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Saint Lucia Sets Sights on Safer Coexistence with Fer-de-Lance
St. Lucia Times
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August 14, 2025
Saint Lucia is seeking to keep residents safe from its fer-de-lance snakes while finding ways to turn its natural resources into cash. The nation’s fer-de-lances (Bothrops caribbaeus) seem to be popping up in more places lately, including spots...
Saint Lucia Celebrates International Youth Day 2025
The Voice
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August 13, 2025
Sponsored | Article continues below . The Ministry of Youth Development and Sports proudly joins the global community in celebrating International Youth Day 2025 (August ,12) under the powerful theme: “Local Youth Actions for the Sustainable...
Moment Notting Hill Carnival revellers brawl on the Tube as festival ends with more than 400 arrests
Daily Mail
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August 26, 2025
This is the moment a fight broke out among Notting Hill Carnival revellers on the Tube - as the festival came to an end with more than 400 arrests. Footage filmed inside Baker Street station shows a man in a brightly coloured carnival costume...
Saint Lucian Nurse Spearheads Healthcare Gateway to India
St. Lucia Times
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August 7, 2025
A new healthcare initiative aimed at connecting Saint Lucians with specialised medical treatment in India has been launched by Albina St Ange-Augustin, a Saint Lucian-born nurse based in the UK. Her company, Orbital Well, officially debuted on...
The Mobile Help Truck in northern Wisconsin delivers medical equipment to assist communities
WJFW - Wisconsin
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TOMAHAWK, Wis. (WJFW) — The Mobile Help Truck is a program apart of the Good News Project organization that helps many communities around the U.S. with lending medical equipment. Alan Froehlich, the Mobile Help Truck driver, said the organization...
Saint Lucian Teens Gain University-Level Genetics Skills
St. Lucia Times
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August 11, 2025
Twenty Saint Lucian students have completed two weeks of advanced genetics and molecular biology training through BioSci Series 2025, an initiative spearheaded by Saint Lucian biotechnology firm GenTech Analytica. The programme delivered hands-on...
Four-year-old boy dies in suspected drowning in Gros Islet
St. Lucia Times
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August 25, 2025
Four-year-old Ryhim Serville of Marina Road, Gros Islet, died on Sunday in a suspected drowning, police said. According to the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, the boy’s family reported that he had been playing on the shore of Gros Islet beach....
Saint Lucia Participates in Launch of CARPHA’s 2025–2030 Strategic Plan in Guyana
The Voice
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August 11, 2025
Photo: Government of St Lucia A delegation from Saint Lucia’s Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs attended the official launch of the Caribbean Public Health Agency’s (CARPHA) 2025–2030 Strategic Plan, held in Georgetown, Guyana from...
Ministry Of Health, Wellness And Elderly Affairs Hosted Vector Awareness Roadshow To Educate Choiseul Residents About Reducing Vector-Borne Diseases
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 20, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – As part of the 2025 Vector Awareness Campaign, the Environmental Health Division hosted a Road Show in Choiseul on Sunday, August 10, 2025, marking one of the key activities in this year’s public outreach efforts....
Former EastEnders star James Bye's wife admits 'it hurts' in update from hospital bed
Manchester Evening News
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August 20, 2025
The wife of former EastEnders star James Bye has admitted ‘it hurts’ in a health update from her hospital bed shared on social media. The Martin Fowler actor, who left the soap last year, has been married to his wife Victoria since 2012, renewing...
Will Guyana election end LGBTQ+ criminalisation in South America?
Context
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What’s the context? Parties contesting the Sept. 1 election broadly support ending the continent's last law that makes same-sex intimacy a crime. BERLIN - Most of the political parties running in Guyana's general election next week have promised...
As Gros Islet expands, rural districts see population decline
St. Lucia Times
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August 25, 2025
Successive census counts have confirmed what many Saint Lucians already sense: the country is decisively moving north. Between 2010 and 2022, Gros Islet’s population rose nearly 19 per cent, from 25 210 to 29 953. The district now accounts for...
Saint Lucians weigh education vs age limits on cannabis, alcohol
St. Lucia Times
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August 10, 2025
As Trinidad and Tobago moves to raise the legal age for cannabis use to 25 and alcohol to 21, Saint Lucian business owners and advocates are pushing back, arguing that stricter age limits won’t curb youth substance abuse without vigorous education...
Saint Lucia fast-tracks plan to boost national food security in response to US tariffs
St. Lucia Times
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August 10, 2025
In response to the ripple effects of recent American tariffs on imported goods, the government is accelerating plans to strengthen national food security and reduce dependence on foreign markets. According to Dr Thomas Samuel, trade adviser in the...
From the Margins to the Courts: St Lucia Joins Caribbean Fight to Dismantle Anti-LGBTQI+ Colonial Laws
Inter Press Service
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August 13, 2025
Active Citizens, Civil Society, Crime & Justice, Featured, Gender, Gender Identity, Gender Violence, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Latin America & the Caribbean, LGBTQ, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Credit: Stella_E/Getty Images MONTEVIDEO,...
St. Lucia Advances HIV Prevention: PrEP Training for Healthcare Professionals
DBS TV St Lucia
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August 8, 2025
The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs, in partnership with the Caribbean Vulnerable Communities (CVC), is strengthening HIV prevention efforts in St. Lucia through education and capacity building. As part of its sensitization...
What Nigeria can learn from Caribbean—and Colombian—health financing
Business Day
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August 19, 2025
In the global search for sustainable health financing models, countries like Nigeria must look beyond legacy systems and toward proven innovations emerging from resource-constrained regions. At the 2025 BusinessDay Health Conference, a compelling...
Saint Lucia Holds Consultation Meeting For Review And Updating Of Mental Health Policy And Bill
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 8, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs with technical support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is undertaking a formal review and updating of St. Lucia’s National Mental Health Policy...
Saint Lucia’s Senior Health Team Attends Regional Health Security (RHS) And Regional Coordinating Mechanism For Health Security (RCM-HS) Meeting
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 1, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – A team of Senior Health Officials including Chief Medical Officer – Dr. Sharon Belmar-George, National Epidemiologist – Dr. Michelle Francois-D’Auvergne and Director of Clinical Services and Laboratory Director of...
Saint Lucia Joins In Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2025
The St Kitts Nevis Observer
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August 5, 2025
- Advertisement - Saint Lucia – The Ministry of Health, Wellness, and Elderly Affairs joins the rest of the region in commemorating World Breastfeeding Week from August 1 to 7 under the theme “Prioritizing Breastfeeding in the Caribbean: Towards...