THE most recent information highlighted by Edwin St. Catherine from the Department of Statistics is certainly good news in nature …
Economic Reality and Crime
The Race To The Bottom In The Caribbean
How long will it take for our Caribbean leaders to learn a simple lesson that has been so eloquently put …
St. Jude and the Art of the Con — Part 6: The Danger of Hindsight
WE stopped last week with a repetition of the plea from the Chairman of the Board of St. Jude that …
St. Lucia Belongs To The Majority And Not The Minority
HAVING spent fifteen days abroad for personal reasons, I had the opportunity to reflect on the political wranglings in St. …
Mugabe: A Graceful Coup
WHEN independence was finally wrenched from Britain in April 1980, Zimbabwe was described as the “jewel of Africa” by Tanzania’s …
Are Choiseulians That Hungry?
WHERE some see a goldmine, others see a disaster. Greed drives us to sell the skins on our flesh for …
Congrats To The SRPs On 61st Anniversary
CONGRATULATIONS to the Royal St. Lucia Special Reserve and by extension the Royal St. Lucia Police Force on the celebration …
Has Statistics Lost Its Value?
ACCORDING to statistics, apparently the United States has 360 million guns, which translates into one gun per person, and despite …
St. Jude and the Art of the Con — Part 5: Man’s Inhumanity to Man
SEVENTY thousand – the population served by St. Jude Hospital in 2016. The number of patients seen by this hospital …
The Sandals Saga — Too Many Contradictions
THERE’S a saying that “You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can’t fool all …
Caribbean Governments and Private Sector Should Consult on Externally-imposed Rules
THE absence of meaningful consultation between governments and private sector organisations in the Caribbean is leading to the implementation of …
A Recommended Grower Action Programme
I congratulate the St. Lucia Ministry of Agriculture, Extension and Advisory Services Division of Agriculture, and Taiwan Technical Mission on …
Me, Too!
HOLLYWOOD is quaking in their boots right now but, most importantly, as a result, so is the Western world and …
PM’s Mexico Visit Should Make Us All Proud
Dear Mr. Editor, Mexico is changing in ways that will profoundly affect its Latin and Caribbean neighbours and, propitiously, the …
SLMDA: A Statement On What?
I APPLAUD and hold the Saint Lucia Medical and Dental Association (SLMDA) to its commitment to support local health service …
The Price of Freeness
RECENTLY, the Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago declared that he intended to establish a set of ethical rules to …
Dissatisfaction in Bus Service on Route 3A
DEAR President of the Route 3A Bus Association, On behalf of the passengers of Route 3A, I draw your attention …
Let’s Honour Our History Writers
THE EDITOR: I just came from St. Vincent where I had the honour of witnessing part of the island’s independence …
The New Information Paradigm
THE paradigm of information economics has begun to give pause to policy judgment calls that can lead to inefficient outcomes …
Small States Must Insist On Rights To Climate Change Compensation
CARIBBEAN small states should be readying themselves for a major joint push to make the 23rd session of the Conference …