Saint Lucia Takes Bold Steps To Ensure Healthier School Food Environments

- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs in collaboration with EU-Caribbean Nutrition (EU-CaN) and the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) recently hosted a two- day nutrition workshop at the Harbor...

Saint Lucia Calls For Taiwan’s Representation In The UN

- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – In his address to the 80th United Nations General Assembly, Honourable Alva Baptiste, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade, Civil Aviation, and Diaspora Affairs of Saint Lucia, called for Taiwan to be...

An Urgent Call to Discover, Preserve and Protect Saint Lucia’s Wild Side

Chronicles of a Chronic Caribbean Chronicler By Earl Bousquet The trailer will haul you along a brief but exciting trail into a deepest parts of Saint Lucia’s unknown world you’ll never have seen or heard of. It’s called ‘Saint Lucia – The Wild...

St Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis speak up for Taiwan at the UN

High-level officials from diplomatic allies Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis spoke out on behalf of Taiwan at the UN General Debate, calling for Taiwan’s “meaningful inclusion” in the organization. The General Debate of the 80th session of...

World Bank Support to Reduce Flooding in Saint Lucia

Washington, D.C., September 30, 2025 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a new project to reduce flood risk in Saint Lucia’s most vulnerable communities. The 25 M Saint Lucia Urban Resilient Flood Investment Project is...

Cambodia and Saint Lucia Forge Diplomatic Relations

Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn and Saint Lucia's Minister of External Affairs Alva Baptiste sign a communique on September 26 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Photo from Cambodian Foreign Ministry:Facebook PHNOM PENH – Cambodia and...

Saint Lucia’s digital nomad potential undercut by cost of living and patchy internet

Saint Lucia has been ranked 41st out of 64 destinations in the Global Digital Nomad Report 2025, a survey that measures how well countries support remote workers who move from place to place. The ranking draws on official data and public datasets,...

Empowering Children Through a Mobile Application for Sexual Abuse Prevention: The Supporting Roles of Parents and Teachers in a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Indonesia

Introduction Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a global public health issue,1 with severe short- and long-term effects,2 including post-traumatic stress, behavioral and cognitive disorders, academic failure,3 nightmares, low self-worth,4 and impaired...

Teens hold international hackathon to tackle pressing crisis: 'Keeping justice and fairness at the center'

"The hackathon focuses on youth." by Alana BrackenOctober 2, 2025 A young changemaker from St. Lucia is spearheading a new campaign to get like-minded teens at the forefront of climate action. According to the St. Lucia Times, Genesis Alfred...

In ‘Poli-tricks’ Saint Lucia style, Misinformation Is Key. So, Beware!

By Carlton Ishmael I listen to both sets of the local political hopefuls and wonder what is truth and what is deceitful. As per usual with our brand of “poli-tricks”, it’s like a raging battle of wits, laced with flare, trickery and drama. Every...

Gonsalves joins Trump, attacks China

By *Jomo Sanga Thomas (“Plain Talk” Oct. 3, 2025) In his most backward display of global politics yet, Gonsalves, known for his relatively progressive positions on international issues, took the mic at the United Nations last week to launch a...

Saint Lucia and the promise of a Biosphere Reserve

Eric Falt is the Director and Representative of UNESCO for the Caribbean region, covering the English- and Dutch-speaking countries. (Photo credit: UNESCO) The global news cycle rarely spares us reminders of environmental decline: bleaching coral...

Can Lai’s Taiwan Hold on to Its Diplomatic Allies?

During Tsai Ing-wen’s presidency, Taiwan lost ten official diplomatic partners to China, which utilized its economic power to peel away the democracy’s allies. Since President Lai Ching-te took office in May 2024, however, Taiwan has managed to...

SAINT LUCIA HOSTS CARICOM MEETING ON ENERGY-EFFICIENT BUILDINGS

Saint Lucia is hosting the CARICOM Regional Energy Efficiency Building Code meeting at the Harbor Club Hotel, bringing together engineering and construction experts, energy consultants, and key stakeholders from across the region. The two-day...

Saint Lucian coaches benefit from biomechanics course

Craig Emmanuel, Junior Derose, and Alton Crafton returned home over the weekend from a cutting-edge biomechanics course conducted at the Kumar Rampat Cricket Academy in Trinidad & Tobago. The three received instruction from renowned biomechanics...

Life Sciences Cloud Content Migration: Separating Fact from Fiction

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St. Lucia Strikes Down Colonial-Era Sodomy Law, Marking Major Win For LGBTQ Rights In The Caribbean

LGBT and Saint Lucia flag on concrete wall getty “These provisions... exacerbate, if not condone, the stigmatisation of homosexual persons in civil society and engender feelings of hostility fueled by persons who are inclined to take the moral...

Saint Lucian Climate Advocate Joins Regional Leaders at Inaugural Youth Conference

Genesis Alfred, a young Saint Lucian climate advocate, has taken the stage at the first-ever Caribbean Youth Environment and Climate Change Conference (CYECC 2025) in Kingston, Jamaica. The four-day conference will end on Friday. Alfred, who...

‘Are you okay?’: Saint Lucia’s call to talk about suicide

September 10 was observed globally as Suicide Prevention Day, a moment to pause and reflect on the quiet battles people carry, often unseen. In a small island like Saint Lucia, where every loss ripples across families and communities, the call to...

Caribbean-Japan Partnership convenes first gathering in St Lucia for solutions-based dialogue

©OECSThe Caribbean Japan Partnership saw the successful completion of its inaugural Caribbean Regional Dialogue, held on August 21 and 22, 2025, in Saint Lucia. According to a Riches Karayib article, the event took place at the Bay Gardens Hotel...