ST CROIX, USVI -- A suspect who has been wanted by police for five years was brought back to the US Virgin Islands to face charges. Khaeil Alphonso Thompson, age 27, was living in St Lucia since he fled St Croix in 2004 following a shooting in Frederiksted. VIPD detectives had information Thompson was in St Lucia. read more...

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LONDON, England -- Saint Lucia's Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Senator Allen Chastanet has been named the Caribbean Travel Personality of the Year. Senator Chastanet won the honour at the prestigious 2009 World Travel Awards in London, England over the weekend. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Ministry of Health in St Lucia has confirmed the first H1N1 related death. The individual was a 45 year old male with no pre-existing medical conditions. The patient had remained at home for several days while suffering from severe respiratory symptoms, before he sought medical attention. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) -- Barbadian officials are ‘pulling out all the stops' to ensure the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Twenty20 tournament, to be staged in the region next year will be successful. This was asserted recently by President of the Barbados Cricket Association, Joel Garner. read more...

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PEMBROKE PINES, USA -- Caribbean and Latin American leaders, including Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, committed to strengthening cruise tourism efforts throughout the region as nearly 1,000 industry experts from around the world convened in St Lucia for the 16th Annual FCCA Conference. read more...

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CASTRIES, Saint Lucia -- This week I am in one of my favorite Caribbean destinations, the simply beautiful island of Saint Lucia - the beneficiary of the new JetBlue service which started on Monday, October 26, 2009 and will operate thrice weekly on Sundays, Mondays and Thursdays. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM) -- Efforts continue in St Kitts and Nevis next week to grapple with the problem of trafficking in arms and drugs in the Caribbean. Participants are expected from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines. read more...

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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada -- Come November 6, 2009, some of the best junior swimmers from the Organisartion of Eastern Caribbean States members countries will dive into the Good Hope Pool, and race against each other in a bid to be the sub-region’s best. This will be when the 2009 Organisation... read more...

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A study produced this year by group of independent economists located in Australia confirms that whale watching has become a boon to tourism in Central America and the Caribbean over the last ten years and is set to make a bigger contribution to the industry’s earnings. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Every year International Creole Day is celebrated on October 28, however, St Lucia observes the day on the Sunday which closest to that date. This year it was celebrated on October 25 and since October has been designated Creole Heritage month, a programme of activities has been scheduled. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Boxing fans and boxers in the OECS will this year not have an opportunity to witness and compete at the OECS Boxing championships. That’s because the 2009 OECS Boxing Championships scheduled to be held here November 20th and 21st has been called off. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The University of the West Indies (UWI) celebrated an historic first with the inaugural formal Graduation Ceremony of its newest campus, the Open Campus, at the Beausejour Indoor Sports Facility in St Lucia on Saturday, October 21, 2009. Almost 150 graduands were present. read more...

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CASTRIES, Saint Lucia -- St Vincent and the Grenadines have shot to the top of the point standings in the 2009 Windward Islands Senior Cricket Tournament in Saint Lucia, following their outright victory over Dominica Tuesday at Mindoo Philip Park. Grenada was only able to secure first innings points over St Lucia. read more...

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CASTRIES, Saint Lucia -- Andria Hall, the late CNN news anchor, author and communicator, will be honoured by media, tourism stakeholders and young people gathering for the 18th meeting of the Caribbean Media Exchange (CMEx) in Saint Lucia from December 3 to 7, 2009. Andria Hall's legacy will be honoured... read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Banana Industry Trust (BIT) is calling for partnership and collaboration among primary stakeholders as well as strong community support for the Choiseul Economic Revitalization Project scheduled to commence next week. The EC$1.4 million project is funded by the EU. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Media mavens and communications connoisseurs, most of them women, are planning to converge on Saint Lucia to discuss climate change and tourism outreach to multicultural communities in December. Several top communications specialists are offering hope as tourism rebounds. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Airline and tourism officials, who are counting down the days until JetBlue Airways touches down at Hewanorra International Airport in St Lucia, believe the Caribbean-American Diaspora will be an important part of the success of the service between the island and New York. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in collaboration with the St Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, Lands, Forestry and Fisheries and partners will be hosting an Exhibition in commemoration of International Day of Rural Women which will be celebrated on October 15, 2009. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The United States government through United States Southern Command will spend US$634,800 (EC$1.6 million) to demolish and rebuild the piers at Castries and Vieux Fort. Contracts for the work have already been awarded to Construction & Industrial Equipment Ltd, a St Lucia company. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Biotechnology is increasingly becoming recognised as one of the major engines by which countries in the Caribbean can enhance their socio-economic development. The Caribbean countries, including St Lucia, are fortunate to be endowed with biological resources, some of them unique. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The Government of St Lucia and officials of the Delegation of the European Commission to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean on 21 September undertook a Mid-Term Review of the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Country Strategy agreed in December 2008. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Banana Industry Trust and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) are this week calling for national support for the adoption of the National Action Plan and Strategic Action Plan (NAP/SAP) to Combat Desertification and Drought for St Lucia. read more...

