EARLY yesterday (Friday morning), I read a few selected pages from a book by Bonham C. Richardson entitled, “Igniting the …
Fire In The Language of Colonial Scribblers
St. Jude and the Art of the Con — Part One
ANGELS are said to dance on the head of a pin. Saints today are required to dance on thin air. …
Saint Lucia Restores Dignity To OECS Position on Venezuela
SAINT Lucia restored some dignity to the OECS on Monday when the island opted to abstain in a controversial vote …
A Nation Divided
THE dichotomy of our nation is in its history — seven times British, seven times French, La Rose and La …
Vindictive Or Vindication?
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DOESN’T it just suck when you are faced with a situation where you are damned if you do and damned …
Venezuela’s Friends Hoping For The Best, But Fearing The Worst!
Ahead Of Secretive OAS Foreign Ministers Meeting In Washington Next Week. SOME keen observers of Venezuelan politics today have described …
Inglorious Empire: Parallels of Indian and West Indian Exploitation
THE yearnings for power and wealth of the stone-cold dead British Empire echoed amongst the older generation throughout the shires …
Europe and America Dodging Demands for Reparations For Slavery
THE recent furor in Grenada over whether slave history has a role in the island’s tourism promotion and this month’s …
(How) To Gain A Country – Part 2
THOSE who suggest that we have a right to any money arising from the sale of St. Lucian citizenships and …
The Politics of Church and State – Part 2
LATEST developments in Venezuela have again brought into focus the ongoing relationships not only between Church and State but also …
A Generation of Miscreants?
LAST week Wednesday, I went to the Gros Islet Secondary School for a Reading Month activity. The children at the …
It Was About Time
DON’T say that I don’t give kudos and praise when things are good and that I only focus on the …
Politics of Church and State
I always note that everything that happens here – and across the Caribbean — has an equivalent elsewhere in our …
Pigeon Island and the Nature of Saint Lucian Democracy
“I disapprove of what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”– Beatrice Hall …
(How) To Gain A Country – Part One
AS we persist with this examination of TAK, we emphasize that this examination is more truly of ourselves and how …
Press Released
WHAT the twilight says about the future of the media is certainly not lost in hyperbole or ambiguity, particularly in …
Politics of Government and Business of Governance
THE first round of the 2017/18 Saint Lucia Budget Debate brought into sharp focus the different approaches of the island’s …
St. Jude – We Like It So? – (Part 3)
“BE wary of anyone who professes to be a seeker of truth and the pursuit of such truth by others …
Debt Strangling A Caribbean Generation
THERE is a real prospect that, in dealing with unsustainable debt, 11 of 13 Caribbean small states would have lost …
Haiti’s Lifelong Tragedy Continues To Unfold!
THE US Department of Homeland Security has been advised to end by January 2018 temporary protection enjoyed by over 50,000 …