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	DECEMBER 2001 New Tourism Minister Satisfied with Year End Hotel Occupancy Banana Production Doubled in Second Half of 2001 E.U. Commission Outlines Modification of the Import Regime for Bananas Everyman Millennium Library Project St. Lucia Welcomes Non-Stop US Airways Service Ministry of Commerce Pledges increased Support to Manufacturing Sector "Doodoo" - A Cultural Milestone Changes in the Composition of Cabinet Portfolios ARC 2001 Finishers Arrive in Record Time Corinth Secondary Prepares for National Lantern Competition Duty Free Christmas Barrels Again This Year Congrats to Dr. Anthony on Second Term to Office Cabinet of Ministers to be Sworn-in on Tuesday Locally Produced Yellow Passion Margarine - Coming Soon Working Together for a New Saint Lucia
	NOVEMBER 2001 First Set of Saint Lucians Receive Title Deeds Under PROUD Fond D'Or Features Folk Festival Second Time Around More Educational Opportunities for Saint Lucian Students New Morne-Du-Don/Balata Bridge Commissioned New Physical Planning and Development Act Under Review New Jetty for Laborie … New Opportunities for Residents More Water Storage for Victoria Hospital Water Policy for the Caribbean Coming Soon Society Must Change Attitude to HIV/AIDS Sufferers Saint Lucia to Host Regional Seminar on Law and the Construction Industry Saint Lucia to Host Regional Workshop on Wastewater Management Saint Lucia Committed to Fighting HIV/AIDS New Renal Unit for Victoria Hospital Coming Soon Caribbean AIDS Coordinators Meet in Saint Lucia Commerce Minister Tells Chamber "Concentrate on Competitive Edge" More Financial Assistance for Banana Farmers HIV/AIDS Awareness for Public Service Employees Multi-Million-Dollar Shelter Development Project Launched Public Servants to Benefit from Special Housing Assistance Canadian Support for OECS Agriculture Voter Registration Ends Wednesday A New Symbol of Remembrance New Retaining Wall Constructed on the Morne Tourism Receives Major Support Package Lower Electricity Bills Coming New Website for Tourist Board Entrepot Community Centre Almost Ready New Civilianised Immigration Department for Saint Lucia Finalisation Plans for High Impact Growth Strategy Workshop
	OCTOBER 2001 2001 Census Preliminary Report shows Socio-economic changes in Anse-la-Raye PM Regrets Temporary Closure of Club Med PM Announces No Reduction In Banana Prices Saint Lucia Strongly Supports Concept of Caribbean Programming Fund Government Website to be Further Improved Saint Lucia Government Website in Top World Ranking Local Arts and Craft Industry Going Places Caribbean Publishers Network? Local Government Reform Takes Centre Stage Again St. Lucia Hosts Commonwealth Sports Awards - Lifetime Award for FIFA V.P. Economy Starts Benefitting from Free Zone Leading Manufacturer Praises Government Choiseul Arts and Craft on Display Authorities Stress Seriousness of Dengue Threat Major Progress on Police/Fire Stations Project CARICOM Consults Saint Lucian Civil Society Minister says "Treat Culture as Serious Business" PM Anthony Meets Public Sector Unions Saint Lucia wants Speedy Action on Projects Adult Education Assumes New Focus Improved Care coming for Kidney Patients Cruise Ship Arrivals poised for New Record Cooperatives Urged to Look at Self CARICOM looks to IDB for Rescue Package Saint Lucia's Population Climbs to 152,000 Senator George Re-Elected as ECTEL Chairman More Support Coming for Rural Communities GIS Media Training for Communities NTN to refashion Media Landscape in Saint Lucia 26 To Receive National Honours Minister Lauds Health Care Initiative New Non-Exclusive Licenses for Cable & Wireless IMF Forecast for Global Economy Mirrors Government's Pronouncements Government States it's Position on Banana Sales to Libya NTN - "Alternative Television"…Launches This Weekend Bureau of Standards Promotes Quality & Food Safety Systems St. Lucia Remains Premiere Cruise Destination Bureau of Standards To Launch Certificate Of Sales Programme UK-Dennery Association Supports Dennery Hospital PM Welcomes Reopening of Rex Hotels New Legislation for more Responsive Physical Planning PM to Attend Specially Convened Bahamas Caricom Summit More Consultation On Crime Commission New NDC Act Clears Way for One-Stop Investment Agency Cuban Ambassador Presents Credentials Medical Complaints Body Coming Saint Lucia wants more French Tourism Business Major Role Identified for Information Technology