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BASSETERRE, St Kitts -- Maintaining the stability of the EC currency is one of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s main achievements as the Bank celebrates its 26th anniversary on 1 October. Governor of the ECCB, Sir K Dwight Venner says the fact that the ECCB has been kept together for 26 years and... read more...

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CORAL GABLES, USA -- In the current economic climate, the hospitality industry has been feeling the effects of travelers cutting back, and no place is this more evident than in the Caribbean. In spite of this, some Caribbean resorts are weathering the storm thanks to solid service and marketing programs. read more...

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UNITED NATIONS -- Saint Lucia, a Caribbean island and a founder of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), calls climate change the most serious challenge facing mankind today. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Rufus George Bousquet called for an urgent collective response. read more...

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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- A team of eight experts from the US Southern Command and the US Embassy have been meeting with officials from the Ministry of Health, Economic Affairs, and Foreign Affairs in St Lucia, as well as hospital and regional health clinic administrators. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA -- Saint Lucia kicked off its Road Shows for travel partners with a lively première here in New York City last week, sparing no effort to promote the island's renowned products, services and attractions to the travel agent community. Some enterprising members of the travel community... read more...

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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The foremost non-profit trade and investment promotion organization in Taiwan, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) has been entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Taiwan to organize and lead a trade mission to Trinidad and Tobago, St Vincent and St Lucia. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA -- The chairperson of Saint Lucia's Constitutional Reform Commission insists that the Caribbean-American Diaspora is critical to the Commission's work on the island. Speaking ahead of two meetings with the Saint Lucian-American Diaspora - scheduled for New York this Thursday and... read more...

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GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Stephenson King has asserted that while negotiations of a new Global Climate Change Agreement are about ‘give and take’ there would be no ‘horse-trading’ of the inalienable rights of survival and development of the peoples of the Caribbean Community. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The Ministries of Health and Education in St Lucia are presently involved in the investigation of an outbreak of flu-like illness at a secondary school in the north of the island. A number of students from one form of that school reported to school with flu-like symptoms. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The government of St Lucia has announced the launch of a new media campaign designed to sensitize the public on the Integrated Natural Resource Management Programme (INRMP) and their future responsibilities and roles in relation to natural resource use. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA -- The government of Saint Lucia already assiduously involves its overseas-based nationals in its development plans and tourism promotion efforts, and it is now involving them even more with a chance to review the Constitution of the 30 year-old independent small island state. read more...

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NEW YORK, USA -- St Lucian nationals joined their Caribbean friends and relatives to celebrate the spirit of Caribbean culture on Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway this past Labor Day Monday for the West Indian American Labor Day Carnival Parade, where Caribbean culture, cuisine and camaraderie took center stage. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- The government of St Lucia is to address the complex and worsening situation of resource degradation, and social and economic deprivation in the community of Choiseul. Commencing this month, the Choiseul Economic Revitalization Project managed by the Banana Industry Trust (BIT)... read more...

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RODNEY BAY VILLAGE, St Lucia -- St Lucia's popular Coco Palm boutique hotel in Rodney Bay Village is getting ready for JetBlue Airways' inaugural service to the island, which starts on Monday, October 26, 2009. This week, Coco Palm's staff met Frances Liu, business development analyst with the airline. read more...

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PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten -- Winair has announced there will be a number of changes to its schedule for Thursday, 3rd September 2009. Despite the following destinations: Nevis, St Barths, Statia and Saba operating normally on Wednesday, they will join the other destinations on Thursday in not operating. read more...

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NEW JERSEY, USA -- Resilience to the double threats of global recession and climate change will be addressed by movers and shakers drawn from the Caribbean and international media, tourism, financial, community and government communities. The island of St Lucia was on Wednesday selected by the organizers... read more...

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KINGSTOWN, St Vincent -- On August 29, 2009, the day that marked 70 years exactly since the late Sir John Compton left the shores of Canouan to pursue studies in St Lucia, a move that would change the lives of many, a fitting memorial was held for him at the Anglican Church at Carenage Canouan. read more...

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CASTRIES, St Lucia -- During the celebration of Emancipation week in St Lucia, ethnobotanist, Laurent Jean Pierre, delivered a series of lectures in the Castries community and in the agricultural community of Choiseul. The lectures were based on the theme, "Jardin Creole - Its relevance, pre and post-emancipation." read more...

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