The book examines the post-emancipation rise of Saint Lucia’s peasantry, documenting their central contributions to agriculture, land ownership, and economic diversification between 1897 and 1945. As part of Saint Lucia’s 47th Independence celebrations, historian Louise Mathurin-Serieux officially launched her new book, On the Shoulders of Peasants, highlighting the critical role of the island’s peasantry in […]

National development remains a central priority as Saint Lucia charts its path forward under the theme “Douvan Ansanm: Nourishing Our People and Strengthening Our Nation.” Prime Minister Hon. Philip J. Pierre emphasized that achieving progress requires shared responsibility between government and citizens. The Prime Minister highlighted the government’s role in providing essential services that support the […]

For nearly half a century, the Islamic Republic of Iran — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — has killed and maimed American citizens and service members through its own forces and proxy militias. More Americans have been killed by Iran than any other terrorist regime on Earth. President Donald J. Trump is doing what Presidents over […]

This Read Across America Day, we proudly join millions of students, parents, teachers, and librarians across our Nation in celebrating the importance of reading in our homes and literacy in our schools as well as the unmatched power of opening a new book. From the revolutionary pamphlets of Thomas Paine and the timeless essays of The […]

First Lady Melania Trump opened today’s United Nations (U.N.) Security Council meeting with a decisive message to its members: “Peace does not need to be fragile.” Mrs. Trump’s message of tolerance is rooted in the concept of “democratizing knowledge” for everyone, during this new “age of imagination” when artificial intelligence provides the global community with […]

By Vernan George – St. Kitts-Nevis Observer A former police officer has been sentenced to nine years in prison for unlawful sexual offences involving a female minor, committed between February and March 2025 at Fountain Village and Zetlands in Nevis. Chesley Hutton of Cotton Ground, Nevis, pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful carnal knowledge […]

BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis, March 2nd 2026 — Caribbean unity was on vivid display this week as Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) arrived in Nevis for a private leaders’ retreat dressed in custom-designed shirts created by a prominent local designer. The coordinated attire marked a symbolic highlight of the 50th Regular […]

ROSEAU, Dominica, Mar 2, CMC – The Dominica government Monday said it would enter into personal contracts with medical professionals from  Cuba as it sought to modify its long standing arrangement with Havana amid efforts by the United States to get Caribbean countries to stop their support of the Cuban medical brigade programme. Foreign Affairs […]

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Mar 2, CMC – More than a year after student Alia Mc Dowall, was stabbed in the throat, she died on Sunday, with prosecutors in St. Vincent and the Grenadines sid to be considering their options. Mc Dowall, 17, a student of the Central Leeward Secondary School (CLSS) and an athlete, had […]

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, Mar 2, CMC – Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Farley Augustine, says while he will not propose provisions for secession, however, if public consultations reveal support for including such an option, Tobagonians “will get what they want”. Augustine, speaking during an online media briefing following his visit to  St […]