Save for a slight amendment, I wholeheartedly agree with the conclusion arrived at in Dr. John’s article in the STAR …
Are St. Lucians Stupid?
RICK Wayne often times refers to us a bunch of illiterates. Sometimes I take offence to his malapropism. If you …
The Scourge of Putinism
SO you wake up a hybernating bear and that’s what you get: Vladimir Putin! When Boris Yeltsin announced his resignation …
Deputy Speaker
Making a Mountain Out of a Mole Hill THIS is the seventh article since the impasse in the House on …
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
THE caption is the title of a tune from a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, recorded as recently as 2014 …
RISE UP!
NO matter how you turn it; no matter when you cut your dancing shoes; and no matter where you first …
Patience
THE Virtue of Patience? What exactly is that? Are we aware of this as it is something absolutely necessary in …
Rotary’s 50th. Anniversary In St. Lucia
I was pleased to read of the 50th Anniversary of our Rotary Club of St Lucia. As a former President …
Rise of the Populists
IT’S becoming indeed highly risky to dismiss them altogether. They have eagerly turned on the “establishment” and the “elites” with …
A Developer’s Guide – Part Four
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed the excuse given for the sale of our passports under …
The Reality of Our Fiscal Health
SMALL open economies such as Saint Lucia need to begin to be creative in developing our own matrixs to monitor …
Why the P.M. Is Travelling
By Alexis B. Montgomery WHY is the Prime Minister travelling so much instead of sitting comfortably in his cushy chair …
As Schools Reopen
FOR many young persons there are few life changing experiences to match the closing or opening of a school year. …
A Clothes Call
A three-paragraph missive released by the Department of Public Service seems to be generating way more debate than its originators …
Culture or Tradition?
“THE cultivation of bacteria, tissue cells, etc. in an artificial medium containing nutrients” and “the cultivation of plants” are two …
Stand Up For Your Rights
PITY my island home! Her back must be in one heck of a state from all the bending over that …
HILLARY CLINTON …A woman of substance
SOME things are not easy to quantify; for example, how much positive influence does Hillary Clinton, the first female nominee …
A Developer’s Guide – Part 3
IN Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we discussed the excuse given for the sale of our passports under …
Maintenance Crisis In Schools
RECENTLY, the new Principal of Sir Arthur Lewis Community College spoke on the poor condition of the buildings and the …
In Defence of Liberal Education
LET’S take a page from Donald Drumpf’s book and ignore political correctness for a moment: It appears the liberal arts …