TRAVEL St. Lucia launches extended stay program With the recent launch of its ‘ Live it” program, St. Lucia is now inviting visitors ” to stay longer on the island, work remotely and embrace local life.” Dominic Fedee, St. Lucia’s minister of tourism, noted that on short visits ” travellers are limited to a few […]
TRAVEL Saint Lucia offers test options for departing travelers CASTRIES, Saint Lucia – In response to the U.S., UK and Canadian governments’ requirements for a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test for airline passengers, Saint Lucia is set to meet the demand for on-island COVID-19 testing and processing. And this brings positive news for Saint Lucia vacationers. […]
WASHINGTON — The World Bank Board of Executive Directors has approved the US$30 million Saint Lucia COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Resilience Development Policy Credit. This quick-disbursing credit aims to help mitigate the negative economic impacts of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable Saint Lucians. It also aims to strengthen the country’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Following extensive consultation over the past two years with key stakeholders in the tourism industry, the Government of Saint Lucia has announced that it will enact a government tax called the “Tourism Levy”. Revenue collected from this tax is earmarked for tourism marketing and development According to a news release, beginning […]
CASTRIES – St Lucia welcomed on the weekend the first flight from Canada since it closed its borders to international travel on March 23 last in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus, COVD-19. The St Lucia Tourist Association (SLTA) said that an Air Canada flight arrived here from Toronto ,operating at 99 […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia – Prime Minister Allen Chastanet has told St Lucians that it is “no secret” that the island has exhausted all of the efforts aimed at providing financial assistance to citizens in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and appealed to nationals to follow the various protocols and measures aimed at curbing […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – The St Lucia government says it will tomorrow lift the curfew that had been imposed as part of the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Prime Minister Allen Chastanet made the announcement on Monday night, as he updated the island on the response of his administration to […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia – A request for a “Black Lives Matter” rally that was to be held on Friday has been turned down by the police. St Lucia’s acting Police Commissioner, Milton Desir, in a letter on Wednesday lst week, informed the Goodwill Ambassador, Taj Weekes, who was helping to facilitate the rally, of the […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia – Former West Indies captain Darren Sammy has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) and its member cricket boards to speak out against social injustice and racism, amid public outrage in the United States and across the globe over the death of a Black man in police custody. Sammy, stressing that the […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, May 22, – St. Lucia is mourning the death of cultural icon, Joyce Auguste, whose body was found at her home, on the outskirts of the capital, last Wednesday. She was 76. “Our deepest condolences go out to the family of Ms. Denise Joyce Auguste. As a nation, we note that her […]
