CASTRIES, St Lucia: On May 22, 2008, St Lucia will join the rest of the world in celebrating International Biodiversity Day under the theme "Biodiversity and Agriculture." A variety of events will take place around the world to emphasize the value of agricultural biodiversity for food security, nutrition and improved livelihoods. read more...

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CASTRIES, St. Lucia: St. Lucia is choc-a-bloc for this weekend's 17th Annual St. Lucia Jazz festival, one of the Caribbean's premier musical attractions, produced by BET Event Productions and promoted on top cable networks BET and BET J. St. Lucia's 10-day jazz celebration focuses on the straight jazz category. read more...

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HAVANA, Cuba (ACN): The Cuban music band Klimax is in St Lucia for the 17th Jazz Festival held every year in the Caribbean island. Until May 11, the Cuban group will be sharing the stage with renowned jazz artists such as Michael Bolton, Jonathan Butler, and Anita Baker. read more...

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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: In a move designed to present its travel and tourism management information and investment opportunities to the local, regional and global marketplace, St Lucia has signed up as a destination subscriber on the new TourismROI website, according to Minister for Tourism, Senator Chastanet. read more...

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The sub-region has a new Regional Association for Heritage Protection as six OECS member states and two French Departments of the Americas launched the Regional Heritage Association (RHA) on January 29, 2008 at the Rex Resorts Hotel in St. Lucia. The RHA is a non-profit, non governmental organization. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: After a long period of dormancy and disorganization, during which even their club house was lost, amateur radio operators in St Lucia are re-grouping and getting their act together again. Efforts spear-headed by long standing HAM, Lionel Ellis resulted in a series of organisational meetings. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: St Lucia’s Prime Minister and Finance Minister Stephenson King said the new budget that he has just unveiled for fiscal year 2008/2009 sets very ambitious targets that will make heavy demands on public service. In line with this, he noted the opportunity offered by the Commonwealth workshop... read more...

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KINGSTON, Jamaica: Over the Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-25 a three-day festival of readings and live music will be held at Jake’s in Treasure Beach, Jamaica. Nobel Prize winning poet, St Lucian, Derek Walcott will appear at Calabash 2008 and said he is delighted and very happy to be coming to Calabash. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: Respect Initiative Social Health Education -- RISE (St.Lucia) Inc. -- in partnership with Mystic Elements, Sound City Crew, the National HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Program, prepares to celebrate the closing of Youth month, April 2008, with the holding of Ride with Protection. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The OECS Secretariat has announced that on April 24 the Secretariat communicated to the Lord High Chancellor, Jack Straw, a recommendation for the appointment of Justice Hugh Anthony Rawlins, to the position of Chief Justice of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: Preliminary figures released by the St Lucia Tourist Board show that the number of tourist stopover arrivals increased by 20% in March 2008, to 31,982 visitors, compared with 26,573 visitors in March 2007, a 5% increase over March 2005, the previous best March on record. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: Stephenson King, who succeeded Sir John Compton as prime minister of St Lucia after Compton's death on September 7, 2007 will be presenting his maiden budget address to the nation on April 21, 2008. King says he will be looking to build and improve on the 2007/2008 Estimates of Expenditure. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA: The 17th Annual St Lucia Jazz festival, one of the Caribbean's premier musical attractions, set for May 2 to 11, has already started its countdown on top cable networks BET and BET J. The 2008 St. Lucia Jazz Preview Show is currently spotlighted on BET J's popular "Island Lime" Saturday format. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: Health authorities in St Lucia are using the occasion of World health Day 2008 to springboard a program of activities to heighten awareness of the impact of the environment on health. Environmental concerns have always been regarded as one of the four major determinants of health. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: On Sunday, the St Lucia Arthritis and Lupus Association (SLALA) held a fun run/walk race to raise funds for the organisation and also to increase the awareness of the disease on the island. Notwithstanding the inclement weather conditions, hundreds of participants showed up to support the worthy cause. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: For the past few months the Rainbow Radio League (RRL) of St Vincent and the Grenadines has been planning a tri-island radio communications simulation exercise among St Vincent, St Lucia and Grenada. The simulation, dubbed "Operation X", will involve the exchange of emergency communications. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: St Lucia is currently undertaking a project funded by the European Union (EU) under the Special Framework of Assistance (SFA) 2003 programme to improve the biodiversity management systems on the island. A consultancy to develop the programme was initiated on February 15, 2008. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The Digcel Junior OECS Squash championships opened at the St Lucia Yacht Club on Friday. British Virgin Islands; Dominica; St Vincent and host country St Lucia are competing in the boys and girls division. The teams will be competing in five categories - under 11; under 13; under 15; under 17 and under 19. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The St Lucia Arthritis and Lupus Association (SLALA) has launched an awareness campaign under the theme "Someone you know has Lupus." A ten-month programme of activities is scheduled to increase awareness and educate the public about the seriousness of the disease. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: The National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) has confirmed that St Lucia was rocked by yet another earthquake on Wednesday at about 10.29 am. The quake had a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter Scale and had a depth of 87 kilometres. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: A deep low pressure system centered over the North West Atlantic is generating large sea swells over the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters. Hazardous sea conditions are expected around the Eastern Caribbean region over the next three days. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: On March 18, 2008, the Hewanorra Meteorological Office at Vieux Fort issued a statement on deteriorating sea conditions for St Lucia. The statement reads as follows - A deep low pressure system centered over the North Atlantic, will generate large northerly swells over the Atlantic Ocean. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: For nearly ten years the National Emergency Management Organization (NEMO) in St Lucia has collaborated with many agencies in the area of Business Planning for Disasters commonly reffered to as Business Continuity Planning. read more...

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CASTRIES, St. Lucia: Grammy Award winning American balladeer Michael Bolton as well as soft rock duo Air Supply have joined the line-up for the 2008 edition of St. Lucia Jazz set to celebrate its 17th anniversary from May 2 to 11 in the Caribbean this year. The bookings completed the selection of headliners. read more...

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LONDON, England: The St Lucia Tourist Board’s office based in the United Kingdom launched its annual “St Lucia Month” at an event called Unite Caribbean in London. The event, co-sponsored by the Board, is targeted at UK buyers and was attended by over 100 delegates. read more...

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ROSEAU, Dominica: One of the Caribbean’s leading academics and former St. Lucian Prime Minister, Professor Dr Vaughan Lewis, is of the view that Dominica or other Caribbean countries who give their support to ALBA see it as “just another avenue for obtaining economic aid which is not available in CARICOM”. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: St Lucians in various parts of the island felt an earthquake on Monday, this was confirmed by the Seismic Research Unit of the University of the West Indies, which confirmed that the earthquake occurred about 2.49 p.m. It had a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter Scale with a depth of 16 Km. read more...

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The Caribbean Sea which covers over 2.7 million square miles, with its mild tropical climate, is a sunshine heaven for many who yearn to share in its glory along the many sandy shores, mangrove trees and other diverse aqua-life which are coastal inhabitants along its many open and hidden shorelines. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia: St Lucia’s top bodybuilders came out in full force on Sunday for the staging of the Courts Powerhouse Independence Bodybuilding Championship at the National Cultural Centre, Castries. Over 35 male and female body builders appeared before enthusiastic supporters in the packed auditorium. read more...

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Once again the elusive dream of a political union between some Caribbean countries is being pursued but no one should hold their breath in the expectation that it will become a reality anytime soon. Ralph Gonsalves, the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, announced on March 1 that three countries... read more...

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