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St. Lucia Times, website, started on March 31, 2014, by parent company Big Feat Media [3] St. Lucia News Online, officially launched on Oct. 1, 2012., Gros Islet, website [4] The Star, established in 1987, published weekly (Saturday), founded by Mae and Rick Wayne [5] The Voice of Saint Lucia, The Voice (1885– ), Castries, British Library ...
The St Lucia Star is a hard-hitting controversial newspaper that has incurred the wrath of both major political parties on the island. Wayne served as an opposition party senator until 1998, when he was booted out of the Senate by then Prime Minister Kenny Anthony for his opposition of a government guarantee of a failing St. Lucian airline.
v. t. e. General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 26 July 2021, [1] having been constitutionally required by 12 October 2021. Voters elected all 17 members of the House of Assembly. [2] The result was a victory for the opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won 13 of the 17 seats in the House, while the ruling United Workers Party lost ...
Allen Michael Chastanet (born 20 November 1960 [2]) is a Saint Lucian businessman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Saint Lucia from 2016 to 2021. [3] He is currently the Leader of the Opposition of Saint Lucia and the political leader of the United Workers Party as well as the parliamentary representative for Micoud South constituency.
The Deputy Prime Minister of Saint Lucia is an additional portfolio usually given to a member of the Cabinet of Saint Lucia in order to deputize the Prime Minister. The prime minister might appoint a deputy prime minister in order to provide continuity.
Julien Alfred (born 10 June 2001) is a Saint Lucian sprinter. She won the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the 100 metres event, setting a new national record of 10.72s in the final. Her medal was the first-ever Olympic medal for Saint Lucia. She then won a silver in the 200 metres.
Philip J. Pierre. Philip Joseph Pierre[5] (born 18 September [6] 1954) [7] is a Saint Lucian politician currently serving as the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia since 28 July 2021. Pierre serves as the Minister for Finance, Economic Development and the Youth Economy. [8] He is the Leader of the Saint Lucia Labour Party since 18 June 2016.
Politics in St. Lucia was once dominated by the United Workers' Party (UWP), which, until 1997 had governed the country for all but three years since independence. John Compton was premier of St. Lucia from 1964 until independence in February 1979. The Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) won the first post-independence elections in July 1979, taking ...