WORDS can be seen as a mere collections of letters or elements of language. So is a book both a …
Unplanned Development
THE situation facing the National Housing Corporation (NHC) today with the occupants of its few remaining dilapidated and uninhabitable La …
Bring DSH To Parliament
BEFORE you know it, this administration’s term in office might come to an end before most of what has been …
Sinking In The Debt Trap
The House of Assembly was in great unease last Tuesday when, inter alia, it convened in order that the Government …
A Question of True Independence
IN less than two weeks, Saint Lucians at home and abroad will be in celebratory mood as they usher in …
How Far Down The Road?
THAT the Traffic Department of the Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSPLF) still waits and wonders when the much-needed breathalysers …
Ease of Doing What?
OVER the past nine years, the St. Lucia Business Awards have been used as the perfect platform to rail against …
Put Saint Lucia First
ONE only needs to listen closely to U.S. President Donald Trump speak about the prosperity that he wishes for his …
A Small Step For Health Care
THE commissioning of a new dialysis unit at the partially-opened Owen King-EU Hospital this week will understandably bring some level …
Far From Being Elitist
FOR the past 25 years, a serious movement has been taking shape in an effort to preserve the memories and …
A Change For The Better
DURING the run-up to the last general elections, political candidates were quizzed almost ad infinitum as to their plans for …
The Audacity of Trump
TOWARDS the end of the prologue of his best-selling book, “The Audacity of Hope”, former U.S. president, Barack Obama writes: …
How About A Flag Park?
DESPITE a multitude of outstanding Saint Lucians used as references, there still seems to be a growing discontent and disrespect …
Who’s Watching Helen’s Children?
NEWS this week that a thirteen-year-old mother is the focus of a police investigation is certainly not the kind of …
Things History Never Forgets
FOLLOWING weeks of speculation as to who would replace Dame Pearlette Louisy as Governor General, it was announced this week …
A Spirit of Unity Needed
TO say that the effects of the past year are behind us would be foolhardy even as we look to …
Sticking To Resolutions
ON the brink of another year closing its pages, many people would understandably find themselves reflecting on the challenging year …
Who’s Going To Fill Those Shoes?
AFTER serving Saint Lucia in the highest office in the land for twenty sterling years, Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy …
Let’s Reach Out To Ours
ALAS, it’s finally here! The season when peace, good tidings and cheerful hearts are the prevailing themes on the minds …
Finally Fighting Back?
FOLLOWING the European Union’s naming of four Caribbean nations among its seventeen jurisdictions blacklisted as tax havens earlier this month, …