COME July 2018, all persons applying for a health card to handle food will be required to undertake a basic …
New Standards for Health Cards Coming in July
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 …
The Emperor Has New Clothes
THE nakedness stares us right in the face. It is glaring. It is piercing through our eyeballs, but we stand …
The Big Soufriere Project: Turning a Square into a Circle!
LAST month I noted a release by the elected representative of Soufriere-Fond St Jacques, Hon. Herod Stanislaus, announcing the recommencement …
Saint Lucia-Martinique Channel Swim: Molly Nance to chance the course next week
IF you were born before 2000, you would have heard the stories of a man from Martinique called Jacques Sicot, …
Win SPL T20 Team shirts with the Flow Sports App!
THE 2018 edition of most exciting cricket tournament in Saint Lucia is just weeks away — and the excitement is …
Nothing To Be Mum About
WHEN the world celebrates Mother’s Day tomorrow, our thoughts will wander in the direction of whatever Motherhood has meant to …
No Arrest Yet In Fish Vendor’s Death
UP to press time yesterday morning no one had been charged in connection with the incident at the Vieux-Fort Fishing …
Taiwanese construction delegation visited for airport and road rehabilitation projects
ARRANGED by the Government of the Republic of China (Taiwan), an eight-member delegation of engineering experts visited Saint Lucia from …
Japanese MP Says Single Women Are ‘A burden On The State’
AN MP from Japan’s governing party has drawn accusations of sexism after he said women should have multiple children and …
PM Congratulates Chef Nina for winning James Beard Award
SAINT LUCIAN Chef Nina Compton continues to wow the culinary world and on Monday evening was named “Best Chef: South” …
Garth St Omer: ALong Time New Kind Of Novelist
GARTH St Omer, ‘a writer ahead of his time’ (FRC, 2018), was a ‘gifted St Lucian novelist (who, up to …
Rights As A Sexual Assault Survivor???
THE sexual assault of women is an issue faced by many worldwide. Many focus on the heinous sexual assault crimes, …
Engaging All Stakeholders
THE statement released in April by the St Lucia Medical And Dental Association (SLMDA) on the healthcare crisis in Saint …