An
independent forensic audit has cleared Eustace Monrose, Chairman
of the St. Lucia Banana Corporation (SLBC) and his Board of
wrongdoing regarding the $3.6 million given to the SLBC by
the Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company
((WIBDECO). Monrose and his Board have been under
pressure from a faction of banana farmers,
Preliminary
figures released by the St Lucia Tourist Board show that the
number of tourist stopover arrivals, The number of visitors
from the USA grew by 8.7%, from 11,148 in June 2007 to 12,121
this June. Arrivals from Canada showed a good 90%
increase from 533 in June 2007 to 1,017 this June. The number
of visitors from the United Kingdom showed a 4.0% increase,
Twenty-seven
contestants took to the stage of the National Cultural Center
last Thursday night in their quest to reign as 2008 Inter-Commercial
House Calypso Monarch. And what a show that was!
The massive crowd comprised mainly members of staff of the
various business houses that fielded candidates for the competition
who came to lend moral support.
RBTT
Bank marked its recent acquisition by the Royal Bank of Canada
(RBC) by holding a week of customer celebration activities
at all of its 84 branches across the Caribbean. The
special week, from Monday July 7 to Friday July 11, featured
a range of activities designed to herald to the Bank’s
staff and customers the start of a new phase of its history.
Marvin
Edgar of the National Youth Council, calls the idea for the
Privatization of Water in St Lucia, “a negatively, unsound,
irrational decision, while Andrew Antoine, Public
Relations Officer of the Civil Society Network chides the
government for appearing to renege on their promise to St
Lucians of rejecting the idea which had been previously put
forward,
An
independent forensic audit has cleared Eustace Monrose, Chairman
of the St. Lucia Banana Corporation (SLBC) and his Board of
wrongdoing regarding the $3.6 million given to the SLBC by
the Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company
((WIBDECO). Monrose and his Board have been under
pressure from a faction of banana farmers, 
Preliminary
figures released by the St Lucia Tourist Board show that the
number of tourist stopover arrivals, The number of visitors
from the USA grew by 8.7%, from 11,148 in June 2007 to 12,121
this June. Arrivals from Canada showed a good 90%
increase from 533 in June 2007 to 1,017 this June. The number
of visitors from the United Kingdom showed a 4.0% increase,
Twenty-seven
contestants took to the stage of the National Cultural Center
last Thursday night in their quest to reign as 2008 Inter-Commercial
House Calypso Monarch. And what a show that was!
The massive crowd comprised mainly members of staff of the
various business houses that fielded candidates for the competition
who came to lend moral support. 
RBTT
Bank marked its recent acquisition by the Royal Bank of Canada
(RBC) by holding a week of customer celebration activities
at all of its 84 branches across the Caribbean. The
special week, from Monday July 7 to Friday July 11, featured
a range of activities designed to herald to the Bank’s
staff and customers the start of a new phase of its history.
Marvin
Edgar of the National Youth Council, calls the idea for the
Privatization of Water in St Lucia, “a negatively, unsound,
irrational decision, while Andrew Antoine, Public
Relations Officer of the Civil Society Network chides the
government for appearing to renege on their promise to St
Lucians of rejecting the idea which had been previously put
forward, 
