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Read the entire agreement: https://uwpstlucia.com/the-development-agreement-for.../
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This document is the introduction to the Saint Lucia government's 2018/2019 budget policy statement. It discusses the government's commitment to transparency and accountability, and progress made in key areas over the past year such as reducing unemployment, reforming social services, and reforming government operations. It pledges to focus on further growing the economy and creating jobs, especially for youth, through strategies outlined in the upcoming budget.
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The document summarizes plans by Range Developments to build the Black Bay Hotel, an ultra-luxury 5-star hotel, in St. Lucia. The 180-room hotel will be part of a larger Black Bay master planned development including villas and amenities on 180 acres of land. Range Developments has experience developing luxury hotels around the world and the Black Bay Hotel is expected to open in 2018, boosting the local economy during construction and employment over 600 people once operational.
This document provides information about a proposed dolphin habitat construction project on Pigeon Island near St. Lucia. It includes details about the construction process, facilities to be built like a wood walkway and areas for dolphin programs. Floor plans and aerial photos show the layout of the dolphin habitat, buildings for gift shops, snack bars, and locker rooms. Information is also given about Dolphin Discovery Group, their operations in over 20 marine parks worldwide, animal care standards, education programs, and commitments to conservation, community development, and responsible tourism.
This act was stealthily enacted by the Saint Lucia Labour Party Government in June of 2013 and would have given ownership of the Islands main International to a Foreign Entity.
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The Director of Audit's annual report summarizes the activities of the Office of the Director of Audit for the 2014/2015 fiscal year. It provides an overview of the office's strategic objectives, organizational structure, performance plan, budget, and training activities. It also summarizes the results of various audits conducted during the year, including operational audits of government agencies and donor funded projects, compliance audits, and financial audits of statutory bodies.
Lenard "Spider" Montoute is a man with a vision for empowering the residents of Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, especially the youth. His vision includes expanding access to education and funding, developing local infrastructure, and establishing mentorship programs to allow people to succeed in their chosen careers and contribute to the economy and society. He wants to help residents fulfill their dreams by facilitating opportunities rather than just handing out assistance. Spider's plans also include further developing the waterfront and Dauphin Heritage Site in Gros Islet to preserve history, boost small businesses, and involve local people in heritage protection and economic opportunity.
The document summarizes a meeting between Saint Lucia Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony and officials from the European Union, France, and Britain. It states that Dr. Anthony, who is usually a professor, was treated like a student during the meetings as the officials did not mince words with him and he had little choice but to agree to their demands. It also criticizes Dr. Anthony for claiming to see an alleged "hit list" and for only using the IMPACS report for political attacks when it suits him. It questions whether he has shared the report with anyone or provided evidence to the DPP. It concludes by criticizing Dr. Anthony for not holding a joint press briefing with the international officials after their meetings.
The UnitedPAC calls on Minister of National Security Victor LaCorbiniere to provide information about the status of the forensic lab, which has been closed for an extended period of time. They note that while a recent donation of a crime scene kit was helpful, the police still need the lab to properly examine collected evidence. The PAC asks the Minister to disclose the costs of maintaining the unused lab facility and equipment, paying idle staff salaries, conducting an audit and investigation of the lab, and sending evidence overseas for analysis. They want to know the reopening timeline and future staff plans if a private company takes over lab operations. UnitedPAC believes these are important questions that need answering.
This document outlines the purpose and structure of "thetorch" newsletter published by the United Workers Party of Saint Lucia. The newsletter aims to inform and engage party members on progress, messaging, and events. It will be published quarterly starting in 2016 and feature sections on messages from party leaders, local constituency news, events, issues related to education, health and the economy, regional and international news, and a forum where community members can share photos or concerns. The first issue will highlight work over the past three years and the second will summarize the party's recent convention.
The Unitedpac is deeply concerned over the appointment of Dr. Ernest Hillaire as Chairman of Saint Lucia's controversial Citizenship by Investment Programme due to his close ties with the ruling Saint Lucia Labour Party. Unitedpac believes Dr. Hillaire's political connections could compromise the integrity of the programme and revenue generated may improperly benefit non-state actors. Unitedpac calls on the government to provide safeguards ensuring funds are not diverted and the application process is not manipulated. It urges the Prime Minister to relieve Dr. Hillaire of his role as Chairman to restore integrity and public confidence in the programme.
Saint Lucia is a Caribbean island country located northeast of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has a population of around 166,526 as of 2010, which has grown by 25.7% since 1990. Most Saint Lucians are of African descent and around 70% are Roman Catholic. English is the official language. The economy relies heavily on tourism, with the hotel industry accounting for a large portion of GDP. Health achievements from 2006-2010 included establishing disease surveillance programs and increasing access to clean water. However, poverty and unemployment rates remain high, especially in rural areas.
