THREE months after the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) completely routed the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in the May 24 poll, …
Honeymoon Over!
Way to Go!
THE announced weekend agreement by Saint Lucia and Venezuela to work together to combat drug trafficking and the illegal arms …
Deadly Words and Figures
WE can be remembered more for the things we say than what we do; and more for how we said …
(Dis)Respecting National Symbols
IT’S uncertain how many Saint Lucians will have seen, live and direct, on TV or online, the official ceremony at …
Awards, Rewards and Afterwards…
LEVERN Spencer has done it – yet again — this time sealing her position as the top high-jumping woman in …
Doctors Calling – Again!
The island’s doctors are again crying out loud, this time after the death of an OKEU dialysis patient. The St. …
More Solar, Less Surcharge?
SAINT LUCIA has long been in search of ways and means to tap renewable energy sources to reduce and hopefully …
Another Board Bites The Dust!
ANOTHER government-appointed board has come to the end of its road, this time the Board of Governors of the Sir …
Importance of Regulation
WHEN the framers of our laws came up with the idea or establishing the legal mechanisms to regulate public utility …
Long Live Levern!
FOR reasons not sufficiently well known, sports items hardly ever make front page news. But there are times when this …
Bad and Good News
It’s not always good to mix bad and good news. But if we may in this case, the announcements of …
Emancipation and Reparations
FOR 184 years, Emancipation Day has been observed as a holiday on August 1, especially in former British colonies where …
Back-to-School Blues
IT used to be, a long, long time ago, that going back to school was just an annual routine for …
We’re not all criminals!
ONCE again Saint Lucians are making headlines here and in Martinique – and again for all the wrong reasons. The …
Who Ever Thought?
WHO ever thought police officers – anywhere — would publicly support the legalization of marijuana? Saint Lucia’s Police Welfare Association …
Racism and Multiculturalism in Sports
RACISM and Multiculturalism have been in the sporting world longer than many will remember or imagine. Take cricket. Less than …
Carnival Business
What a weekend it was – and what a week it’s been. Last Thursday evening saw the contestants for the …
‘The Brexiters’
WORLD politics has a way of at times playing-out like a Caribbean carnival. Those planning the imaginary themes and costumes …
Carnival Changes Cyclical
THE jury is still out on the police decision to crackdown on those who invade carnival bands and the City …
The One Caribbean Brand
A quarter of a century ago when Jamaican Butch Stewart purchased Hotel La Toc and planted the Sandals brand here, …