The St. Lucia craft and dry goods vendor’s association is voicing concerns on behalf of its members regarding a new lease agreement rolled out by the Castries Constituency Council (CCC). Affected vendors have expressed apprehension about what they claim is the lack of consultation prior to the agreement's implementation. They have raised concerns over specific clauses in the document.

School children in Laborie, Saint Lucia participated in a march to raise awareness about the dangers of excessive sugar consumption.

According to senior minister Stephenson King, 60 million dollars was spent to de-silt the John Compton dam under the Allen-Chastanet administration. But he says only 10 to 20 percent of the reservoir was dredged.

The upper house debated the 2024/2025 budget on Tuesday morning, with opposition senators raising concerns.

Government senators welcomed the Philip J. Pierre administration's announcement of a minimum livable wage to be rolled out on August 1st, 2024. Senator Lisa Jawahir is the latest to support the initiative. However, leader of opposition business in the senate, Dominic Fedee, contends the 2024 budget policies will lead the island to ruin.

The commerce ministry has extended the loan grant application for small medium enterprises to May 31st, 2024. Minister Emma Hippolyte made the announcement during the pre-cabinet media briefing on Monday.

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Tourism Minister Dr. Ernest Hilaire is continuing to defend the infrastructure clause to the CIP. Dr. Hilaire, during his contribution to debate on the 2024/2025 appropriation bill last week, claimed that the Philip J. Pierre government intended to use the CIP as a strategic tool for investment and revenue and not just for the sale of passports.

A regal affair unfolded on Saturday evening as the seven contestants vying to be St. Lucia's 2024 Carnival Queen were officially sashed with their sponsor banners and determined their positions for competition day.

A recent article stating that the sugar mill wheel in River Doree has once again gone missing, prompted one resident to clear the air on the artifact's whereabouts.

The Labor Department and Minimum Wage Commission are working on the roll out for a livable/minimum wage due to be announced on August 1st, 2024.

Small manufactures aligned with export St. Lucia have been seeing major gains from a recent upgrade of their product packaging; which has boosted their image and competitiveness in the global market, thanks to the efforts of export St. Lucia.

Vieux-Fort South MP and former Prime Minister, Dr. Kenny Anthony, is pleased that some of the projects or ideas during his tenure have manifested albeit at a later date and under different leadership. Dr. Anthony listed a number of ideas during his contribution to the debate on the appropriation bill on Thursday.

The lone opposition member in attendance at the house of assembly meeting, Bradley Felix delivered his presentation on the debate of the 2024 – 2025 budget, Thursday. The Choiseul/Saltibus MP dissected the mammoth budget outlining areas of concern and in need of attention.

Castries North MP, Infrastructure Minister Stephenson King in his 2024 budget policy debate contribution sought to put to rest opposition claims of mismanagement of capital and road works by the infrastructure department. According to King, the current administration had to devise a pragmatic plan to overcome the folly of their predecessors to cut a sustainable path to road construction.

Describing crime as a crisis demanding resolute action akin to the COVID-19 pandemic response, St. Lucia's Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre advocated a unified, regional public health approach during a Caribbean public health agency conference. He urged setting aside political blame and rallying collective efforts to confront escalating violence plaguing the Caribbean.

In April, the Youth Development and Sports Ministry organized an exposition for young entrepreneurs in Castries East to showcase their goods and services.

Export St. Lucia has stepped in to lend additional support to the ministry of agriculture to address the plight of farmers in the ongoing banana box shortage crisis.

Agriculture Minister Alfred Prospere has disclosed that a number of factors exacerbated the box shortage for banana and plantain farmers. He gave an overview of the impact of the disruption faced by farmers due to lack of proper packaging material during presentation on the 2024/2025's appropriation bill.

Tourism Minister Dr. Ernest Hilaire claims the new infrastructure option for Saint Lucia's CIP was made public. He sought to clear up talks by opposition leader Allen Chastanet alleging St. Lucia was selling a "secret" infrastructure option at Dubai's investment migration forum.