Government of Saint Lucia

In today’s headlines: Saint Lucia’s consciousness is evoked through Emancipation 2022; and CARILEC’s new project encourages energy efficiency.

Although the new ePassport facility has gone live, the Immigration Department is reminding the public the current machine readable passports are still valid for travel. That means your machine readable passport will still be accepted at air and seaports around the world.

Assistant Superintendent in charge of the Immigration Department, Sean Alexander, explains.

In today’s headlines: Hon. Joachim Henry welcomes the FLOW home communications relief bundle; and EMTs receive pre-hospital medical emergency training.

After a two-year hiatus, schools across the island engaged in their graduation exercises marking the end of 2021/2022 Academic. Minister for Education Shawn Edward joined several of the exercises to celebrate the students’ achievements.

District Three primary school teachers utilized a Taiwan-sponsored multimedia smart classroom, located at the St. Joseph’s Convent to conduct a planning session for the new academic year.

In today’s headlines: The judiciary will now have the legal authority to impose longer prison sentences and steeper fines on people convicted for illegal firearm and ammunition offences; and consumers in the Caribbean will soon benefit from more efficient payment systems.

The Respiratory Hospital is undertaking a five-day training with fire personnel and emergency medical services EMS personnel on pre-hospital medical emergency services.

Read more: https://www.govt.lc/news/pre-hospital-medical-emergency-services-training

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In today’s headlines: the Government of Saint Lucia aids in helping citizens with the rise in inflation; and growth and recovery in the ECCU post COVID-19 era is the main focus of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank.

The Bureau of Health Education within the Ministry of Health, Wellness and Elderly Affairs has received support through UNICEF to ensure continued efforts at COVID-19 infection prevention and control in communities. One component of this support entails conducting a series of training seminars with key partners in communities.

One of the targeted partners are the Home Help Caregivers. The Choiseul Caregivers were recently provided with this training.

For complete details, visit: https://www.govt.lc/news/ipc-training-for-choiseul-caregivers

In today's headlines: Saint Lucia launches the ePassport ; and the new Chair of the ECCB  provides a breakdown of his people-focused policy agenda to be implemented over the next 12 months.