Many of the dysfunctional and criminal activities in our society are as a result of emptiness people are experiencing in …
Come As You Are
Shame On Us
With one week before Saint Lucia observe Emancipation Day (Thursday 1st August 2019) along with many former European colonies in …
WANTED: 20/20 Visioning for 202O Carnival!
‘Rules for the Road’ and ‘Regulations for Revelers’? The national and city police forces here often come under regular criticism …
The Wisdom of Changing Course in Bad Weather!
The just-concluded visit to four Caribbean islands by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is perhaps the most crucial by any Taiwanese …
Response to Earl Bousquet’s Article of Thursday, 18th July 2019
During my shipping days, I had the distinct opportunity of securing an agreement with a major brokerage company in New …
Our Music Says, We’re Drifting in the Wind
Well, once again I find myself writing about music. Not strange, given we just had what is dubbed our major …
Name And Blame The Polluters
(The writer is Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to the United States and the Organisation of American States. He is …
The Crisis Facing our Planet’s Lungs
Global concern is rising while hopes are fading over the survival of the Amazon rainforest, which helps regulate world temperatures …
The Multitude of Uses for Sea Moss
Dear Editor, I was very pleased to read an article in your paper entitled Sea Moss Industry Progressing Steadily by …
A Case for Minimum Wage?
Canvassing in Vieux Fort last week, I met a young lady who worked in a shoe store. When she heard …
Calypsos Sounding The Right Notes, But Have We Learned To Listen Well Enough?
I listened to quite a number of calypsos this season and there seems to be one common theme: a number …
When Awaking to a Damned Dawn is the New National Norm
It used to be unthinkable to even wonder if the time would ever come here when you could wake-up every …
The New Burden of Diplomacy: The Enemy Within
The mess resulting from reports that the British Ambassador to the United States, Sir Kim Darroch, made about President Donald …
The Unseen Worker
For good reason, many aspects of the operation of a computer system are crucial yet unseen, unsung, and unrecognised. After …
A Healthcare System in Trouble
Saint Lucia’s health care system is in need of a prescription that would cure it of its malady or else …
Bring Back The Beautiful Olden Days of Carnival
A friend of mine recently indicated to me how beautiful carnival was when she was growing up. According to her, …
Ethiopia, Sudan, Algeria and Libya Testing African Union
Recent developments in Ethiopia, Sudan, Algeria and Libya have again brought into strong focus the growing need for adequate continental …
Guaido to CARICOM: ‘I am ready to talk, but…’
Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly leader and self-styled ‘Interim President’ Juan Guaido has (finally) agreed to go to the negotiating table …
A Call for Caribbean Governments to Tax Cruise Sector More and Tax Air Passengers Less
Can tourism dependent Caribbean governments learn something from oil producing countries? When relatively small and poor oil producing governments sought …
CARICOM Holds a Key to Venezuela Crisis. Will it Lock or Unlock?
Venezuela has always counted on its Caribbean neighbours for more than just solidarity in the face of the current level …