A Wednesday to Remember
Wednesday was a busy day for me.
A Venezuelan navy supply ship left here Wednesday for St. Vincent and the Grenadines with supplies from Saint Lucia, Cuba and Venezuela.
It was another of those newsworthy events that wasn’t deemed worthy enough to attract local media interest, but it was welcome news elsewhere, including St. Vincent, Cuba and Venezuela.
Not that it was a quickie, as the Venezuelan ship spent all of five days in Port Castries.
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But while the media continued monitoring COVID-19 numbers in 2021 just the same old way like in 2020 and speculating on when the Prime Minister may call the next election, NEMO, SLASPA, the Cuban and Venezuelan Embassies in Castries and the Government of Saint Lucia worked to ensure water, special rubber masks and other essential emergency supplies were loaded onto the large vessel – including six Cuban doctors.
Mad Crime Charged for Hermia Lorde’s Death
The Royal Saint Lucia Police Force continues to make strides in solving violent crime cases.
On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at about 1:45 p.m. Michael Pologne alias Mad Crime of Vanard, Anse La Raye, was arrested for intentionally causing the death of Hermia Lorde on March 20, 2021, on Darling Road, Castries.
He was arrested in Choiseul, during a police operation on Sunday, April 11, 2021, and formally charged on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. He has been remanded in custody while awaiting case management.
Hermia Lorde was brutally murder on the Gros Islet bus stand when the location was at its busiest.
Police Provides Update on Viral Rodney Bay Incident
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A viral video in which a man allegedly resisting arrest and an officer striking him has drawn the ire of many. Earlier today, the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force released a statement on the incident.
The statement reads:
About 7:50 p.m. on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, an off-duty police officer encountered a couple outside a supermarket in Rodney Bay, Gros Islet. The couple was attempting to gain access into the establishment; the female was not, however, wearing a mask. Despite several times being cautioned to do so, she refused to comply, added to which, the male companion proceeded to hurl threats and insults at the officer.
20 Year-old among Three Charged for Murder and Attempted Murder
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Police have disclosed the identity of the three individuals implicated in one of the island’s shootings.
According to the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force, on Saturday, April 10, 2021, officers attached to the Major Crime Unit arrested and charged twenty-six-year-old Kurtly Wilson of Chassin Babonneau, twenty-eight-year-old Yannis Francois of Bocage and twenty-year-old Prince Walter of Agard, Morne Du Don in relation to the murder of Royston Zinadine Joseph of Trois Piton.
The three were also charged for the attempted murder of two males, during a shooting at Trois Piton on March 21, 2021.
Island Health Care Receives a Boost
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Saint Lucia’s first responders have completed a training workshop provided by a leading global specialist, Platinum Ambulance Services from the United Kingdom.
First responders receive training
The initiative originally started out as a donation of a fleet of ambulances to the Fire Service but was developed into a training workshop that has now equipped the island’s first responders with the necessary skillsets that will see a substantial improvement in responsiveness, when on duty.
The Golden Hour project by Platinum Ambulance Services was held last week Friday, April, 9th 2021, where apart from awarding participants with certificates of completion, a total of three ambulances were donated to the Saint Lucia Fire Service.