St. Lucia rebuilding taskforce

Prime Minister of St. Lucia Stephenson King has announced the implementation of a taskforce and unit dedicated to rebuilding efforts in the country following Hurricane Tomas last year.



He says while government's National Vision Plan serves as the blueprint for the development of the country, Hurricane Tomas has brought into sharp focus the need to fast track some of the developmental plans outlined in the document.



Prime Minister King says the National Reconstruction and Development Unit has been conceptualised with a view to strengthening the institutional framework necessary to accelerate the implementation of the Vision Plan and related projects.



He has also emphasized that the process of rebuilding the nation must become part of the St Lucian psyche, with every major organisation and institution structuring its own organisational plans within the overall national plan for reconstruction and development.