GUNS
OR TASERS?
 It
appears that because of the number of incidents in regard
to fatal shootings by police last year, the Force is now weighing
its options. The Police Force has suggested that
the use of tasers will be safer in the prevention of crime
and may lower the risk of lethal force on suspects.
But while Special Services Unit Superintendent Victor
Layzelle acknowledges that accidental shootings, 
PM
King tours LUCELEC facility
 A
delegation led by Prime Minister, the Honourable Stephenson
King accompanied by Minister for Public Utilities, the Honourable
Guy Joseph, and Cabinet Secretary Mr Cosmos Richardson, was
taken on a tour of the main electricity generating facilities
of LUCELEC located at Cul-de-Sac, on Wednesday 20th February.
Proposed
donation of Pointe du Cap to National Trust
Morne
Pavillon, the second highest point at Cap Estate, is being
donated to the citizens of Saint Lucia. Christopher
Lutz of Boston, Massachusetts is giving this valuable, twenty-two
acre site, also known as Pointe du Cap, to the Saint Lucia
National Trust, providing he receives the assurance that it
will remain in the ownership of the Trust as a Nature Reserve
and historic site in perpetuity.
CIE/RGQ
welcome training of women for construction industry
The
CIE and RG Quarry Group of Companies have welcomed the announcement
of the intention of the National Skills Development Centre
(NSDC) to train 120 women in trades related to the construction
sector. The Group’s CEO, local businessman
Rayneau Gajadhar, says this development “is positive
and it’s a welcome one that has been long in coming.”
Celebrating
hand made design
The
Caribbean Gift and Craft show (CGCS) organised by the Caribbean
Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), will celebrate
its 15th anniversary from October 2–5, 2008, at the
Sherbourne Conference Centre in Barbados. CGCS 2008
is highlighting the pivotal role of design. According to the
CGCS 2008 Show Manager, Veona Maloney,
Road
to College Fair a success
Local
organizers of this past weekend’s World Scholar-St.
Lucia Road to College Fair are extremely pleased with the
success of this international college recruitment effort.
The two-day college recruitment event provided St.
Lucians a wonderful opportunity to meet with representatives
from colleges and universities across North America and the
Caribbean,
Seminar
for poultry farmers
CASTRIES,
St Lucia: The Ministry of Agriculture in St Lucia, in collaboration
with the National Feed Mills of Trinidad and Tobago, will
be hosting a workshop for poultry farmers in Rodney Bay on
February 26, 2008 and in Vieux-Fort on February 27, 2008.
Dr George Joseph, Chief Veterinary Officer in the
Ministry of Agriculture,
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