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Senators view Banking Act as a means of deepening regional ties
GIS - At a Senate sitting yesterday, senators voiced support for the proposed Banking Act, stating that it would only serve to deepen regional integration. Senator Hon. Kentry Jn. Pierre, responding...
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CFL supports regional under-16 netball tournament
CFL’s Corporate Communications Division head presents a cheque for $7,500 to the St Lucia Under-16 netball team. PRESS RELEASE - Consolidated Foods Ltd. continues to be associated with netball in St....
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Local demand for Strongbow increases
PRESS RELEASE - Congratulations Saint Lucia! You have shown that when it comes to being on the cutting edge for taste, choice and the thrill of exciting new flavours – you have hit the bulls-eye....
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ECCB upgrades security thread for banknotes
PRESS RELEASE - As part of its thrust to maintain the integrity and security of the EC currency, the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has upgraded the security thread on all banknotes, with the...
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“LIAT in a mess”– Aviation consultant provides solutions (letter to the editor)
Dear Editor: LIAT is in a mess, and – whether the shareholders like it or not – it has been in a mess for more than four decades, and at huge taxpayer expense. What is the solution? It is not...
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Creole Jazz will boost Soufriere town’s economy – PRO
Soufriere town. * Photo credit: Simon Ward GIS - With headliners like Jah Cure, the Bouillion Pioneers (formerly WCK) out of Dominica, Avot Servis and Teddyson John, Soufriere Creole Jazz 2015 is set...
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Chamber of Commerce to host first executive luncheon
PRESS RELEASE - The St. Lucia Chamber of Commerce Industry and Agriculture will be hosting its first Executive Luncheon for 2015 at the Coco Palm Resorts- Rodney Bay on Wednesday April 22nd 2015. The...
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Caribbean and Central American countries get catastrophe risk insurance
PRESS RELEASE – The Council of Ministers of Finance of Central America, Panama and the Dominican Republic (COSEFIN) and CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) on...
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Hummingbird Beach Resort celebrates 35th anniversary (press release)
THE BEGINNING The Hummingbird was started by Joan Alexander-Stowe and her business partner Paul Simmonds, a renowned English Chef, as a small batik studio and restaurant located in Soufriere. In the...
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TEPA offers another module of ProNET training program to SMEs
PRESS RELEASE - The Saint Lucia Trade Export Promotion Agency (TEPA) in collaboration with Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA) will be hosting the Quality Management module of the ProNET...
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Invest Saint Lucia to host ‘Domestic Business Forum’
PRESS RELEASE - In keeping with its mandate to increase direct investment in Saint Lucia, Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) will host a Domestic Business Forum on Tuesday April 21st 2015, under the theme...
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Focus group meetings to aid development of services policy
GIS - The process of developing a gender responsive and results-based Services Policy, Strategy And Action Plan for Saint Lucia intensifies this week, as gender and private sector experts from Chaitoo...
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CAB looks forward to resolution on correspondent banking relations
PRESS RELEASE - The Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) fully supports the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Gaston A. Browne in his remarks to the meeting of CARICOM Heads and the...
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Accelerate Caribbean Business Incubation Clinic competition launched
A new project was recently launched to boost Caribbean entrepreneurship and further stimulate job creation in St Lucia and the wider Caribbean. Accelerate Caribbean is a new programme, managed by...
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St. Lucia hotel makes top-10 luxury list
Cap Maison Cap Maison in Saint Lucia made the top 10 list of the “best luxury hotels in the Caribbean”, according to a United Kingdom-based newspaper. The Telegraph’s “guide to the top luxury places to...
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NOTICE: BOSL service disruption
PRESS RELEASE - Please be advised that BOSL will be conducting scheduled upgrades to our systems on Friday May 1st 2015 from 7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Our Convenience Banking Services, specifically...
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Summary of PM Anthony’s 2015/16 Budget Estimates speech
Dr Kenny Anthony. Below is a summary of the Prime Minister’s presentation to introduce the Estimates: FISCAL OVERVIEW The 2014-2015 has been developed within the context of continuing challenges faced...
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LIAT announces new routes for summer 2015
PRESS RELEASE – LIAT, The Caribbean Airline, has enhanced its schedule for the peak period with new services and timings, as well as new non-stop routes, offering customers more connections and...
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Antillia Brewing Co. releases Passionfruit Ale for Jazz Festival
PRESS RELEASE - The Antillia Brewing Company Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch of its Passionfruit Ale, the 2nd in a series of craft beers drawing inspiration from St. Lucia’s bounty of fresh,...
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Caribbean economic growth expected to decline again
Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean is expected to decline for a fifth consecutive year, dipping below one percent in 2015, the IMF said in its latest regional forecast. The IMF’s recently...
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