All is set for one of the Saint Lucia Hotel and Tourism Associationâs (SLHTA) most anticipated events on its calendar, …
SLHTA Hosts National Culinary Competition in preparation for CHTA Taste of the Caribbean 2017
Training For Track and Field Officals today
THE Department of Youth and Sports and the newly-elected executive of the Saint Lucia Athletics Association will host a meeting and training session for all technical officials, today at the George Odlum Stadium starting at 10:00 a.m. The activity is geared towards sharpening the skills of technical officials as the 2017 track and field season begins in earnest in the coming weeks.
Time To Fix Structure of Sports Federations
I always loved this fairytale when I was growing up, âThe Emperorâs New Clothes.â Itâs such a wonderful metaphor for situations in life in which one person sees things one way and another person doesnât see it at all. But even before I commence what I am about to write about our national sports federations and their respective structures, allow me to commend Fair Helenâs sons and daughters in sports.
End of âWet Foot, Dry Footâ
TOMAS Regalado, the Mayor of Miami â long a hot bed for Cuban exiles â has described as a âparting giftâ the decision of the waning Obama administration to end the U.S. âwet foot-dry footâ policy toward Cubans seeking entry to the US. The question is: a parting gift to whom?
Soul of a Nation â PART TWO
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AS we discussed the soul of our nation in Part 1 last week, we reminded ourselves of the reasons for objecting to the sale of our passports no matter how immaculately that sale was packaged and promoted to us. Those reasons were firstly the loss of our identity, and then the social mayhem that the CIP will unleash.
DSH â Do Not Burn Down The House To Kill The Mosquito
THE Judge at the local District Court house, having heard the evidence in a case for theft of a bunch …
The Spy Who Stayed out In The Cold
WHEN Ronald Reagan – from behind the âIron Curtainâ in East Germany – called on Mikhail Gorbachev to âtear down these wallsâ, the imperial and ideological dreams of the Soviet Union (an Ivinghoe beacon of despair), began to wink like a battery-drained flashlight in a horror movie. Nikolai Khrushchevâs âWe will bury youâ threat in the 1950s began to ring hollow as political history unfolded.
Remain Vigilant
THE DSH project for the South is an opportunity which the SLP deliberated upon for over two years and never entertained the idea of sharing the concept with the public. More importantly, Invest St. Lucia spent over two years of expensive man hours with the concurrence of the St. Lucia Labour Party, simultaneously making empty promises to the investors â a practice which cost them the elections. St. Lucians simply had enough of an administration who could not or were terrified of making decisions based on their poor judgements like Rochamel, Grynberg, IMPACS and the Lambirds fiasco to name but a few.
Crime: We Are All Responsible
EARLIER in the week, our attention was drawn to a Facebook posting by the founder of a group Citizens for Accountability and Progress, in the wake of the bloody start to the New Year when we recorded eight killings in a10-day period.
Twins Delivered at St. Jude on Consecutive Days
FOR the staff of the maternity ward at St Jude Hospital, 2017 has started with double the excitement and double the fun. The hospital delivered two sets of twins in two days in the first week of the New Year. âWeâve never had two sets of twins being born at St Jude Hospital just one day apart,â said midwife and maternity ward charge nurse Julia Vitalis. âTwins usually come weeks or months apart so the entire ward was absolutely ecstatic.â
St. Lucian In U.S. Adult Education Hall of Fame
SAINT LUCIAN Professor Dr. Mary Alfred has received one of the highest accolades in the United States for adult education. Dr.Alfred who hails from Choiseul, was inducted into the International Adult & Continuing Education (IACE) Hall of Fame for her scholarship and leadership in the profession. She was one of 13 leaders from around the world to be inducted at the ceremony in Orlando, Florida.
Petition Started Against DSH Project
Comical, insulting and ridiculous. These were just a few of the words the various presenters at a town hall meeting …
Cost-cutting Turns NHC Around
ONE month after announcing the National Housing Corporationâs inability to pay its debts and reeling in a state of bankruptcy, Chairman Timothy Mangal is today painting a healthier financial picture of the company. This is not to say that the Corporationâs financial position is still no longer dreadful, a month of cost cutting measures and taking certain decisions resulted in the healthy financial picture Mangal paints.
St. Jude Audit Is In
GOVERNMENT will shortly be perusing the technical audit on St. Jude Hospital as a copy of the report will soon be in the hands of the Cabinet of Ministers. Economic Development Minister, Guy Joseph Wednesday told reporters that the audit has now been completed. He said he will not speculate on the content of the report in case his comments prejudice any court action that might arise from it.
Peepal Publishes John Robert Lee
PEEPAL Tree Press (UK) has announced on its website the forthcoming publication of John Robert Leeâs Collected Poems 1975-2015. The book will be published on April 3. In 2008, Peepal Tree had published Leeâs âelemental: new and selected poems.â Peepal is the leading publisher of Caribbean literature. Several St. Lucian writers are on their list, including Garth St. Omer, KendelHippolyte, Jane King, Vladimir Lucien, Adrian Augier and Earl Long
St. Omer In Spotlight at FRC Wednesday
THE Folk Research Centre, in association with the Nobel Laureate Festival Committee will present Dr. Paul Breslin, a Walcott scholar, who will speak on the âSt. Lucia Oral History : Dunstan St. Omerâ on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the FRC Headquarters, Mount Pleasant.
Former MP Donates To Soufriere Library
FORMER Member of Parliament for Soufriere, Attorney J. Baden Allain has made a contribution of some 250 books from his personal collection to the Soufriere Library. Allain told THE VOICE that the gesture was intended to encourage the townspeople, especially the young, to do more reading. He said the collection covers a wide range of subjects by some outstanding West Indian authors like George Lamming, Walter Rodney, Eric Wiliams, Franz Fanon.
Gemstones Presents âTwistersâ
THE Gemstones Theatre Productions, in association with the Nobel Laureate Festival Committee and the Folk Research Centre present a new âfolk-lypsoâ drama titled âTwistersâ on January 28 and 29 at 7.30 p.m. at the Folk Research Centre. A special staging will be presented for students of Theatre Arts at 3:00 p.m. on Monday January 30th at the same venue.
Donât Use CIP $ To Pay Salaries
ROSEAU, Dominica, Jan 13, CMC â The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Timothy Antoine is urging Caribbean governments administering Citizenship by Investment Programmes (CIP) to be more transparent and not to use the funds collected for recurrent expenditure..
Trinidad Clamps Down on Child Marriages
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan. 12, CMC â Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi on Wednesday revealed that there have been over three thousand child marriages in the last 20 years in the twin island republic. Al-Wari made the disclosure in Senate as he piloted the Miscellaneous Provisions Marriage Bill 2016 â that seeks to raise the age of marriage to 18, as recommended by the United Nations..