THE United Workers Party has issued a severe condemnation of statements made in the House of Parliament by the Member …
UWP Condemns Statement by Alva Baptiste
Keeping Hope Alive âWho we go putâ â Part 1
âWHO we go put?ââ âNone of the above!â Our Constitution is not serving us well, and having long ago recognised …
Political Hubris and Justice
(The writer is the Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is …
Foreign Policy lessons from the Resistance of the Rastafari
(The writer is the Antigua and Barbuda Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is …
Time to Resign! Part 2
IN Part 1 we touched on the character of this current administrationâs governance. Today, we look at what it has …
The Healthcare Debate
HEALTHCARE is too expensive â not in terms of dollars and cents only but in lives that could be lost …
Of Dis — and not Dat!
TODAY I deal exclusively with Dis. No Dats – for I am rather impressed with the energy and output of …
Dictatorship has replaced Democracy in Saint Lucia!
HAVE we in Saint Lucia exchanged our democracy for dictatorship since the general elections of June 2016? âAbsolute Ruleâ, âTyrannyâ, …
Open letter to the Medical & Dental Association
DEAR SLMDA FOR those of us who didnât know of your existence, the current noises about healthcare â St. Judeâs, …
Hospital Politics
As a born St. Lucian but with two US national parents, I have spent my whole life in St. Lucia …
Grasping at Straws
I wish to address the meeting held at Vieux Fort on May 11th, 2018, spearheaded by the president of the …
Nurses necessary for UHC implementation
AS the healthcare debate rages on, Alicia Baptiste, President of the St. Lucia Nurses Association, has spoken about the need …
Is anyone concerned about the Sainsburyâs-ASDA merger and its implications for Saint Lucia?
I have waited patiently to hear something from official sources, political parties, anyone, about the proposed merger between the second …
Staring at the Final Solution
IN February of this year I published in the public media of St Lucia the contempt and negligence of the …
Banana Farmers and their families need to claim OKEUH
The Owen King EU Hospital âwas built on the blood, sweat and tears of banana farmers, (The Green Gold Generation) …
SLMDA Must Avoid Politics
AT present, there are several heart-rending deficiencies in the delivery of health services. St. Judeâs Hospital tops a list, which …
Our Healthcare Debate Is Healthy
DEAR SIR YOUR May 5th issue carried several articles on what appears to be public concerns relating to health matters …
A World Less Safe: Caribbean Not Immune
(The writer is Antigua and Barbudaâs Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States. He is a …
âFired -upâ Mark Hennecart responds to Prime Minister
WITHOUT prejudice, in the wake of the crisis currently griping the local healthcare sector in general, and St Jude Hospital …
A Rationale For Pragmatic Taxation and Incentives
TAXATION, by nature, has its ups and downs. But like any prescription in life, it depends how pragmatically taxes are …