‘No more on-the-job Facebook’ is the message being sent by the Government to workers.

The announcement which comes out of St Lucia.

We understand that Government workers in St Lucia are being blocked from accessing social networking websites on work computers.

The government says the move, which takes effect from yesterday, Monday June 14, 2010 and, is aimed at raising productivity.

In the memorandum to ministries and departments, the Ministry of Finance said the blocked sites include Facebook, Yahoo Chat, and Windows Live Messenger.

[Update via BBC News]