	SEPTEMBER 2001 Surgeons Donate Blood to VH Bank OECS Authority Fashions Response to Global Economic Challenge Preparing the Nation's Youth for the Information Age Saint Lucia - Still Simply Beautiful!! Women's Support Centre Opens Friday Hotel & Marina Project Timely for Soufriere PM Unveils Further $28M Assistance Package for Banana Industry Police Reform Process To Pick Up Steam A Call For Greater Prominence For Caribbean Festivals Attorney General Speaks On Holistic Approach To Crime Fighting Plans for Kweyol Heritage Month Well Laid Prime Minister Announces New Policy on Yachting St. Lucia Chosen as Impact Country for Major Regional Disaster Simulation Public Participation Vital For Development Of Four Lane Highway SLASPA Tightens Security At All Ports Of Entry Prime Minister Outlines Measures to Minimise Economic Decline PM Pleased with Observance of Silence OECS Supreme Court Reports Progress In Reform Process Gliricidia Moth - No Threat To Human Activity US $65 Million Tourism Project for Soufriere Tourist Board Hosts 40 UK Travel Agents Concern Over Non-English Labels On Products Joint Parliamentary Sitting Debates Crime Crime Commission Starts Business Saint Lucia signs major law revision agreement Stakeholders Unite to Safeguard Tourism Saint Lucia Ready to Host Commonwealth Sports Awards Special Education And Rehabilitation Centre Officially Opened In Soufriere Improving Life for the Disabled BNTF Sets Up Skills Training Centre for Anse-La-Raye Saint Lucia Sets Up Council On Social Development Major Clean-Up Campaign for Shanty Town Opening Of New Law Year in The OECS OECS Supreme Court Supports Set-up of Legal Aid Services Tourism Industry Stakeholders Meet On Tuesday New Planning and Development Bill To Go Before Parliament St. Lucia to Observe Moments of Silence for Victims of U.S. Tragedy Patients at Victoria Hospital..... Feeling Warmer Further Government Response to the Attack on the US to be Announced Establishing and Promoting Quality Tourism Standards for the Caribbean Resident Cuban Ambassador For St. Lucia 2.7 Million Dollar Disaster Rehabilitation Project For Gros-Islet PM Welcomes Return to Regular Operating Hours for Gas Stations Over 3,000 Students Benefit From New Bursary System Children Identify Issues For UN Meeting Petroleum Dealers' Action Unreasonable and Unwarranted US$8 Million Water Project For Saint Lucia ILO Productivity Project for Saint Lucia New UN Ambassador Appointed Top Government Delegation To Assess Progress On Carellie Relocation Site Government House Museum To Open Soon Productivity Sessions Dispel Misconceptions About St. Lucian Workers Key Role For Households In Dengue Fight Seminar On Patents
	AUGUST 2001 Public Sector Leading Productivity Improvement Drive Status Report On Co-Operatives Coming Religious Groups In Anti-Drugs Crusade "The Ability to Overcome Disabilities" Saint Lucian Students Score High in CXC Examinations Adventure of the Seas to Dock in Port Castries in 2002 UNDP Support For Vital Public Sector Project Prime Minister Anthony Tours Agard Lands Development Schools Taking Part In Slavery Project Inner-Relief Road Doing Well Victoria Hospital To Introduce ID Requirement Religious Groups For Drug Talks Work Continues On National HIV/AIDS Action Plan For St. Lucia Junior Achievement Saint Lucia - Developing Young People Castries Inner Relief Road Opens - Better Traffic Flow Expected Orientation Workshops For New Recruits An Integrated Approach to Managing Watersheds and Coastal Areas Court of Appeal Reports Progress in Judicial Reform Efforts Local Financial Institutions Should Help Small Business Sector Tourism Officials Iron Out Minimum Standards Policy For Accommodation Sector The Laborie Cooperative Credit Union - The Heartbeat of Residents Venezuela Opens Showroom In Vieux Fort ECCB says Saint Lucia Weathering OECS Economic Storm Ambassador Johnny Underscores Need for Lobbying Effort In US Saint Lucia's First Managed Camp Site About To Open Preparations for Feast of La Rose in Top Gear St. Lucians Benefit From Coastal Management Training Breastfeeding Is Still Best For Baby Cruise Ship Sector Sees Strong