Vieux-Fort residents are invited to attend a town hall meeting on the proposed 3 megawatt (MW) solar farm being developed by the St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) in La Tourney, Vieux Fort.

The meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 2, 2017 from 5 pm at the National Skills Development Centre, located at Hewanorra Orchard on the St. Jude’s Highway.

Castries, January 12, 2017 – St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) is in receipt of a copy of a letter to the Minister of Labour from the Civil Service Association (CSA) giving notice of a dispute between the CSA and LUCELEC.  The letter also serves as notice of strike action.

Almost twenty employees of the St. Lucia Electricity Services Limited (LUCELEC) recently volunteered with the Forestry Department to plant over two hundred trees at the Má Kote Mangrove in Vieux-Fort. The Forestry Department is planting four thousand trees in the dieback area (mangrove trees dying as a result of natural and human-related causes) of the Má Kote Mangrove.