The
conference facilities in St. Lucia are very much in demand
these days. The dialogue among various Government, NGOs and
International Agencies are at a level never experienced before.
Civil Society organizations have taken their rightful
place at the negotiating table as Governments seek to ensure
that the WTO experience is not repeated.
“Fair
to partly cloudy, with scattered showers” is an expression
often heard in the typical weather report…….but
not always. In our part of the world, June to November
is recognized each year as the “Hurricane Season”
as it is usually during these months that the islands of the
Caribbean and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States are
subject to the ravishes of tropical weather,
Well
known leading local paint company Paints Plus Limited, has
recently secured the exclusive distributorship for Trowel
Plastics Barbados Limited. Trowel Plastics are the
original developers of decorative and protective textured
coatings in the region. They commenced manufacturing in 1967
and with over 40 years of experience in this specialty textured
finish,
Mild
activity was recorded on the ECS with Dominica Electricity
Services trading down 20 cents to close at $2.60 while ECFH
traded firm at $15.00. On
the Regional Government Securities Market, the Government
of St. Lucia’s EC$30 million 5- year Treasury note will
be auctioned on July 7th and 8th and, on July 9th the Government
of Antigua and Barbuda,
Between
1997 and 2001, the former SLP administration began a process
to seek solutions to the water authority’s (WASA) problems.
Within that time period, WASA was corporatized and
became WASCO and the water rates were doubled.That
didn’t work and three separate studies were done on
the water sector in 2001 (studies which were never shared
with the general public)
“We
have gone where no one has gone before in banking” so
says Robert Norstrom – Managing Director -ECFH and General
Manager - Bank of Saint Lucia Limited. He was at
the time speaking at the launch of Bank of Saint Lucia Wealth
and Asset Management. He added that the launch was the realization
of an idea that was born in January of 2006.
Air
Caraibes, a French Airline Air Caraibes that has been operating
on the island for the past 7 years is now making a bid to
let St. Lucians know that the airline is not only alive and
kicking, but that it is thriving and stands ready
to serve St. Lucians carrying passengers all around the French
Caribbean, and to the wider world.
The
conference facilities in St. Lucia are very much in demand
these days. The dialogue among various Government, NGOs and
International Agencies are at a level never experienced before.
Civil Society organizations have taken their rightful
place at the negotiating table as Governments seek to ensure
that the WTO experience is not repeated. 
“Fair
to partly cloudy, with scattered showers” is an expression
often heard in the typical weather report…….but
not always. In our part of the world, June to November
is recognized each year as the “Hurricane Season”
as it is usually during these months that the islands of the
Caribbean and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States are
subject to the ravishes of tropical weather, 
Mild
activity was recorded on the ECS with Dominica Electricity
Services trading down 20 cents to close at $2.60 while ECFH
traded firm at $15.00. On
the Regional Government Securities Market, the Government
of St. Lucia’s EC$30 million 5- year Treasury note will
be auctioned on July 7th and 8th and, on July 9th the Government
of Antigua and Barbuda, 
“We
have gone where no one has gone before in banking” so
says Robert Norstrom – Managing Director -ECFH and General
Manager - Bank of Saint Lucia Limited. He was at
the time speaking at the launch of Bank of Saint Lucia Wealth
and Asset Management. He added that the launch was the realization
of an idea that was born in January of 2006. 
Air
Caraibes, a French Airline Air Caraibes that has been operating
on the island for the past 7 years is now making a bid to
let St. Lucians know that the airline is not only alive and
kicking, but that it is thriving and stands ready
to serve St. Lucians carrying passengers all around the French
Caribbean, and to the wider world. 
