islands
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rattled several cities in the Caribbean on Friday, but there were no immediate r...
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UNITED NATIONS (CMC)—St Lucia on Monday urged diplomacy to deal with the various wars across the world, reiterating that the Caribbean region must rem...
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St Lucia rattled by two earthquakes days apart
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – Three days after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 rattled St Lucia, the island was jolted by a 4.4 tremor on Sunday ni...
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IACHR welcomes St Lucia’s move to decriminalise gay sex
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WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has urged Caribbean nations that continue to uphold laws crimi...
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St Lucia introduces 10-year passports
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CASTRIES, St Lucia — The Government of St Lucia has officially started issuing 10-year passports, moving away from the previous five-year validity per...
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St Lucia PM urges cooperation with Africa
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says together St Lucia and Africa can be a powerful voice for climate justice, reparative a...
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – St Lucia has signed two agreements with the Barbados-based Caribbean Community (Caricom) Development Fund (CDF) to support ...
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Nigeria wants to nurture seeds of solidarity with OECS region
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Monday laid the “seeds of solidarity” with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean Sta...
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OECS launches new AI-powered initiative
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — The Director General of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Didacus Jules, has praised the work of Grenadi...
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St Kitts gov’t reiterates no US travel ban communication received
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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — Prime Minister Terrance Drew has reiterated that his government has received no official communication from the United St...
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Nigerian president to pay official visit to St Lucia
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — St Lucia’s Prime Minister Phillip J Pierre says the Nigerian President, Bola Tinubu, is to pay a weeklong visit to the isla...
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St Lucia gov’t announces reduction in airport service taxes
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) – The St Lucia government on Thursday said it has agreed to reduce the airport service charge by 50 per cent and that the new...
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Taiwan providing funds for development projects in St Lucia
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CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Taiwan is providing seven million dollars (One EC dollar=US$0.37 cents) to St Lucia to address various social and developme...
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