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The Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) is investigating the police shooting of four civilians yesterday afternoon. The initial report from police is that the four men were shot during a confrontation with lawmen in Old…

A chronic disease expert is not backing down from her call for higher taxes on unhealthy foods. Director of the Barbados-based Chronic Disease Research Centre, Dr Alafia Samuels said the measure would serve the dual purpose of raising…

The deputy political leader of the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) was yesterday sworn in as a Government Senator to replace Hafeez Ali, who quit his post after nude videos of him were posted online and he found himself at the…

The Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) has apprehended 199 Haitians off the west coast of the Bahamian island of Andros. The BDF was on routine patrol near north Andros last Friday when it was diverted to investigate the sighting, which…

On the heels of United Airlines’ December 2015 launch of non-stop service from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to St. Lucia’s Hewanorra International Airport, visitor arrivals from the United States Midwest region have increased by a…

Can electrical shortages be seen as a form of censorship? Without electricity, communications via citizen media -- a process by which citizens participate and influence their communities -- cannot go very far. In the midst of the economic,…

The man who served as number two to Dr. Kenny Anthony when he was Prime Minister has been chosen to be his successor at the head of the St. Lucia Labour Party (SLP) – at least for now. Former Deputy Prime Minister Philip Pierre has been…

The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission has officially launched an OECS youth strategy under the brand OECS YES. This strategy was developed based on the need for greater attention and action to issues directly…

Bahamians on Tuesday resoundingly rejected the four gender-equality questions in the second constitutional referendum in an independent Bahamas, delivering an unquestioned and blistering defeat to the yes camp, and refusing to accept the…

A recent UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report on world heritage sites in danger from climate change received widespread media attention after the Australian government requested the removal of a chapter on…

Tourist arrivals to the Caribbean are expected to surpass the 30 million mark for the first time ever this year, following a record 28.7 million arrivals in 2015. Chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Richard Sealy says the…

The crisis and the polarization that have put Venezuela in the international media spotlight are often beyond the comprehension of those watching the situation unfold, whether from up close or from afar. For Venezuelans, the rise of…

The opposition United Workers Party (UWP) has won the general election in Saint Lucia, beating the ruling St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) 11 seats to six, effectively reversing the result of the last election in 2011. According to the…

Saint Lucians went to the polls on Monday in an early general election called three weeks ago by Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony, however, as one regional commentator puts it, whichever party forms the next government, they may lose by…

The ruling St Lucia Labour Party (SLP) has been accused of inaccuracies, and obvious and deliberate errors and omissions in its official response to a public opinion poll conducted between May 20 and 23, 2016, by regional pollsters…