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Saint Lucia’s Employers Join National Fight for Healthier Workplaces
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Saint Lucia Employers’ Federation (SLEF) is lending its voice to the national campaign for healthier lifestyles by calling on businesses across the island to make workplace wellness a strategic priority. At a...
Saint Lucia Launches National Event-Based Surveillance System for Public Health
The Voice
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July 10, 2025
Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sharon Belmar-George Saint Lucia has taken a bold step toward enhancing its national health security with the official launch of a National Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) System, designed to ensure early detection and...
Saint Lucia’s Ministry Of Equity Deepens Ties With Martinique-Based Donor Organizations
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – In an effort to continue strengthening regional partnerships in support of Saint Lucia’s social protection systems and disaster resilience efforts, officials of the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment...
Tinubu secretly sent Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital
Nigerian Eye
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July 11, 2025
President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday, sources privy to the development disclosed. The former president has been ill for a while, as...
Farmers From The Communities Of Monchy And Babonneau Receive Health Screening And Education
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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July 11, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs recently collaborated with the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Rural Development to host the 3rd annual Farmer’s Health Fair and Market for...
Bola Tinubu Sends Kashim Shettima To London To Visit Ailing Muhammadu Buhari In Hospital
Alexa.ng
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President Bola Tinubu earlier this week detailed Vice President Kashim Shettima to fly to London from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to check on ailing former Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari, following reports that he was undergoing treatment in an...
Tinubu sent Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital – Report
Business Day
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July 11, 2025
President Bola Tinubu sent his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday, according to The Cable. The former president has been ill for some time, as first reported by...
Sources: Tinubu secretly sent Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital
The Cable
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July 11, 2025
President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday, sources privy to the development have informed TheCable. The former president has been ill for a...
Sandals Resorts International’s Milestone Achievement of CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Travellers Health Assurance Award
Antigua News Room
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July 10, 2025
Sandals Resorts International’s Milestone Achievement of CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Travellers Health Assurance Award The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) awarded all nineteen (19) Sandals Resorts its prestigious Healthier Safer...
FOREIGN DOCTOR CHARGED FOR PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT LICENSE IN SAINT LUCIA.
HTS St Lucia
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A shocking breach of medical protocol has landed a foreign national in legal trouble, after authorities discovered that he had been practicing medicine in Saint Lucia without a valid license. This triggered swift action by the office of the chief...
OPINION: Brand New Jet For Flying To St Lucia: How Nigeria Became The 12 Poorest Nation On Earth
The Will
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July 9, 2025
July 09, (THEWILL) — A few months ago, I came across a video on Facebook that deeply troubled me. In the video, a young boy attempted to snatch a phone from a passenger on a moving bus. The passenger caught his arm, and as the bus slowed, the boy...
Labour Minister Mediates Dispute Between Nurses Association and St. Jude Hospital Board
The Voice
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July 10, 2025
Minister for Labour, Hon. Dr. Virginia Albert-Poyotte The long-standing dispute between the Saint Lucia Nurses Association and the Board of Directors of St. Jude Hospital has now reached the mediation stage, with the Minister for Labour, Hon. Dr....
Saint Lucia Medical And Dental Association Partners With The Blood Bank
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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July 9, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Saint Lucia Medical and Dental Association recently took the opportunity to partner with the Blood Bank to undertake a blood drive activity. This activity was aimed at ensuring the doctors also play their part...
Nigerian Connection Set to Establish Strong Links with Saint Lucia and OECS
The Voice
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July 9, 2025
. Following the landmark visit of President Bola Ahmed Adekunle Tinubu of Nigeria to Saint Lucia, the government is actively implementing several strategic initiatives to strengthen ties with the country and the wider sub-region. In a media...
Woman left with facial paralysis after botched botox surgery as illegal clinic found in Florida shed, cops say
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 10, 2025
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A Florida woman has been arrested...
Demands: Medical academics give 15-day ultimatum to FG
Daily Trust
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July 10, 2025
The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) on Wednesday issued a 15-day ultimatum to the federal government to meet its demands or face industrial action across the country’s medical schools and health institutions. The...
President Tinubu’s historic visit to Saint Lucia: Renewing and expanding the Nigeria-Caribbean partnership
Business Day
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July 8, 2025
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s official state visit to Saint Lucia this past week was a watershed moment in the relationship between Nigeria and the Caribbean. The only previous official visit to the Caribbean was that of President Goodluck...
St. Lucia: Pregnant woman killed during shooting
Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation
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July 6, 2025
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Police say they have launched an investigation into the shooting deaths of two people and two others who have been hospitalised following a shooting at Wilton’s Yard in the heart of the capital, Castries, on Thursday...
Health Upgrades Coming to Central Babonneau and Fond Assau
The Voice
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July 8, 2025
Residents of central Babonneau and Fond Assau will soon benefit from improved healthcare access and enhanced facilities... The post Health Upgrades Coming to Central Babonneau and Fond Assau appeared first on The Voice St. Lucia News.
Tinubu Exports Doctors, Nurses to St. Lucia Despite Healthcare Crisis in Nigeria
Foundation for Investigative Journalism
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July 5, 2025
On Wednesday, Nigeria and St. Lucia signed a Technical Manpower Assistance that will see Nigeria export some of its experts in exchange for St. Lucia’s experts. According to the statement disclosed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the president...