Growth Multi-Million Dollar Hurricane Lenny Aid Package Environmental Practices for Heritage Tourism Sites Being Assessed Camp for Disabled Children… A Success Strengthening the Construction Industry Employers Federation Get More Time to Peruse New Labour Code New Code of Ethics To Govern Judges Conduct No Passports Required by French Visitors to Saint Lucia GOSL Invites CDB To Re-advertise Soufriere - Vieux Fort Road Contract Two More New Hotels Coming Soon Paying the Right Price for School Books Saint Lucia - Joint Windward Islands Secondary Schools Champions Malaysian Minister of Works to Visit St. Lucia OECS Sports Desk Releases Five-Year Sports Plan Water Based Tourism - Getting Organised St. Lucia Bureau of Standards Holds Potable Water Quality Seminar Local Parliamentarians Sensitised About HIV/AIDS Dominica, St. Vincent Embrace St Lucia's Banana Model Ensuring A Future For Copra St. Lucia Monitoring US Economic Slowdown St. Lucians Paying Less Income Tax Work Begins on Agard Lands Roads St. Lucia To Host Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
	JULY 2001 Transport Co-Ops Merger Proposed Livestock Project Targets Youth Fire Officers Receive Training More French Assistance for the St. Lucia's Health Sector Free Movement of OECS Nationals by January 1, 2002 $32 Million Coastal Fisheries Project Signed Between St. Lucia & Japan COMMUNIQUE from the 34th Meeting of the OECS Authority, Fort Young Hotel, Dominica Carellie Relocation Project Moving Ahead OECS Music Industry Looks to the Future Agriculture Ministry Sets Record Straight On Whaling To Whale or Not To Whale Regional Broadcasters To Play Greater Role In HIV/AIDS Education Cabinet Endorses Sustainable Energy Plan New CSA Executive Emphasizing Change Multi-Purpose Court for Gueaneau/Ti Rocher Improved Playing Field for Monchy "Ocean Warrior" Asked To Stay In International Waters Ocean Warriors Confront Lucian Fishermen Local Business Sector Told - Innovation, the Key to Success School Texts Standardised ... Parents Relieved!! Cheaper & Standardised Schoolbooks Saint Lucia Considers New Vector Control Approach Enhancing the Sulphur Springs Minister for Tourism Intervenes in Hotel Closure Changes Coming to Vieux Fort School Traffic Changes for Carnival Exam Results Show Overall Improvement PM Disappointed With Hotel Closures Workshop Focuses On Saving Coral Reefs CTO Conference for Saint Lucia Increasing Airlift Getting Priority Attention Housing Project Improves Life for Elderly Saint Lucia Joins Global Consumers Group Saint Lucians Paying Less Tax Fond Assau Farmers Seek Solutions To Agriculture Saint Lucia to Phase Out Ozone Depleting Substances Caribbean Tourism Summit to Follow Nassau Heads of Government Conference St. Lucia Set To Participate In Francophone Games Office of Private Sector Relations at Forefront of Entrepreneurial Development OECS Urged to take more Offensive Position in Trade Negotiations OECS to Address Imbalances in Child Development Programmes British Army Seeking St. Lucian Recruits Contractors Urged to Collaborate for Increased Efficiency Bank of Saint Lucia Open for Business Financial Services Sector Steps Up Another Notch Mass Casualty Training Underway A New Police Station for Anse-La-Raye New Police Stations Reflect Government's Tough Stance on Crime Rapid Response Unit Working Well
	JUNE 2001 Minister Challenges Cruise Line - "More Practical Initiatives to Benefit Cruise Tourism" US Airways to Start Jet Service into St. Lucia Saint Lucia Passes Stock Exchange Legislation St. Lucia Calls for Grant Funding in Aids Fight FCCA Delegation for Cruise Talks Support for Copra Plant; New Senior's Home for Soufriere Upton Attributes Success To Strategic Planning Work begins on New Dennery Fire Station Ministry of Commerce Meets it Operators Public Service Promotes Productivity New Home for Pre-Schoolers in Augier PRF to Pilot Social Investment Fund PM Anthony to Tour Soufriere Constituency Closer Collaboration between St. Lucia and St. Vincent SLHTA Reports Progress in Bringing Suppliers and Hoteliers Together Unique Opportunity to Deepen Regional Integration Taxi Pride - Enhancing the Tourism Product Agriculture Official Reports Reductions in Leaf Spot Disease PM says Banana Task Force Report Can become Blueprint for Industry's Future St. Lucia PM Hosts Barbadian Common Entrance Students Saint Lucia Set for International Golfing GIS Reports Greater Success With Second Trial Run New Communications and Works Ministry Promises Better and Efficient Service Need for Closer OECS Coherence - Says Outgoing Director General Community Forestry Day - Talvan Comes in First Lestrade Speaks Out on OECS' 20thYear Prime Minister Makes Unannounced Visit to Victoria Hospital OECS Geological Awareness Project St. Lucia to Host International Cricket Next Year? New Multi Purpose Court for Vieux Fort After Four Years ........ Many Success Stories Promotional Activity to be Heightened for Carnival 2001 Assessment of Early Childhood Education GIS Moves Forward with Cable Broadcast
	MAY 2001 Finance Approved for Landslide Rehabilitation Project Youth Warned About Tobacco/Cigarette Smoking Campaign to be Launched to Protect Non-smokers Government Announces the Setting Up of Wages Commission Forging Greater Tourism Linkages in the OECS Cabinet Approves Recommendations for Treatment of Former Heads of State and Government OPSR Helps Train Employers French Assistance for Saint Lucia PM to Address the Nation on Water National Cricket Ground On Schedule MP Helping to Promote Reading Road Survey for Castries Bypass OECS to Work Together to Enhance Competitiveness in Tourism PM Calls for Change in CDB's Modus Operandi Prime Minister back from Florida OERU and CARICOM in First Joint Meeting St. Lucia Wins Awards in Reader's Choice Poll Over $120 Million for New Road Development Project British Trade Mission to Visit St. Lucia British Government Minister Visits St. Lucia St. Lucia All Set for Biggest Ever CDB Annual Meeting Census Day to determine St. Lucia's Population Unlimited Internet Access for St. Lucia $400,000 Skills Training Initiative Targets Youth CDB Governors to Meet in St. Lucia Channel 2 Ready to Go! Leaf Spot Under Control Ministry Assisting with Formation of Consumer Action Group PM Returns from Malaysia State Visit Census 2001 Gains Momentum Division of Co-operatives Look's at Gratuity Scheme for Fishers Funding Approved for National Programme on Gender Based Violence Foster Care--Looking After the Nation's Children PM Signs Cooperation Agreement with Malaysia Local Designers Show-off Fashions for Jazz 2001 $22M in More Govt Assistance for Banana Industry Recovery Governor General Commends St. Lucia Red Cross National Policy on Health and Family Life ...... Coming Soon! Fisheries Department on Alert as Lobster Season Closes Nurses' Week to Focus on Uniting Against Violence St. Lucia Rep on Pan American Food Safety Commission PM Pays Official Visit to Malaysia GIS to Begin Regularly Scheduled Programming Soon Pigeon Island Electrified Explosive Opening for Jazz 2001 Dwindling Appeal For Agriculture - Agriculturalists Must Share the Blame New Director of Information Services Ready for the Challenge More Efficient Management of St. Lucia's Road Network Gov't Pumps $15M into Economy: Treasury pays-up on local private sector debts Government Launches New Website Bank of St Lucia to Bring Major Benefits Korean Cultural Exhibition to Open in St. Lucia
	APRIL 2001 Incentives for Rural Youth in Agriculture Banana Producing States Called Upon to Take Advantage of EU Reprieve Government Review's Crisis Donation Policy Ministry of Agriculture Leads Efforts at Sensitising Producers & Importers to New Trading Environment St. Lucia Participats in OPCW Associate Programme Policy Framework for Nature Heritage Tourism Saint Lucia's National Cricket Ground ......... Becoming a Reality Regional Partnership for Environmental Health The Gros Islet Polyclinic - A New Direction in Community Health Care Government Appoints Ambassador to CARICOM Hunte Sworn In As Minister for Foreign Affairs
	MARCH 2001 NCB and SalomanSmithBarney Partner Up Region's Cultural Heritage May Be Under Attack Efforts to Sustain Banana Industry Ongoing Pipe-Borne Water for Joyeux Residents New Barracks for the Marine Police PM Expresses Concern Over Slow Down in US Economy Public Servants to become Kweyol Literate Census 2001 Goes High Tech NIS Denies It Made Loan For Prison Construction Tourism Awareness Campaign Hits Schools GIS To Play Major Role In Education Reform Process Ministry and WASCO to Reconcile Status of Water Accounts Constituency Visit Brings Quick Results Vincent is New Parliamentary Commissioner for St. Lucia Price Contorl System for Agricultural Inputs National Abattoir for St. Lucia Coming Soon Bernard is New Police Commissioner St. Lucia Moves Against Foot and Mouth Disease Better Service from LUCELEC Coming