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1. WE MUST HEAL AND MODERNIZE
THE FIRE SERVICE
STATEMENT BY
THE HON. DR. KENNY D. ANTHONY,
PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FINANCE,
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, PLANNING AND SOCIAL
SECURITY
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
2. INTRODUCTION
Fellow Saint Lucians, Citizens, Ladies and Gentlemen!
Good evening to one and all!
Over the past few days, we have all experienced another
round of industrial action by some members of the Fire
Service Association. This is the third time since this
Government has been elected to office that the Fire Service
Association has embarked on industrial action.
As it is well known, the Fire Service is entrusted with the
responsibility to respond to fires in our homes, business
places, offices, factories and communities, transport the
sick and injured to our hospitals, rescue persons in
distress and crucially, provide trained personnel to man
3. our airports to respond to aircrafts in emergency. Without
fire service personnel at our airports, aircraft will neither
land nor take-off. Given our near absolute dependence on
tourism, arrival and departure of our guests, any
withdrawal of labour by fire service personnel would do
untold damage to our economy.
It is a tragedy that despite our current economic
challenges, some would choose to add to our collective
distress.
PAUSE FOR CONCERN
4. I believe that all will agree that the Fire Service is an
absolutely essential service.
Recent events should, however, give all of us reason for
concern. In my years as a trade unionist, I have always
known that no matter what the problem may be with a
Government or a private sector employer, efforts would
be made to protect the interests of the vulnerable members
of the public, especially when they are confronted with
emergencies over which they have no control. Over the
last few days, citizens who needed ambulance services
were left stranded as some fire officers refused to take or
handle emergency calls. Even in the midst of conflict or
disagreement, we should never lose respect for human
5. life. We have a responsibility to take care of the helpless in
our midst.
I want to thank however, all those officers who opted to
remain at work, particularly those officers who kept our
airports open and allowed the uninterrupted movements
of aircraft to and from Saint Lucia. I thank all of you,
immeasurably. Many of you chose to put the welfare of
your country first, and that was commendable!
THE CURRENT IMPASSE
The current impasse has its genesis in major
disagreements between the Fire Service Association and
6. the leadership of the Fire Service. It has been said that the
disagreements have been in existence for several years,
some say for the past six years. Indeed the sole
Commissioner of the Commission of Enquiry into “The
Conduct and Management of the Saint Lucia Fire Service
and the Laws Relating Thereto” dates the issues as
commencing “at least since 2009.”[Page 41, Report]
It is simply erroneous, unfair and unjustified to suggest
that this Government did nothing about the complaints of
the Fire Service Association or the Report of the
Commission of Enquiry. Indeed, it was this Government
that persuaded the Fire Service Association to agree to the
setting up of a Commission of Inquiry to investigate the
7. complaints and the issues bedevilling the Fire Service.
Some of the recommendations within the purview of the
Government have already been acted upon.
I will itemize the principal findings of the Commissioner,
Dr. Francis Alexis, so that you would have a better
understanding of the approaches of the Government to
this vexed matter.
FINDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner found evidence of “unequal
treatment” being meted out by the management of the
Fire Service particularly in matters of promotion, “training
and allowances; as well as in administering or
8. recommending the administration of, disciplinary action.”
[Page 23, Para.15.02, Report]. He noted that Fire Officers
“complained that promotions were not in accordance with
equal treatment and equal opportunity.”[Para 17.01, page
24, Report]. The Commissioner found evidence of
insensitivity. He wrote, “The display of insensitivity by
some members of the [Fire Service] management towards
their subordinates is sometimes amazing.” Para 23.01,
page 35, Report]. He found evidence that issues were
personalized and as he put it “Apparent inconsistences
consistently bedevilled Fontenelle”, the Chief Fire Officer
[Para 24.16, Page 38, Report], wryly commenting that the
“Chief Fire Officer seems to administer different strokes
for different folks”. [Para. 24.21, Page 39, Report]There
9. were other complaints and allegations which were
itemized by the Commissioner but did not attract
definitive findings or conclusions.
Early in his report, the Commissioner reported that “The
cumulative effect of such factors has been the plunging of
the Saint Lucia Fire Service into a situation whose
manifestations included disrespect or disregard by
subordinates for superiors, indiscipline, sick-outs,
industrial unrest. Morale among junior and middle ranks,
he said, sank to “its lowest ever”, at “an all- time
low.”[Para 15.03, Page 23, Report]
THE RECOMMENDATIONS
10. The recommendations of the Commissioner were few and
far between. He made only two recommendations on
personnel matters. Curiously, he did not recommend the
removal or the disciplining of the Chief Fire Officer.
