CSEC results improved this year
Overall performance in the 2013 May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination improved when compared to results of 2012. According to the CSEC Public Information Officer,...
View ArticleSaint Lucia’s youth learn the art of Woodball – Taiwan’s indigenous game
This summer the sport of wood ball has been introduced by the Taiwanese university students who are in Saint Lucia for the Embassy’s Summer School programme. Woodball which is indigenous to Taiwan is a...
View ArticleSaint Lucian among 42 international students who benefit from HHMI fellowship...
Saint Lucia’s Whitney Henry is one of 42 international pre-doctoral students to receive fellowships to pursue graduate studies in U.S. universities. An article published on the Howard Hughes Medical...
View ArticleCAPSS Biennial Conference deemed a success
Dr. Didacus Jules Held under the theme “The Changing Dynamics of Educational Leadership,” organisers are reporting that the 24th biennial conference of the Caribbean Association of Principals of...
View ArticleSt. Lucians receive scholarships to pursue medical degrees in Cuba
St. Lucian students are once again the recipients of a number of scholarships from the government of Cuba. They will pursue medical degrees and are due to begin their studies in September 2013. The...
View ArticleECFH lauds CARE’s success
The East Caribbean Financial Holding Company (ECFH) is lauding the continued successes of the Center for Adolescent Renewal & Education (CARE), an institution supported by the group and one which...
View ArticleSt. Lucia victorious at regional culinary challenge in Barbados
A team of four which represented the island at the Caribbean Junior Dueling Challenge (CJDC) in Barbados on August 23-25, 2013 have received top honors. Recent Soufriere Comprehensive School graduates...
View ArticleMinistry wants immediate removal of container from school grounds
The Ministry of Infrastructure, Port Services and Transport has taken issue with a container which was placed on the grounds of the Bocage Secondary School. In a brief statement on Wednesday, August...
View ArticleBOSL introduces kids to works of Shakespeare
Kids at King Lear Over 20 children from the Grow Well Centre and the Holy Family Children’s Home were last Saturday treated like celebrities and accorded the opportunity to rub shoulders with the cast...
View ArticleDigicel provides scholarships to twenty students for the new academic year
Chief Education Officer Mr. Marcus Edward presenting Nysa Pierre with her scholarship along with Digicel’s Merlika Alcindor Digicel, for the past seven years created a scholarship fund, which has...
View ArticleNational Printing Corporation publishes new magazine dedicated to the youth
What’s Next, the new youth-oriented magazine published by the National Printing Corporation, will hit the newsstand in September with its first issue. The magazine, which is the brainchild of the...
View ArticleYouth arm of United Workers Party donates school items to underprivileged...
On Wednesday, September 4, 2013, the youth arm of the United Workers Party (United Youth) hosted a small ceremony at the headquarters of the UWP where the youth presented parents and children with...
View ArticleYoung Jenai Joseph benefits from 26ft ramp access
Jenai Joseph in her new wheel chair surrounded by her classmates and Digicel St. Lucia’s special needs community is receiving more assistance as the island’s leading telecommunications provider Digicel...
View ArticleChoiseul mother gives birth to triplet!
St. Jude’s Hospital in Vieux Fort was the place of birth for a healthy female triplet (three babies) yesterday, Sept. 5, 2013. The mother of the triplet is Jacintha Madard Daniel of Roblot, Choiseul....
View ArticleIAU recognizes Ravindra for his academic achievements
Ravindra Mangar, the top CSEC student on the island, benefited from the generosity of the International American University College of Medicine (IAUCOM), when he was awarded for his tremendous feat at...
View ArticleNational Printing Corporation launches ‘What’s Next’ youth magazine
The highly anticipated youth magazine ‘What’s Next?’ will be featured on news stands this September following its formal introduction by the National Printing Corporation and several government...
View ArticleNLA-NYC Debating Competition starts this weekend
Ms. Amanie Mathurin one of the debaters After over seven years of latency in the call for its return, the National Youth Council in collaboration with the National Lotteries Authority and the Ministry...
View ArticleCaribbean closer to fostering entrepreneurial spirit among youth
MOU signing The Caribbean is even closer to fostering an entrepreneurial spirit among the region’s young people through CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank’s renewal of its partnership with a...
View ArticleSt. Helen University caps off Welcome Week with its first annual Code of...
Faculty members Drs. Muftau Yekeen and Carolyn Edmondson (row 1, far left and right), and Drs. Richard Van West-Charles and Ameed Raoof (centre), pose with the new inductees after the ceremony. St....
View ArticleSt. Lucia Billfish Tournament to feature an array of activities at Rodney Bay...
Photo credit: http://www.selectyachts.com/ Only a few more weeks left to prepare for the St. Lucia International Billfish Tournament from Sept 30 – Oct 4 in the IGY Rodney Bay Marina. This year’s event...
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