RSL NEWS
Members of the St. Lucia Industrial and Small Business Association are said to be holding their breath in anticipation of the Prime Minister's budget address.
President of SLISBA Mr. Prime Minister Stephenson King is scheduled to leave the island today Thursday April 16th for Trinidad and Tobago where the 5th Summit of the Americas will be held. Prime Minister Stephenson King met with Public Sector Unions last night to discuss the global economic crisis and its impact on the local economy.
The talks come as Mr. King prepares his annual estimates of revenue and expenditure. The re-introduction of a garment factory in the Dennery Valley was the subject of a letter from the National Workers Union written to Prime Minister Stephenson King. Relatives accuse the authoirities of failing to provide assistance in their bid to recover the body of Newman William who drowned at Praslin Beach on Easter Monday. The woman and her father were fishing for wilks; more commonly referred to as Briggo - when they were washed away by a strong wave, according to reports.Gov’t "Committed" to Public Sector Increase
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The government says it's committed to paying out a 7.5 percent increase that has been promised to civil servants.
SLISBA members hold their breathe in anticipation of this week's budget
Prime Minister Stephenson King heads off to Trinidad & Tobago for the 5th Summit of the Americas
The Prime Minister meets with Public Sector Unions amid claims that government is unable to honour its promised wage increase
The National Workers Union writes to the Prime Minister suggesting the re establishment of the Dennery Garment Factory
No Assistance for Drowned Man's Family
Woman Drowns at Praslin Beach; Father Missing
St Lucian Wins Regional Beauty Contest
19-year-old Iva Satney brought home the Miss Easterval Beauty title following a pageant held Saturday on the Grenadine Island of Union Island.Four Dead in Easter Sunday Crash
It was a bloody Easter Sunday with four people losing their lives in one of the most horrific accidents the island has witnessed in a long time.St Lucia Woman in US Jail for Child Abuse
Vernessa Albert-Peppars is currently behind bars in the US state of Kansas - charged with first degree assault. Archives
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