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	DECEMBER 2000 Foreign Minister Emphasizes Right to Development Time for Critical Reflection ... at Principals' Conference Fond d'Or Hosts Folk Festival St. Lucia to Host Next CDB Board of Governors Meeting Prime Minister says Chamber Meeting Productive HUDC Embarks on Two New Developments NEMO/BABONNEAU Launch Disaster Preparedness Committee "Kweyol" Training Opens to Saint Lucians "Sesenne" Receives Her Rightful Honour
	NOVEMBER 2000 Poverty Reduction Fund in Dialogue with Stakeholders HUDC Takes on Land Developments at La Toc & Beausejour Home Affairs Minister Speaks on Shooting Death of Alfred Harding Aids Action Foundation Launched in Saint Lucia CARICOM Countries Assess the Progress of Fisheries in the Region New Day Care Centre in Cul de Sac Officially Opened Cabinet to Review Health Sector Reform Proposals and LUCELEC Report Cabinet to Hold Special Session on Lucelec Reform Proposals St Lucia PM Understands Delay, but wants Firm Date Set for Guyana Elections Prime Minister Pleased with IMF Review Residents of Castries N/W Invited to Meet with Parliamentary Rep. Over 600 Jobs As Government Initiative Bears Fruit New Public Facility for Dennery House Approves $63.5 Million Loan for Major Capital Projects New German Ambassador to Saint Lucia Committed to Forging Region to Region Contact Veterans Week Saint Lucians Urged To Give Generously A Call for a more Collaborate Approach to the Rise in Bread Prices Commerce Minister Announces Gypsum Plan for Choiseul Tourism Economic Impact Assessment for St. Lucia to be Reviewed British Fund Training Programme for Caribbean Prison Managers Anse-La-Raye Receives IICA’s Assistance
	OCTOBER 2000 Government Honours Three Outstanding Businessmen 4th Meeting of the Central Florida/Caribbean Committee Hosted in Saint Lucia Caribbean Gets Ready for the Challenges of Climate Change New Education Awards Scheme to be Launched Soon World Bank & CDB Officials Satisfied with the Implementation of the BERP Prime Minister Tells Farmers to "Hold Tight" Prime Minister Condemns Brutal Attack on Couple Human Resource Development Centre for Ti Rocher/Guesneau OECS Records a World First in Telecommunications Regulation St. Lucia To Host ECTEL Meeting Heads of State Agree to Wider Public Access to Conferences Fuel Prices Go Up Despite Government's Best Efforts Help From Martinique in Containing African Snail Minister Pierre Calls for Right Mindset from Local Manufacturers St. Lucia To Venture Into Telemarketing Services Housing Ministry Attempts Mail Order Survey G.G. says Heads Conference is no Talk Shop Sixth Conference of Heads of State of CARICOM Opens in St. Lucia Interim Committee to Examine LUCELEC Report Multi Million Dollar Regional HIV AIDS Plan to Start Soon October Assizes Opens, Absentee Jurors Cautioned "Appear Or Else…" House Approves Cultural Development Foundation Bill
	SEPTEMBER 2000 Project Implementation Workshop Ends Successfully St. Lucia to Mark International Day for Older Persons October 1st 2000 Saint Lucia to Assess Impact of Climate Change on its Environment Barbados and Saint Lucia Benefit from Tourism Programme Sixth Conference of Heads of State Of CARICOM to be Held in St Lucia Government has Major Plans for Castries Parking FAO Drafted Into Fight Against Giant African Snail St. Lucia Prepares for Telecommunications and Financial Services Conference Launching of Robert Lee's 'Artefacts' Undersized Lobsters Causing a Stir at Anse-La-Raye Fest Standards Bureau Now Responsible for Weights and Measures Black Mallet on the Way to Stability New Law Term for E.C. Supreme Court Opens Multi-Storey Car Park Opens Soon LUCELEC Has 80 Year Licence Government Hands Tied LUCELEC Report Due on October 5 Agriculture Minister Supports Moves Towards Organic Banana Production Government Announces Major Concessions On Home-ownership PM says “Education System Penalizes Innovation and Original Thinking!” PM tells St. Lucian Students in Jamaica “No Plans to Cut Study Leave!” Government Assures Reliable Supply of Cement New Policy Framework to Enhance Tourism's Taxi Sub-sector Public Awareness Campaign on Disability Issues Launches La Caye Day Care Centre Opens Sharpening Project Implementation and Management Skills St. Lucia and OAS Discuss Organic Bananas Banana Production in Cuba Poverty Reduction Fund Assists Blind Welfare Association's Scrapbook Project A Call for Greater Sympathy for Small Island Developing States as UN Millennium Summit Ends Construction Phase of National Stadium is in the Hands of Chinese Bananas, Roads, Water, Electricity, Telephones and Tobs Top concerns during Micoud South Tour P.M. says Constituency Visits Producing Results Carnival 2000 Judged a Success St. Lucia Focus' on Multilateral Trade as Millennium Summit Opens at U.N. Increasing Productivity
