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A private plane en route from J. F. Mitchell Airport in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia crashes shortly after takeoff, killing four people including German actor Christian Oliver and his two daughters.
2024-01-4

Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia and the Bahamas report their first cases of monkeypox.
2022-07-1

Scientists discover the largest known bacterium, "Thiomargarita magnifica", in the mangroves of the Guadeloupe archipelago in Lesser Antilles. It is up to 2 cm (3-4 inch) long.
2022-06-23

Tropical Storm Elsa passes through the Caribbean, downing trees and blowing off roofs, killing two people in the Dominican Republic and one in Saint Lucia.
2021-07-4

The "Freewinds" cruise ship is quarantined in Saint Lucia over concerns of a measles epidemic after it is reported that one of the passengers has the disease. The cruise ship is reportedly owned by the Church of Scientology, a religious organization that opposes vaccinations against diseases such as measles.
2019-05-2

Finbar Charles, a 62-year-old citizen of Saint Lucia, pleads guilty to bribing US Army officers for military contracts during the Iraq War.
2018-07-16

At least one person dies in Haiti from flooding caused by Hurricane Tomas, adding to the fourteen people who died in Saint Lucia.
2010-11-5

Residents in Haiti and Jamaica are evacuated ahead of Tropical Storm Tomas.
2010-11-4

At least 14 people are killed as Tropical Storm Tomas passes over Saint Lucia.
2010-11-2

The death toll from the 2010 Haitian cholera outbreak reaches 330 with the impact of Hurricane Tomas later in the week expected to make things worse.
2010-10-31