	FEBRUARY 2001 Liberalization of Telecoms to Bring New Employment Opportunities ECCB Report says St. Lucia has Sound Economic Base New Senator Appointed - Baptiste Replaces Thomas Improved Ambulance Service for two Communities Canada Reaffirms Support for Caribbean Community-Based Approach to Environmental Health St. Lucia Government Pleased With Cable & Wireless Talks in St. Kitts Further Improvements in Health for OECS Residents Seminar Examines Potential of Services Sector St Lucia Shares Experience in Aids Fight Bright Tourism Prospects for St. Lucia in Boston Area State-of-the-Art Equipment for CEHI Ti Kaye Village - New Tourism Property Opening in March US Tourist and Tour Operator Interest in St. Lucia Still High FAO Lends Support in Zoning Agricultural Lands in OECS Prime Minister Reassures Cable & Wireless Workers' Representatives Ministry of Education Welcomes Donation by Sporting Club OECS Heads Stand Firm on Negotiations with Cable & Wireless Handicraft Sector Poised for Further Development World Bank Pledges More Assistance to Poverty Reduction Fund Fisheries Department Teams Up with Community to Protect Turtles Banana Strategy Task Force Set Up Government Committed to Securing Jobs of Cable & Wireless Workers House of Assembly Approves Several Bills British Publication says C&W will Get Rid of Caribbean Assets Prime Minister Anthony off to Trinidad on Sunday Prime Minister Assures Smooth Telecommuniations Transition - If Necessary PM to Address the Nation on Cable & Wireless Prime Minister to Meet with Private Sector and Police to Discuss Crime New Police Chief for Saint Lucia come March Independence 2001 - The Importance of Spiritual Values Improved Road Maintenance for the South More Studies on Sea Moss Industry Potential Busy Regional Schedule for PM Anthony Stepped Up Fight Against HIV/AIDS Additional Tools to Tackle Climate Change New Youth Representative in Senate Local Media Discuss Local Government Reform Local Government Reform Initiatives Capture International Attention $US 1 Million Technology Fund for St. Lucia Industry Leaders Applauded at St. Lucia's Tourism Awards Improved Water Supply for St. Lucia's North Tourism Industry Set for 2001 Ste. List Par Excellence Awards New Chief Engineer To Wrap Up Series of Constituency Tours Creating a Better Climate for Business Bumper Year for St. Lucian Tourism Review of NCA's Ranger Unit Begins
	JANUARY 2001 Dennery Poised For More Tourism Benefits St. Lucia Publishes Biodiversity Country Report CARICOM Heads to Sign Off on C.C.J. Next Month Teaching Aids for Primary Schools Search Intensifies for Cheaper Energy Local Government Reform at Critical Stage Countdown to Census 2001... "A Count for the Future" Talks Towards the Setting-Up of Crime Commission Begin Here Local Manufacturers Cautioned- Protectionism Must End Prime Minister Hints At Reductions In Land and House Taxes Programme of Activities for Independence 2001 Finalized Draft Development Plan for Millennium Highway Cabinet Approves Theme For Independence 22 Gov't Guarantees Hope for the Disabled Gov't & SRDF Pump Millions into Soufriere Economy LUCELEC Report To Be Released To Public Next Week NCDC To Hold Talks With Carnival Sponsors 50 New Officers for the Police Service P.M. Issues Stern Warning to Criminal Elements Ministry Confirms Coney Island Rides for Independence Celebrations Joint Statement on Meeting to Discuss Crime - Prime Minister and Private Sector Prime Minister Anthony Unveils Anti-Crime Plan "Bountiful" Year Awaits St. Lucians New High Court Judge for Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Prime Minister to Meet Private Sector to Discuss Crime New Marchand Police Station Opens CDB Approves Loans for Saint Lucia Tourism Officials Respond to Cathedral Tragedy Prime Minister to deliver Delayed New Year's Message on January 8 More Condolence Messages in Aftermath of Cathedral Tragedy Prime Minister and Archbishop to Address the Nation on Tuesday
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