Global financial monitoring agencies like the World Bank, ECLAC and the International Monetary Fund point to continued economic gains for Saint Lucia in 2024! They all project positive GDP growth. This encouraging economic outlook means better paying jobs will open up for more Saint Lucians. More businesses will have the confidence to expand operations and […]
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Washington, D.C., January 11, 2024,The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors have approved a project to help Saint Lucia implement reforms in fiscal policy management, increase climate change resilience, and improve the business environment. The $40 million dollar investment will help Saint Lucia’s sustainable development by generating extra revenue, secure additional financial resources that can […]
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The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Senior Selection Panel has named both 15-man squads to play against Australia in three One Day Internationals (ODIs) and three T20 Internationals (T20Is) from 2 to 13 February 2024. The ODI squad features two debutants, Grenadian top order batsman Teddy Bishop and Guyanese wicketkeeper batsman, Tevin Imlach. Bishop has impressed with the bat on assignments for the […]
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Benchmark measure of world food commodity prices ends 2023 about 10 percent below its year-earlier level The benchmark for world food commodity prices declined in December compared to the previous month, with the sharpest drop in international sugar quotations, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, which tracks […]
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ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the West Indies Men’s and Women’s centrally contracted players for the upcoming 2023 to 2024 season. The contracts are offered based on player performances during the 2022 to 2023 evaluation period following recommendations from the Selection Panels and approval by the Board of Directors. Four West Indies Men have been offered contacts for […]
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The UWI Regional Headquarters, Jamaica W.I. Friday, December 1, 2023—The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has promoted five of its finest academics to the rank of Professor. The new professors are experts in the fields of Special Education, Organic Chemistry, Spatial Information Science, International Law and Global Environment Governance, and Environmental Information Modelling and […]
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With one month left until the end of the year, Nassau Cruise Port has surpassed its all-time annual passenger record. The port set its previous record of 3,859,183 passengers in 2019. As of the end of November, the port team had welcomed 3,869,003 passengers for the year. Nassau Cruise Port CEO, Mike Maura Jr., called […]
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Washington, DC./Panama City, 30 November 2023 (PAHO) – On World AIDS Day (December 1), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) highlight the key role of communities and civil society in the provision of HIV information and services, such as testing, prevention and treatment, in Latin America and the Caribbean. […]
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Cricket West Indies (CWI) today announced that Shane Dowrich, the experienced wicket-keeper/batsman has announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect and has withdrawn from the West Indies squad for the upcoming CG United One-Day International (ODI) Series against England. Dowrich made his international debut against Australia in Dominica in 2015. He played 35 Tests where he […]
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Achieving a robust Global Stocktake, keeping 1.5C goal are imperative to SIDS’ survival. Small island developing states (SIDS) from the Pacific, Caribbean, African, Indian Ocean and South China Seas have converged in Dubai ahead of the pivotal United Nations climate summit, COP28, to solidify priorities that must be achieved to give SIDS the best chance […]
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