	AUGUST 2000 Stable Boyz Receive Aid from Julian's Lobster Season Opens - September 1 Hurricance Workshop for St. Lucian Hoteliers Vieux Fort Fisheries Complex in Full Use by January 2001 Industrial Policy for St. Lucia by end of September SEDU to Bring Business Management Courses to Soufriere Parrot Census Shows Rise in Population New Broadcast Act in Draft It's Official - August 1 is Emancipation Day Call For Local Manufacturers Association Bureau of Standards to Step-up Food Safety Procedures CARIFESTA Honors St. Lucia's Lady of Folk
	JULY 2000 Crime Scene Management Workshop Opens Here Hall of Justice for the South Historical Carnival 2000 Closes - First Female Calypso Monarch Crowned The Caribbean Sends Clear Signals About Money Laundering A New Human Resource Development Centre for Saltibus Locals Trained for Global Competition on the Agricultural Market NIS Justifies Proposals for Sustaining its Insurance Fund Primary Health Care a Must for the Health of a Nation Law Enforcers and Financial Agents Receive Training on Anti Money Laundering Schemes Law Enforcers and Financial Agents Receive Training on Anti Money Laundering Schemes More Financial Assistance for Rural Development Project in Dennery More Financial Assistance for Rural Development Project in Dennery
	JUNE 2000 Prime Minister Revisits Vieux Fort Comprehensive School OAS Sponsor's 4-Day Regional Port Security Workshop $10 Million Water Project for the North Saint Lucia to become H.Q. for Caribbean Postal Union St. Lucia Launches Climate Change Website Sesenne Top's Queen's Birthday Honours List A Palace for a Queen - Sesenne to Receive a New Home Carnival 2000 on the Way Thumbs-up for Youth Policy Process
	MAY 2000 Fashion Awareness Week 2000 Opens No Pesticides Worry For Saint Lucia's Drinking Water Cariman Limited Provides Assistance to Lennie Victims Fostering Care and Appreciation in the Community Consultation on Draft Consumer Protection Bill Underway Jazz Ticket Sales Increase St. Lucian Promotion Team Takes Germany by Storm Goods Distribution Free Zone Opens Its Doors Goods Distribution Free Zone Opens On Friday Chassin to Receive Pipe Borne Water Tourism Minister Calls for New and Sharper Marketing Techniques Management Training Workshop Gets Underway at SLASPA Local Designers to Stage their Creations for Fashion Awareness 2000 Prime Minister Leads Tour of Southern Industrial Estates OECS Authority calls for Closer Focus on Cruise Tourism and Air Transportation No Plans to Close St. Jude's Hospital Three More New Schools for Castries and Vieux Fort Government To Spend EC$17.3m on Education Projects Focus on Families for International Families Day Local Manufacturers to Benefit from Consumption Tax Re-tooling Allowance Minister on Consumption Tax Re-Tooling Allowance Public to be on Sensitized on Establishment of Caribbean Court of Appeal Permanent Secretaries Dialogue with Public Service Minister A Call To Save Humanity OECS all set for Telecommunication Liberalisation Major Storm Action Predicted for the 2000 Hurricane Season Computer-Aided Small Business Management Workshop Micoud Centenarian Honoured Media to Assist in Regional Climate Change Sensitization Campaign Government Seeks Support for Five-Year Education Plan Jazz Fest goes to Soufriere CPEC Implements Economic Development Project for the OECS Youth Parliament Approves National Youth Policy Saint Lucia Likely to Receive Major Assistance for Education St. Lucia to Appoint Honorary Consul to Cayenne
	APRIL 2000 Youth Parliament takes Centre Stage in Youth Month Princess says Mount Coubaril Estate is Best Local Journalists Sensitized to Securities Market Manufacturers Review Sector Study French Support for National Ambulance Service Preserving the Environment - Teachers Commended Youth Chat with Cabinet EC Express Lands in St. Lucia Gov't Tells C&W "No More Token Reductions!"
