International Biodiversity Day

Saint Lucia joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International day for Biological Diversity on Tuesday May 22nd, 2007. The theme for this year is Biodiversity and Climate Change and this is in keeping with the focus of the United Nations on Climate Change for 2007. The theme is particularly appropriate, coming in the wake of the recently released Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The assessment makes it clear that climate change is real, that it is driven by human activity, and that, without action, its consequences on natural systems and on society will be severe.

Crisis Centre Training Course

The Saint Lucia Crisis Centre in collaboration with the Bank of Nova Scotia will be holding a four month Women’s Skills Training Course from May 3, 2007 to August 31, 2007.
The course is aimed at increasing the income base of women to enable them to better meet their needs and that of their children. It will focus on training them to do various craft items. Additionally the participants will receive information in the areas of banking and financial management, micro – business enterprises,

Lucian Line Jam

Over the last few years the phenomenon known as “Line Jam” stemmed from a decision to host a pre – cursor to Carnival through which all revellers would share a spirited jaunt on the official circuit through the city under one banner.
Lucian Line Jam has grown immensely both in size and rewards to its sponsors. The organisers have again set out to offer Lucian Line Jam for Mas 2007.

C&W: “Pay from the USA”

bmobile customers and members of the Caribbean diaspora now have a new option for topping-up wireless accounts with the announcement of an agreement between bmobile parent company Cable & Wireless and Western Union.
Beginning today, any bmobile customer can visit one of more than 48,000 participating Western Union agent locations across the United States to top-up their own bmobile pay-as-you-go account,