IT’S not me being prophetic; it’s just that everything is telling me that I’ve got to write about the constitution. …
The Writing on the Wall
Who Will Protect Us?
DOES anybody ever wonder or even worry about the safety of the people who present the nation’s news to the …
Whose Sad Face Touches Us The Most?
Kenny Anthony’s or Allen Chastanet’s? By Abetta Country GIVE your fellow Saint Lucians a break politicians. Isn’t the SLP’s rebuff …
How To Annihilate a Politician
By Alexis B. Montgemary THE St. Lucia Labour Party’s debacle with Allen Chastanet rages on in their hope of satisfying …
America And The 2nd Amendment
IT’S happening today with increasing frequency in America. Discussions on the second amendment, the right to bear arms, and the …
Straight Police Talk
RECENTLY I listened to Assistant Commissioner of Police Desir’s summary of crime statistics for the year so far and his …
When Civil Society Becomes Political
ALTHOUGH civil society in Saint Lucia has long been perceived as weak and factionalized, the rapid decline over the years …
Climate Change – A Threat To Our Future
OECS Young Citizens Call For Action. This article is written by the Young citizens of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network …
Lessons From Dominica
THE tragedy caused by Tropical Storm Ericka in Dominica caught many in Saint Lucia by surprise, as the forecast was …
Relief For Dominica
TODAY I’m not here to rant and rave, I’m here to appeal to you readers to step out in unity …
The Curious Polities Of Disadvantaging Your Own
BARACK Obama will not get the credit he deserves for his sensible and sometimes visionary Presidency of the United States …
Chickens Have Come Home To Roost
FOR years, Allen Chastanet has been telling all and sundry, locally and internationally, that he was a “degreed” economist. Just …
Why Not Write Our Own Constitution?
I listened to and read all I could about what everybody else had to say about the Report and the …
King Has Learnt Nothing
THE EDITOR: It is amazing that only five years ago while Hon Stephenson King was Prime Minister of St.Lucia, he …
St. Lucia’s Economy
I recently read a report which suggested that Antigua has the fastest growing economy in the Caribbean. It was based …
Constitutional Reform – Is Saint Lucia’s Birth Certificate Flawed?
THIS week I had originally planned to write about the transformational and developmental ideas of one of my favourite macro-economists. …
Avoiding Crucial Issues … And Whispering
THE lure of money nowadays pulls hard and pushes towards crime all at once. It’s a growing phenomenon whose deeper …
Remunerated Imposters
THE EDITOR: It is ever so amusing to listen to the paid stooges of certain political parties making their various …
Rufus Bousquet: My Outstanding Question
I HAD to decide between writing about the late payment (or is that the non-payment) due to calypsonians after the …
The Constitutional Change Process: What’s in it for Ma Joe and Mr BIo?
THE day before it happened, Laurent Jn Pierre called my talk show on WVENT to comment, in part, on the …