	FEBRUARY 2000 Independence Day Awards 2000 Damage Assessment Report on Eve of Independence Day Rains Crack Down Campaign on Delinquent Bus Operators Begins Second Phase of Extension Strengthening Project Gets Underway Four-Day Teacher Tourism Workshop Opens Moreau Farm Irrigation Up and Running Again Tenders Out for Infrastructural Works at Relocation Site EC$2.7 Million for Police Development Project NIS Provides Free Health Care for Its 21st Birthday Anti Drug and Substance Abuse Strategy for St. Lucia French Ambassador Presents Credentials Regional Education Ministers Meet in Santo Domingo New EU/ACP Agreement Bouton Receives Electricity Anse-La-Raye/Canaries to Get Urgent Attention Millennium Highway Opens Ste. Lisi Par Excellence Awards Growing Bigger St. Lucia to Pilot OECS Education M.I.S. Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence Coming Law Reform - 2000 and Beyond A New Vision for the Island's Cultural Landscape Customs to Crack Down on Under Invoicing
	JANUARY 2000 Sir Arthur Students Urged to Strive for Knowledge and Excellence CEDERA Calls on Member Countries to Improve Disaster Management Government Gives Squatters Chance for Land Aquisition LUCELEC to Stage Linesman Rodeo Walcott Says Laureate Week Transcends Personalities High Medical Costs & Isolation Concern Elderly Lucians Reflect on Laureate Achievements Lewis/Walcott Exhibition Opens Vieux Fort Comprehensive Under Review New Telephone Concessions for St. Lucia Basic Education Reform Project to Analyse the Education System Financial Services Sector Makes Its First Contribution to the Consolidated Fund Police Force Helps in Reforming Youth Land Slippage Victims Relocate to Carille NYP Adds New Dimension to Consultation Process National Consultation to be Held on Older Persons New Day Care Centre for Cul-de-Sac Health Centre Services at Gros Islet to Move Polyclinic A Dream Come True for Millet Primary Principals Meet for Training & Information in A.S.P. Workshop Ministry of Health Undertakes "Care of the Elderly" PM Begins Visits to Industrial Estates Caribbean Statisticians Focus on Population and Housing Major Drainage Exercise for Land Slippage Areas 2nd Edition of "PORTRAIT" Out Training Needs Analysis Program Gets Underway Tourism Vendors Prepare for Association Fon Dor Nature Researve & Historical Site - Coming Soon! New CET Regime for Saint Lucia Work on Independence 2000 Site on Schedule Cable & Wireless to Assist Soufriere Residents Nobel Laureate Week 2000 Public Squatting to be Addressed Banana Farmers to Benefit from Social Recovery Programme Senior Civil Servants to Undergo Analysis Training Saint Lucians Honour their Laureates UNESCO Holds ASPnet "Peace" Workshop New Day Care Centre for La Caye Dennery Government Looks to Honour Former Heads LUCELEC Operations to be Reviewed Better Domestic Telephone Rates Coming Soon St. Lucia Donates Medical Supplies to Venezuela New Education Act Now Law
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