The Caribbean Digital Transformation Project has dispensed approximately US$200,000 for the rollout of 20 Smart Classrooms within select Primary Schools around the island. Information Systems Manager with the Ministry of Education, Joshua Vernor reinforced the many opportunities this technology will facilitate for both the teacher and student.
Read MoreDigiGov is a web-based platform that aims to digitize 154 government services to improve the ease and convenience of accessing services within the Public Sector. It is an ongoing project sponsored by the Government of Saint Lucia, through the Department of the Public Service to enhance service delivery to citizens, businesses, visitors, and investors. Marlon Narcisse, the Director of Public Sector Modernization, has spearheaded the recent training for the Registry of Companies and Intellectual Property (ROCIP), whose services will soon be piloted on the DigiGov platform.
Read MoreMembers of the National Anti-Money Laundering Oversight Committee (NAMLOC) and stakeholders came in for high praise following Saint Lucia’s successful application for re-rating of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) recommendations. During the country’s 4th Round Mutual Evaluation process Saint Lucia was rated partially compliant and non-compliant for some of these recommendations. Juliana Alfred is the Permanent Secretary in the Attorney General’s Chambers and Chair of NAMLOC.
Read MoreThere is light on the horizon for the 2022 National Population and Housing Census, which has entered the data processing and analysis phase having recently completed the challenging enumeration phase of the census. Director of Statistics at the Central Statistics Office, Sean Mathurin, indicated that his office is looking forward to the media launch of the preliminary census report by June 2024.
Read MoreThe Tax Administration Procedures Act or (TAPA) is a draft piece of legislation, that seeks to revise, consolidate, and harmonize the rules relating to the administration of the tax laws of Saint Lucia and to ensure the efficient collection of taxes and other fees in the nature of taxes. Comptroller of the Inland Revenue Department (IRD), Marcia Vite explained that the TAPA is currently being used by other international and regional jurisdictions. She said Antigua, for example, has been using the TAPA for quite some time.
Read MoreThe Executive Council of the Caribbean Organization of Tax Administrators (COTA) met in Saint Lucia to discuss plans for their Annual General Assembly and technical conference scheduled for July 2024.
Read MoreThe staff of the Central Statistics Office are the recipients of a two-week regional training workshop on the use of specialized software called REDATAM for the dissemination of census and survey microdata.
Read MoreDirector of Statistics at the Central Statistics Office, Sean Mathurin provided an update on the National Population and Housing Census 2022. He said, in the main, the data collection with enumerators on the ground has been completed.
Read MoreThe Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) founded in 2014 is responsible for overseeing various sectors within Saint Lucia’s financial industry, including insurance, credit unions, money services, the international financial sector, and the virtual asset business sector.
Read MoreThe NCPC celebrated a successful Productivity Awareness Week from the 9th to 13th of October 2023. The mix of activities for the week saw participation from secondary school students, the business community, public sector officials, NGOs among others as the NCPC also celebrated a decade of existence.