AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoPrison Reform: Saint Lucia’s push to cut recidivism and improve rehabilitation continues decades after the Bordelais Correctional Facility replaced the old Castries jail, with reform framed as both a crime-fighting and reintegration challenge. Tourism & Industry: The Underwater Sculpture Park has officially opened, aiming to ease pressure on reefs while creating a new local tourism product and livelihoods. Tourism Partnerships: The Saint Lucia Tourism Authority signed Saracens as an Official Destination Partner, using UK rugby audiences and youth programmes to grow sports tourism. Agriculture Skills: Seventy-six farmers graduated from a six-week capacity-building workshop under the “Seven Crops Project,” covering GAP, pesticide safety, post-harvest, marketing and smart agriculture. Workplace Relations: The NWU and Millennium Heights Medical Complex signed a new workplace agreement after dialogue facilitated by the Department of Labour. Security & Trade: A $193.5M cocaine seizure in Chaguanas has renewed calls for zero tolerance and stronger property checks to disrupt organised drug trafficking. Housing Finance: PM Philip J. Pierre urged the Saint Lucia Development Bank to move quickly on an EC$54m housing facility backed by Taiwan’s EXIM Bank. Industrial Theft: Darcheville Construction Equipment in Sans Souci reported another break-in, with an excavator engine and parts stolen.
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