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St Lucia PM - No communication with US regarding visa restrictions
Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has released a statement reacting to news that Saint Lucia is being considered, along with over 40 other countries, for visa restrictions by the United States. Pierre posted to Facebook saying, "The Government of...

St Lucia PM - No communication with US regarding visa restrictions
Prime Minister Philip J Pierre has released a statement reacting to news that Saint Lucia is being considered, along with over 40 other countries, for visa restrictions by the United States. Pierre posted to Facebook saying, "The Government of...

Health Ministry Monitors New COVID-19 Variant
The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs is urging the public to remain vigilant as health authorities monitor a newly identified COVID-19 variant, NB.1.8.1. The World Health Organisation (WHO) officially classified it as a “variant...

OPINION: UWP free education at SALCC proposal: questions to be answered (Part II)
Questions for the UWP Albeit the free education being proposed here is not for ‘University’ education, as advanced by Hon Allen Chastanet, as the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College (SALCC) is not a University, but should still be welcomed while...

Health Ministry Issues Public Advisory Amidst Intensified Saharan Dust Conditions
Dr. Gennie Issac-Louisy Senior Medical Officer – Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs The Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs is urging the public to take precautionary measures as thick concentrations of Saharan dust...

St. Lucia’s Ministry Of Health Partners To Offer Specialized Hand Services
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – Hand Help Inc., a globally recognized charitable organization dedicated to providing free hand surgery care, will be offering free hand surgeries for children and adults in Saint Lucia from April 6th to 13th, 2025....

In Saint Lucia, This Wellness-Focused All-Inclusive Resort Is All About Family Fitness and Olympic Energy This Summer
There’s never a dull season in Saint Lucia—but this summer, one of the Caribbean’s premier wellness resorts is turning up the tempo. At BodyHoliday, the famed all-inclusive retreat known for its holistic approach to health and wellbeing, the...

Business News | St. Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, Grenada Lead World's Best Golden Passports in CBI Index 2025
VMPL New Delhi [India], September 30: The latest edition of the CBI Index 2025, the only independent study evaluating all active citizenship by investment (CBI) programmes worldwide, has ranked Caribbean nations at the very top. St. Kitts and...

Presidency visits Buhari in London hospital
By, Biola Davies President Bola Tinubu deployed his deputy, Vice-President Kashim Shettima, to visit former President Muhammadu Buhari in a London hospital on Monday. The former president has been ill for a while, but is believed to be...

Sandals Resorts International’s Milestone Achievement of CARPHA’s Healthier Safer Tourism Travellers Health Assurance Award
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...

Tinubu secretly sent Shettima to visit Buhari in London hospital
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...

Bola Tinubu Sends Kashim Shettima To London To Visit Ailing Muhammadu Buhari In Hospital
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
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
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...

Saint Lucia Remains Committed to the Collective Attainment of OECS Goals
On March 5, 2025, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) convened its Third Council of Ministers for Immigration Meeting at the Radisson Beach Resort in Grenada. The meeting was chaired by Grenada’s Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell. The...

The Compton Development Doctrine: Rethinking Development and Politics in the Saint Lucian Context
April 29, 2025 marks the centenary of the birth of Sir John Compton—Saint Lucia’s first Prime Minister, revered as the Father of the Nation and the principal architect of modern Saint Lucian society. There is no doubt that Compton occupies a...

Demands: Medical academics give 15-day ultimatum to FG
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...

St. Lucia’s Ministry of Equity partners with Babonneau Constituency Council, Police
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – Ini a sterling display of community solidarity, the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice and Empowerment, in partnership with the Babonneau Constituency Council and the Babonneau Police Station, has stepped in to make a...

Saint Lucia Strengthens Defenses Against African Swine fever
- Advertisement - St. Lucia – The Ministry of Agriculture in collaboration with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has conducted a mock African Swine Fever exercise aimed at strengthening the capacity of staff at...

MPE CARIBBEAN REPORT NEWSLETTER – September 29, 2025
September 29, 2025 Ready, Set, SOTIC — Barbados takes the stage Barbados is buzzing — SOTIC 2025 has arrived! From September 30 to October 3, the Caribbean Tourism Organization will chart the future of regional tourism at the annual State of the...