Ace and Chelley choose Saint Lucia to make it Instagram official

Love Island couple Ace Greene and Chelley B have confirmed their relationship status following a romantic getaway at the world-renowned Jade Mountain resort in Saint Lucia. The pair, who first connected on season six of Love Island USA, had kept...

FEVRIER CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT OVER ‘SECRET’ CDC ESTATE DEAL

A heated dispute has erupted over unpaid police insurance premiums, with the Prime Minister insisting funds are available but invoices from the Police Welfare Association are missing, while the PWA counters that submitted invoices are repeatedly...

Auguste among 4 Saint Lucians with Cricket West Indies contracts

Four Saint Lucians have been offered Cricket West Indies (CWI) retainer contracts, according to a release from that organisation on September 30th. Senior men’s T20 player Ackeem Auguste, senior women’s players Qiana Joseph and Zaida James, and...

OECS Council of Ministers: Foreign Affairs Chart Unified Path to Safeguard Livelihoods, Strengthen Regional Resilience, and Advance Collective Prosperity

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) convened the 8th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs (COM:FA) on the margins of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. The meeting, held against the backdrop...

Team Saint Lucia Secures 2nd Place at CAC Fitness Championships

Saint Lucia delivered an outstanding performance to secure 2nd place at the recently concluded IFBB Central American and Caribbean Championship and the IFBB Semi-Pro CAC 2025. Saint Lucia’s Lawrence “Robo Cop” Stephen put on a superb display...

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...

US military strikes fifth suspected drug boat off Venezuelan coast

Source: CBS President Trump announced on Tuesday that the U.S. military had carried out a strike on a small boat suspected of trafficking drugs in the international waters off the coast of Venezuela. In a post on Truth Social, the President stated...

Windies claim first T20I against Bangladesh

The West Indies have taken a 1-0 lead against Bangladesh following their victory in the first T20 International of the three-match Dutch-Bangla Bank Series. The fixture was played on October 27 in front of a packed house at the Bir Shreshtho...

DR. ERNEST HILAIRE OUTLINES 5-POINT PLAN TO TRANSFORM ST. LUCIA’S TOURISM FOR EQUITY AND RESILIENCE

Tourism Minister Dr. Ernest Hilaire urged Saint Lucia to evolve its tourism sector around five guiding principles to achieve sustainable transformation. He made this call on world tourism day, celebrated on Saturday, September 26, 2025, with the...

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...

PM PHILIP J. PIERRE HINTS AT POSSIBLE GENERAL ELECTION BEFORE YEAR-END

Amid growing election anticipation, Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre’s remarks at a weekend rally have sparked fresh speculation about the timing of saint lucia’s next general election. The statements were made on the 74th anniversary of the...

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...

REPUBLIC BANK (EC) LIMITED ANNOUNCES PLATINUM SPONSORSHIP OF THE 2025 SAINT LUCIA BILLFISH TOURNAMENT

Castries, Saint Lucia – September 25, 2025 -Republic Bank (EC) Limited (RBEC) has proudly reaffirmed its commitment to supporting one of Saint Lucia’s premier sporting and tourism events as the Platinum Sponsor of the 2025 Saint Lucia Billfish...

Casimie leads Saint Lucia to women’s volleyball crown

Behind a dominant showing from Lisa Casimie, Saint Lucia romper to victory on September 28 in the title match of the Eastern Caribbean Volleyball Association (ECVA) Women’s Final Four. Their win at the YMCA in St John’s, Antigua and Barbuda...

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: 28 years of governance — the record speaks for itself

During 18 years of the past 28 years, Saint Lucia has been governed by the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP). That’s nearly two decades in power. Yet what do we really have to show? Roads still in poor condition, ports underdeveloped, agriculture...

Government signs collective agreement with Police Welfare Association

Police officers in Saint Lucia will now receive the same 13 per cent salary increase as other public sector unions, following a collective agreement signed between the government and the Police Welfare Association on September 15. Minister for...

OECS to benefit from lower insulin prices

Health policymakers and senior health officials from across the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) gathered in Grenada this week for the 38th OECS Pharmaceutical Procurement Service (PPS) Policy Board meeting and the 11th Council of...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – October 27, 2025

Happy Independence Day SVG October 27, 2025 Happy Independence Day to St. Vincent and the Grenadines! As the nation marks 46 years of independence, MPE joins the Caribbean and the wider world in saluting the Vincentian people and celebrating their...

Former central bank governor urges easing of foreign exchange restrictions for cultural workers

62 By Emmanuel Joseph Former Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr Delisle Worrell, has called on the government to make foreign currency freely available to cultural practitioners, arguing that such a policy would be the single most...

Prime Minister Pierre Chairs First CARICOM Climate Change and Finance Meeting

Sponsored | Article continues below ↓ . As Chair of the CARICOM Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Climate Change and Climate Finance, Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre yesterday convened regional Heads of Government and climate partners for...