Business Model Competition Widens Network: Deadline Extended for Select Countries

Business Model Competition Widens Network: Deadline Extended for Select Countries

Applications now open for the Cayman Islands, Suriname and Guyana! The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, in partnership with Republic Bank, extends the call for applications from growth-oriented, innovative and opportunity focused entrepreneurs from THE CAYMAN ISLANDS, SURINAME AND GUYANA.  Entrepreneurs who have already submitted applications from the OECS Members States, Jamaica, Trinidad […]

St. Lucia-born poet Canisia Lubrin wins Writers’ Trust Rising Star award

St. Lucia-born poet Canisia Lubrin wins Writers’ Trust Rising Star award

Score another major literary accomplishment for a Caribbean Canadian author. Earlier this week, Whitby poet Canisia Lubrin was one of  five young writers to earn the Writers’ Trust Rising Star award. Vancouver playwright Anosh Irani chose the St Lucia-born writer because he considers her to be one of Canada’s top new writers. “Already a gifted […]

Darren Sammy to captain St. Lucia Zouks for CPL

Darren Sammy to captain St. Lucia Zouks for CPL

CASTRIES, St Lucia – Darren Sammy will return as skipper of the St. Lucia Zouks for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2020 season, the franchise announced  last week, even amid uncertainty over whether the popular T20 tournament will come off as planned. Sammy, who has just finished a coaching stint in Pakistan, will be back […]

Coronavirus: St. Lucia implements ‘partial scale down’ of all non-essential activities for 2 weeks

Coronavirus: St. Lucia implements ‘partial scale down’ of all non-essential activities for 2 weeks

The Government of Saint Lucia has announced the Implementation of Heightened Protocol and Social Distancing Regime with measures that come into effect from Monday, March 23 to Sunday, April 5, 2020. ESSENTIAL SERVICES WHICH WILL CONTINUE INCLUDE: * Emergency Services: Fire, police as well as private security services. * Border control: Saint Lucia will strengthen, […]

“Love is in the air” in St Lucia with spring hotel deals

“Love is in the air” in St Lucia with spring hotel deals

To celebrate the start of spring and showcase its appeal as an award-winning romance destination, 22 hotels, resorts and villas in Saint Lucia are offering value-driven “Love is in the Air” specials for March and April travel for Canadian and U.S. visitors. As an added bonus, qualified visitors can register to receive a Saint Lucia […]

Perdita Felicien new TVO series will air in May

Perdita Felicien new TVO series will air in May

By Stephen Weir The 11-episode, 60 minute series, stars the Canadian athlete and ten of North America’s most decorated young athletes who compete in the sort of sports young people love, wakeboarding, gymnastics and skateboarding to name just three. This is not your average sporting saw-off.  The ten athletes – five Americans and five Canadians […]

St Lucia marks 40th year of independence with over 400,000 visitors

St Lucia marks 40th year of independence with over 400,000 visitors

The latest figures indicate that Saint Lucia has surpassed all previous records set with regards to stay-over arrivals. For the period January to December 2019, Saint Lucia recorded 423,736 stay-over visitors; the highest in the island’s history. This year marked the first time that the destination broke the 400,000 mark in stay-over arrivals in a […]

St Lucia tourism goes after winter hating Canadians

St Lucia tourism goes after winter hating Canadians

By Stephen Weir        St Lucia, like many other Caribbean Island nations is deft at first breaking the spirit of winter hating Canadians and then magically opening their wallets to spend, spend, spend.  The Caribbean Camera was at the swanky Hotel X at Toronto’s CNE grounds earlier this week and watched as the hex was […]

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