Instead, he recommended that “Mr. Leslie Fontenelle
should immediately, be put on contract as Chief Fire
Officer of the St Lucia Fire Service; as was agreed to by
him at the Commission.” This, he said, “will afford time to
Mr. Fontenelle and his subordinates to adjust to the new
dispensation which will come out of the Commission, as
shown by the Saint Lucia Fire Service Management and
the Fire Service Association reaching that agreement
during the last sitting of the Commission.”[Para 26.07,
Page 42, Report].
11. He also recommended that “ Mr. Ditney Downes,
Divisional Officer, Officer-in- Charge ’C’ or Southern
Division should immediately be transferred from that
Division to Fire Service Headquarters. This will afford
time to Mr. Downes and his colleagues at “C” or ‘Southern
Division’ time to adjust to the new dispensation…” Mr.
Downes has accordingly been transferred.
The other recommendations dealt with miscellaneous
amendments to the Fire Service Act, Cap. 14.04, Revised
Laws of Saint Lucia. Work has begun on these
recommendations.
12. I wish to reiterate that contrary to what has been said, the
Commissioner never recommended the dismissal or
the removal of the Chief Fire officer or that disciplinary
action be launched against him. It may well have been that
he was preoccupied in healing the deep wounds in the
Fire Service or that he felt that the matter of the removal of
Mr. Fontenelle properly fell to the jurisdiction of the
Public Service Commission to be determined by the
totality of the evidence available to the Commission from
the enquiry.
The recommendation of the Commissioner that Mr.
Fontenelle “be put on contract” is not free of difficulty. It
would be unlawful, in fact, unconstitutional for the
13. Government to legislate a change to the terms and
conditions of employment of Mr. Fontenelle unilaterally
and put him, compulsorily, on contract. The
Commissioner may well have understood this when he
recommended that this be done by consent, by the explicit
agreement of Mr. Fontenelle.
In the event, Mr. Fontenelle has disputed that there was
agreement that he would proceed on contract. But if as it
has been suggested, that Mr. Fontenelle is the principal
cause of the problems in the Fire Service, then putting him
on contract for two years would not resolve the burning
issues of the Fire Service.
14. It’s clear too that given the Disciplinary Procedures of the
Public Service Commission, proceedings against Mr.
Fontenelle would only prolong a final resolution.
TOWARDS A RESOLUTION
In the circumstances, a different approach has had to be
fashioned.
Mr. Fontenelle has now agreed that he would be seconded
to the Saint Lucia Airport and Seaports Authority
[SLASPA] to be its Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting
Advisor. In this role, he will ensure that all of the
protocols attendant to an efficient fire service at the
airports and seaports are applied at all times. Mr
15. Fontenelle will assume his new duties at SLASPA on the
completion of his current period of leave earned in the
Fire Service.
Secondly, it should be clear that there are deep fissures in
the Saint Lucia Fire Service. Discipline has virtually
broken down. As stated earlier, the Commissioner pointed
out several instances of this by both subordinates and
senior officers. Transparent procedures need to be put in
place to govern promotions so that all officers could feel
that they are treated fairly, equally and without
discrimination. New rules need to be enacted to ensure
that there is full respect for the women officers by both
senior and junior officers in the Fire Service.
16. We need to bring an end to the lawlessness that prevails in
the Fire Service. The management of the Fire Service as
well as the Fire Service Association only seem to invoke or
apply the prevailing laws and rules of the Fire Service
when it appears to be convenient to do so. But in fairness,
some of the regulations governing the Fire Association are
outdated. For example, the regulations governing the
business of the Fire Service Association require the Chief
Fire Officer to preside over elections of the executive of the
Fire Service Association. Such a rule invites conflict and
disagreement as has happened over the past few days.
17. These things should not be happening in this day and age.
It is clear that the Report of the Commission of Inquiry did
not address these issues, perhaps because they did not fall
with sufficient clarity within the remit of the Commission.
The truth is that the Fire Service, constructed prior to
our independence, badly needs to be healed and
modernized.
For that reason, I have sought technical assistance from
the British Government to assist in modernizing the Fire
Service. The British Government has in principle, agreed
to a request from the Government of Saint Lucia to
provide a small team of experts, which will work
18. alongside a representative from a Caribbean Fire Service,
to conduct a review of the structure, operations,
promotions policy and overall organization of the Saint
Lucia Fire Service. We need independent external help
because the parties to the impasse do not trust each other
to resolve their differences amicably, in the interest of the
Fire Service and the country.
The British Government, whose own Fire Services have
undergone much modernization in the last few decades,
will work with the Government of Saint Lucia over the
coming weeks to agree on terms of reference for the
review and the logistical details.
19. I trust that these decisions will go some way to bring
peace and understanding among all.
I bid one and all a good evening and the blessings of Our
Lord and Saviour.