The 2019 Saint Lucia Jazz Festival, produced in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center, will be held May 4 – 12 and more than two dozen resorts, intimate inns, hotels and guest houses in the island are offering special rates and packages for the event. These include Aanola Villas, Aupic Paradise, Bay Gardens Beach Resort […]
VIEUX FORT, St. Lucia – Britain’s Prince Charles arrived in St. Lucia on Sunday at the start of a two week visit to the Caribbean, highlighting the impact of climate change on the development of small island states like St. Lucia. Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will also visit Barbados, […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia– St Lucia celebrated its 40th year of political independence on Friday. In his Independence Day message Prime Minister Allen Chastanet urged St. Lucians to reflect on the country’s journey. He said St. Lucians should “keep in mind the things that bind us together: our faith, our values, our community, our shared accomplishments, […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia – St Lucian actress Gabrielle Ryan will be starring as the posh-and-uptight ‘Portia’ in the new Netflix show, Bonding, filmed and set in New York. Produced by Anonymous Content, Bonding premiered at Cannes last year and will launch on Netflix early this year. A dark comedy loosely based on the colourful life […]
CASTRIES, Saint Lucia – Former United States President Bill Clinton, Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Allen Chastanet, and José María Figueres, former president of Costa Rica, will participate in the official opening ceremony today of the 3 megawatt (MW) solar farm of the St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) in La Tourney, Vieux Fort. The EC$20 […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Bay Gardens Hotel and Bay Gardens Beach Resort & Spa in St. Lucia have entered the TripAdvisor “Certificate of Excellence” Hall of Fame after being recognized for outstanding hospitality for five consecutive years by the influential travel site. Sanovnik Destang, Executive Director of the locally owned Bay Gardens Resorts chain of […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Guests at St. Lucia’s luxury resort Anse Chastanet are in for a special treat at the Mango Madness festival June 13 to 17. The popular event celebrates the tropical fruit and offers mango-themed activities to entertain and educate visitors. “We have mango trees in abundance across our organic Emerald Farm and […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia– St Lucia’s Chief Medical Officer Dr Merlene Fredericks has raised a public health alert following four unusual deaths just days apart, against the background of information that all the deceased had consumed an alcoholic beverage. The deaths occurred earlier this month. According to reports, the four who all lived in Coolie Town, […]
CASTRIES, St Lucia – St Lucia broke its tourism arrival records last year, with the total number of visitors climbing to an all-time high of 1,105,541. It also recorded the highest growth in 2017 among Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) member countries, recording an 11 per cent increase. 2017 was characterized by sustained growth in the […]
CASTRIES, St. Lucia – Saint Lucian poet, playwright, actor, director and singer, Gandolph St. Clair, died on Sunday, He was 66. St. Clair is reported to have collapsed at his home last week and was rushed to hospital but his condition worsened. He was a Director of Carnival and the author of several poems, plays […]
