EVERY day is another ‘Day’ for celebration or observance of some International Day designated by the United Nations (UN) in …
These Days
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!
The following was submitted by a reader for consideration for publication. We find it sufficiently interesting to share in this …
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, …
Who Eats Coconut Oil?
It may sound like a crazy question, but it’s one that makes sense to ask after Harvard Professor Dr Karin …
Example worth Emulation!
THE accompanying story on this page is about a successful Guyanese Grade One student. But it’s also easily a report …
Until The Earth Shakes Again…
DISASTERS live with us. We can’t get away from them and we can’t get rid of them. Most come without …