THE year has so far been a great one for Saint Lucia, especially its female track and field athletes. It …
Bright Lights on the Big Field of Play
First Things First
GOVERNMENT has purchased three electric vehicles to investigate whether it should transform its transportation fleet from fossil fuel. It is …
Punishment for Survival?
ONCE again, Caribbean states are ‘Blacklisted’ by yet another powerful European entity, this time warning that the Citizenship by Investment …
These Days
EVERY day is another ‘Day’ for celebration or observance of some International Day designated by the United Nations (UN) in …
The Caribbean’s Brainbox Celebrates at 70
NOT many regional institutions are as old as The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and very few can …
The Future Is Already Here!
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Jailhouse Rock!
IF it wasn’t so serious, one could think that the continued squaring-off between the Government and the national Non-Government Organizations …
Mauvais Temps!
A YOUNG Castries lady wanted to send a strong and deliberate message to existing and potential rivals about just how …
That’s just the way it is!
IT may sound like a moot point to make at a time when so much else is happening on the …
Lives Do Matter
BLACK Lives Do Matter in America, where Blacks are a minority – and here too, where African descendants are in …
Fishy Business!
FROM time immemorial, Saint Lucians have been able – and very willing – to buy their fish at the source: …
While we Wonder and Ponder
IF anything (again) underlines the sloth that hinders progress in pursuit and implementation of collective decisions at the CARICOM and …
Addressing Food Insecurity
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Food insecurity is still a worldwide problem affecting over 821 million people, according to United Nations (UN) statistics. The recent …
A Week to the Day
WHAT a week it’s been. In the past seven days we’ve seen, heard and felt everything from the fallout across …
Levern and Serena
WHAT do Levern Spencer and Serena Williams have in common? Their sizes differ by miles. One’s bashful, the other simply …
Testing the National Pulse
Thousands of Saint Lucians on Sunday joined the protest march organized by the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP). Just days …
Reading the Writing and Righting the Wrong
Today is International Literacy Day, but you’d hardly know that. With our daily emphases on the Now, we tend to …
Lowering the Din
GUN violence is a high-velocity problem that’s been plaguing Saint Lucia for longer than we’d like to remember. It’s a …
Old Fruits, New Missions!
JUST when we thought we knew everything about mangoes, here comes an Annual Mango Festival to teach us so much …
Addressing Issues
GOVERNMENTS are elected to govern in ways that always put people’s interests at the center of all things. Of course, …