IT was pandemonium at the Beausejour Indoor Practice Facility on Friday evening in the 2018 Inter Commercial House Futsal semifinal …
La Clery Football luminary to be laid to rest tomorrow
WELL-KNOWN footballer, Tafari George Charlemange, who passed away from a suspected electrocution, will be laid to rest tomorrow, with his …
Banana Farmers and their families need to claim OKEUH
The Owen King EU Hospital ‘was built on the blood, sweat and tears of banana farmers, (The Green Gold Generation) …
SLMDA Must Avoid Politics
AT present, there are several heart-rending deficiencies in the delivery of health services. St. Jude’s Hospital tops a list, which …
Never lose sight…
FROM all appearances, there are rumblings from within in the St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association (SLBWA). This is one of …
La Clery CDC Residents form Housing Association
RESIDENTS illegally occupying the CDC apartments in La Clery have formed themselves into an association to improve the housing, environment, …
Opposition asks why Mercury Beach Party is returning to Martinique
THE opposition Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) spokesman on Tourism and Investment, Ernest Hilaire, has described as ‘a major disappointment’, …
CCJ Says St. Lucian Professor Can Vote In Barbados Election
THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ordered that St. Lucian Professor Eddy Ventose is to be added to the …
Commissioner Says Top Caribbean Cops Tackled Organized Crime
SAINT Lucia’s police commissioner, Severin Moncherry, recently back from a meeting of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police (ACCP) …
Government extends condolences to former Agriculture Minister’s family
THE Government of Saint Lucia has extended condolences to the family of former Parliamentarian and Government Minister, Mr. Ferdinand Henry, …
SLBWA to host Telethon amid rumblings from within
THE St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association (SLBWA) is calling on St. Lucians to open their hearts, wallets and purses and …
Health Ministry preparing for 2018 Hurricane Season
THE Ministry of Health prepares for the above normal 2018 hurricane season. On Thursday May 10th, 2018 the Ministry convened …
New Standards for Health Cards Coming in July
COME July 2018, all persons applying for a health card to handle food will be required to undertake a basic …
Our Healthcare Debate Is Healthy
DEAR SIR YOUR May 5th issue carried several articles on what appears to be public concerns relating to health matters …
A World Less Safe: Caribbean Not Immune
(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda’s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is a …
‘Fired -up’ Mark Hennecart responds to Prime Minister
WITHOUT prejudice, in the wake of the crisis currently griping the local healthcare sector in general, and St Jude Hospital …
A Rationale For Pragmatic Taxation and Incentives
TAXATION, by nature, has its ups and downs. But like any prescription in life, it depends how pragmatically taxes are …
St. Lucia Must Not Be Ungrateful To Taiwan
THE Editor: Not much is being said here about the breakage of relations between the Taiwan side and the Dominican …
Of ‘Dis’ and ‘Dat’ – Part 2
SO, why didn’t I submit a piece last weekend? Well, first of all, let me say that that is NOT …
Jeff Fedee: No Transparency or Accountability
TRANSPARENCY and accountability were the principles that were promised to the citizens of our country, in the conduct and management …