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At its January press conference, Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) announced plans to develop a number of residential areas including approximately 11 acres of land in Beauchamp, Micoud and approximately 5 acres in Bois Jolie, Dennery.

According to Chief Executive Officer, Roderick Cherry, the Beauchamp and Bois Jolie developments are part of an overall development plan being conceptualized for lands vested in ISL.

“ISL has always made it a priority to focus on the development of residential properties and...

2017 Young Entrepreneur of the Year and 2019 Commonwealth Awardee - Johanan Dujon, CEO, Algas Organics receiving his latest award from Saint Lucia's High Commissioner to London, Guy Mayers

Saint Lucian entrepreneur Johanan Dujon, is among four exceptional young people from India, Nigeria, the Solomon Islands and the Caribbean who received top accolades at the 2019 Commonwealth Youth Awards in recognition of their efforts to end hunger, sexual violence, improve sanitation issues and combat climate change.

Twenty-five-year old Dujon who was the recipient of Invest Saint Lucia’s 2017 Young Entrepreneur Award, is the founder of an indigenous biotechnology company ‘Algas Organics’, which...

Castries, Saint Lucia, February 20^th 2019 - For the past six years, Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) has been throwing its support behind the Northern Long Distance Walking Group. The Group has been organising the walk around the island for close to ten years and has continues to garner increased participation every year.

According to Roderick Cherry, CEO of Invest Saint Lucia, the support for this exercise is no accident. “ISL enjoys supporting initiatives that promote health and wellness, camaraderie and...

Invest Saint Lucia is seeking a Legal Officer to provide legal support to the office of the Legal Counsel/Corporate Secretary.   

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Preparation and vetting of contracts and notarial documents.
• Conducting legal research and preparing legal opinions.
• Preparing notices, resolutions, contracts, leases, deeds, and other legal documents

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB).
• Minimum 3 years’ post qualification experience.
• Excellent written and...

Saint Lucia has won the award for the ‘Caribbean’s Leading Honeymoon Destination’ at the 26th annual World Travel Awards (WTA) in Jamaica at the Sandals Montego Bay on January 28^th.

Saint Lucia has won this award ten times, with the most recent honour in 2018.

The red-carpet award ceremony celebrates the most prestigious travel professionals and tourism brands in the Caribbean and North America. The World Travel Awards followed with the 37th edition of the Caribbean Travel Marketplace, which is hosted...

Anse de Sable area

Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) is in the process of developing a master plan for the Anse de Sable area in Vieux-Fort, as part of the overall redevelopment plan for the southern town.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Roderick Cherry remarked, “Invest Saint Lucia owns a large portion of land in Vieux-Fort and it has always been the Corporation’s goal to enhance the area. From as far back as 2001, we had envisioned a mixed-use development for Anse de Sable."

Mr. Cherry continued, "Thus, the proposed...

Castries, Saint Lucia – January 25^th, 2019 – Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) is currently hosting a French delegation as part of its promotion effort to diversify the island's offerings.

Éthic Étapes, a French company created in 1979, is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) from 22^nd – 26^th January, in Martinique. As part of their week-long AGM, Éthic Étapes, having expressed an interest in discovering the neighbouring island of Saint Lucia, are currently on island as part of a familiarisation tour to...

Chief Executive Officer, Roderick Cherry

Castries, Saint Lucia, January 22^nd 2019 – The local media got a first-hand look at the plans being laid out by Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) for 2019.

Speaking at a press briefing Monday, ISL’s CEO Roderick Cherry, provided members of the media with the status of on-going projects; those pipeline projects that ISL continues to facilitate; as well as the initiatives that the agency will be undertaking over the next few months.

Chief among the on-going projects is the Pearl of the Caribbean, which is on...

Castries, Saint Lucia, January 9^th 2019 - For the past 3 years, Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) has been initiating contact with local and foreign investors as part of efforts to capture information on their respective economic contributions to the local economy, as well as to identify challenges within the business environment that could help guide policy makers in their bid to make Saint Lucia a more ideal place to do business.  

Given the feedback received thus far, ISL has been able to determine the...

Invest Saint Lucia (ISL) is seeking a Properties Officer, on a temporary basis, to provide technical support to the Properties & Projects Department in project planning, design, costing and construction supervision.

KEY FUNCTIONS

• Monitoring and oversight of maintenance and construction projects
• Monitoring of contractors to ensure work is undertaken in accordance with drawings, specifications and approved construction practices
• Completion of routine inspections of properties including industrial...