Pres­i­dent of the Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (CCIC) Richie Sookhai is warn­ing peo­ple who wish to un­der­take busi­ness in pub­lic spaces to prac­tice due dili­gence to avoid get­ting robbed, killed or scammed.

The In­ter­na­tion­al Mon­e­tary Fund (IMF) on Fri­day said  St. Lu­cia has been “se­vere­ly af­fect­ed” by the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic and the in­crease in im­port prices due to the war in Ukraine.

Vil­lagers from San Souci to Matelot are be­com­ing more fear­ful that they may be cut off from oth­er ar­eas due to de­plorable road con­di­tions which wors­ened with this week's rain­fall.

A 33-year-old man from Mor­vant, who is ac­cused of mur­der­ing his nephew’s fa­ther af­ter he (the vic­tim) al­leged­ly threat­ened to kill his rel­a­tives, has been re­leased on $1 mil­lion bail.