1.
On Friday, February 01, 2008, Prime Minister Stephenson King,
issued a statement in response to what he described as “Allegations
by The Leader of the Opposition”. On February 02nd,
the statement was published on the front page of the Voice
of Saint Lucia and carried as a “Paid Advertisement”
in the Star Newspaper. The statement has received widespread
publicity in the electronic media.
Police
have reported that they have successfully executed a number
of search warrants and apprehended 11 persons and a quantity
of stolen items, drugs and cash. As part of ongoing
investigations into violations against locals and visitors
in Soufriere, 40 police officers from the special service
unit (SSU) under the command of Police Superintendent Victor
Layzelle,
One
family of the Bas St Joseph community in La Croix Maingot
has experienced much grief at the death of one of their own.
Meantime, the community laments what they deem sheer
lack of control on the part of both parties involved. “It
is really bad when people do not know how to live in harmony
with each other,” one community member said.
Cable
& Wireless has opened the way for a new locally-owned
TV channel to provide sports programming to CableVision viewers.
OneStopSports, the brainchild of veteran broadcaster
and Project Manager of James & James Inc, Timothy James,
has been officially added to the CableVision lineup on Channel
51. OneStopSports will carry coverage of local, regional and
international sporting events.
The
Nobel Laureate Committee and the University of the West Indies
St. Lucia, hosted a first-ever conference on St. Lucian theatre
on January 24th. The theme of the conference was
‘The Theatre of Saint Lucian Society – Folk Tradition
to Modern Stage’ and it was convened in honour of former
Director of Culture, Jacques Compton.
The
St. Lucia Labour Party says it intends writing to the Permanent
Secretary in the Ministry of Finance to advise him to direct
that all payments of housing allowance to the Prime Minister
cease immediately. Dr. Kenny Anthony, Tuesday told
reporters that the rented house the State pays for Prime Minister
Stephenson King at Vigie, should have been paid from the pocket
of the Prime Minister,
The
public relations office of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force
says it continues to encourage and promote good working relationship
between members of the public and members of the Police Force
as yet another report of police harassment was made to the
press by a woman who says she was threatened by several police
officers while inside her home with her children.
1.
On Friday, February 01, 2008, Prime Minister Stephenson King,
issued a statement in response to what he described as “Allegations
by The Leader of the Opposition”. On February 02nd,
the statement was published on the front page of the Voice
of Saint Lucia and carried as a “Paid Advertisement”
in the Star Newspaper. The statement has received widespread
publicity in the electronic media. 
One
family of the Bas St Joseph community in La Croix Maingot
has experienced much grief at the death of one of their own.
Meantime, the community laments what they deem sheer
lack of control on the part of both parties involved. “It
is really bad when people do not know how to live in harmony
with each other,” one community member said. 
The
Nobel Laureate Committee and the University of the West Indies
St. Lucia, hosted a first-ever conference on St. Lucian theatre
on January 24th. The theme of the conference was
‘The Theatre of Saint Lucian Society – Folk Tradition
to Modern Stage’ and it was convened in honour of former
Director of Culture, Jacques Compton. 
