St. Lucia – Thirty-one Saint Lucian police officers recently received advanced training from two Taiwanese instructors as the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) continues to bolster its crime-fighting capabilities. Sixteen police officers participated in the Advanced Intelligence Course, while fifteen participated in the Advanced Crime Scene Course. Speaking at the closing ceremony held on […]

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St. Lucia – Saint Lucia has proudly showcased its progress in disaster preparedness and risk reduction at the 6th Regional Dialogue Platform on Anticipatory Action (AA), held in Colombia, from November 28-29, 2024. The island was represented by Sarah Leon, Deputy Director of Social Transformation in the Ministry of Equity, Social Justice, and Empowerment. This […]

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Basseterre, St. Kitts — During the presentation of findings from the 90-Day Campaign Against Crime and Violence, December 4th 2024, Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Terrance Drew made a compelling appeal to citizens and leaders alike to approach crime as a societal issue rather than a political one. His remarks underscored the importance of camaraderie and […]

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Singer-rapper-performer Lizzo has won a key decision in a legal case involving a stylist who accused her team of racial and sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment during a 2023 tour, and of failing to pay overtime.

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Students from two high schools and five primary schools in Barbados learned yesterday about the importance of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). They were reminded that science is part of everything they do, including something as simple as breathing.

This was part of the STEAM Learning Outreach Project, organized to celebrate the 70th anniversary of McGill’s Bellairs Research Institute, located at Folkestone Marine Park, Holetown, St. James.

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The government of Guyana is creating a national database to make it easier to distribute future cash grants. This is part of the ongoing registration process for the $100,000 cash grant initiative, says the government in a press release on its web site.

The Guyanese government’s $100,000 cash grant is for every citizen aged 18 and over, not just heads of households. Initially, the plan was to provide $200,000 per household, but this was changed to $100,000 per adult to ensure fairness and simplicity.

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Hundreds of years ago Spanish conquistadors massacred the locals to steal huge amount of gold from native Peruvians.

Now the search for the prized yellow metal continues to cause misery in the South American nation as illegal gold mining by criminal gangs is destroying the rainforest, polluting rivers with mercury, and ruining the livelihoods of local communities.

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The United States is facing a growing shortage of registered nurses as the baby boomer generation ages, increasing the demand for health care.

The freeze has raised concerns among healthcare professionals, as foreign nurses constitute about 15% of the U.S. nursing workforce. This is relatively few compared to 30% of nurses in the UK being foreign-born, but it could still have a significant effect on health care in the US.

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TRAVEL by Eric Mackenzie Lamb A few weeks ago, while writing about the genocide in Rwanda, I couldn’t help but think of a similar situation, although to a lesser degree, in Sri Lanka. I had met Waran Rawan, who was a Tamil, and who had fled the conflict and had been granted refugee status by […]

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