IN my writings on what I term ‘matters forensic’ I usually incorporate a local slant so as to provide greater …
Letter from America
A quest for continuous knowledge plus a liking for politics explains why the 2016 presidential elections in the USA are …
Hats off to Our P.M.
By Sons and Daughters SO, the verdict is in: “It was one hell of a slam dunk!” We’d gathered round …
Fixing Our House
FOLLOWING the general elections of June 6 this year, we have been caught up in a renewed debate of what …
Amazing Dis Grace
WHILE we’re not looking, or at least not paying attention, amazing things have been taking place in our country. Some …
A missed Opportunity
THE EDITOR: The MP for Castries South missed a wonderful opportunity to work with the Minister of Health (and the …
Give Me A Child — I Will Return You A man
THERE are several versions of: ‘Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man.’ …
LIAT – The Enigmatic Airline
WHEN Winston Churchill described Russia as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside of an enigma”, he could easily have …
Deputy Speaker – The Fall of the Curtain
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 …